Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Prince Michel Stourdza Foundation, a silver-gilt medal, engraved legends both sides within wreath, named (Albert Pamphilet - Rhétorique Supiérieure, 1902), 57mm; Lycée Evereux, a silver-gilt award medal, named (Joseph Harel - Philosophie, 1896), 51mm; together with other silver medals (3) [5]. Very fine and better £180-220

The first medal commemorates the death of the 17-year old Prince Michel Stourdza of Moldavia. The family also built a Romanian orthodox Stourdza Chapel in Baden-Baden. Pamphilet was a contributor to the Dictionnaire des lettres françaises