447, Lot: 655. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen (Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine). 1871-1918. Gilt Cast AR Medal (46mm, 50.38 g, 12h). Agricultural District Association Prize for Excellent Performance. Paris mint. By A. Borrel, 1875. Dated 1877. LANDWIRTHSCHAFTLICHER BEZIRKS - VEREIN, personification of agriculture, wearing grain ear wreath, standing facing, head right, holding plow surrounded by grain ears and leaning on civic coat-of-arms set on base; to right, personification of Science, wearing sphendone, standing facing, head left holding chalice and serpent-entwined winged staff; behind, building, smoke stack and olive branch; in exergue, UNTER - ELSASS and BORREL 1875 / FÜR/HERVORRAGENDE/LEISTUNGEN/1877 in four lines on disk with pelleted border; all within agricultural wreath. Edge: (bee) ARGENT. Cf. Poinsignon On-line Shop (www.poinsignon-numismatique.com) Article 138078 (for a similar one). Light deposits, a few marks on reverse. VF.