Historical Medals

FRANCE, Roger Marx, 1892, a uniface cast bronze plaquette by D. Dupuis, bust right, 75 x 48mm (BDM I, 664). Good very fine, rare £100-£120

Buckland Dix & Wood Auction, 15 December 1995, lot 400

Roger Marx (1859-1913), art critic, museum inspector, and publisher of different books to promote medals. Founder of the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, he was instrumental in the development of the Art of the Medal at the end of the 19th century.