282, Lot: 502. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AR Medal (49mm, 64.82 g, 12h). By P. Grandhomme. Dated 1911. SI · VIS · PACEM · PARA BELLVM (if peace be that which one desires, for war one must prepare), Marianne seated right on canon, head left, instructing French soldier to left; in background to right, troops advancing left; PRO · PATRIA (for the fatherland) in exergue / (star) PREPARATION · MILITAIRE ENTRAINEMENT · PHУSIQUE (military preparation and physical training), PRIX du MINISTRE/de la GUERRE in two lines inscribed upon tablet; below, lion reclining right; military and musical instruments around; FORCE · COURAGE in exergue. Edge: 2ARGENT. Leipziger & Höhn 72, lot 614. EF, toned.