World Medals: Caqué, Armand-Auguste (French, 1793-1881); b. Saintes, and Massonnet, Charles et fils (Paris, fl. 1852-1931) FRANCE/ENGLAND, République Française/Siège de Paris, 1834, a silver-gilt medal by A.-A. Caqué for Massonnet, adapted for the Comune de St Maur, 1871, female head of Gallia to left, rev. legend around and within wreath, inscribed (À La Société des Amis de Londres, Avril 1871), 52mm, 69.61g (cf. MDC e19, 1185, for obv.). Extremely fine, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 7 June 2003, lot 406. XRF analysis, sold with the medal, shows that the metallic composition is 80.74% silver, 15.09% gold, 3.73% copper. In April 1871 the Société des Amis de Londres (Society of Friends of London) was honoured by the municipality of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (dép. Val-de-Marne) thanking the British-based group for their humanitarian aid and relief efforts, following which many residents of the municipality settled in London permanently