A Collection of French Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 1848, a copper medal, signed F (?), 34mm; Election of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Second Republic, 1850, a copper medal by J. Barre, 51mm (Page-Divo 11); Boulogne Agricultural Society, a plated copper award medal [c. 1860-70] by Desaide-Roquelay, un-named, 51mm; Academy of Industrial Inventors and Exhibitors, Paris, a gilt-bronze award medal by C. Marey, undated [struck after 1880], un-named, 51mm [4]. About extremely fine or better; third in contemporary fitted case £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of French Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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