World Medals: Blin, Édouard-Pierre (French, 1877-1946); b. Chartres FRANCE, Jean Mermoz, 1936, an Art Déco bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, bust right, rev. archangel flying above the waves, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 59mm, 124.09g (CGMP p.44; cf. SJA 108, 1392; cf. Höhn e20, 4612; cf. DNW M8, 2307). Very fine £30-£40 Provenance: A Collection of French and other Medals of the Belle Époque, Art Nouveau and Art Déco, Baldwin Auction 74, 9 May 2012, lot 1834. Jean Mermoz (1901-36), aviator, disappeared while flying his hydroplane, La Croix du Sud, from Dakar to Natal, Brazil, on 7 December 1936. The archangel device is taken from Mermoz’ surname