Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis for the Monnaie de Paris, female symbolising History inscribing a tablet held for her by a cupid, rev. Genie holding torch and leaning against a coining-press, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP p.173); Oeuvre du Nid, Beauté Médaille d’Honneur, Concours des Bébés, 1908, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (O. Lucas), 36mm; Henri Courbot, 1964, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coeffin, 68mm (CGMP –); Général Martial Valin, 50th Anniversary of Service to his Country, 1967, a bronze medal by A. de Jaeger, 81mm (cf. DNW 68, 1727); together with other miscellaneous French medals (16), by Depaulis, Gayrard, Prud’homme, Cariat, Michaux, Wiener, Theunis, etc [20]. Generally very fine £40-60