Lot 2484

Description

France, Burdiglia, 13th Exposition of Bordeaux, Society Philomathic, 1895, prize medal in bronze (62mm), by A.Rivet and struck by Paris Mint, obverse, bust of Marianne left and wearing a three-masted ship on her head, at right arms of Bordeaux, reverse, seated naked woman holding a book with quill pen in right hand, behind the exposition building and below a plaque for recipient's name; Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris 1900, commemorative remembrance medal in bronze (60mm), by V.C.Chaplain, obverse, allegorical figures above Paris, in a plaque below, De La Martiniere (French educational institution in Lucknow), reverse, Marianne wearing Phrygian cap, at side a tree and in the distance Paris; Ministry of War Shooting Competition prize medal, undated, in bronze (50mm), by Henri Dubois, obverse, Marianne bust right, reverse, shooting competition scene with naked Victory holding a wreath, below a plaque for recipient's name; Allier Agricultural Society prize medal, undated, in bronze (50mm), by H. De Longueil, obverse, bust of Olivier De Serres left, reverse, wreath of farm animals, produce and agricultural tools, unnamed; Philatelie (philatelic) prize medal, undated (design used for many years from 1920s-1980s), in bronze (60x39mm), by R.Cochet, uniface, obverse, stamp format featuring a female with magnifying glass seated at a desk and studying stamps in an album, at top left corner is a postmark dated 25.IX/19-, unnamed. First polished, very fine; second heavily cleaned, appears to be a casting, otherwise fine; last three extremely fine. (5)