France, Inauguration of the Dunlop Factory at Montluçon, 1922, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, Mercury tapping for rubber, rev. John Dunlop and the Dunlop factory, 50mm (cf. DNW 51, 1162). Extremely fine; in maroon fitted case of issue (£40-60)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 970.

John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), the Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tyre, started his business in 1888. The Montluçon factory opened on 29 September 1922