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Copper Medal By Oudine - With Original Presentation Case: Medal…
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Melbourne
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12-Aug-2018
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Copper Medal By Oudine - With Original Presentation Case: Medal 86 mm, 309g. Obverse: A robed figure representing the Paris Exposition standing in front of the exhibition halls holding a laurel wreath in each hand above the heads of figures representing the Arts and Sciences, including Mercury to her left, and the emblems of Music and Industry. Two small cherubs at her feet represent Peace and Plenty (wheat and the harvest), and a partly-robed reclining figure in exergue holds a cornucopia overflowing with grapes and lies on the water. Border inscription: Exposition Universelle Internationale Mdccclxxviii. Inscribed in exergue Oudine. Reverse: Two winged putti hold a scroll comprising a layout of the exhibition space. The inscription on either side of the central scroll: L'An Mdccclxxvii Le Huitieme De La Republic FRANCse. Le Marechal De Mac-Mahon Due De Magenta. Etant President Teisserenc De Bort.etc. Border: Republique Francaise. Des Batiments De L'Exposition Universelle Du Champ De Mars Et Du Trocadero. In exergue Oudine. Presented to Monsieur Turquetil for Services Rendered.
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Numismatics, Stamps & Scrip: Medals, civilian