Coins and Historical Medals

FRANCE, Compagnie Pour la Diffusion d’Éléctricité, c. 1927, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, facing female head with flame-like hair, rays behind, rev. female figure in cloak and long dress, rays from her outstretched hands pouring over the city of Paris, 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 62; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 74; cf. DNW 49, 948). One of the classic Art Déco medallic images, very fine but obverse a trifle discoloured at 10 o’clock £60-£80