FRANCE - FRANCE Louis-Philippe I (1830-1848). Gold medal, reward for courage and devotion during the floods in Arles in November 1840, by Barre, Frappe spéciale (SP) 1840, Paris. Av. LOUIS PHILIPPE I - KING OF THE FRENCH. Oak head left; below, signature BARRE Ft and star. Rv. In a cartouche framed by the allegories of COURAGE, with a lion, and HUMANITY, with a child, and jointly holding a crown: MINISTÈRE / DE L'INTÉRIEUR À/ A. BURLE / MAÎTRE DE PORT / POUR SON COURAGE / ET SON DÉVOUEMENT / LORS DES INONDATIONS / ARLES / BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE / NOVEMBRE 1840. Coll - ; Gold - 114,00 g - 51,8 mm - 12 h Top Pop: the only graded example! PCGS SP61 (55936621). Hallmark (antique lamp). Small bumps on the rims and the edge, the fields slightly rubbed. A superb example.