1791 General Lafayette Medal - Amazing Toning!! Dumarest Medal - Collection Des Francais Patriots Start Price USD 850.00 Current Price USD 850.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 950.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 25, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 Location Stamford, Connecticut See more about '1791 General Lafayette Medal - Amazing Toning!!' Description alwashin Store   1791 General Lafayette Medal - Amazing Toning!!       1791(?) Lafayette Medal by DumarestBronze, 35 mm, Hennin 302Great Uncirculated Medal - Amazing Toning - Great Historical Significance Medal by Dumarest in Bronze.  The obverse depicts General Lafayette military bust looking left, the surfaces are in a nice red mahogany color with great blueish toning in the fields, please see the different pictures. The reverse has an even nicer toning and reads: IL A COMMMANDé / LA GARDE NATIONALE / PARISIENNE EN 1789 / 1790 ET 1791. Edge reads: SE. VEND. A. PARIS. CHEZ. MONNERON (PATENTé).                    Visit my ebay store for other high-grade and historical Medals History and SignificanceGeneral  Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette General Lafayette was a French military officer born in the Haute-Loire region of France. Lafayette was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution. In the American Revolution, Lafayette served in the Continental Army under George Washington. While serving in the Revolutionary War, he was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and organized a successful retreat. In the middle of the war, he returned to France to negotiate an augmented French commitment to the war.                                                General Lafayette was a leading figure among the Feuillants, who tried and failed to turn France into a constitutional monarchy, and commander of the French National Guard.  He was accused by J.P. Marat of responsibility for the “Massacre of the Champ de Mars”. On 1792, the Jacobin party seized control of Paris and the National Assembly, ordering Lafayette’s arrest.  After this occurance, he fled France and was arrested by the Austrian army in Belgium. He served five years in various Austrian and Prussian prisons and was finally released in 1797.  However, Napoleon Bonaparte would not allow his return to France for several years even though he continued to be active in French and European politics until his death in 1834.sources: www.stacks.com, www.widipedia.org, http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/friends/france/gilbert-du-motier-marquis-de-la-fayette/, among others   Terms / Shipping / Handling Information Please read and understand our full terms of sale. By bidding on our item, you agree to our terms of sale. We reserve the right of refusing bids from buyers with any type of negative feedback. International buyers please contact me before bidding Payment and Insurance Information: You must pay the item at no later than 7 days after the item ended.If you pay by check, we will ship the item once check clears.All items are sent via First Class US mail. Shipping and Handling and Insurance: $10.00 per invoice all included (can combine multiple items, please contact us).Priority Mail is available at an additional cost of $2.25 per invoice.International buyers please contact us. Items are sold as is. While we make the best effort to attribute pieces correctly, we make no guarantees on the attribution.  Please make sure you know what you are bidding on. Please ask questions BEFORE bidding on the item. Place a Bid!