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France, Hommage to Henry Deutsch de La Meurthe, 1912, a bronze plaque by L.-J. Deschamps, bust left, birds flying around, rev. seated semi-naked female releasing a winged figure over a view of Paris, Eiffel Tower at left, 83 x 57mm (PBE 362; BDM –; cf. DNW 48, 946). Extremely fine, but rather heavily spotted on reverse (£30-40)
Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe (1846-1919) created the Institut Aerotechnique and founded the famous aeronautical prize in 1900
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