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France, 1945. France/England. The Liberation of France, a cast bronze medal by P. Turin, bust of Churchill three-quarters left in cap, reverse Churchill arms, part of Churchill’s speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in 1942 below, 66mm (CGMP p.1836; Engstrom 11; E. 2069; Fearon 396.2; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 195). Extremely fine, rare as a cast medal (£50-70)

Executed in 1945; issued by the Paris mint in 1946