284, Lot: 503. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Gilbert du Motier. Marquis de LaFayette, 1757-1834. Æ Medal (35mm, 24.78 g, 12h). Commemorating his service as Commandant de la Garde nationale parisienne, 1789-91. By R. Dumarest. Triply-dated 1789, 1790, and 1791. Bust left. On edge: SE. VEND. A. PARIS. CHEZ MONNERON (PATENTE.) / Legend citing tenure as Commandant de la Garde nationale parisienne across field within wreath. Bramsen 215b; Julius 183/85; Hennin 301. EF, brown patina, faint marks in fields.