CNG 96, Lot: 1436. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (34mm, 24.87 g, 12h). Medal for Animal Husbandry by the Ministère de l’Agriculture et du Commerce, Dijon. By Barre. Paris mint. Dated 1876. RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing ornate stephane and grain ear wreath; BARRE below head / MINISTÈRE DE L’ AGRICULTURE ET DU COMMERCE (star), BORDEAUX/1876/(spacer) in three lines above blank field; all within double linear circular border; (star) CONCOURS AGRICOLE REGNAL (star) ANIMAUX REPRODRS around; all within ornate wreath of fruit and grain; – below NAL and RS. Edge: bee and OR. As Issued, areas of tone, slight deposit, and scratch on obverse.