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Electronic Auction 448  17 Jul 2019
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Lot 618

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 160 USD
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FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Æ Medal (64mm, 103.0 g, 12h). Exposition Universelle. Presented to "Dauphin". By Louis Bottée. Dated 1889. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, Minerva seated right, head left, crowning male figure seated right on anvil; lamp and books in background, painter's palette, column, and hammer to right; below, 1889 among rays above view of the fair grounds with the Eiffel Tower / Angel flying right, head left, blowing trumpet and holding wreath in arm wraped around a herm-style statue of Marianne; to left, RÉPUBLIQUE/ FRANÇAISE; below, table inscribed DAUPHIN set on branches. Underlying luster, small spot. EF. An attractive Beaux-arts medal.

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