France, Honoré de Balzac, 1933, a silver medal by L. Patriarche, 68mm (CGMP p.304; cf. BDW 7, 853). Good very fine, rare (£70-90)

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French literary artist who produced a vast collection of novels and short stories entitled La Comédie Humaine between 1829 and 1847