France Concours Lepine Makers & Inventors bronze prize medal by Exbrayat, Â Belle Epoque style. Â The inventor or engineer at his workbench with a naked winged female Fame in the background. Â On the reverse a laurel branch with Concours Lepine slipped into the die. Â Association des Petits Fabricants et inventeurs Francais around.
Bronze 50mm. Â 1901
Prize was started in 1901 by Louis Lepine, a former prefet de police in Paris. Â It continues to be presented at the Foire de Paris. Â Wikipedia shows a poster for the 14th competition with the same image as on the medal of the inventor at work.
