France 1889 Paris Universal Exposition 63mm Medal - With Leather Case

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63mm. Bronze. By L.A Bottee.

Obverse showing Gallia rewarding blacksmith seated on anvil, with panoramic view of the city and exhibition complex, including the Eiffel tower. Named within reverse tablet to 'Augener & Cle'.

About Extremely Fine but with slightly subdued surfaces. Housed in original leather case of issue.

Augener & Co. was a music-publishing business in London, established by George Augener (1830–1915), originally "Georg", a German national born in Fechenheim near Frankfurt am Main, who had previously been an apprentice with André's publishing house in Offenbach.