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Description & Provenance: This is a prize award for a winner, bronze medal. L.R.B.A Criterium National Des Novices Sous Le Patronag. De La Derniere Heure Prix Du Premier Pas 1936 Artist Michel This has a good thick casting of impeccable quality. In the late 19th century the art medal was revived. They together with a whole generation of highly talented medallists were responsible for a new rise of the art of medal in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period.

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Encyclopedia Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal

A Medal or medallion is a piece of metal, usually carved or engraved; circular (like a coin) and large, that is used as a work of art, souvenir, medal, or worn on the body as a special symbol or as a fashion accessory on a necklace. A medal is usually a coin-like sculpted object of metal or other material that has been engraved with an insignia, portrait or other artistic rendering. A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for athletic, military, scientific, academic or some other kind of achievement. Medals may also be created to commemorate individuals or events or even as works of artistic expression in their own right. There are also devotional medals, which may be worn as a matter of religious faith. Medals are popular collectable items either as a form of exonumia or “paranumismatica”, or of militaria phaleristics.

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The most common form of medal is round and made of bronze, but they may be produced in any shape desired and formed of any material that is suitable for sculpting, molding, casting, striking or stamping. A medallion is a large medal which may be commemorative or produced as a work of art or souvenir, and occasionally referred to as a “table medal”; in colloquial use, the term medallion is sometimes used to refer to ornamental jewelry worn as a pendant as part of a necklace. Art medals can also be produced in a parallelogram shape as a plaquette or larger plaque.