Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1332

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£75

Belgium, Defense de Liège, 1914, a bronze medal by H. Nocq, bust of General Leman right, rev. lion of Belgium defying a German eagle, monument behind, 68mm (CGMP p.293; cf. DNW 35, 556); Namur Attacked/Troops at Ostende, 1914, a bronze medal by P. Theunis for Mauquoy, 70mm (BDM VIII, 234; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.17, 19; cf. BDW 14, 759); Resistance of Antwerp, 1914, a bronze medal by P. Wissaert for Mauquoy, 70mm (BDM VIII, 281); Entrée du Roi à Bruxelles, 1918, a bronze medal by H. Le Roy for Mauquoy, 70mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17, 83); L’Armée Belge Participe à la Garde du Rhin, 1919, a bronze medal by P. Dubois for Mauquoy, 70mm; La Belgique Reparé les Desastres de la Guerre, 1926, a bronze medal by G. Petit for Mauquoy on behalf of Les Amis de la Médaille d’Art, 70mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.16, 15); together with other bronze medals (2), by Bonnetain and Devreese [8]. Very fine and better (£80-100)

The first medal was executed in 1923 and the third in 1921