Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, and Historical Medals

France, Chasseur au Sanglier, 1936, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, bust of a huntsman to right, holding a knife, reverse wild boar running to left, trees behind, 59mm (CGMP p.274), good very fine, scarce; 50th Anniversary of the banque de l’union parisienne, 1954, a silver medal by G. Simon, seated figure of Minerva, reverse symbolic ship of Paris, named (Maurice Koechlin), 60mm., about extremely fine, rare; in fitted green case of issue (£30-40)

First medal, the reverse design debuted on Morlon’s medal Les Ardennes, issued in 1935