550 - Medal – TRIBUTE to the cartoonist BARBEROUSSE ( * ) – his bu…
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Medal – TRIBUTE to the cartoonist BARBEROUSSE ( * ) – his bust in profile, looking at the comical owl created by Barberousse, perched on his shoulder, based on an engraving by his friend, GUS ( **). Reverse: Barberousse’s ‘cat’ carrying a placard, marching to the left – 68 mm – 155 grams – the edge bears the inscription ‘bronze 1980’, with a horn hallmark. In its original box from the Monnaie de Paris. ( * ) BARBEROUSSE 1920–2010 – Cartoonist, illustrator, born Philippe JOSSE; he took his name from his activities during the Resistance, when, whilst wearing a beard, his comrades gave him this nickname. After the war, he worked as a commercial illustrator, created characters for television and devised comic strips – a rich and varied body of work, therefore. ( ** ) – GUS – whose real name was Gustave ERLIXH 1911–1997. Cartoonist, caricaturist and writer. He illustrated daily current affairs across the print media and on television, and worked for all the major French publications: *Paris Matin*, *Paris Presse*, *France Dimanche*, *Ici Paris*, *Le Figaro*, *France Soir*, *Le Canard enchaîné*...

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550 - Medal – TRIBUTE to the cartoonist BARBEROUSSE ( * ) – his bu… See original version (French)

550 - Medal – TRIBUTE to the cartoonist BARBEROUSSE ( * ) – his bu…
See original version (French)