FRANCE, République française, c. 1870, a silver award medal by J,-A. Barre adapted for the Ministère de la Marine, diademed head of Ceres to left, rev. sail, anchors and oars in saltire, central tablet inscribed (Régates Internationales de Nice, 1897), edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 41mm, 36.96g (cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 223; cf. iNumis MBS 12, 1710). Practically mint state, brilliant and toned £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Bt Simmons June 2002.

The Nice regattas, a series of classic yacht events organised biennially during a 5-day extended weekend at the end of September, began as a domestic event in 1879, before opening up to international competition in 1886