Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, and Historical Medals

Czechoslovakia, Centenary of the Birth of Bedrich Smetana, 1924, a uniface cast iron plaque by J. Odstrcil for Breitfeld-Danek, Prague, bust left, line of music below, back stamped B.D.S., 145 x 97mm (Niggl 3747b). About very fine, rare; with loop on back for suspension (£40-50)

Bedrich Smetana (1824-84), the foremost proponent of Bohemian musical nationalism in the 19th century, composed an important series of operas in the 1860s and 1870s, following his country’s autonomy from Austria in 1860.
See Plate I for illustration.