France, Henry Deutsch de La Meurthe, 1912, a bronze plaque by L.-J. Deschamps, bust left, birds flying around, rev. seated semi-naked female releasing a winged figure over a view of Paris, Eiffel Tower at left, 83 x 57mm (PBE 362; BDM –; cf. DNW 48, 946). Very fine, reverse spotted (£40-50)

Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe (1846-1919) created the Institut Aerotechnique and founded the famous aeronautical prize in 1900