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Medals Related to Sports, France, Boxing: Boxeurs, c. 1930, a plated bronze award medal by M. Delannoy, two boxers, rev. named (O.B. Ght. de Bourges, 1932, Barillon), 41mm; Boxeurs, a silver award medal by C. Charles, two boxers, rev. engraved (Championnats Berry Nivernais, 1934), 36mm and a similar gilt plaque, engraved (Championnat du Centre, 1935), 32 x 23mm; Fédération Française de Boxe (FFB), a silver and enamel openwork badge, named (Championnat de France Amateur 1938, 2eme Poids Mi-Lourd), 43 x 33mm; Boxeurs, an Italian silver and enamel badge, engraved (In Contro Francia-Italia, 21-5-1938), 26mm; Boxeurs, c.1935, a plated bronze medal by E. Fraisse, two boxers, rev. challenge de l’auto 1939, 49mm; Le Boxeur, c.1940, a bronze award plaque by R. Baudichon, boxer in ring, gloves below, rev. view of a stadium, named (Paris 1942, Barillon), 60 x 54mm; FFB, a silver and enamel badge, named (Champion 1945 Orléanais, Poids Mi-Lourd), 29 x 17mm; FFB, c.1950, a uniface plated bronze award plaque by A. Dieudonné, boxer with fists raised, named (La F.F.B. À Mr Auguste Barillon, 1952), 101 x 56mm (cf. BDW 5, 207) [9]. Generally very fine, a most interesting group of medals won over a period of 20 years by Auguste Barillon (£90-120)