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Lot 374

Lot 374

The Destruction of the Town 1987, cast bronze medal by Jacqueline Stieger, view of a town high...

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Lot 374

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The Destruction of the Town 1987, cast bronze medal by Jacqueline Stieger, view of a town high street, cracks appearing throughout flan, rev. aerial view of town with cracks through flan, 74mm, 24 medals issued (BAMS 87). As issued.

The medallist wrote of this piece that it shows “the damage caused to the High Street by traffic, the tyre marks breaking up the picture and cracking through the medal into the reverse side, in turn destroying the town plan”. (The Medal No.21, p.122, Autumn 1992).


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