HORNREICH COLLECTION of U.S. & World Medal Plaques
Pierre Louis Aristide Turin

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Medal, Plaquette, c.1924, Bronze, France. " TEMOIGNAGE DE RECONNAISSANCE DE L' UNION DES SOCIETES MUTUALISTES DE RETRAITE DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS ET VICTIMES DE GUERRE ", by Pierre Louis Aristide Turin (1891 – 1968). Obv. Muscular Man with Sword Extended, Defending Woman and Child, Child in the arms of the Woman, Medallist signature to left, awardee inscription below; Rv. Inscription. Allegorical Medal showing the defense of the homeland - France - and the Mutual Society formed to help Veterans Home from War. Pierre Turin, born in 1891 and died in 1968, is a French engraver and medalist. In 1929, for the Monnaie de Paris, he created a new type of currency with the head of Marianne wearing the Phrygian cap encircled by an olive wreath on the obverse, and the reverse ears of corn. His design was used for the ten-franc pieces and twenty francs until 1949 until 1939. Pierre Turin is widely accepted as the most accomplished medallist working in the Art Deco style. He was a pupil of Frederic de Vernon, Auguste Patey and Jules Coutan. His most famous work is the medal for the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts that gave the name to the Art Deco style.