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Medal Ae Prison International Congress in Paris in 1895
Designer: Oscar Roty, obverse:- Above: Paris
- Below: The city of Paris with the Seine, the Pont Neuf, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Pantheon and other monuments.
- With laurel above the laurels the inscription "V Congress International Penitentiary"
- On the left of the obverse and on the laurels the inscription "M.D.CCCXCV"
- The bottom of the obverse the name "Cecconi"
Mr. Ermanno Cecconi was tasked with the unenviable job of reforming many of Frances over crowded prisons, the award for the recognition of this was posthumous
Edge marked "BRONZE" with cornucopia
48mm diameter, extremely fine and scarce
Designer: Oscar Roty, obverse:- Above: Paris
- Below: The city of Paris with the Seine, the Pont Neuf, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Pantheon and other monuments.
- With laurel above the laurels the inscription "V Congress International Penitentiary"
- On the left of the obverse and on the laurels the inscription "M.D.CCCXCV"
- The bottom of the obverse the name "Cecconi"
Mr. Ermanno Cecconi was tasked with the unenviable job of reforming many of Frances over crowded prisons, the award for the recognition of this was posthumous
Edge marked "BRONZE" with cornucopia
48mm diameter, extremely fine and scarce