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A little continuation of yesterday's thread 
on the execution of Louis XVI (21 January 1793).
Foreign commemorations included the issuing of #medals of various materials and degrees of refinement.
“immolated by the factious [in sense of rebels, political troublemakers]… mourn him, avenge him”
Silver #medal (30.5 mm.) by Daniel Friedrich (1735-1819) Loos from his so-called Set of the Six Victims, c 1795.
It was also issued in white metal and bronze
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Execution of Louis XVI (21 January 1793).
Foreign commemorations included the issuing of #medals of various materials and degrees of refinement.
Anonymous tin #medal (v. 46 mm):
Obverse, Louis facing left with title and year of birth
Reverse: warrior defends self against ferocious beast, labeled Gallia, nad holding the king's head
+ date of death
VINDICTA NEFANDI CRIMINIS
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Execution of Louis XVI (21 January 1793).
Foreign commemorations included the issuing of #medals of various materials and degrees of refinement.
Among the simpler ones, this small, well-used German jeton (Rechenpfennig), one of several designs by the prolific Lauer firm of Nuremberg
brass, c. 24 mm., with the characteristic image of Louis and a funerary urn
The Sun of the Kingdom is Gone
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CW
Execution of Louis XVI (21 January 1793).
Foreign commemorations included the issuing of #medals of various materials and degrees of refinement.
Among the simpler but striking ones is this Dutch piece, which, like some prints of the day, shows a man displaying the severed head to the crowd.
Lead-tin alloy, 44 mm
My copy is well-worn. Not surprisingly, the Frick Museum has a much finer one:
https://collections.frick.org/objects/3005/beheading-of-louis-xvi-king-of-france-17541793-r-17749
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Execution of Louis XVI (21 January 1793).
This British #medal (tin, 38 mm) by William Mainwaring commemorates the deaths of both Louis & Marie Antoinette & includes a sentimental scene of Louis bidding his family farewell
Macaulay on Charles I:
A good father! A good husband! Ample apologies indeed for fifteen years of persecution, tyranny, and falsehood!
We charge him with having broken his coronation oath; and we are told that he kept his marriage vow!
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@CitizenWald Consumption and revolution, hand-in-hand.
@markstoneman Yes, exactly. Both the pro- and anti- sides generated large amounts of memorabilia and propaganda items. There were souvenirs of the Bastille long before there were fragments of the Berlin Wall for sale