Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

France, Aux Armes, 1907, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, female figure in armour and Gallic helmet left, rev. branches of oak, tablet in centre, 63mm (Frankenhuis 238; CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 33; cf. DNW 58, 1544); Les Chars d’Assaut, 1918, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, tank advancing through a landscape of barbed wire, being urged on by semi-naked female figure, rev. floral border, un-named, 68mm (F 254; CGMP p.270; Jones, Art of the Medal, 416; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 6; cf. DNW 61, 1405); 20th Anniversary of the Batailles d’Artois, 1935, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, Bellona with spear, rev. Notre-Dame de Lorette, names around, 59mm (CGMP p.114) [3]. Very fine and better (£80-100)

Provenance:
Second DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 789