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France, Personnages à l’Enterrement, c.1908, a uniface cast bronze medal by F.P. Niclausse, two standing male figures in profile, one holding an upturned furled umbrella, 100mm (BDM VIII, 96). An original cast, extremely fine and rare; with ring for suspension on the back (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical and Art Medals, the Property of a European Collector.

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Ex BDW 5 (60).

François Paul Niclausse (1879-1958) studied under Ponscarme. He exhibited similar plaques to this at the 1908 Paris Salon. In the mid-1970s the French Mint restruck some of Niclausse’s work