418, Lot: 592. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Silvered Æ Medal (63x50mm, 89.4 g, 12h). Ligue Française de l’enseignement – Prize medal. By an uncertain medalist. Presented to Bénard, 1937. Marianne standing left, holding book in raised and and getsuring towards VERITE JUSTICE in glory of rays; house in background to left, men, women, and children to right; in exergue, LIGUE FRANÇAISE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT / Two figures seated facing, the left teaching boy standing right, the right holding tablet; in between, medallion, oak, branch, and palm frond set on plinth with open book; engraved in cartouche below, UN FED des O.P.S.L. du 20e/ BÉNARD/ 1937. EF, some wear in silvering on high points and corners.