Historical information

Anne de Breton was the duchess of Brittany and twice queen consort of France. She devoted her life to safeguarding the autonomy of Brittany within the kingdom of France. The main medallion has her likeness against the fleur-de-lis of France and the Breton ermine, heraldic symbol of Brittany symbolising the union she bought about. The background as to where the medallion chain originally came from is still being researched.

Significance

A souvenir medallion symbol representing a Celtic peoples that connects with this Australian home originally of a Celtic Irish settler family and maintained by the family over four generations for the past 127 years. The large medallion is a pewter copy of that issued upon the marriage of Anne de Breton and Louis XII of France.

Physical description

A chain with ten small medallions carrying an image symbolic of Brittany linked to a large medallion with the popular image of Ann de Breton copied from that issued upon her marriage to the King of France.