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Medals Related to Aviation, France, Les amis de l’aviation sanitaire, c.1935, a bronze medal, unsigned, issued by Arthus-Bertrand, trophy fashioned in Art Deco style, CHALLENGE MAURICE RAPHAEL on base, reverse cross over image of monoplane, wreath of flowers around, 50mm. About very fine (£15-20)
£15–£20
Medals Related to Railways, France, Edmond Yvan, 1947, a cast bronze medal by P. Turin, bust left, reverse symbols of maritime and rail transport, 68mm. Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £35
Great Britain, Hertfordshire County Automobile Club, silver award medal by Vaughton, arms with winged wheel supporters, reverse wreath, named (Consumption Trial, 1905, won by Mr C. Edge), hallmarked Birmingham, 1905, 32mm; Motor Cycling Club, bronze award medal by Mappin & Webb, standing figures with shields in the shape of a V-twin engine, reverse named (Hill Climb, May 2nd 1908, Car, S.F. Edge), 29mm. [2]. First with minor edge bruise, otherwise both very fine; with clips and rings for...
Hammer Price: £110
Great Britain, Luton & south bedfordshire automobile club, a group of five medals and badges awarded to P. Childs, 1919-22, viz. medals (3), all with straw hat above spoked wheel, in 9ct gold (Reliability Trial, June 28 1919, 1st), 10.35gm; in silver (Hillclimb, July 12 1919, 1st); and in bronze (Reliability Trial, July 26 1919), all 26mm; badges (2), both with frontal view of bespectacled figure in car, in silver (Speed Trials, 13th May 1922, Class 16, First), and in bronze (Speed Trials,...
Hammer Price: £50
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, Italy, Visit of the french agents for fiat to the factory at turin, 1931, an Art Deco bronze plaque by C. Charles, factory supported by two figures, FIAT in wreath in centre, reverse legend, 75 x 50mm. About extremely fine, rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £80
Medals Related to Aviation, Luxembourg, Rallye et Meeting, Aérodrome Esch, 1938, a uniface plated bronze and enamel plaque, unsigned, issued for the Aero-Club du Bassin Minier, 75 x 55mm. With guide piercings for mounting, very fine, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Medals Related to Aviation, Switzerland, Gordon bennett wettfliegen, zurich, 1909, a plated bronze medal by Hünerwadel for Huguenin Frès, issued by the Schweizerischer Aeroclub, naked man kneeling, tieing a wing to his right foot, reverse eagle flies over landscape, 51mm. Softly modelled, very fine and very rare; in original black fitted case with Huguenin stamp (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £120
France, Industrial expo, vienna, 1873, a gilt and enamelled Jury badge, in three colours, 32mm; France, Dedication of the American Monument at Chateau-Thierry, bronze medal by A. de Possesse, 50mm (cf. DW 20, 400); Italy, Exhibitions of Turin and Roubaix, 1912, a bronze plaque by L.A. de Smeth, 64 x 55mm (BDM VIII, 208; cf. DW 19, 243) [3]. About extremely fine or better, first in non-original Chobillon case, second in maroon Monnaie box (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £25
Austria, Franz joseph I, 1905, a uniface bronze plaque by T. Szirmaï, bust of Emperor left, being lauded by several standing figures, VIRIBIS UNITIS, 99 x 69mm (BDM VI, 731 and 732, item b [dated to 1902 in error]). Extremely fine, rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £55
Austria, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Münz und Medaillenkunde [Austrian Numismatic Society), Vienna, 1910, a bronze medal by L. Hujer, bust of Johann II of Liechtenstein right, reverse legend in 7 lines, 60mm (BDM VII, 468). Good very fine, scarce (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £40
Austria, First world war, A large uniface bronze plaque, by Oskar Thiede, Austrian general in centre calling forward infantrymen in foreground, a wood in the distance, “janówka 31 Aug 1914’ above, “ K. F. A. O. Thiede” below, 199mm. Extremely fine, but colour rather dull and dark at margins perhaps as a result of exposure to heat (£30-40)
Austria, First world war, a very large uniface bronze plaquette by A. Hartig, 1914, figure of winged Victory standing facing left, holding wreath and palm, Austrian soldiers below facing left, one with machine gun, 195mm. Extremely fine, a few scattered touches of light discolouration (£30-40)
Austria, First world war, Capture of Brest Litowsk, 1915, large uniface iron plaquette, unsigned, Austrian troops marching into the city, legend around, 260 x 170mm. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Austria, First world war, large uniface bronze medallion by Thiede, c. 1916, shields of the Central Powers on floral background, 244mm., better than very fine, but struck in rather shallow relief and rather dusty, Austrian successes in trentino and the capture of folgaria plateau, 1916, a large uniface bronze medal by H. Kautsch, cross on sword entwined with oak and laurel spray, folgaria above, xv mai mcmxvi below, 170mm, extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Belgium, First world war, oeuvre nationale des orphelins de la guerre, 1917, a gilt-bronze medal by P. Dubois for Fonson, seated female figure of Belgium gathering orphaned children around her, reverse refugees fleeing a burning landscape, 61mm (cf. BDW 10, 475), about extremely fine , Allons, Enfants de la Patrie!, c.1918, a plated bronze medal by F. Rasumny, facing bust of Joffre, reverse winged female figure of the Republic striding through clouds, 68mm (Frankenhuis p.26, 182; BM Acq....
