Auction Catalogue

1 July 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2616

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£220

France, La Science Devoile La Verité, c. 1915, a silver award plaque by H. Aftonaris, robed female figure of Science removing veil from naked female figure of Truth, holding a mirror into which she gazes, biplane and airship above, rev. battleship at sea in top panel, implements of science and industry in bottom panel, central tablet named (Au Docteur Maurice Ménard, ses Amis du Vendredi, Janvier 1917), 70 x 50mm. About extremely fine and very rare (£150-200)