Item number: M451

Year: AD 1931

Material: Bronze

Size: 59.0 x 59.0 x 3.9 mm

Weight: 104.5 g

Manufactured by: L’atelier d’Edmond-Émile Lindauer

Provenance: Teutoburger Münzauktion GmbH 2024

This is a commemorative medal issued or sold within the Indochina section of the International Colonial Exhibition, a six-month event held from June AD 1931 at Lake Daumesnil on the outskirts of Paris.

The obverse depicts a dragon, a symbol of the imperial authority of Annam, its body surrounded by auspicious clouds. Along the left and right sides runs the French inscription “EMPIRE D’ANNAM,” meaning “Empire of Annam.”

The reverse shows, at the centre, a high-ranking Annamese official dressed in traditional court attire, wearing a black gauze hat and black leather boots, and holding a ceremonial tablet with both hands. On either side appear dragons emerging from auspicious clouds, with their heads lowered and tails raised, facing towards the centre.

Some sources suggest that the medal may have been designed by Edmond-Émile Lindauer. He was long active in private workshops or in his own studio, undertaking commissions from companies and foreign governments, and also worked on commissions from the Paris Mint, notably designing the perforated French coins known as the “Lindauer type.”

The International Colonial Exhibition held in AD 1931 was France’s first large-scale colonial exhibition after the First World War. The French government intended the event to demonstrate national strength and its contribution to what it termed the “civilising mission.” The Indochina section encompassed Tonkin, Annam, Laos, Cambodia, and Cochinchina, with a major attraction being a full-scale reconstruction in Paris of the Angkor temple complex of Cambodia. The Annam section was presented through two pavilions inspired by the imperial citadel of Huế, displaying reproductions of dynastic ritual objects, surrounded by imperial gardens, and exhibiting collections of art objects. Many pavilions offered distinctive commemorative medals for sale, including those associated with Annam, Tonkin, and Cochinchina. The exhibition also welcomed participation from the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, the United States, and Japan. Over its six-month duration, the exhibition attracted an estimated total of 7 to 9 million visitors.

物件編號: M451

年代: 公元 1931 年

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 59.0 x 59.0 x 3.9 mm

重量: 104.5 g

製造地: 林道爾工作室

來源: 條頓堡錢幣拍賣 2024

這是一枚公元1931年6月，於巴黎近郊的多梅尼爾湖舉辦為期半年的「國際殖民博覽會」中，印度支那展區所發行或販售的紀念章。

紀念章正面為象徵安南帝制的龍，龍身周圍有祥雲簇擁。左右側環列法文「EMPIRE D’ANNAM」，即「安南帝國」。

背面中央描繪一位身著傳統朝服的安南高級官員，頭戴烏紗帽，足履烏皮靴，雙手持笏。兩側各為出入祥雲中的龍，頭下尾上，面朝中央。

一些來源稱紀念章可能為埃德蒙–埃米爾·林道爾(Edmond-Émile Lindauer)所設計。其人長期於私營工坊或自營工作室接受製作委託。客戶包括各公司、外國政府，也曾接受巴黎造幣廠的委託，設計「林道爾型」法國穿孔錢。

公元1931年舉辦的「國際殖民博覽會」為法國在第一次世界大戰後，首次舉辦的大型殖民地博覽會。法國政府希望以此展現國力及對於「文明開化」的貢獻。其中印度支那展區涵括東京、安南、寮國、柬埔寨、交趾支那，以按原比例在巴黎還原的柬埔寨吳哥窟宮為一大賣點。安南區以兩座仿順化皇城風格的展館呈現，館內陳設有王朝禮器之仿製品，周圍環繞著皇家庭園，並展出其藝術品收藏。許多展館都有販售各具特色的紀念章，如安南、東京、交趾支那等。此次展覽亦邀請荷蘭、比利時、義大利、葡萄牙、美國和日本等國共襄盛舉。這場為期半年的博覽會總計吸引700至900萬人次的觀眾。