World Medals: Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche FRANCE, Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, Président de la République, 1873 [struck 1880+], a plated bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. batons, sword and ducal crown, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70mm, 164.42g (PBE 47; CGMP p.75; Beistegui 1196; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 27; BDM I, 402; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.14, 15; cf. MDC e19, 1272; cf. Rauch e38, 1086; cf. DNW M13, 1492). Extremely fine £40-£60 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 111 (Solingen), 29 June 2002, lot 6494. Marie-Edmé-Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-93) headed the army that crushed the Paris Comune in 1871. A monarchist, he was elected second President of the Third Republic in 1873, but resigned in 1879