France, 50th Anniversary of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris, à Lyon et la Méditerranée, 1907, a silver plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, train steaming past a level-crossing, coach and horses at left, rev. allegorical female stepping down from the footplate of a locomotive, three figures with trolley waiting to greet her, 60 x 45mm (PBE 982; Moyaux Suppl. 271; Swan 286; cf. DNW 37, 1236). About extremely fine, rare (£80-100)

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