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Saint George and the Dragon, c.1875, a uniface cast bronze medal by E. Frémiet, St George on horseback right, preparing to spear dragon, DEVS FORTITVDO MEA, 93mm (cf. Kjellberg, p.329, 5; cf. PBE 461; cf. BDM II, 155). Pierced for suspension, better than very fine and nicely patinated, rare (£60-80)

Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910), nephew and student of Rude, was one of the most important French sculptors of the second half of the 19th century