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FRANCE, Société des Magasins de Casino, c. 1930, a bronze award medal by R. Fougère,...
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Fougère, Roger (French, fl. 1900-1930); b. not known FRANCE, Société des Magasins de Casino, c. 1930, a bronze award medal by R. Fougère, conjoined busts of Geoffroy Guichard and his wife Antonia left, rev. female seated right, holding a young boy and young girl, named (Société des Magasins du Casino, Challenge Intersecteurs, 1935-1936, Mr Joseph Ovlion, Inspecteur Régional du Secteur gagnant 1er du Classement Général), edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 80mm, 269.68g. Very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1492; DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 833; DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 868; DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 902; DNW Auction 58, 24-5 June 2003, lot 1565; bt Irene Allen September 2003. Geoffroy Guichard (1867-1940), founder of the Casino group in Saint-Étienne, named after the town’s Casino Lyrique on which its first grocery store was sited. At the time of the issue of the medal, Casino Guichard operated 20 production plants, nine warehouses, 998 branches and 505 concessions across France. A similar medal to the same recipient, dated 1936-1937, is recorded as being in the Star City Homer Collections, 2016
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Fougère, Roger (French, fl. 1900-1930); b. not known FRANCE, Société des Magasins de Casino, c. 1930, a bronze award medal by R. Fougère, conjoined busts of Geoffroy Guichard and his wife Antonia left, rev. female seated right, holding a young boy and young girl, named (Société des Magasins du Casino, Challenge Intersecteurs, 1935-1936, Mr Joseph Ovlion, Inspecteur Régional du Secteur gagnant 1er du Classement Général), edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 80mm, 269.68g. Very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1492; DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 833; DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 868; DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 902; DNW Auction 58, 24-5 June 2003, lot 1565; bt Irene Allen September 2003. Geoffroy Guichard (1867-1940), founder of the Casino group in Saint-Étienne, named after the town’s Casino Lyrique on which its first grocery store was sited. At the time of the issue of the medal, Casino Guichard operated 20 production plants, nine warehouses, 998 branches and 505 concessions across France. A similar medal to the same recipient, dated 1936-1937, is recorded as being in the Star City Homer Collections, 2016
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