Medal of French Republic

F Vernon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal of French Republic by F Vernon. Rectangle medal with a raised rectangular border. A muscular male figure stands in the center, wearing a cloth around his waist and draped over his shoulder and around his back. He holds a branch of leaves in his right hand above his head. His left hand rests on his hip. He wears a headband and faces right. Behind him is a stone wall with a distant building resembling a Greek temple. The wall extends across the medal horizontally. Below the figure, a rectangular box contains the text "EXERCICES PHYSIQUES ET SPORTS" in capital letters. In the bottom-left corner, a small square features a raised image of leaves. The medal appears to be made of metal with a gray patina.