Hammer Price: £20
Belgium, Centenary of the Kingdom of Belgium, 1930, a bronze medal by M. Rau for Fisch, symbolic sword and arrows, reverse angel, 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.16, 104); Argentina, Centenary of the Birth of Bartolome Mitre, 1921, a bronze medal by R. Trintia, bust right, reverse naked male figure casting seed on the ground, 77mm; together with other miscellaneous medals, 1881-1948 (4), from Austria, Egypt, Switzerland, etc. [6]. Fine to very fine, two better (£30-40)
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)
France, Exposition française d’art decoratif, copenhagen, 1909, a bronze plaque by S.-E. Vernier for the Comité Français, coronetted bust of Queen Louise of Denmark right, reverse arms of France and Denmark, 65 x 47mm (PBE 947; BDM VI, 234). Extremely fine and very rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £45
Finland, Finland, Independence proclaimed, 1917, a bronze medal by Prof. E. Wikström, crowned arms of the Republic, stout oak tree behind, reverse robed female figure of Victory standing with lion, 72mm (cf. DW 24, 155). Extremely fine, lightly patinated (£30-40)
France, Death of auguste barye, 1876, a bronze medal by H.A.J. Patey, bust three-quarters left, reverse lion subduing serpent, 68mm (PBE 659; CGMP p.299; Coll. R. Marx 407; BDM IV, 423; cf. Kjellberg, p.66; cf. BDW 18, 391)., very fine or better, scarce; President carnot assassinated, 1894, a cast gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, Carnot seated in his carriage with fellow travellers, in the act of being stabbed by Caserio, bust of Carnot with wreath above, reverse legend in 9 lines, 73mm., of...
France, Exposition Internationale d’Éléctricité, Paris, 1881, a bronze award medal by L.-O. Roty, robed figure of La Science above a globe, reverse legend, palm and laurel branches at left, un-named, 80mm (Coll. R. Marx 4; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 158; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.132, 5; BDM VI, 230). Extremely fine and lightly patinated, an attractive example (£40-60)
France, Salon des Artistes Français, 1885, a plated bronze award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, named (Sculpture, Salon de 1928, Lucien Bazor, Gravure en Médailles), 54mm (Gaz. Num. 1898, p.15, 27). Rather brightly polished, but very fine and an interesting association item (£30-40)
France, Établissement bergougnan, clermont ferrand, c.1890, a bronze award plaque, unsigned, standing warrior in winged helmet, carrying sword and shield, reverse view of the Bergougnan factories, un-named, 61 x 47mm. Very fine, rare; in dark maroon fitted case (£20-30)
France, Horticulture, 1892, a bronze award plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, female figure teaching another to prune a plant in a flower-pot, reverse naked young girl sat under tree, making a posy, named (Société des Sciences de Seine et Oise, Prix Cépède, G. Lapeyre, 1922), 62 x 48mm (PBE 304; Coll. R. Marx 306; CGMP p.175; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.41, 72; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW 38, 720). Very fine and a charming reverse (£30-40)
France, Funeral of President Carnot, 1894, a bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, female attendant stands beside Carnot’s body lying in state, reverse funeral cortège, 81 x 58mm (Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; BDM VIII, 176; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; Jones 323; cf. BDW 5, 14). Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £10
France, Opening of the musée social, 1896, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, two male figures walking up the steps into the Museum, reverse seated female figure with racks of newspapers and shelves of books, contemplating a factory scene through a window, 60mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM V, 236; Roty Cat. 1971, p.92)., minor surface marks on reverse, otherwise very fine and very rare; The City of Paris Awarded the Legion d’Honneur, 1900, a uniface plated bronze electrotype plaque by...
