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

BELGIUM, Olympe Gilbart, 1937, a bronze medal by A. Salle for Les Amis de la Médaille d’Art, bust right, rev. naked legionnaire seated to right on a stone, edge stamped fisch cie, 70mm, 138.43g (cf. Elsen 153, 1853). Extremely fine £25-£35

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

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bt Simmons, June 2014

Olympe Gilbart (1874-1958) was a political activist and editor-in-chief of La Meuse, a regional Belgian newspaper, from 1918 to 1940.