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424, Lot: 647. Estimate $100.
Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, München (Munich). Cast Æ Medal (51x51mm, 69.70 g, 10.5h). Prize Award for the Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft (Munich Artist Cooperative). By A. Scharff. Laureate skull surrounded by serpent, palm, and artists’ tools; radiant sun rising in background; EHREN - PREIS and DER/KÜNSTLER/GENOSSENSCHAFT above; all within circular frame with ornaments in outer angles / Female seated left, head facing, on section of Parthenon Frieze, holding sketch of God from the Sistine Chapel and stylus; to left, modified ruins of the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion; MÜNCHEN above; all within circular frame with coats-of-arms flanked by ornaments in outer angles. See www.mkg1868.de (for a history of the organization). EF.