Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Lot 1577 (reduced)UNION SYNDICALE/ DE L’INDUSTRIE/ DU GAZ EN/ FRANCE.The reverse presents a view og gas storage tanks. A rectangularcartouche below is engraved with the name M.G.CHENE.One source states that this was an award for 25 years of service tothe company, while another believes it to be awarded for particulardistinguished service. (E-F)1578. GYMNASTICS AWARD MEDAL, (1930). Obverse of CGI 3:187I. 50.6mm. Bronze. Fraisse-Demey, Sc. (Obv.). AU withseveral small rx. edge nicks. Obv: Standing figure of a barechested athlete holding a large flag . Background with athletesperforming on the rings, high bar and parallel bars. Rx: SOUS-ECRETARIAT D’ETAT DE L’EDUCATION PHYSIQUE around anopen wreath surrounding an engraved inscription: OFFERT/ PARLE/ MINISTRE. (B)1579. PORTRAIT MEDAL OF AUGUSTE RODIN, (1954). CGI 4:1163D.80.5mm. Bronze. Andre Lavrillier, Sc. (Paris Mint. 1988 CornucopiaBROZNE edgemark.) Unc. Obv: High relief bearded bust of thegreat sculptor to half right. Legend: AUGUSTE RODIN/ 1840-1916-7 along the left border. The reverse depicts l’Ombre, one ofthe artist’s great masterpieces. (C)A COLLECTION OF MEDALS FROM THE COMPAGNIEGÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE1580. M.S. LAFAYETTE TRANSATLANTIC SHIP MEDAL, 1930. FuldLA. 1930.1. 68.4mm. Bronze. Maurice Delannoy, Sc. (Paris Mint).Uncirculated. Obverse portrait bust of Lafayette with a high collarto the left. Reverse view of M.S. Lafayette in a center panel.COMPAGNIE GENERALE/ TRANSATLANTIQVE above; M.S. LAFAYETTE/ LE PLVS GRAND/ PAQVEBOT FRANCAIS/ AMOTEVRS/ MAI 1930, below.The Lafayette was the first large engine steamer of the FrenchLine. She was built in 1929 and her maiden voyage was from LaHavre to New York in May of 1930. She was completely destroyedby fire in May of 1938 while she was in dry dock at La Havre. ALot 1580“must” medal for collectors of both Lafayette and ocean liners. (E-F)Lot 1581 (reduced)1581. THE OCEAN LINER, NORMANDIE, 1935. 68.5mm. Bronze. JeanVernon, Sc. (Paris Mint). About Uncirculated with some verdigrisspots on the horse’s nose and right foreleg. Obverse with astanding female figure of Normandie with her hands upraised infront of a prancing horse with the tail of a fish. The reverse depictsthe Normandie with an inscription in the exergue detailing herinaugural voyage from LaHarve to New York in 1935. (F)1582. “ILE DE FRANCE” MEDAL, CA 1949. CGI 4c: 1561-D. 54mm.Bronze. Marcel Renard, Sc. Uncirculated. (Paris Mint. CornucopiaBRONZE edgemark.) Obverse with a reclining partially nudefemale figure resting her left arm on a shield containing three fleur215H