Automobile / Boillot - Lot 15

Automobile / Boillot Commemorative bronze medal of Georges Boillot, issued by the Monnaie de Paris Obverse: frontal bust, inscription “Georges Boillot 1885–1916.” Reverse: “Mont Ventoux / Circuit de Provence / ACF Grand Prix.” Diameter: 7.5 cm The reverse captures the glory of the greatest French race car driver before 1914. At the wheel of the revolutionary Peugeot L76, Boillot won the ACF Grand Prix twice in a row (1912 and 1913), triumphed at the Circuit de Provence in 1913, and became the first three-time winner of the Mont Ventoux hill climb (1910, 1912, 1913). After becoming a fighter pilot, he was shot down in aerial combat near Verdun in May 1916

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