FRANCE
Restoration of the railways
Copper medal, by BOVY, 1842, 113mm, 635.2g, laureate head left, LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS, signature A.BOVY below, rev. cruciform railways around an altar on which a railway allegory leading Mercury and Mars, DANT IGNOTAS MARTI NOVASQUE MERCURIO ALAS. LOI DU XI JUIN M.D. CCC. XLII. LOUIS PHILIPPE REGNANT,in exergue : M.r TESTE MINISTRE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS. M.r LEGRAND SOUS-SECRETAIRE D'ETAT., signature A. BOVY FECIT, stamped CUIVRE and a galley prow on edge (Moyaux 121 Collignon 1288).
With its circular wooden box with wear ; medal, green stains on obverse, extremely fine.