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FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Constructeurs de Tracteurs et Machines Agricoles [Union o
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Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris
FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Constructeurs de Tracteurs et Machines Agricoles [Union of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers], 1957, a bronze award medal by P. Turin, head of Marianne to left, flanked by artisans at lathes, rev. cogwheel and sheaves of wheat, central panel named (To the Air Vice-Marshal Hopps, Secretary of the Agricultural Eng. Association), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81mm, 271.59g (cf. DNW 132, 1714). Extremely fine £60-£80
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Air Vice Marshal Frank Linden Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC (1894-1976); b Hackney; 2nd Lt, 5th Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1916-17; transferred to Royal Flying Corps 1917, thence to the RAF; graduated from RAF College, Cranwell, 1929; station commander at RAF Eastchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940; commanding officer of the Search & Strike Force, Russia, 1942-3; commanded No. 16 reconnaissance group for RAF Coastal Command, 1943-5, then No. 19 group, 1947-50; chief executive of the Agricultural Engineers Association (UK), 1953-68. Sold with further biographical detail.
The Syndicat, headquartered in rue Jacques Bingen, Paris, was founded on 12 February 1957
FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Constructeurs de Tracteurs et Machines Agricoles [Union of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers], 1957, a bronze award medal by P. Turin, head of Marianne to left, flanked by artisans at lathes, rev. cogwheel and sheaves of wheat, central panel named (To the Air Vice-Marshal Hopps, Secretary of the Agricultural Eng. Association), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81mm, 271.59g (cf. DNW 132, 1714). Extremely fine £60-£80
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Air Vice Marshal Frank Linden Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC (1894-1976); b Hackney; 2nd Lt, 5th Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1916-17; transferred to Royal Flying Corps 1917, thence to the RAF; graduated from RAF College, Cranwell, 1929; station commander at RAF Eastchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940; commanding officer of the Search & Strike Force, Russia, 1942-3; commanded No. 16 reconnaissance group for RAF Coastal Command, 1943-5, then No. 19 group, 1947-50; chief executive of the Agricultural Engineers Association (UK), 1953-68. Sold with further biographical detail.
The Syndicat, headquartered in rue Jacques Bingen, Paris, was founded on 12 February 1957
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Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris
FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Constructeurs de Tracteurs et Machines Agricoles [Union of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers], 1957, a bronze award medal by P. Turin, head of Marianne to left, flanked by artisans at lathes, rev. cogwheel and sheaves of wheat, central panel named (To the Air Vice-Marshal Hopps, Secretary of the Agricultural Eng. Association), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81mm, 271.59g (cf. DNW 132, 1714). Extremely fine £60-£80
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Air Vice Marshal Frank Linden Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC (1894-1976); b Hackney; 2nd Lt, 5th Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1916-17; transferred to Royal Flying Corps 1917, thence to the RAF; graduated from RAF College, Cranwell, 1929; station commander at RAF Eastchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940; commanding officer of the Search & Strike Force, Russia, 1942-3; commanded No. 16 reconnaissance group for RAF Coastal Command, 1943-5, then No. 19 group, 1947-50; chief executive of the Agricultural Engineers Association (UK), 1953-68. Sold with further biographical detail.
The Syndicat, headquartered in rue Jacques Bingen, Paris, was founded on 12 February 1957
FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Constructeurs de Tracteurs et Machines Agricoles [Union of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers], 1957, a bronze award medal by P. Turin, head of Marianne to left, flanked by artisans at lathes, rev. cogwheel and sheaves of wheat, central panel named (To the Air Vice-Marshal Hopps, Secretary of the Agricultural Eng. Association), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81mm, 271.59g (cf. DNW 132, 1714). Extremely fine £60-£80
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Air Vice Marshal Frank Linden Hopps, CB, CBE, AFC (1894-1976); b Hackney; 2nd Lt, 5th Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1916-17; transferred to Royal Flying Corps 1917, thence to the RAF; graduated from RAF College, Cranwell, 1929; station commander at RAF Eastchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940; commanding officer of the Search & Strike Force, Russia, 1942-3; commanded No. 16 reconnaissance group for RAF Coastal Command, 1943-5, then No. 19 group, 1947-50; chief executive of the Agricultural Engineers Association (UK), 1953-68. Sold with further biographical detail.
The Syndicat, headquartered in rue Jacques Bingen, Paris, was founded on 12 February 1957
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