Historical and Art Medals

France, 1927. France. The Completion of the Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a bronze medal by P.V. Dautel, bust of Haussmann, street map behind, reverse worker excavating, 65mm (Classens 47, variety). Softly worked, extremely fine

The famous Parisian thoroughfare, Boulevard Haussmann, named after its instigator, Baron Haussmann(1809-84), was begun in 1857, but work was not completed until 70 years later, delayed in part by World War I