A Collection of French Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman Second Republic, 1849, a silver award medal by B. Andrieu, female figure (France ?) seated right, holding laurel wreath in each hand, rev. wreath, named (Le Président de la République Française à M. Shepard 1849), 69mm. Fields hairlined, otherwise about extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case [this slightly distressed] £100-£120