FRANCE & COLONIES: AE medal (101.9g), 1900, MdP-79, 64mm bronze award medal for the Exposition Universelle Internationale by J. C. Chaplain, awarded to Compagnie des Messageries Fluviales de Cochinchine, with the setting of the city of Paris in the background, under an oak tree of which a branch serves as an oak crown, is the head of Marianne right with long hair, wearing a Phrygian cap, with REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE around // above Paris and the buildings of the International Exhibition, a flying Victory is holding a palm frond and a crown, surmounted by a man in an apron holding a torch; in the field to the right is the date (1900) with EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE around, with COMPAGNIE DES / MESSEGERIES FLUVIALES / DE COCHINCHINE in a rectangular cartouche, BRONZE with cornucopia privy mark on edge, Choice UNC, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection. The Universal International Exhibition of 1900 was the fifth Universal Exhibition organized in Paris. In 212 days, it welcomed more than 50 million visitors. She bequeathed several buildings to Paris including the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais.

Estimate: USD 80 - 120