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WORLD HISTORICAL MEDALS, FRANCE, Siège de Paris, 1870-1871, a silver award medal, unsigned, for the Swiss Red Cross, Geneva, named (Boucheron), 37mm; Communications Aériennes, Paris, 1871, a silver award medal by C.-J.-M. Degeorge for the Ministère de la Guerre, named (2e Médaille, E. Tassoux, Le Revanche de Cambrai), 62mm (cf. CGMP p.122; BDM I, 544; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.19, 48; Malpas 94); together with a large silver restrike of a medal of Louis XIV, named (Hommage La Ligue Maritime Française au Charles Leborgne pour son glorieux combat, 24·5·17), 72mm [3]. Very fine and better £120-150

Provenance: J. Spencer Collection