'RALLY DU MONT BLANC BRONZE TROPHY, C'1927' 'Rally du Mont ...

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£500

'RALLY DU MONT BLANC BRONZE TROPHY, C'1927'

'Rally du Mont Blanc' bronze trophy, c.1927.

A fine quality, bronze motoring trophy, depicting a caricature of a driver gunning a Bugatti Type 35.

Automobile rallies have been held in the Alps since as early as 1906, with various wartime intervals. The Tour du Mont Blanc, as it is known today, is held each September, taking in some of the most scenic and demanding roads in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps.

Initialled G.C. and marked Mt. Blanc, bronze, 9.5cm on marble base.