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Auction 176 26 May 2020
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World Historical Medals from Various Properties
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a plated bronze award medal by L.A. Bottée, Marianne crowning seated artisan, Exposition pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, named (Société de Basalte Artificiel, Céramique de Cotroceni), 62mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231). Edge bruise at top, otherwise good very fine; in contemporary fitted case by Le Medaillier, 9 rue Berger, Paris [interior lining slightly damaged] £100-£120
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a plated bronze award medal by L.A. Bottée, Marianne crowning seated artisan, Exposition pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, named (Société de Basalte Artificiel, Céramique de Cotroceni), 62mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231). Edge bruise at top, otherwise good very fine; in contemporary fitted case by Le Medaillier, 9 rue Berger, Paris [interior lining slightly damaged] £100-£120