1862 UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION MEDAL, FRENCH LEGEND

VERY RARE LARGE 50mm WHITE METAL MEDAL FROM THE 1862 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT CRYSTAL PALACE, WITH LEGENDS IN FRENCH.

Not listed in Lawrence Brown's British Historical Medals.

Reference SK-B020 in L. Allen's Coincraft Catague of The World's Show - Crystal Palace Medals and Tokens. Rated VERY RARE (known only in a private collection).

Obverse: Bust of young Victoria facing left, with legend around: VICTORIA REINE D'ANGLETERRE

Reverse: View of Crystal Palace with legend below: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE LONDRES 1862. Signed: MASSONET EDITEUR