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France, Romain Rolland, 1947, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, bust right, titles of several of his works surmounted on his head, reverse two naked adolescents wrestling, 72mm (CGMP p.777). Mint state, rare (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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Romain Rolland (1866-1944), French novelist, dramatist and essayist, received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1916. The reverse design derives from Rolland’s essay Empédocle d’Agrigente