A Collection of Pacific Exploration Medals
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Lot 696 SESSION 3 (2.30pm Tuesday 31st March) A Collection of Pacific Exploration Medals
Estimate $100
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FRENCH LAW RELATED TO COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS (LOI. Relative Aux Medailles Qui Doivent Etre Frappees en Memoire De L'Abandon de Tous les Privileges. NO. 82.. Epinal; Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Departmente des Volges; 1790, December 15; 3 pp.). An original folded printed sheet with decorative vignette on title. Signed in fine ink by the director. Very fine.
A very rare French law related to the issuance of official commemorative medals. The year this law was issued was an important one, 1791, when a number of laws were passed concerning the La Perouse Expedition and its related medal.
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