Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Germany, Olivier de Serres, c. 1850, a silver award medal by H. de Longueil for the Société d’Agriculture, Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres d’Indre-et-Loire, bust left, rev. wreath, un-named, 50mm (cf. DW 24, 434); Souvenir de la Saint Louis, 1888, a bronze award medal by A. Poncet for L. Penin, named (Jean Joseph Rimaud, 5 Mars 1889), 68mm [2]. First brilliant mint state, second very fine; both in fitted cases of issue £30-40