Jules MELINE (Remiremont 1838-1925, politician) / 1°) Bronze medal commemorating "Jules Mélines", from 1892 by Hubert Ponscarme (dia 69 mm, weight 142 g), preserved in its red leather case lined with blue velvet / 2°) Vermeil medal by Victor Hamel (silver cornucopia mark on the edge, dia 39 mm, weight 24 g), engraved in commemoration of his daughter Jeanne's 1st Communion in 1886, kept in its brown leather and gilt case lined with blue velvet / Photograph on sepia paper of Jules Méline's 1920 medal, struck in recognition of his services to French agriculture (1 p in-4), dedicated and signed by him to his daughter Thérèse.

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