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2731 - VERMEIL - RARE VERES BELLE MEDAILLE ART NOUVEAU de Georges G…
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VERMEIL - RARE VERES BELLE MEDAILLE ART NOUVEAU de Georges GUIRAUD *. Commemorative : " LA SOCIETE D' HORTICULTURE DE LA HAUTE VIENNE ", to its President, Mr Pierre GUILLOT, on the occasion of his appointment to the Order of the HORTICULTURE OF THE HAUTE VIENNE. LEGION D' HONNEUR 1956 - plate 54 x 102 mm - In an oval, a young nude woman, in profile, kneeling, lays a spray of roses; artist's signature in the oval. on the edge horn hallmark and silver 1st title - 190 grams. * Georges GUIRAUD : engraver / medallist / painter, born in 1901 in Toulouse, died in Paris in 1989. Trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 2nd second prize in medal engraving in 1923, 1st Grand Prix de Rome in 1926. Resident at the Villa Médicis from 1927 to 1930. Official painter to the French Navy in 1942 - He worked on coins and was chosen to design the figureheads for Esso oil tankers. He also designed the Memorial to the Resistance in Chasseneuil en Charente, etc.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520657
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