418, Lot: 590. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Æ Medal (46x63mm, 71.76 g, 12h). Banquet de Tuileries Maires de France. By Frederic Vernon. Dated 22 September 1900. Marianne standing left, holding cup in raised hand and flag, and Paris, standing facing away, holding cup in raised hand; banquet hall in background / Flag and fasces among olive and oak branches; cartouche below; in incuse above, BANQUET DES TUILERIES/ OFFERT AUX MAIRES/ DE FRANCE/ SOUS LA PRESIDENCE/ DE Mr E LOUBET/ PREt DE LA REPUBLIQUE/ MR WALDECK ROUSSEAU/ PRES DU CONSEIL/ PARIS/ 22 SEPT 1900. EF.

Collector’s note: “The event on the occasion of the 1900 Exposition Universelle was a gigantic banquet to which were invited all the mayors of France. 22,956 guests responded to the invitation. Two huge tents were erected in the Garden of the Tuileries that were interconnected by perpendicular tents. 700 tables, each 10 meters long, accommodated from 32 to 35 seats.”