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Appealing set of three French physical education award medal plaquettes based on the design of the 1900 Olympic prize medals. Bronze, silvered bronze, and gilt bronze, 42 mm x 60 mm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front of each medal depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium; the reverse features a laurel branch and is inscribed, "Education Physique, Offert par le Ministre [Physical Education, Offered by the Minister]." Includes one original hinged case, gilt-lettered on the lid: "Education Physique, Offert par le Ministre."
