The Collection of Art Déco Medals formed by Paul Fellerman

FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, an Art Déco bronze medal by L.-G. Bazor, Marianne greets figures representing North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Indo-China under the leaves of a chestnut tree, rev. plan of the Expo in the Bois de Vincennes, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 143.79g (Maier 330 [Sale, lot 249]; Ruedas 24; CGMP p.30; cf. MDC e4, 1038; cf. Album 43, 2236; cf. DNW M14, 1275). Very fine; in original maroon fitted case of issue £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Déco Medals formed by Paul Fellerman.

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The primary goal of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale was to bring peoples from the wide French colonial empire together in the capital city in order to educate the French nation as to the importance of their colonies. The exposition, occupying 500 acres in the Bois de Vincennes, opened on 6 May 1931 and by the time it closed in November some 8 million people had visited it