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France, The French Youth to Michel Chevreul on his 100th Birthday, 1886, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right with wavy hair, reverse female student with seated figure of Chevreul, 69mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 14; PBE 840; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 231; Baxter 32; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.135, 12; cf. DNW 47, 845); Les Sciences, 1894, a bronze medal by L.-A. Bottée, seated figure of Science attended by Genie, reverse sphinx looking at itself in a mirror, rising sun at left and oil-lamp below, 51mm (PBE 28; CGMP pp.60-1; Coll. R. Marx 383; BDM I, 231); République Française, 1894, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis and H. Dubois for the Association Philotechnique de Neuilly-sur-Seine, bust of Marianne right, reverse winged Genius holding tablet, oak wreath around, 68mm (CGMP pp.162, 170) [3]. Very fine and better, but first with small stain on lower obverse (£40-50)