Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a gilt-bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, Marianne crowning seated artisan, Exposition pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, named (Société de Prévoyance et de Secours Mutuels des Alsaciens Lorrains), 62mm (Maier 131; PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 176, 373). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £40-£50