Description
RUSSIA
Nicholas II (1894–1917). Medal, prize from the Paris World’s Fair, by J. C. Chaplain, 1900, Paris.
Obverse: FRENCH REPUBLIC. Set against a backdrop of the city of Paris, beneath an oak tree with a branch forming an oak wreath, the head of Marianne facing right with long hair, wearing a Phrygian cap.
Reverse: EXPOSITION. UNIVERSELLE. INTERNATIONALE. Above Paris and the buildings of the International Exhibition, a flying Victory holding a palm frond and a wreath, surmounted by a man in an apron holding a torch; in the field on the right, the (date) and below, the signature J. C. CHAPLAIN; in the exergue, a cartouche bearing the attribution.
Maier 79; Bronze – 103.44 g – 64 mm – 12 h
With attribution in relief: ORFILA.
BRONZE hallmark (horn) on the edge. With a beautiful brown patina, barely a few fingerprints on the obverse. Superb, in mint condition.
Orfila, an employee of the Ural-Volga Metallurgical Society, received this bronze medal for exhibiting in Class 64: heavy metallurgy. This company, based in Saint Petersburg, mined iron ore in the Urals, with its production sites located in Tsarytsin (now Volgograd), on the banks of the River Volga. The company issued several bonds in French.
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