Franc
Franc
Franc

Franc

Object number2017.116.20
Date1938
OriginFrance
MediumCopper; Aluminum
Credit LineIn memory of Edward Ruglovsky
Description2 Franc coin. Circular copper and aluminium coin. Front has Marianne's head in profile facing proper right wearing Phrygian cap decorated with wreath made of olive tree leaves, oak, and wheat; Latin text around perimeter; artist name near the base of the back of the head. Reverse has denomination at center flanked by cornucopia; Latin text above and year below. Smooth edge.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 1.063 x 0.063 in. (2.7 x 0.2 cm)
SignedFront has text near the base of the back of the head "MORLON".
InscriptionsFront has text around perimeter "REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAIS".

Reverse has text "LIBERTE-EGALITE / FRATERNITE / 2 / FRANCS / 1938".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items documenting Edward Ruglovsky’s WWII service in the 10th Infantry Regiment and his industrial career at U. S. Steel. Ed Ruglovksy was with 10th as a combat infantryman from January 1944 through the war’s end, and through the campaigns to take Western Europe – Rhineland, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, etc. Ruglovsky said it was “the worst place to be” and that he spent a “year being absolutely terrified.” Some of these things he acquired by trading Russian soldiers for them at the end of the war, which fits with the reality that combat infantryman – while in active combat – were not able to collect and save much, so acquiring items from another soldier at war’s end fits with Ruglovsky’s history of service.
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