Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Les Sciences, 1894, bronze award medals by L.-A. Bottée (2, one modern), seated figure of Science attended by Genie, rev. sphinx looking at itself in a mirror, rising sun at left and oil-lamp below, tablets un-named, both 51mm (PBE 28; CGMP pp.60-1; Coll. R. Marx 383; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 54, 829); Angevine, 1919, a bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, 64 x 42mm (CGMP p.351; cf. DNW 68, 1691); Rugby, c. 1920, a bronze plaque by A. Méry for Arthus-Bertrand, 57 x 48mm; Enseignement Technique, 1931, a plated bronze plaque by E. Fraisse for the Ministère de l’Instruction Publique, 55 x 50mm, edge stamped 1989 (CGMP p.183; cf. DNW M4, 477); Combat d’Antilopes, 1936, a uniface bronze plaque by M. Thenot, 83 x 47mm (CGMP p.372); Football, c. 1940, a bronze plaque by V. Michel, 51 x 39mm [7]. Very fine £80-100