FRANCE, Aux Héros de Verdun [To the Heros of Verdun], 1916 [struck

FRANCE, Aux Héros de Verdun [To the Heros of Verdun], 1916 [struck 1917], a bronze medal by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, female figures of France and Verdun standing on rocky rampart defending city from a Prussian eagle, ivy branches below, rev. busts of Philippe Pétain, Robert Nivelle and Édouard de Castlenau in medallions, wreath below surrounding legend in five lines, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 144.18g (Frankenhuis 138; CGMP p.313; BDM VII, 133; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 7; cf. SJA 109, 1363; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Aug. 2025, 46566; cf. DNW 42, 1478). About extremely fine £30-£40.

Estimate:£30

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