Circular bronze medal with oak wreath suspension; the face with a laurel-crowned classical seated figure playing a lute, an artist’s palette and brushes, a horn and scrolls below, signed ‘J VATINELLE’; the reverse with musical instruments imposed on a laurel wreath circumscribed ‘SOCIÉTÉS MUSICALES ET CHORALES’; Paris Mint bronze hallmark on the edge; on original ribbon mounted for wear in th French style.
The Medal was instituted on 24 July 1924 and is awarded by the Musical and Choral Societies of France for merit and for long and distinguished service of at least 20 years.
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