France, Ouverture du Canal de l’Ourcq, 1809, copper medals by B. Andrieu (2), bust of Napoleon right, revs. Paris seated with attendants, both 40mm (Bramsen 868; Slg. Julius 2122; BDM I, 54); Compagnie des Canaux de Paris, 1818, copper medals by R. Gayrard (2), both 35mm; Assassinat du Duc du Berri, 1820, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and R. Gayrard, 35mm (BDM II, 226); Canal St Martin, Paris, a copper medal by R. Gayrard and A. Desboeufs, 41mm [6]. Last good fine, others very fine and better £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals Related To Canals and Shipping from the Stanley Holland Collection.

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