Medal Awarded to French Civilian Pigeon-Keepers (Colombiers civils)

Medalist: Eugène-André Oudiné French

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During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, Paris came under siege by German forces. In order to communicate with the outside world, new postal technologies were devised, including the use of homing pigeons to carry messages in micro-film to and from the capital city. This struck copper medal was awarded to civilian pigeon-keepers ("colombiers civils") by the French Ministry of War. It was designed by Eugène Oudiné, one of the most accomplished and prolific medallists of the nineteenth-century, and who is perhaps best known for his winning 1848 design for a new five-franc coin.

Medal Awarded to French Civilian Pigeon-Keepers (Colombiers civils), Medalist: Eugène-André Oudiné (French, Paris 1810–1887 Paris), Copper, French

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Medal Awarded to French Civilian Pigeon-Keepers (Colombiers civils), Medalist: Eugène-André Oudiné (French, Paris 1810–1887 Paris), Copper, French
Medal Awarded to French Civilian Pigeon-Keepers (Colombiers civils), Medalist: Eugène-André Oudiné (French, Paris 1810–1887 Paris), Copper, French

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