Status International
Auction 366 11 Jun 2021
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1878 Exposition Universelle Internationale Paris Gold prize medal awarded to Dalton Freres. Laureate bust of France left, rev Victory flying above the exhibition grounds with trumpet & wreath. 84.14g. AV 900 fine, 50mm by JC Chaplain, minor edge bruises, gVF. The Dalton brothers were Australian farmers, originally from Ireland, who had pastoral interests in Orange. They were one of the richest & most influential Catholic families in the colony. Very rare awarded to Australians. (P)
1878 Exposition Universelle Internationale Paris Gold prize medal awarded to Dalton Freres. Laureate bust of France left, rev Victory flying above the exhibition grounds with trumpet & wreath. 84.14g. AV 900 fine, 50mm by JC Chaplain, minor edge bruises, gVF. The Dalton brothers were Australian farmers, originally from Ireland, who had pastoral interests in Orange. They were one of the richest & most influential Catholic families in the colony. Very rare awarded to Australians. (P)