Lot n° 248
Estimation :
1500 - 1500
EUR
DISTRICT badge. - Lot 248
DISTRICT badge.
Single-sided oval badge in gold and enamel (39.5 x 36
mm, central plate 30.5 x 24 mm). Center
blue enamel sword surmounted by a red Phrygian
phrygian bonnet and the gilded letters S and L
each surmounted by a fleur-de-lys.
VIVRE LIBRE" legend in silver letters.
The center is framed by a palm and a branch of laurel
and a laurel branch, with a small cartouche
base a small cartouche engraved with the number 4. B.
Franck, 4th sale (1935), 317 (illustrated).
This mysterious, high-quality badge
is to be compared with Hennin 35 (whose rarity the author
emphasizes its rarity, without being able to
attribution) and lot 214 of the Drouot sale
15.06.2009 for the Garde Nationale de Metz.
Extremely rare
and absolutely superb
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