France, Quatercentenary of the Birth of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1933, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, bust right, reverse the Chateau de Montaigne in Perigord, QVE SCAY IE?, 68mm (CGMP p.201). About extremely fine, rare (£40-50)

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592), French philosopher and essayist and the most widely read writer of the French Renaissance