Historical and Art Medals

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze medal by R. Mayer for B.H. Mayer AG, seated figure of France welcoming a figure of Germany and two children to the Expo, rev. standing male nude welcoming in the New Century, 81mm (Dräger, Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland V, p.61, 105; BDM III, 634). Good very fine, scarce (£60-80)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 539.

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