Petain Medal

Èmile Séraphin Vernier

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Petain Medal by Émile Séraphin Vernier shows two bronze-colored medals with raised images. The medal on the left is a bronze-colored circular medal with a raised profile image of a man's head facing right. The man has a bald head with short hair on the sides. He wears a military-style collar. The words "PHILIPPE PETAIN MARECHAL DE FRANCE 1918" are raised in a semicircle around the edge. The medal on the right is also bronze-colored and circular, with a raised image of a soldier kneeling on the right and holding a baton or club in his right hand, raised above his head. He wears a helmet and a long coat, with a bag on his left hip. The words "AU MARECHAL PETAIN" are raised at the top. Dates are raised on either side: "LES AURA AVRIL 1916" on the left and "LON NE PASSE 1918" on the right.