Romantic Vintage French Medaille d'Amour shell with French hallmark and Maison

with French hallmark and Maison Augis trademark• 16

with strong stepped shoulders and a bold old English style letter R engraved upon its face

and disc diameter is 12

a bonus diamond in the middle for luck

stamped and tested• Size 4

Romantic Vintage French Medaille d'Amour shell with French hallmark and MaisonA beautiful vintage French love token, with contrasting white gold "+" sign and softly scalloped edge. Created c. 1916 by Alphonse Augis and inspired by a letter poet Rosemonde Grard wrote to her husband, the writer Edmond Rostand, the pendant features a rebus reading "+ qu'hier que demain" for the lines,"Car, vois tu, chaque jour je t'aime davantage,Aujourd'hui plus qu'hier et bien moins que demain."(For, you see, each day I love you more,Today more