Auction Catalogue

11 July 2006

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2688

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11 July 2006

Hammer Price:
£65

France, Exposition Internationale de la Houille Blanche et du Tourisme, Grenoble, 1925, a gilt-bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, naked female reclining on rock-face, hydro-electric lines behind and a party of climbers in background, rev. aerial view of Grenoble, wreath around, un-named, 69mm (cf. BDW 18, 502). Very fine, scarce (£50-70)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 40, 14 April 1999, lot 782.

Plate XXVII. An unusually early medal commemorating the hydro-electric industry