A Collection of Art Medals

Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, 1911. France. Monte-Carlo, 8eme Meeting de Canots Automobiles, uniface Æ prize plaque by Tony Szirmai, 73 x 86mm, named (First issued for the International Automobile Conference, Paris 1909. See BDM V, p.728 [ill.]). Very rare, numerous little knocks, mainly on reverse, nevertheless obverse quite pleasing to the eye, obverse very fine and reverse fine (£100-130)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals.

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Tony Antoine Szirmai (born at Budapest, 1871) studied at the Budapest School of Decorative Arts and then worked in Paris with Barrias.