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Medals Related to Sports, France, Rifle Shooting: Les Sports, 1902, a silver medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, female Victory indicating the route to success for a young athlete, date engraved in exergue (1917), rev. bicycle and rifles in foreground, targets in distance, balloon above, tablet named (Hôpital Lyonnais, Salonique, Caporal Michard), 50mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.35, 30; cf. CGMP p.104 [different rev.]; cf. DNW 47, 1127); Union des Sociétés d’Instruction Militaire de France, c.1900, a plated bronze award medal by H. Dubois, seated female watching troops engaged in rifle practice, rev. seated female on tablet, un-named, 50mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.38, 58, for obv.); Tir, 1930, a bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, standing female preparing to crown a kneeling rifleman, rev. wreath, engraved (Equipe Troisième au F.S.A.), 50mm (CGMP p.189) [3]. Very fine (£30-40)

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