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France, Palais de l’Industrie, 1855, bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné and J. Wiener for Gervais, 69mm (BDM VI, 489); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, bronze medal by H. Ponscarme, named (Mengin), 68mm (BDM IV, 656) [2]. First very fine, second practically as struck, both patinated (£50-70)