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SPAIN/FRANCE, Exposition Hispano-Française, Zaragoza, 1908, a pair of uniface bronze...
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SPAIN/FRANCE, Exposition Hispano-Française, Zaragoza, 1908, a pair of uniface bronze plaques by P.-V. Dautel for the Comité français des Expositions à l’Étranger, naked boy kneeling on anvil to right, holding lamp, bridge in background, rev. troops above clouds, buildings below lit by the rays of the sun, palm-branch and busts of Condesa de Bureta, Agustina de Aragón and José Palafox below, each 130 x 74mm, 255.01g, 254.50g (PBE 335; cf. DNW M5, 1483) [2]. Mint state and attractively patinated, very rare in this size £150-£200
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The exposition, held between May and December 1908, commemorated the centenary of the siege of Zaragoza, from December 1808 to February 1809. The Spanish heros commemorated on the plaque are Maria de la Consolación Azlor, aka the Countess of Bureta (1775-1814), Agustina Raimunda María Saragossa i Domènech, aka Agustina of Aragón (1786-1857) and José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775-1847)
SPAIN/FRANCE, Exposition Hispano-Française, Zaragoza, 1908, a pair of uniface bronze plaques by P.-V. Dautel for the Comité français des Expositions à l’Étranger, naked boy kneeling on anvil to right, holding lamp, bridge in background, rev. troops above clouds, buildings below lit by the rays of the sun, palm-branch and busts of Condesa de Bureta, Agustina de Aragón and José Palafox below, each 130 x 74mm, 255.01g, 254.50g (PBE 335; cf. DNW M5, 1483) [2]. Mint state and attractively patinated, very rare in this size £150-£200
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The exposition, held between May and December 1908, commemorated the centenary of the siege of Zaragoza, from December 1808 to February 1809. The Spanish heros commemorated on the plaque are Maria de la Consolación Azlor, aka the Countess of Bureta (1775-1814), Agustina Raimunda María Saragossa i Domènech, aka Agustina of Aragón (1786-1857) and José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775-1847)
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part III)
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