Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, Société Dunlop, 1922, an openwork award badge in the form of three spoked wheels, back engraved (Souvenir du Premier Pas Alleluia), 34 x 26mm; 50th Anniversary of the Invention of the Pneumatic Tyre by John Boyd Dunlop, 1938, an openwork silver and enamel badge, symbolic tree in centre representing the growth of the company, 34mm; Le Globe, an openwork badge in the form of a spoked wheel, back inscribed (Offert par L. Delys, Constructeur, Choisy-le-Roi), 44 x 34mm; De Dion-Bouton, Puteaux, an enamelled badge, c.1910, 32mm. [4]. Very fine and better (£30-40)

For more details of the Dunlop Golden Jubilee celebrations of 1938, see BDW 10, lot 454.
Choisy-le-Roi, dep. Val-de-Marne.

De Dion-Bouton, founded in Paris in 1883 by Count Albert De Dion and Georges Bouton, became synonymous with the development of the early automobile in France, along with Panhard et Levassor and Mors. The company originally developed a steam boiler for the French navy, transforming their technology into steam-powered tricycles (one of which had reached 60kph in 1887) and ultimately steam-powered cars, an example being the fastest performer in the world’s very first motor race, the Paris-Rouen event of 1894. The company, whose headquarters were at Puteaux, north-west of Paris, ceased trading in 1933

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Cresswell-Corfield Collection of Medals and Badges.

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