Help With Identifying Subject Of Bronze Medallion

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JulietPapaBravo New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 06/24/2011 06:29 am Hello. I hope someone can help me identify the subject of this bronze medallion and possibly the purpose of the piece. It has been suggested it could be Marat. Many thanks for any help Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 06/24/2011 08:15 am The only (tenuous) link with Jaea-Paul Marat is the cloth around the head.Even in the David painting (albeit post mortem) Marat is shown with hair protruding from under the cloth. Similarly, Marat's nose does not appear to have the same shape in the Jean FranÃ§ois Garneray portrait. The medal seems to be a prize or award, and as Marat's reputation diminished after his death he might be considered an unlikely subject, unless of course the medal is Soviet where he was long revered. A closr shot of the initials on the truncation might give us a clue. Bob Report this Post to the Staff
JulietPapaBravo New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 06/24/2011 08:50 am I think the Marat suggestion was based on the hair covering and the laurel wreath. I have to agree that I can't really see a resemblance. The bronze is signed AWB. Sorry I should have said that in my original post. Report this Post to the Staff
JulietPapaBravo New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 06/28/2011 10:39 am Any ideas anyone? Report this Post to the Staff
coinsnpaper Valued Member Canada 480 Posts	Posted 06/29/2011 02:37 am How about Mexico/Spanish America? Report this Post to the Staff
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