Online auction - Lot 75

[France]

5 medals and 1 plaquette relating to history of France.

[France], 19th-20th c


Starting bid: € 80

€ 100 / 120

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Lot description

Bronze, gilt bronze (occ. sm. stains). Good to very good.

1. Pierre-Paul Riquet baron de Bonrepos, constructor of the Canal du Midi (E. Dubois, F.T. de Puymaurin, 1825, 42 mm). - 2. Emperor Napoleon III (H. Ponscarme, 1867, 51 mm). Rev.: "Exposition universelle de [1868] à Paris/ Récompenses/ Walthère Frère". - 3. Cardinal de Richelieu (J. Warin, 1631 [reissue 1921], 43 mm, punch "bronze"). Rev.: "Chantilly/ L'Académie française/ à/ l'Académie royale/ de langue et littérature/ françaises/ de Belgique [...]". - 4. Lorraine, ill. with a bust of woman (G. Prud'homme, [ca. 1930], 68 x 51 mm). - 5. Jeanne d'Arc (id., [ca. 1949], 59 mm). Rev.: coats of arms of Orléans, Reims and Rouen. - 6. Charles de Gaulle ("PCH" [Pichard-Balme], s.d., 70 mm, silver patinated bronze). Rev.: facsimile of an autograph dedication signed by the General.

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Lot 75

5 medals and 1 plaquette relating to history of France.

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