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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4296455, member: 110350"]Some more.</p><p><br /></p><p>France 1896. National and Colonial Exhibition, Rouen. Silvered AE by Oscar Roty. Obv. Woman seated r. against tree, barefoot, knitting, against pastoral background, NORMANNIA NVTRIX / Rev. View of City of Rouen, EXPOSITION NATIONALE ET COLONIALE; ROVEN in field above city view; MDCCCXCVI below. 69 mm., 137.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093628[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>France ca. 1920. Nude woman eating grapes[?], by Georges Crouzat.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>France 1900. Medal for Universal Paris Exposition of 1900, silvered AE by Oscar Roty. 51 x 36 mm. (Distributed to judges and officials of the Olympic Games held in Paris that summer in conjunction with the Exposition.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>France 1900. Another Art Nouveau medal issued to commemorate the 1900 Paris Exposition, this one in AE (53 mm.) by Georges Lemaire. Note the airship, the battleship, and the other tools of science and industry depicted on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a silvered AE plaque in the Art Nouveau style by the French medallist Paul Vannier, 49 x 70 mm., issued for the 1906 "Intercalated" Olympic Games in Athens, which originally were held as official Olympic Games in between the 1904 and 1908 games -- and were intended to be held every four years in Athens in between the regular games, beginning 10 years after the first modern games in 1896 -- with the results counting as official Olympic records. These games were later demoted to unofficial status.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. Athlete stands holding a sword, laurel branch, and victory wreath in right hand, and a shield in left hand; in foreground the Athens Olympic Stadium with crowd; in background the Acropolis, with rising sun/ Rev. Winged angel holding trumpet in left hand to proclaim the victor and and a laurel branch in right hand, flying over an olive grove near the Acropolis; space for inscribing name of participating athlete.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093640[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093641[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4296455, member: 110350"]Some more. France 1896. National and Colonial Exhibition, Rouen. Silvered AE by Oscar Roty. Obv. Woman seated r. against tree, barefoot, knitting, against pastoral background, NORMANNIA NVTRIX / Rev. View of City of Rouen, EXPOSITION NATIONALE ET COLONIALE; ROVEN in field above city view; MDCCCXCVI below. 69 mm., 137.3 g. [ATTACH=full]1093628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093629[/ATTACH] France ca. 1920. Nude woman eating grapes[?], by Georges Crouzat. [ATTACH=full]1093632[/ATTACH] France 1900. Medal for Universal Paris Exposition of 1900, silvered AE by Oscar Roty. 51 x 36 mm. (Distributed to judges and officials of the Olympic Games held in Paris that summer in conjunction with the Exposition.) [ATTACH=full]1093635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093636[/ATTACH] France 1900. Another Art Nouveau medal issued to commemorate the 1900 Paris Exposition, this one in AE (53 mm.) by Georges Lemaire. Note the airship, the battleship, and the other tools of science and industry depicted on the reverse. [ATTACH=full]1093637[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093638[/ATTACH] Finally, a silvered AE plaque in the Art Nouveau style by the French medallist Paul Vannier, 49 x 70 mm., issued for the 1906 "Intercalated" Olympic Games in Athens, which originally were held as official Olympic Games in between the 1904 and 1908 games -- and were intended to be held every four years in Athens in between the regular games, beginning 10 years after the first modern games in 1896 -- with the results counting as official Olympic records. These games were later demoted to unofficial status. Obv. Athlete stands holding a sword, laurel branch, and victory wreath in right hand, and a shield in left hand; in foreground the Athens Olympic Stadium with crowd; in background the Acropolis, with rising sun/ Rev. Winged angel holding trumpet in left hand to proclaim the victor and and a laurel branch in right hand, flying over an olive grove near the Acropolis; space for inscribing name of participating athlete. [ATTACH=full]1093640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093641[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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