France, Revolutionary Period. A Storming Of The Bastille Commemorative Medal 1789 Archive The insignia in the front

The insignia in the front center are in overall very good condition with only a small moth nip in the cockade

both unmarked and measuring 32 mm (w) x 108 mm (l)

and R/206869 Sergeant (Air Gunner) James Joseph Urban Stevens

circa 1845

as well as in the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the obverse of the lower arm

France, Revolutionary Period. A Storming Of The Bastille Commemorative Medal 1789 Archive The insignia in the frontIn pewter, uniface style, obverse illustrating a crowd of armed civilians with soldiers of the French Guard firing their cannons at the Bastille in the background, with smoke and flames visible on the battlements and smoke across the centre enveloping the crowd, the chains of the drawbridge broken and the inner courtyard being stormed at the far right, engraver marked "ANDRIEU. F." (Jean Bertrand Andrieu) and marked "NO. 1", inscribed "SIEGE DE LA