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1862 UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION MEDAL, FRENCH LEGEND
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VERY RARE LARGE 50mm WHITE METAL MEDAL FROM THE 1862 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT CRYSTAL PALACE, WITH LEGENDS IN FRENCH.
Not listed in Lawrence Brown's British Historical Medals.
Reference SK-B020 in L. Allen's Coincraft Catague of The World's Show - Crystal Palace Medals and Tokens. Rated VERY RARE (known only in a private collection).
Obverse: Bust of young Victoria facing left, with legend around: VICTORIA REINE D'ANGLETERRE
Reverse: View of Crystal Palace with legend below: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE LONDRES 1862. Signed: MASSONET EDITEUR
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