France
Third Republic (1871-1940)
Av: Bust to left, lower right signature Jean - CAMUS, 1852 DANIEL MERILLON 1925 - PRESIDENT DE L-U-S-T-F, Rw: Facade of building, wreath below, center sash on which VERSAILLES / 1928, Border: Punca BRONZE
bronze, 41.1 mm, 28.79 g. Commemorative medal issued in 1928 by the Union of French Shooting Societies on the occasion of the commissioning of a modernized shooting range in Versailles near Paris - henceforth the National Shooting Range. The obverse bears the image of Daniel Mérillon (Président Fondateur Union Internationale de Tir), founder and President from 1907 to 1925 of the International Union of National Shooting Federations and Societies, and later of the International Rifle Association.
