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2265 - "ENCOURAGEMENTS et RECOMPENSES A L'INDUSTRIE, AUX ARTS UTILE…
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Estimate €500
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"ENCOURAGEMENTS et RECOMPENSES A L'INDUSTRIE, AUX ARTS UTILES REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE" - MEDAILLE UNIQUE de RECOMPENSE attribuée à : "EXPOSITION de L' AN X " ( * ) - " GAJON, MARTIN, COLAS de BROUVILLE, VANDEBERGUE & Cie " Fabricants d' Étoffes de laine cardée et filée par mécaniques à ORLEANS " - Bronze with patina 55 mm - 79 grammes - L/A/ n° 1214. Obverse: Industry dressed in antique style, caduceus in her right arm, holding a rudder in her left hand, various instruments at her feet; to her right draped woman brandishes laurel wreaths as a reward; next to a column with a rooster in front - ao back attribution rn cursive letters on 9 lines. - Medal due to the talent of DUVIVIER. ( * ) EXHIBITION ENCOUGEMENTS A L'INDUSTRIE / EXPOSITION de L'AN X; - Public exhibition of the products of French industry, organised in Paris, in order to offer a panorama of the productions of the various branches of industry with an aim of emulation, existing from 1798 to 1849. These exhibitions led to the 1st Universal Exhibition in 1851. - It was the brainchild of Nicolas François de Neufchâteau, an agronomist and minister under the Directoire. The Year X Exhibition (1801), the 2nd of its kind, brought together 110 exhibitors over 3 days in the square courtyard of the Louvre.
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About the sale SALE CHRONO history and numismatics, MEDALS, JETONS and CURRENCIES ORLEANS and LOIRET & bordering + miscellaneous.
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87494895
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