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France, Festival International du Film de Cannes, c.1950, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, figures representing Art and Science, rev. masks and musical instruments, 68mm (CGMP –; cf. DNW 51, 1184). Extremely fine and very rare (£50-70)

Founded in 1946 in an effort to encourage tourism on the Côte d’Azur, the Cannes Film Festival is the most famous of the international film competitions and is held each Spring