Auction Catalogue
France, Louis Philippe I Accepts the French Crown, 1830, a gilt-bronze medal by A.F. Michaut [after J. Pradier], facing bust, flags at sides, lion and cock below, rev. liberté ordre public, etc., 59mm (BDM IV, 64; Reichel 1704; Wurz. 5666); Arc de Triomphe Completed, 1836, a gilt-bronze medal by J.-P. Montagny, bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. frontal elevation of the Arc, 53mm (Bramsen 1953; Julius 3948; Wurz. 5679); Toutes les Gloires de la France, 1837, a bronze medal by A.J. Depaulis, bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. King with standing female allegories in front of portico, 74mm (BDM I, 557) [3]. First extremely fine, second brilliant and practically as struck, attractive, last very fine, with a minor rim bruise (£40-50)
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