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2735 - FRANCE - VERMEIL - LOUDUNOISE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL UN…
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FRANCE - VERMEIL - LOUDUNOISE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL UNION (Loudun / 86). 19th century - medal of the 1st type, exceptionally large module - 57 mm - 92 grammes - horn hallmark and mention SILVER on the edge - obverse: work of Bovy*: "République Française" in circular legend. In the centre France dressed in antique style, seated frontally, holds a hand of justice and a laurel wreath, on her right a cock standing; on the base "Liberté, Egalite, Fraternité" - The reverse is by Lagrange*: circular legend with the name of the company, centre for attribution. Allegorical circular crown made up of ears of wheat, vine leaves and bunches of grapes, rooster, ram's head, ox, horse, pig and dove. - SUP, in its original wooden and velvet case. *Antoine BOVY: born in Geneva in 1795, died in 1877. Headed the Geneva mint until its closure in 1848. Studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. Naturalised French in 1835. Named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for inventing a mechanism that made it possible to strike large medals. **Jean LAGRANGE: born in Lyon in 1831, died in Paris in 1908. 21st general engraver of coins from 1880 to 1896 - Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon then Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, 1st Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving and fine stones 1860.
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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: 87520665
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