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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1683957, member: 24633&quot;]This is only a guess, but it may be the person who copied the original made some small changes so as not to be labeled a &quot;counterfeiter&quot;. The addition of &quot;PARIS&quot; and changing the initial from &quot;J&quot; to &quot;V&quot; could be part of that reasoning. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the font used for the entire legend, &quot;REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE&quot; on the obverse and &quot;EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE&quot; on the reverse, if you look at my photos of an original of this medal, you will note that the letters are crisp and even. This is not so on yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if you find yourself becoming interested in 19th &amp; early 20th century French medals, the four other medalists I mentioned in my first post, Roty, Bottee, Vernon &amp; Rivet, have produced some outstanding medals. You may want to keep an eye out for some of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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