Lot Archive

Lot

№ 255

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31 January 1996

Estimate: £40–£50

France, Alliance Française, 1898, a silver award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, La France seated with a group of children from the French colonies, reverse open book, named (Dr. W.B. MacTier, Saint Andrews, 10 Mai 1913), 50mm (CGMP p.172; cf. PBE 308; BDM I, 662 [dated to 1894]). Very fine, scarce (£40-50)

Unusual to a non-French recipient; Dr. MacTier was evidently from St. Andrews, Scotland