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France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a silver plaque by J.-E. Roiné for the SAMF, La France welcoming and crowning Genius of the Old and New Worlds, from the drawing by A. Besnard, rev. city view of Paris from the Pont Alexandre III to the Eiffel Tower, 69 x 55mm, edge stamped 14 (Coll. R. Marx 97; PBE 829; Baxter 98; BDM V, 196; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.263, 9; cf. DNW 35, 542). Polished, otherwise good very fine, very rare (£200-250)

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