^Lot 1921 PUERTO RICO, large bronze high-relief medal, no date (1973), Pablo Casals, by MACO, ex-Roehrs.

PUERTO RICO, large bronze high-relief medal, no date (1973), Pablo Casals, by MACO, ex-Roehrs. 280 grams. 75 mm. Obverse with very high-relief depiction of Pablo Casals playing a cello with his signature above shield at left; reverse with Paschal lamb with crowned F and I above, JOHANNES EST NOMEN EJVS below, surrounded by border of crosses, castles and lions, and the flag of Spain; smooth edge with MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. incuse. Pablo Casals (1876-1973) was a famous Catalan cellist and composer who left Spain in 1939 to live in France before moving to Ceiba, Puerto Rico, where he lived for the rest of his life. Mint State with toned obverse, a little verdigris. Pedigreed to the Roehrs Collection.