Large and heavy circular bronze medal; the face with the arms of the Confederation Nationale de la Boucherie Charcuterie Française within a ring inscribed ‘C EST EN ELEVANT VOTRE METIER A LA HAUTEUR D UN ART QUE VOUS LUI CONSERVEZ SA VALEUR’ (It is in elevating your trade to the height of an art that you conserve its value), all within a wavy edge; the reverse with a map of France and the figures of two butchers at work, inscribed ‘CONFEDERATION NATIONALE DE LA BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FRANÇAISE’, signed ‘MULLER’, all within a border of meat hooks; with ‘AB’ triangular maker’s mark of Arthus Bertrand & Cie. of Paris and bronze hallmark on the edge; diameter 63.13mm (2.48 inch); weight 109 grams (3.85oz.).
The Confederation was founded as long ago as 1894 to represent the interest of butchers and charcutiers.
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