British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

Memorial to the Pupils of the École des Beaux-Arts Killed in the Franco-Prussian War, 1887, a bronze medal by C.-J.-M. Degeorge, female figure placing a wreath of palm on the body of a slain martyr, reverse monument, 81mm (PBE 341; CGMP p.122; Coll. R. Marx 397; BDM I, 543; cf. DW 24, 436). Small obverse rim nick, otherwise extremely fine, an attractive example (£40-50)