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La Marseillaise, c.1900, a silver gilt award plaque by H. Dubois after F. Rude, figures representing the Republic against the background of a brick wall, rev. tablet on palm and laurel spray, named (Offert par les Anciens Militaires et Marins Coloniaux à son Vice-President, J. Girieud, 1913), 67 x 50mm (cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.41, 68; cf. DNW 35, 657). Very fine (£40-60)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 49, 21 March 2001, lot 898.

La Marseillaise, the French national anthem written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle on 24 April 1792, became the great rallying call for the French Revolution and was given its name after it was sung on the streets of Paris by troops from Marseille