Poland, 19th-century emigration, commemorative medal honoring de la Fayette, a friend of Poland (281)

Poland, 19th-century emigration, medal, a signed medal by Władysław Oleszczyński, a Polish sculptor, medalist, and printmaker who left for Paris after participating in the November Uprising. This posthumous medal is dedicated to the memory of the Marquis de La Fayette, a friend of Poland and the Polish people, and co-founder of the Franco-Polish Aid Committee for the November Uprising. Obverse: the Marquis’s head in a laurel wreath facing right, LIBERTATI NON DEFUIT UNQUAM, below the head the signature W. OLESZCZYŃSKI F; Reverse: a grieving woman in ancient attire, holding the shields of Poland and Lithuania, leaning against a sarcophagus, PAOLO J R LAFAJETTE POLONIA MOERENS, with the date of death in the lower section, OBIIT 20 MAII 1834, bronze 58.41 g, 50 mm, Lit. H-Part 3833 (R3), Lviv National Art Gallery 661

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