361, Lot: 629. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (34mm, 24.89 g, 12h). Exposition Universelle – Prize for Animal Husbandry. Paris mint. By Barré. Dated 1878. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing stephane and grain ear wreath; name of engraver below / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS, CONCOURS/D’ANIMAUX/REPRODUCTEURS in three lines; all within wreath composed of fruits and grains. On edge: [bee] OR. Cf. MJTM 4222 (for obv.). Superb EF, lustrous, light hairlines, a few cleaning scratches on edge at approximately 6 o’clock.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.