A collection of three antique and rare bronze medals with high reliefs of Honore de Balzac and Victor Hugo The medal was made by the notable Portuguese sculptor and medalist Cabral Antunes, laureate with national and international awards. Titled lower to the center. Embossed inscriptions on the back. Each of these two medals is numbered 219 of 500 and signed. A small round bronze medal Glass Championship, with a loop on the top. Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), a French writer, one of the founders of realism in European literature. The largest work of Balzac is a series of novels and short stories, The Human Comedy. Victor Marie Hugo (French, 1802-1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Numismatics and Collectibles.