Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1529

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15 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£35

France, Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre, 1914, a cast bronze plaque by M. Blondat [after Forain], prisoner of war seated, writing pad perched on his knee, left hand to his forehead, rev. legend in 8 lines, 70 x 41mm (Frankenhuis 104; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 51; cf. DNW 64, 1362). Extremely fine; in brown fitted case of issue by Henri Téteger, 248 rue de Rivoli, Paris £40-60