1919 French Winged Victory Nike of Samothrace Plaque WWI Medal, by Edouard Blin

Description

Nike of Samothrace Plaquette,
1919.
70 x 42mm. Gilt Bronze. Edouard-Pierre Blin, Sc. (1877-1946). Uncirculated. Edge incused BRONZE with Triangle mint hallmark.
Obverse:
The Nike of Samothrace striding forward within a field of laurel leaves. Below the figure is the inscription: QUOVIS CUM VULNERE/ VICTRIX
(With Every Wound, Victorious).
Signed lower right: E. BLIN/ D’APRES L’ANTIQUE.
Reverse:
a female figure in classical dress, is seated in a contemplative pose; with an oak tree and Greek temple in the background. Signed below the figure, bottom right: E. BLIN. A cartouche below is inscribed: L’ASSOCIATION GENERALE/ DES MUTILES DE LA GUERRE/ A/ M.LE DR. FERNAND THUREL. Inscribed at bottom: MEMINIT PATRIA
(She Remembers the Homeland).
Perhaps Edouard Blin’s most recognizable medal is the "Nike of Samothrace", engraved just after the end of WWI and awarded to those injured during the war, the French "Purple Heart".
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I have a large collection of bronze bas-reliefs, plaques, medallions, and medals that I will be listing this month by the following sculptors: Chester Beach, Victor David Brenner, Anthony de Francisci, Donald De Lue, John Flanagan, James Earle Fraser, Laura Gardin Fraser, Daniel Chester French, Henry Hering, Anna Vaughan Hyatt-Huntington, Charles Keck, Julio Kilenyi, Frederick MacMonnies, Hermon A. MacNeil, Paul Manship, Bela Lyon Pratt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis St. Gaudens, and many others, including prominent French medalists/sculptors/engravers – Lucien Bazor, Edouard-Pierre Blin, Louis Bottee, Jules-Clement Chaplain, Lucien Coudray, Paul-Marcel Dammann, Rene Gregoire, Jules-Prosper Legastelois, Pierre-Alexandre Morlon, Anie Mouroux, Georges-Henry Prud’homme, Jules Edouard Roine, Louis-Oscar Roty, and PierreTurin!
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