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France, Le Petit Parisien, 1913, a silver award medal by E.-V. Exbrayat for A. Lahure, standing figure with torch, reverse running figure of Mercury with map of Europe, 49mm (BDM VII, 284; cf. BDW 5, 80 and DNW 30, 744). Knocks to rim and cleaned in the past, otherwise about extremely fine, rare; in original red fitted case of issue by Ch. Vallet, Paris (£30-40)

Le Petit Parisien, a newspaper founded in 1875