VISIT OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNS TO FRANCE. - Lot 413

VISIT OF RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNS TO FRANCE. rare table medal, silver bronze, 70 mm, 140 grams by Daniel Dupuis. INAUGURATION OF THE ALEXANDER III BRIDGE, Paris 1900. Peace on a cloud, left arm extended towards the radiant bust of Alexander III; on the right, France and Russia holding hands, view of the bridge in the background. - In the exergue, inscribed in 4 lines: Sur la berge historique avant que de descendre / si ton généreux coeur aux coeurs français répond / mérite gravement, rêve devant ce pont / la France le consacre à ton père Alexandre. Reverse: The Seine, stretched out to the left, pours out its urn; to its right, a cherub holds a banner inscribed "On October 7, 1896, His Majesty NICOLAS II, Emperor of all the Russias, His Majesty Alexandre Feodorovna, Felix Faure, President of the French Republic, laid the foundation stone of the Alexandre III Bridge in Paris. Méline was President of the Council, Henry Boucher Minister of Commerce, Alfred Picard General Commissioner of the 1900 Universal Exhibition".