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Screaming Chick or Gallic Amazon

harashaharasha Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
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An uninspired Herbemont that appears to be a synthesis of Morlon's Gallia and Bottee's Marianne. And get a load of that punch mark on the rim. Vendor described it as a Teddy Bear. Looks more like a bare teddy!

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Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    missed your posts - very nice all of them!
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  • DeiGratiaDeiGratia Posts: 273 ✭✭✭
    Wow

    The 2nd and 3rd are freaking amazing.

    I love it. Have any more info on the 2nd and 3rd medals?
    I would love to get one myself.
    Thanks.
  • mudskippiemudskippie Posts: 540 ✭✭
    I like the second one. Morlon has quite a few awesome creations.
  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,855 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the second one. Morlon has quite a few awesome creations. >>



    I agree - love the second one. Is this his depiction of Marianne?

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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Regarding Gallia, I think there is something political happening. I suspect that Gallia represents French nationalism while Marianne is the personification of the Republic and its ideals. I further suspect that the Herbemont figure is meant to combine the two ideals. His figure clearly is a warrior in the Gallic mode, but she wears a helmet featuring the rooster that wakes the people to action.
    Note that Bottee's figure lacks the braids of the Gallic warrior and further wears a helmet with what appears to be a sprig of olive.
    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the second two as well. Great medals!
  • STLNATSSTLNATS Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭
    I dunno, I've seen the lovely 3rd medal before and the 2nd is striking. but I think the first is one of the funniest designs I've ever seen - I absolutely love it and almost never use that term even for the areas near and dear to me. The headdress looks like a table decoration from a 1950s chicken restaurant and the layout just looks unbalanced - perhaps a bit too much of the "green fairy" that day? What in the world was the designer thinking and what would have a recipient of the medal thought – something like “but I thought I won!” Anyway, congrats on what I think is a delightful medal and thanks for sharing.

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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    I really like the designs on the 2nd and 3rd ones.
    JCM-Houston
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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