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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, rev. scholar, legend in front, tablet below, 68mm (CGMP p.65; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 431; BDM –; cf. DNW 49, 883). Excellent style, good very fine and nicely patinated, rare; in original maroon card box [this slightly distressed] (£60-80)

Obverse only illustrated, reduced