Watch List notes:

France, Société de Geographie de Marseille AR Medal. 1879. To commemorate the French expedition to the source of the Niger. Landscape depicting the hills of Tembi Counou; sun, crescent moon and star above; Arabic legend around / EXPÉDITION FRANÇAISE AUX SOURCES DU NIGER * C. A. VERMINCK *, date on tablet; J. ZWEIFEL above, M. MOUSTIER below. 19.19g, 37mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Exceedingly Rare.

Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.