424, Lot: 641. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Deuxième République. 1848-1852. Cast Silvered Lead Medal (40mm, 22.05 g, 12h). On the Denunciation and Transportation of the June Insurgents. Dated 1848. RÉPUBLIQUE (inverted and retrograde) DES HONNÈTES GENS., 1848/ÉTAT DE/SIÈGE/TRANSPORTATION/DES INSURGES/DE JUIN in six lines; all within border consisting of long bones; skull at each cardinal point; outer border consisting of chain links / 1848/ÉTAT DE/SIÈGE/MISÉRE in five lines; all within border consisting of long bones; skull at each cardinal point; alternating pellets and drops in voids; outer border consisting of chain links. See http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/denonciation-de-la-transportation-des-insurges-de-juin-1848#infos-principales (for another example). Near EF, some field marks and scratches, silveringworn at high points. Very rare.