Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice October 2021 Auction 12-14 Oct 2021
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FRANCE. Agriculture/Art Deco Bronze Award Medal, ND (ca. 1935). Paris Mint. NGC MS-63 Brown.
MdP-III, 371A. Diameter: 68mm. By M. Thenot. Obverse: AGRICVLTVRE, upper body of nude female (representing France) emerging from wheat field; two hands rise up, nourishing the field with her breasts; in three lines in exergue, LABOURAGE ET PÂTURAGE / SONT LES DEUX MAMELLES /DE LA FRANCE (plowing and grazing are the two teats of France, a quote from Maximilien de Béthune, the Duke of Sully); Reverse: Central band left blank for engraving; above and below, diptych featuring plowing scene with two horses and grazing scene with three bovines. Charming brown surfaces, with olive-bronze highlights and exceptional obverse relief.
Estimate: $100 - $200
MdP-III, 371A. Diameter: 68mm. By M. Thenot. Obverse: AGRICVLTVRE, upper body of nude female (representing France) emerging from wheat field; two hands rise up, nourishing the field with her breasts; in three lines in exergue, LABOURAGE ET PÂTURAGE / SONT LES DEUX MAMELLES /DE LA FRANCE (plowing and grazing are the two teats of France, a quote from Maximilien de Béthune, the Duke of Sully); Reverse: Central band left blank for engraving; above and below, diptych featuring plowing scene with two horses and grazing scene with three bovines. Charming brown surfaces, with olive-bronze highlights and exceptional obverse relief.
Estimate: $100 - $200