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

France, Festival International du Film de Cannes, c.1950, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, figures representing Art and Science, reverse masks and musical instruments, 68mm (CGMP –). Extremely fine and very rare (£120-150)

Founded in 1946 in an effort to encourage tourism on the Côte d’Azur, the Cannes Film Festival is the most famous of the international film competitions and is held each Spring. This is the first medal associated with the Festival that the cataloguer has seen