Auction Catalogue

6 December 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1414

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6 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£45

ENGLAND, City and Guilds, a silver award medal, named (Lucien Legros, Tools, Metal Working, 1st Prize, 1888), 52mm, in case of issue; France, Société des Ingenieurs Civils, Prix Michel Alcan, a gilt-bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, named (L. Legros, 1922), 58mm [2]. Virtually mint state; in cases of issue £60-80

The recipient is believed to have been the typographer Lucien Alphonse Legros (1865-1933), son of the painter, etcher and sculptor Alphonse Legros