French Bronze Plaques - anyone else into these?

A couple more to keep you interested. Both these have sadly moved on now. The Fire one has the same obverse I think as others posted here.

 

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Some of the medals from the low countries (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxemburg) were actually produced by the Paris Mint because the smaller countries did not have the finances to build and maintain their own mint.

 

To me, this is the sexiest one of mine.


"Borrowed" Image

 

Good point.

 

I believe I have this one, too! Marianne is known as the symbol of France, and you can find many interpretations of how she looks. I think I have a dozen or more, but the Oscar Roty version is one of the best.

Here is another.

 

Etienne Exbrayat was a promising young French medalist who was killed in World War I at the age of 35. This is the only medal of his that I have.

Le Petit Parisien

 

The Paris Mint (Monnaies de Paris) still pays tribute to our colonial past. I purchased this Bicentennial medal about 20 years ago.

F. Maillart, 81mm, 8.07oz

 

@PaddyB , @cpm9ball ,

I recently saw a Roty medal that I have never seen before. I would love to get one of these for myself, but Ebay isn't probably going to be my best source.

What medal houses do you guys use in trying to locate more hard to find works?

PM me if you don't mind.

Z

 

Besides eBay, I relied on two eBay sellers who lived in France and dealt primarily in medals to search for me. If they found something that I might like, they would send me photos before listing it, and I would negotiate a price with them if it was to my liking. However, I haven't had any contact with either of them for about 15 years.

Why don't you like eBay? I used it for many of my searches and purchases. Keep in mind that I was using a sniping service for all of the items I bid on.

 

Post a photo of the Roty medal if you can.

 

Finding these that are uncleaned with the original box and paperwork can be a bit of a challenge. This medal was designed by Adolph Weinman who would later go on to design the WL half dollar. Curiously I found this piece with a seller in Great Britain.

 

The only Rotys I have are on coins. This one has his initials doubled below the liberty sowing seeds foot.

 

I'll go looking for it again. It was a religious themed medal.

The problem is, bringing attention to it risks increased competition with folks who for the most part, have deeper pockets than I.

I'll try to find the photo I saw and PM you with it.

Z

 

This design was used for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for the Third Olympiad held in Saint Louis in 1904. The Gold Medal was triangular-shaped, the Silver Medal was square and the Bronze Medal was round like yours. The Bronze Medal was mostly given to participants of the Universal Exposition. There is also a 5-sided "Grand Prize" Award Medal with this same design in bronze gilt.

It is interesting to note that the city of Saint Louis could not afford to build all of the structures related to the Exposition using permanent materials, i.e. steel and concrete, so they instead opted to use Plaster of Paris for most of the facades which could be easily torn down, afterwards.

Below is the ANA medal for the National Convention that was held in Saint Louis in 1979. The building depicted, Festival Hall, is one of the typical structures that was built using wood and Plaster of Paris and torn down afterwards. It's a shame, in my opinion, that it could not have been built using permanent materials.

Images courtesy of Bob Campbell, @robec

 

Look at it this way, if you post the images here, at least you will know who you can and can't trust.

 

Yeah, but...that's finding out the hard way!!

 

On the other hand, maybe the person was just trying to get it "for cheap". If it's something you really want, you should be willing to offer a fair price for it.

 

Thank you, I also own the gold medal(in bronze) but not the silver medal. What is curious about the medals is that you had to buy them- if you got an award. I am not sure what the cost was at the time. They are emblematic of the United States taking Louisiana into the realm.