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Bourgeois, Louis-Maximilien (French, 1839-1901); b. Paris
FRANCE, L’Elit de Carnot à la Présidence de la République [Election of President Carnot], 1887, a bronze award medal by L.-M. Bourgeois, draped bust of Marianne right, wearing cap, rev. oak-wreath, tablet engraved (Gagneur), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 72mm, 186.95g (Marx, Médailleurs Français, p.53; BDM I, 238; cf. Aureo & Calicó 369, 2029). Very fine £30-£40
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.
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Marie-François-Sadi Carnot (1837-94) was an engineer and President of the 3rd Republic from 1887 until his assassination in Lyon in June 1894.
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