Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 802

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£50

Automobile-Sport, c.1922, bronze-gilt award medals by E. Fraisse (2), driver and riding mechanic in car, reverse sporting implements above tablet, one named (21 Juin 1923, Automobile Club du Sud-Ouest), both 50mm (cf. BDW 13, 304); together with La Route, c.1935, an Art Deco bronze award medal by R. Pelletier for the Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers, naked man kneeling against a kilometre stone and holding a motor-coach, reverse motor-coach and star, named (A. Le Roux, 1948), 50mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 166; cf. BDW 18, 546). [3]. First two fine to very fine, last extremely fine (£30-40)

The example of the first medal dated 1923 is the earliest award bearing this design that the cataloguer has seen