FRANCE, Musée Permanent des Travaux Publics, Paris [National Museum of Public Works], 1939, an Art Déco bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, central statue of Marianne dividing panels with heads of artisans representing roads, mining, navigation and electricity, rev. frontal elevation of the Palais d’Iéna, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 214.93g. About extremely fine, rare £40-£60

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

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The Musée, dedicated to about 400 public works shown at the Paris Expo of 1937, opened on 4 March 1939 but, after many years of poor attendance figures, closed in September 1955.