The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part III)

FRANCE, École Coloniale, 1903, a bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, draped and armoured figure of France standing, head turned to left, man seated on the ground at her feet, holding a bamboo cane and leaning on a basket, hut fire in left background, agricultural scene and a locomotive at right, rev. lakeside village, palm tree at right and boats moored to pontoons in foreground, tablet impressed (Exemplaire de Collection), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 116.30g (CGMP p.100; BDM I, 464 and VII, 194; cf. CGB Apr. 2025, 722; cf. iNumis Dec. 2018, 9). Extremely fine, scarce £90-£120

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

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A Collection of Historical and Art Medals, DW Auction 24, 26 June 1996, lot 90