FRANCE 1931 LOT OF TWO BRONZE MEDALS OF 32 MM STRUCK FOR THE EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS, ONE WITH THE CAPARISONED ELEPHANT AND ONE SIGNED MORLON WITH THE HEADS OF ASIE AND OCEANIE.

1. First medal, obverse: a caparisoned elephant standing left with harness tassels, PARIS 1931 in the field, legend EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE around the rim.

2. First medal, reverse: the exhibition pavilion with three tiered towers in the Indochinese style, 1931 above, and EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS in three raised panels below.

3. Second medal, one side: the head of a young woman with a flower in her hair and a lei, ASIE at the right, a rose and floral ornament at the left, signed MORLON.

4. Second medal, other side: OCEANIE above a female head within a border of shells, flowers and fruit, with the initials A.M. at the left.

5. Both pieces carry the Paris Mint cornucopia punch followed by CU on the edge of the field, the mark used for copper and bronze.

6. Diameter 32 mm each, bronze, warm brown patina, as photographed.

Two souvenir medals from the great exhibition held at the Bois de Vincennes in Paris in 1931, a classic Art Deco subject for medal and exonumia collectors.

Keywords: France, Paris, 1931, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, colonial exposition, bronze medal, medaille, Morlon, elephant, Asie, Oceanie, Art Deco, exonumia, Monnaie de Paris, 32mm.

Condition: Used, as photographed.

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