Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

France, Société Historique d’Auteuil et de Passy (Fondée 1892), a silver award medal by G. Michel and H. Dubois, robed female seated in meditation, train on viaduct at left, rev. floral tablet, named (À Monsieur le Docteur Marmottan, Maire du XVIe Arrondissement), 61mm (Coll. R. Marx 411; BDM VIII, 58). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)

Henri Marmottan, mayor of the 16th arrondissement from 1883 to 1906