Auction Catalogue

8 December 1994

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 691

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8 December 1994

Hammer Price:
£75

France, 1907. France. Claude Debussy, a uniface bronze portrait medal by Eliza Beetz-Charpentier, bare-headed bust left, 58mm (Niggl 534a; Classens 10). Very fine and very rare

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), composer; Eliza Beetz-Charpentier was the Dutch-born wife of Alexandre Charpentier, another noted medallist and sculptor