Historical and Art Medals

Georges Clemenceau, 1918, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois [struck 1929], bust right, rev. Clemenceau standing in front of troops, 68mm (CGMP p.233; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.21, 82; cf. DNW 64, 1364); Maréchal Foch, 1918, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, rev. the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed, 68mm (CGMP p.324; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 57; cf. BDW 18, 731); Entrée à Strasbourg du Général Gouraud, 1918, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann [struck 1924], bust right, rev. Gouraud, on horseback, being greeted by a woman of Alsace, 68mm (CGMP p.114); Gloire au Soldat Inconnu, 1921, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, angel receiving the body of a dead soldier borne aloft by four female figures, rev. wreath draped with medal, tomb below, 68mm (Jones, Art of the Medal, 417; cf. DNW 45, 792) [4]. Very fine and better (£50-80)