World Medals: Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939), and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) GERMANY/FRANCE, 200-Jahrfeier des Eisenwerks Sankt Ingbert [Bicentenary of the St Ingbert Ironworks], 1933, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, the iron founder Hephaestus at the anvil with two symbolic attendants, rev. legend in four lines, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 68mm, 129.52g (Müseler –; cf. Kölner 112, 1081; cf. WAG e40, 1537; cf. DNW 35, 706). Very fine £40-£60 Provenance: K. McGuinness Collection, DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 706; bt J. Lis June 2003. The ironworks originated from the Alte Schmelz (Old Smeltery) in St Ingbert. In 1733 the city belonged to the electorate of Trier; it was part of France from 1798 to 1814, Bavaria and Austria from 1814 to 1816, and Bavaria from 1816 to 1919; from 1919 to 1935 it was under a League of Nations mandate, economically linked to France; it has been part of France since 1944 and the Federal Republic of Germany since 1957