Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

France, 1919. France. Comité d’Alimentation du Nord de la France, bronze presentation medal by Prouvé, tablet between wheat sheaves, reverse young woman throwing her arms around a young mother and child, in the foreground a seated old man leaning forward in dejection, among ruins, a ceux qui l’ont secoure. la france envahie above, 1914 1918 below, 68mm (BM ‘Aquisitions’ 128). Extremely fine and rare

An example of this medal was aquired by the British Mueum in 1979 [Hull Grundy bequest]