Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

France, Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l’Est, c. 1910, a silver medal by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, female allegorical figure riding on buffers of a steam locomotive, rev. train emerging from a tunnel into a landscape, 40mm (Moyaux 277 bis; PBE 984; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.26, 159; cf. Swan 290-1; cf. DNW 51, 1157). Very fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Hans-P. Wipfler.

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