Coins and Historical Medals

FRANCE, Le Feu, a uniface hexagonal silver plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, Vulcan at his anvil, fire behind, back named (Département de la Seine, Commission Departementale du Travail, Loi du 16 Juillet 1932, Jules Franceschini, 1932), 60 x 52mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 71; cf. DNW 48, 747). Very fine and very rare in silver £150-£180

Provenance: A Collection of Art Medals in Silver, the Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1417