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France, 1924. France. 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Caisse Générale, silver medal by Jenny Lorain, 64mm; 1937, Prof. Laignel-Lavastine, bronze medal by F. de Hérain for Arthus-Bertrand, 81mm (cf. DW 24, 296) [2]. Very fine and better, first with obverse rim knock at 7 o’clock (£30-40)

Professeur Laignel-Lavastine, doctor of medicine, acknowledged for his research into the human solar-plexus