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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 203558, member: 283&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are a number of jetons in a similar vein which in hindsight, I bet the French wish they had never issued. For example, the siege of Mont Medy, Lorraine, where a 30,000 strong French army led by the sun king himself (Louis XIV) was held at bay for 57 days by a sum total of 757 defenders. Here&#039;s the jeton that was issued to celebrate that historic `victory&#039;. It&#039;s a bit like the Persians having the brass neck to issue a jeton for their&nbsp; historic `victory&#039; at Thermopylae against such overwhelming odds.....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The three triffid-like things are supposed to be giant `fleur de lis&#039; symbolising that France was now rooted in Mont Medy. A weed by any other name ? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/917897.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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