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1928. Algeria/Tunisia. André Lebon, Commander of the Legion d’Honneur, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, bust left, reverse woman carrying water from a well, 64mm; 1930, Centenary of the French Administration of Algeria, a bronze award medal by G. Beguet, standing figures, reverse legend, 62mm (cf. DW 24, 230); 1950, Augustin Leynaud, Archbishop of Algiers, a bronze medal by R.B. Baron, bust right, reverse seminary buildings, 60mm; 1951, Centenary of the Banque de l’Algerie et de la Tunisie, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coëffin, inscriptions in French and Arabic, reverse the progress of North African society from agricultural to industrial, 76mm [4]. First two medals very fine, others extremely fine (£80-100)

André Lebon, President of the Crédit Foncier d’Algerie et de Tunisie; Monseigneur Augustin Fernand Leynaud, Archbishop of Algiers, 1917-50