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France, Centenary of the École Polytechnique, Paris, 1894, a bronze medal by L.M. Bourgeois, semi-naked female seated, studying papers, airship, lighthouse, locomotive, aqueduct and other instruments of industry around, reverse scholar, legend in front, engraved below “Chove (1911), 1928-29” below, 68mm (CGMP p.65; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 431; BDM –; cf. DNW 49, 833). Excellent style, good very fine, rare; in original green card box (£50-70)