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1970, France. 41ST CONGRESS OF U.H.N.O., SAINT-NAZAIRE. By Raymond Tschudin (1916-1998). Bronze 70mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 5040-19182-9B

 

1948, France. THE TRICENTENARY OF THE ANNEXATION OF ALSACE TO FRANCE. By Raymond Pelletier (1907-1958), Bronze 68mm. $95.

Raymond Pelletier was born in 1908. He studied at l??cole Boulle. As a medallist, he worked primarily for a private company. In 1951 he was appointed as engraver at the mint in Lima, Peru. Pelletier died in 1958.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 5409-16495-12A

 

France. SOPHIE ROSTOPCHINE, COUNTESS OF SÉGUR, Russian-born French Writer. By Madeleine-Pierre Quérolle. Bronze 68mm. $45.

Madeleine-Pierre Qu?rolle, painter sculptor and medallist was born in 1914. He studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs de Nice and later at the ?cole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jandon and Lafaye. His output of medals is quite extensive.

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30456-6C

 

France. VILLE DE PARIS. By Maurice Delannoy. Silver (edge stamped 1ARGENT) 63mm, 115.8 grams. $150.

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

 

Price: $150.00

SKU: 1235-18214-10A

 

France. PORTRAIT D’ENFANTS – Reverse inscribed: Denis et Viviane. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 383/I. $175.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 1173-18205-10A

 

1977, France. ILS VERRONT CELUI QU’ILS ONT TRANSPERCÉ. By Maurice Fleury. Bronze 74mm. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 751/J. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 4685-20848-7C

 

1956, France. DR. A. LAMACHE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. $125.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 0823-17524-6A

 

1945, France. INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS BANK EXPOSITION – Presented to Sir Harold Mackintosh, Chairman of the National Savings Committee. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 68mm. Cased. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 50013-2D

 

France. FILLETTE SUR LA PLAGE (Young Girl on the Beach). By Pierre Lenoir. Bronze plaquette 48mm x 91mm. $225.

Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. Lenoir created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 50012-2D

 

1939, Belgium. FRENCH SECTION IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF WATER TECHNOLOGY. By Louis Muller. Bronze 68mm. In its original, damaged, circular cardboard box. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 48063-2D

 

1985, France. THE ORIENT EXPRESS. By Claude Gondard, Published by le Club Français la Médaille. Number 33 of a limited edition of 200. Copper 76mm. $250

Price: $250.00

SKU: 50004-2D

 

1977, France. HOMMAGE – GÉRARD DE NERVAL, writer and poet. By Marèze Salembier. Cast bronze 128mm. Published by le Club Français la Médaille. EE of an edition of 120. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1638/A. $250

Price: $250.00

SKU: 6048-20646-3C

 

France. ÉDOUARD BRANLY, Physician. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 68mm. $90.

Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1, 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9, 1975.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 6626-20850-7C

 

1944, France. Medicine. DR. F. ARLOIN, FALCULTY OF MEDICINE, LYON. By Louis Muller. Bronze 63mm. $150.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at V?nissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larriv? at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by Andr? Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 48029-2D

 

1944-45, France. World War II. ALSACE LIBERATED BY THREE VICTORIES. By Georges Guiraud. Bronze 68mm. $90.

Georges Guiraud was born at Toulouse on August 5 1901. He was the son of Albert Guiraud, who was a painter and illuminator of documents. Guiraud studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in the workshop of Jean Boucher. Guiraud won the First Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1926. He died at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) on May 12 1989.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 2082-17531-6A