World Medals: Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris FRANCE, Déméter, c. 1950, a bronze award medal by R. Cochet for the Ministère de l'Agriculture, goddess Demeter reclining to right, holding a cornucopia from which stalks of grain emerge, sower and sun in background, rev. central tablet, inscribed (Concours Generale Agricole, 1955, Membre du Jury), farm workers with tractor and machinery above, farmworkers with animals below, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 50mm, 59.76g (cf. iNumis April 2013, 226). Extremely fine £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2015. The 64th Concours Général Agricole was staged in the Parc des Expositions, Paris, from 1 to 6 March 1955