Auction Catalogue

28 July 1993

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 219

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28 July 1993

Estimate: £150–£200

France, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY MEDAL, bronze, by Brenet, 51mm, obverse, the seated figure of Minerva holding a wreath in each hand; reverse embossed 'Dr./ G.C.E. Colin / Mission / Topographique /Au Sénéga l /1880 1881', within a wreath surrounded by th legend 'Société de Géographie/Fondée a Paris en 1821', some light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine