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France, France, Léda et le Cygne, 1925, a uniface Art Deco bronze plaque by A. Lavrillier, Léda with swan, 100 x 61mm (Classens 107; CGMP p.228; Jones, Art of the Medal, 418; cf. BDW 5, 120, and 24, 213). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images; has been lightly polished and with some minor edge marks, otherwise very fine, rare (£80-100)

Issued by the French mint in 1929, but first exhibited by André Lavrillier in the 1925 exhibition, Douze Medailleurs