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

№ 567

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£100

Marshal Philippe Pétain, 1922, a large uniface cast bronze portrait plaque for a medal by S.-E. Vernier, bust right, 257mm (cf. BDW 5, 111). Extremely fine, virtually as made (£60-80)

Henri Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), the ‘hero of the Battle of Verdun’, 1916; C-in-C French army, 1917; Marshal of France, 1918; Prime Minister of France and chief-of-state of the Vichy government, 1940; convicted for treason and sentenced to death, 1945; sentence commuted to life imprisonment by de Gaulle.

This plaque was executed when the artist was 70 years of age.
See Plate III