Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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FRANCE. Bronze Shooting Medal, ND (ca. 1910). Paris Mint. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
By Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray. 49mm. Obverse: France, standing and facing right, holding laurel branch in her right hand, pointing with her left and instructing an adjacent young man; accoutrements of historical weapons at their feet to the right, forest in the background, blank exergue below; Reverse: Military encampment, bicycle and tent in background at left, rifles resting vertically together in left mid-ground, accoutrements of war and sport in the center foreground, inscribed escutcheon below, soldiers, targets, and landscape in the background above. Cornucopia privy mark. Art is pointing out sport as preparatory to military training. Some verdigris is noted on both obverse and reverse. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $30 - $50
By Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray. 49mm. Obverse: France, standing and facing right, holding laurel branch in her right hand, pointing with her left and instructing an adjacent young man; accoutrements of historical weapons at their feet to the right, forest in the background, blank exergue below; Reverse: Military encampment, bicycle and tent in background at left, rifles resting vertically together in left mid-ground, accoutrements of war and sport in the center foreground, inscribed escutcheon below, soldiers, targets, and landscape in the background above. Cornucopia privy mark. Art is pointing out sport as preparatory to military training. Some verdigris is noted on both obverse and reverse. To view all items from the PHG Collection click here.
From the PHG Collection.
Estimate: $30 - $50