France - 1946 (1967) 'Ne Plus Jamais Ca' Medal By Pierre Provost
Offered is a very pleasing 68mm bronze example of the well-known ‘Ne Plus Jamais Ca’ medal, designed by Pierre Provost in 1946. This example represents a Paris Mint strike dated 1967 on the edge (within the period of active issuance), and remains as struck.
Pierre Provost was a metallurgist and medalist with strong Communist sympathies who joined the French resistance during the Second World War. He was eventually caught by the Germans in 1943, and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, where he remained until it’s liberation in 1945.
This medal emerged from experimental pieces that Provost fabricated while imprisoned in the camp, with this final version being completed by 1946. These were then struck as presentation pieces for deportees, prisoners, and members of the resistance until the early 1970s.
All in all, an impressive and powerful medal.
Offered is a very pleasing 68mm bronze example of the well-known ‘Ne Plus Jamais Ca’ medal, designed by Pierre Provost in 1946. This example represents a Paris Mint strike dated 1967 on the edge (within the period of active issuance), and remains as struck.
Pierre Provost was a metallurgist and medalist with strong Communist sympathies who joined the French resistance during the Second World War. He was eventually caught by the Germans in 1943, and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, where he remained until it’s liberation in 1945.
This medal emerged from experimental pieces that Provost fabricated while imprisoned in the camp, with this final version being completed by 1946. These were then struck as presentation pieces for deportees, prisoners, and members of the resistance until the early 1970s.
All in all, an impressive and powerful medal.
Offered is a very pleasing 68mm bronze example of the well-known ‘Ne Plus Jamais Ca’ medal, designed by Pierre Provost in 1946. This example represents a Paris Mint strike dated 1967 on the edge (within the period of active issuance), and remains as struck.
Pierre Provost was a metallurgist and medalist with strong Communist sympathies who joined the French resistance during the Second World War. He was eventually caught by the Germans in 1943, and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp, where he remained until it’s liberation in 1945.
This medal emerged from experimental pieces that Provost fabricated while imprisoned in the camp, with this final version being completed by 1946. These were then struck as presentation pieces for deportees, prisoners, and members of the resistance until the early 1970s.
All in all, an impressive and powerful medal.