World Medals: Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Marianne to right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (E. Pelissier), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 64mm, 101.90g (Maier 79; PBE 82; GV 47.4; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. Silich IV, 1341). About extremely fine £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The exposition, staged between 14 April and 12 November at the esplanade of Les Invalides, the Champ de Mars, the Trocadéro and on the neighbouring banks of the Seine, was visited by more than 50 million people