The bike didn't have any original transfers left, only the 1970's ones that the original owner applied when he rebuilt the bike during that time.
I agree, most of the French bikes I have seen from the 50's-70's are a little indifferent, although nearly all of the better Bertins I have seen from the 50's-60's have been very nicely finished, and I know that they enjoyed a great deal of praise from the best riders in New Zealand during that time.
Infact they where much preferred to the Legnano, which was the other widely raced bike in New Zealand at that time.