CNG 85, Lot: 1355. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (50mm, 85.50 g, 12h). Medal for Contest of Reproducers of Equine Species. Paris mint; Barré, engraver. Dated 1878. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing stephane and grain ear wreath; name of engraver below. Edge: Bee and OR / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, CONCOURS/DE REPRODUCTEURS?DE L’ESPÈCE/CHEVALINE in four lines across field. Cf. MJTM 4222 (for obv.). Choice EF, minor marks and hairlines. Includes original presentation case.