282, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. CU Medal (86mm, 311.05 g, 12h). Prize Medal for the International Exposition in Paris. By E. A. Oudiné. Dually-dated 1878 in Roman numerals. (rosette) EXPOSITION · UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE · MDCCCLXXVIII (rosette), Marianne standing facing among Mercury and the goddesses of Art, Science, and Industry; two youths at her feet; in exergue, woman reclining left, holding grape bunch and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which liquid flows / · RÉPUBLIQUE (rosette) FRANÇAISE ·/PLANS · DES · BÁTIMENTS · DE · L’EXPOSITION · UNIVERSELLE · DU · CHAMP · DE · MARS · ET · DU · TROCADERO, two winged genii holding up scroll of the plans of the exhibition; below, legend across lower field; Edge: (cornucopia) CUIVRE. Stack’s (January 2007), lot 932. Good VF, brown surfaces, a few edge bumps.