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France, Death of Léon Gambetta, 1882, a uniface cast bronze medal by A. Gauvin, bust left, 118mm. Good very fine, patinated, rare (£90-120)

Illustrated on plates in back of catalogue.

Léon Gambetta (1838-82), statesman who helped to found the Third Republic and who became Prime Minister in 1881, died on New Year’s Eve. Gauvin’s medal is signed and dated 1883.

The work of Alfred Gauvin, sculptor and medallist from Héricourt-en-Caux (dép. Seine-Maritime), is seldom met with in commerce