Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of La France right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (W. Gilbert), 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW M8, 2254). Very fine; in red card box of issue £30-40

Provenance: From the estate of the sculptor Walter Gilbert; see also lots 1402, 1424, 1428 and 1440