France, La Madone, 1899, a silver award plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, Madonna and child, reverse Cross above a cloud, un-named, 65 x 30mm (PBE 322; CGMP p.174; BDM I, 664; cf. DW 19, 256). Very fine (£25-35)
France, Hommage aux Graveurs, 1899, a plated electrotype of the obverse of the plaque by A.-E. Lechevrel, 79 x 57mm (PBE 505; cf. Coll. R. Marx 339; CGMP p.230; BDM III, 360; cf. DNW 39, 507). Very fine (£40-50)
France, Le Frappeur Grec, c.1900, an octagonal bronze plaque by O. Yencesse, Greek moneyer striking a coin by hand, reverse Syracusan decadrachm, L. DUVAL, L. JANVIER, RÉDUCTION, etc., 60 x 53mm (PBE –; BDM VIII, 304; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 51; cf. BDW 18, 420). Very fine, rare; in orange card box (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Paris, 1900, a bronze award plaque by H.-J. Lefèbvre for Arthus-Bertrand, symbolic figure of Paris being carried on a throne, supported by figures representing art, industry and commerce, reverse view of the city, arms above, tablet below, named (Offert par Mr Raymond Laurent, Conseiller Municipal – Paulette Aignerelle, 1938), 87 x 60mm (PBE 521; cf. DNW 38, 738). Extremely fine (£40-60)
France, Société contre l’abus du tabac, c.1900, a bronze award medal signed C.T., robed female figure holding mirror, pointing to a dead man lying on the ground, tobacco plants at sides, brick chimney and still behind, reverse legend, named (Concours de 1901, Mr Rousseau, Instituteur), 41mm. Very fine and very rare; in green fitted case (£40-50)
France, Les Établissements lumière & jougla réunis, c.1900, a plated bronze award plaque, unsigned, seated female holds photograph up to the light, overlooked by another figure and watched by a standing female model, photographic implements below, reverse wreath, un-named, 64 x 52mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 6). Good very fine (£25-35)
France, Gallia, c.1900, a bronze medal by C.P. Pillet, issued by Arthus-Bertrand for the Concours des Ailes, 1928, helmeted head of France right, reverse legend in wreath, 50mm (Classens 57; BDM IV, 537); together with Journées des Forces Aeriennes NATO, 1952, a bronze medal, unsigned, winged arms, reverse legend, 50mm. [2]. Very fine (£25-35)
£25–£35
France, Centenary of the Banque de France, 1900, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, head of La Republique left, reverse seated and standing figures surveying a landscape, named (Arthur Raffalovich), 68mm (Coll. R. Marx –; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 178; BDM V, 239; Gaz. Num. 1905, p.234, 190; cf. DNW 39, 737). Light scuffing, very fine (£50-70)
£50–£70
France, Assemblée générale des actionnaires du paris-lyon-méditerranée, 1901, a silver plaque by O. Roty, naked winged Genius holding the hand of a female with flowers, two other females standing at right, reverse exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 180; BDM V, 239; Moyaux 181; Swan 284; cf. DNW 37, 1231). Very fine, rare (£50-70)
France, Souvenir, 1901, a bronze award plaque by L.-E. Mouchon, naked female Genius leaning on column, inscribing a tablet (dated 1911), reverse branch, named (École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Composition Décorative, Cours Supérieur, 2e. Prix, Marthe Roguet), 53 x 29mm (PBE 624; CGMP p.278; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 100; BDM IV, 177; cf. BDW 18, 403 and DNW 27, 932)., very fine; Exposition internationale d’horticulture, le mans, 1905, a plated bronze plaque by C. Marey for A....
France, Inauguration of the bains d’evian, 1902, a plated bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon [after C. Beylard], naked female seated on rock, right hand extended to gushing spring water, SOURCE CACHAT, reverse view of Evian, 64 x 44mm (PBE 975; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 193; BDM VI, 240; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.417, no.132; cf. DNW 39, 513). Charming style, good very fine, attractive; in original fitted blue wallet by Brezina, Paris (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £60
France, Maternité, or Fileuse Allaitant, 1902, a bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, Breton woman suckling a new-born child, spinning-wheel at left, reverse flowers and book, 64 x 53mm (PBE 535; CGMP p.236; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.43, 96; BDM III, 372)., about extremely fine , François seynoha, c.1905, a large uniface bronze plaque by M.-P. Lordonnois, bust right above views of the Seynoha business premises in Rouen and Paris, 242 x 163mm (BDM III, 471)., some light scratching by bust,...
France, Société Populaire des Beaux-Arts, 1902, a bronze award medal by G. Michel, named (Roger Marx), with Marx’ personal punch under the rose flower, 50mm (Coll. R. Marx 410, this piece; BDM IV, 66). Extremely fine and rare, a significant association piece; in original maroon fitted case, lid partly detached (£80-100)
France, Agriculture, or Travaux des Champs, 1904, a bronze plaque by M.-A.-L. Coudray, peasant driving bullocks pulling a plough, being urged on by a boy, setting sun in background, reverse farmworker with scythe in a field of wheat, 100 x 62mm (PBE 280; CGMP p.103; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 33; cf. BDW 13, 148). Very fine (£40-60)
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