Auction Catalogue
France, Gallia, 1907, a bronze medal by P.-A. Morlon, head of France wearing Gallic helmet half-right, reverse le journal on tablet on floral spray, 63mm (PBE 618; CGMP p.269; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.44, 294; BDM IV, 152; cf. DNW 48, 843); Va, Fils, 1916, a bronze medal by L. Desvignes, La France taking leave of a patriot, reverse standard on tablet, 50mm (CGMP p.144; BDM VII, 220); Le Gouvernement Français en Alsace-Lorraine, 1920, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq, conjoined busts of Poincaré and Clemenceau left, reverse quadriga containing three female figures representing La République, Alsace and Lorraine being escorted by soldiers, METZ-STRASBOURG below, 68mm (CGMP p.292; cf. DNW 37, 1267); Retour de l’Alsace-Lorraine à la France, 1920, a bronze medal by P. Roger-Bloche, figure of La France in Phrygian cap greeting two women in regional costume representing Alsace and Lorraine, reverse soldier with foot on German standard, 68mm (CGMP p.49; cf. DW 24, 164) [4]. Second very fine, others extremely fine and lightly patinated (£40-50)
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