The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE, Syndicat Forestier de France, 1907, a silver Foundation Member’s plaque by D.P.J. Fourcade, robed figure of Fortune riding on a winged wheel, holding a cornucopia in her left hand from which gold coins spill out, and an oak sapling in her right hand, child planting a tree at left, valley in background, rev. scroll flanked by a bird, hunting horn and tools used by hunters, un-named, edge impressed 1 argent and with cornucopia, 40 x 31mm, 22.06g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.98, 8; BDM VII, 315; cf. Künker 356, 8050). Very fine £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt J. Lis, April 2004