France, 1888. France. Théodore de Banville, a large uniface cast bronze portrait medal by A.L.M. Charpentier, bust right, 135mm (PBE 168; CGMP p.81; Coll. R. Marx 232). Very fine and as made, very rare (£100-150)

Théodore de Banville (1823-91), French poet, was a member of the Parnassian sect who sought to create ‘objective’ poems out of subject matter. These medals were cast at the Paris mint in 1892