Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, Marianne crowning a seated artisan, Expo pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, tablet below, named (Bonnarme), 63mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW M5, 1464); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 179; BDM VI, 239; cf. DNW M2, 2504) [2]. First good very fine, second about very fine £50-70