Precious souvenir of the President of the Bar André DAMIEN: Gilded bronze box, decorated and in the shape of the Legion of Honor, resting on ten feet, with engraved inscription on the back of the lid: "This box of the Order of the Legion of Honor was chiseled by Albert de Jaeger and specially cast for the twentieth anniversary of the taking of the oath of Mr. Bar President Damien 02/10/1953 - 02/10/1973. Council of the Bar of Versailles". Then engraved underneath "André Damien, knight of the Legion of Honor, 21 Jan. 1978". Diameter : 20 cm. B.E.

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