France, 1949. FRANCE, 20th Anniversary of the Death of Georges Courteline, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, bust right, reverse puppet theatre, 68mm, stamped ÉPREUVE D’AUTEUR (CGMP p.109). Knock to rim, otherwise extremely fine, scarce (£50-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Georges Courteline (1858-1929), writer and humourist; the reverse type of a theatre of marionnettes symbolises Courteline’s view of an ordered world