Auction Catalogue

3 April 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 506

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3 April 1998

Estimate: £140–£180

Medals Related to Sports, Fédération Nationale de l’Automobile, du Cycle, de l’Aeronautique et des Transports, c.1905, a bronze members’ plaque by R.-C. Verlet, robed, semi-naked female figure of Victory with wreaths in both hands, seated on a wheel, bicycle, car, motorcycle engine and factory chimneys in background, reverse palm branch and legend, un-named, 90 x 90mm (PBE 926). Good very fine and patinated, very rare; contained in a modern Monnaie de Paris case (£140-180)

Raoul-Charles Verlet (1857-1923), sculptor and medallist from Angoulême