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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals: Part IV
Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939); b. Montgeron
EGYPT, aldhikraa alkhamsin litasis muasasat alaitiman almisria, Cairo [50th Anniversary of the Credit Foncier Egyptien/Egyptian Mortgage Bank], 1930, a large Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, male scribe seated facing, cross-legged, ancient Egyptian agricultural frieze behind, rev. farmer ploughs with two oxen to left, River Nile behind, 108mm, 405.69g (Van Daele –; cf. Baldwin 83, 5296; cf. iNumis May 2012, 379). Very fine and very rare £500-£700
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2003.
The Credit Foncier Egyptien, founded in Alexandria on 15 February 1880 by Karl Heinrich Beyerle and Raphael Suares, is the oldest bank in Cairo. The bank moved to new premises on Manak street, Cairo, in 1903-4
Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939); b. Montgeron
EGYPT, aldhikraa alkhamsin litasis muasasat alaitiman almisria, Cairo [50th Anniversary of the Credit Foncier Egyptien/Egyptian Mortgage Bank], 1930, a large Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, male scribe seated facing, cross-legged, ancient Egyptian agricultural frieze behind, rev. farmer ploughs with two oxen to left, River Nile behind, 108mm, 405.69g (Van Daele –; cf. Baldwin 83, 5296; cf. iNumis May 2012, 379). Very fine and very rare £500-£700
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2003.
The Credit Foncier Egyptien, founded in Alexandria on 15 February 1880 by Karl Heinrich Beyerle and Raphael Suares, is the oldest bank in Cairo. The bank moved to new premises on Manak street, Cairo, in 1903-4