Auction #480 Coins, Medals & Banknotes

FRANCE:Bronze medal by GAYRARD F.Issued by public subscription (on the initiative of chateaubriand) commemorating the birth of the duc de Bordeaux.The obverse shows the duchess holding her newborn son,with her late husband's bust in the right background.The legend "DIEU NOUS L'A DONNE/NOS COEURS ET NOS BRAS SONT A LUI".the reverse shows St.Michael defeating the devil,and the birth-date(feast of st.Michael)weight:32gr.&diameter:39mm Very Fine plus