Robert Schuman

1958

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen 1958 für Robert Schuman
Für die Einheit Europas

Vita

1886
1886
Born
Law in Metz, Berlin, Munich, Bonn and Strasbourg, doctorate in law
Study
Study
1919
1919
Election to the French Chamber of Deputies
Arrest by the Gestapo, 1942 Escape
1940
1940
1946-1962
1946-1962
Member of the French National Assembly
finance ministers
1946
1946
1948-1952
1948-1952
foreign ministers
Minister of Justice
1955-1956
1955-1956
1947/1948
1947/1948
Eight months as prime minister
Proposal of the Schuman Plan for the European Coal and Steel Community
1950
1950
1958
1958
Election as President of the European Assembly, resigned 1960
deceased
1963
1963

Text of the Certificate of Honour

The International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen for the year 1958 was awarded to Robert Schuman on Ascension Day, 15 May 1958, in the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, the former imperial palace, in recognition of his great achievements in laying the first practical foundations for a European federation in the political and economic spheres and for a shared future of Germany and France in peace and security.