VILLE DE CALAIS (62) - GRANDE MEDAILLE D'OR "ACADEMIE DE MUSIQUE" - High-relief sculpture by Felix Rasumnu (*) - Crowned city coat-of-arms on a shield surrounded by palms and branches of oak and laurel. Reverse: bare-backed young woman playing the harp, facing the sea horizon, with the sun shining above. Florentine bronze 49 mm - 57 gr in its original velvet wooden case - SUP (*) RASUMNU Félix: born April 20, 1969 in Sébastopol, died 1940 in Roquebrune Cap Martin. Sculptor, medallist, jeweler, naturalized French in 1905. Representative of Art Nouveau, pupil of Aimé Milleyt, Camille Gauthier, Paulin Tasset.

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