1871, France. AERIAL COMMUNICATION DURING THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. By Charles-J. Marie Degeorge. Silver 50mm. OBV: A female personification of Paris seated on a cannon and reaching up to a dove; a balloon in the background. REV: A dove cote. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 122/A, Malpas 95. In a contemporary circular case. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD