Award medal, silver class, UNION des SOCIETES de TIR FRANCE. - Lot 369

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Award medal, silver class, UNION des SOCIETES de TIR FRANCE. - Lot 369
Award medal, silver class, UNION des SOCIETES de TIR FRANCE. Silver-plated bronze plaque, horn hallmark, 51 x 38 mm - 43.2 grams - by Dupré *. A naked cherub under a tree, seated on a stele, holds laurel branches in both hands. Reverse: La Patrie seated in a toga, left hand on the shoulder of a naked child holding a rifle, shows in the radiant sky the words Honneur / Patrie. In the field, a dove flies, holding a branch in its beak; in the exergue on the right, a target on a bouquet of laurel and oak with the Latin formula "in hoc signo vinces" (by this sign you will conquer) - In its original wooden velvet case. * Georges DUPRE: born in 1869 in SAINT ETIENNE, died in Paris in 1909 at the age of 39. Pupil of Oscar Roty, first Grand Prix de Rome for engraving medals and fine stones, 1896.
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