bagerap Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 This rather beautiful gilded copper medal was issued by Massonnet. The reverse is signed C Bonnefond but the signature on the obverse is illegible. The best I can discern is G V*****y. No match found in Forrer. I'm relying on your profound collective erudition. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 To me it looks like an N not a V, but can find nothing to match. The only one if it is a V.....Y, that I can find is, VAGANAY {French). Die-sinker at Lyons, who signed a Masonic Jeton 1872....from Forrer, no more info on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagerap Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Interestingly, the stroke forming the N is only visible in the image, not in hand. Claude Bonnefond is not mentioned in Forrer so I guess that this medal is later than the book. Published 1904? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 The earliest I could find was his Marianne 1902, which was still being used in 1934, so probably Forrer had not heard of him or the mystery engraver. I assume the first letter of the surname is V and what from the pic looked to me to be N is just an illusion? Either way we need a piece of luck to work that signature out. Nice medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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