FRANCE Medal 1793 Mourning and Vengeance for Louis XVI, by Loos, Berlin! XF (edge-hits & digs!)

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1793, France. Mourning and Vengeance for Louis XVI. Silver Medal.

Mint Year: 1784
Medallist: Loos (F.L.)
Mint Place: Berlin, Germany.
References: F.13461, H.45/469.
Denomination: Medal - Mourning and Vengeance for Louis XVI.
Condition: Lightl edge-hits and a few digs in fields, otherwise XF!
Material: Silver
Diameter: 30mm
Weight: 9.33gm


Obverse: Bare head of Louis XV right. Medallist´s initials (F.L.) below.
Legend: LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR. IMMOLÉ PAR LES FACTIEUX.
Translated: "Louis XVI, King of France, sacrificed by the factious."

Reverse: Veiled personification of France, seated leaning over urn with inscription (LOVIS XVI) pointing with right hand to fallen crown on ground, which lays beneath a torn royal parchment and helbard, which has cut-opened fasces. A thunderbolt is striking from stormy clouds above and hits a burning torch, which is placed inside the urn.
Legend: PLEURÉS ET VENGÉS - LE ! ("Weep for and avenge him!")
Exergue: LE XXI IANVIER MDCCXCIII ("Louis XVI, January 21, 1793.")



Louis XVI or Louis-Auguste de France (Versailles, 23 August 1754 – Paris, 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1793. Suspended and arrested during the Insurrection of 10 August, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. He was the only king of France to be executed.

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