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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2538459, member: 24633&quot;]Yes, it is a Roty, titled &quot;La Fermiere&quot;. It was produced in 1890 for the French Association for the Advancement of Science, and it came in two sizes, 68mm &amp; 45mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis Oscar Roty and Jules Clement Chaplain were the foremost leaders of the contemporary movement of medallic art in France during the latter half of the 19th century. Roty often signed his works &quot;O. Roty&quot;. His works are so extensive that my Forrer reference lists 20 pages of fine print devoted to him. I have some of his specimens stored away. Unfortunately, I lost most of my images when my old computer died.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my favorite medals by J.C. Chaplain. It is one of the official medals of the 1900 Universal Exposition (World&#039;s Fair) held in Paris in conjunction with the Second Olympiad. It was struck in bronze by the Paris Mint and is 63.4mm. (I like it so much that I have three of them!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also a big fan of Marianne, the Symbol of France, and this is my favorite. It depicts her standing in front of the French Senate, and the high relief makes it almost look 3-D. I don&#039;t have an image of the reverse because it was lost with the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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