Description
GREAT BRITAIN / FRANCE 1938 Neville Chamberlain, The Munich Agreement, 72mm Bronze Medal 168 grams, by P.-A. Morlon, for Clesse, Paris,
Obverse: bust of Chamberlain facing right wearing winged collar, SEPTBER – 1938 either side, against a backdrop of foliage
Reverse: CLESSE PARIS
Edge: Plain
Chamberlain had met Hitler at Berchtesgaden on 15 September 1938 and Godesberg on 22-24 September. The Munich Agreement was signed on 29 September 1938, supposedly bringing about ‘Peace in our time…’.
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) Sculptor and medallist. Born in Mâcon. Studied under Falguière, Mercie and H Dubois. Exhibited from 1900.
Obverse: bust of Chamberlain facing right wearing winged collar, SEPTBER – 1938 either side, against a backdrop of foliage
Reverse: CLESSE PARIS
Edge: Plain
Chamberlain had met Hitler at Berchtesgaden on 15 September 1938 and Godesberg on 22-24 September. The Munich Agreement was signed on 29 September 1938, supposedly bringing about ‘Peace in our time…’.
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951) Sculptor and medallist. Born in Mâcon. Studied under Falguière, Mercie and H Dubois. Exhibited from 1900.
