France 1940 - 100 Francs ‘Sully’ -X.17251 423 - P# 94 - VF

France 1940 - 100 Francs ‘Sully’ - No X.17251 423 - VF (handwritten text by american soldier in ink - tears/rip on top - see photo)
Issuing bank : Bank of France
Period: Third Republic (1870-1940)
Years: 1935-1942
Currency: Franc (1795-1959)
Size: 90 × 178 mm
Obverse: On the left, a bust of a woman crowned with laurels symbolizing France, and on the right a child holding a medallion framed by bunches of grapes. In the background, an aerial view of Paris centered on the Île de la Cité.
Lettering: 100 BANQUE DE FRANCE 100 CENT FRANCS
Engraver: Emile Deloche
Designer: Lucien Hector Jonas
Reverse: On the left, the bust of Sully represented holding a parchment on which is written in Old French "Plowing and pastouring are the two mamelles of France" in front of a landscape evoking scenes of peasant life. In the background, the castle of Sully-sur-Loire that the minister of Henri IV bought in 1602.
Lettering: 100 | 100 - BANQUE DE FRANCE - L'ART 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI, AINSI QUE CEUX QUI AURONT FAIT USAGE DE CES BILLETS CONTREFAITS OU FALSIFIÉS.
Engraver: Emile Deloche
Designer: Lucien Hector Jonas
References: P# 94, Fay# 26/42 (5-12-1940, alphabet 16777-17256)