Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

France, L’Œuvre des Barbares, 1916, a bronze medal by Marcelle R. Crocé-Lancelot, widow with new-born child standing in front of a grave in a battlefield marked by a cross, edge plain, reverse branches of olives and conifers, 60mm (cf. CGMP p.108). About extremely fine, rare (£30-40)

A marginally different version of this medal, referring to the Battle of the Marne, was issued by the Monnaie in 1918