FRANCE. Tir aux Armees de Chasse Gold Award Medal, ND (ca. 1950). Paris Mint. UNCIRCULATED Details.Diameter: 27.0mm; Weight: 10.57 gms. By A. Morlon. Engraved for the first prize in skeet shooting. Obverse: FEDERATION FRANCAISE / DE TIR AUX / ARMES DE CHASSE, Diana advancing right with her hound; Reverse: PRIX / DENCOURAGEMENT / DEPARTEMENTAL / 1er PRIX SKEET in four lines; branch below. Edge: Plain, through near the edge on the reverse: [cornucopia hallmark] 3 OR. Despite the numerous hairlines likely from cleaning, this example stands rather vibrantly with a highly interesting type.From the Provence Collection of French Art Medals.
