416, Lot: 568. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Æ/PB Uniface Medal (67mm, 86.2 g). By J.C. Chaplain. Struck circa 1878. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, laureate and draped bust of Marianne left; star above / Blank, screw and bolt for mount, as made. Near EF, scattered marks.

The obverse was used for Chaplain’s famous medal for the 1878 Exposition Universelle.