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France, La Musique, c.1905, a gilt bronze award medal by F. Rasumny for Duseaux, female playing harp, reverse tablet, named (Alphonse Lorin), 50mm (BDM VI, 35); La Défense Contre la Tuberculose, c.1930, a bronze medal by G. Contaux after A. Faivre, winged warrior with shield and cross of Lorraine, reverse legend, 50mm (cf. BDW 9, 759) [2]. Very fine and extremely fine; former in red fitted case (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £20
France, Eve, 1906, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, 78 x 30mm (PBE 985; CGMP p.396; Jones, Art of the Medal, 330; BDM VI, 242). About extremely fine, nicely patinated (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Musique de Chambre, 1907, a silver award medal by C.P. Pillet, young ladies playing violin and piano, reverse naked figure of girl listening to naked boy playing flute, named (Madame La Combe), 50mm (PBE 716; CGMP p.315; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.23, 112; cf. BDW 14, 747). About extremely fine, rare; in red fitted case (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £45
France, L’Infini, 1907, a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, two figures on rock staring out to sea, reverse sun rising over a coastal scene, 60 x 50mm (PBE 545; BDM VII, 547-8). About very fine (£25-30)
France, Theophile steinlen, c.1910, a uniface bronze portrait plaque by C. Lefèvre, bust right, 80 x 73mm (cf. DNW 35, 509). Very fine, rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £60
France, Elie Reumaux, Directeur Général of the Mines de Lens, 1910, a silver plaque by H. Lefebvre, 80 x 60mm. Extremely fine, rare; in original maroon fitted case (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £95
France, In Labore Quies, c.1910, a uniface silver award plaque by H. Kautsch, named (La Promotion 1897 de l’École Centrale à son Major H. Garnier, en souvenir du 25eme Anniversaire de sa sortie de l’École), 85 x 63mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.6, 32). Very fine, scarce (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
France, Arts et industries du mobilier, paris, 1911, a bronze award medal by J.-P. Legastelois, standing female revealing earthenware pots and other furnishings behind a curtain, reverse three nymphs in branch of an oak, QUATRIÈME SALON, GRAND PALAIS above, un-named, 64mm; together with Faïengerie de Choisy-le-Roy, c.1895, a pair of award medals, unsigned, in silver and bronze, vase, reverse legend, both named (P. Duclos…10 années de bons et loyaux services, 1899 [bronze]; 20...
Hammer Price: £30
France, Émile Dupont, 1911, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, bust right, reverse legend above branch, 90 x 65mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 157); Émile Picard, 1927, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, reverse head of Athena above legend, 72 x 52mm. [2]. Very fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Chambre de commerce, nancy, 1913, a silver award medal by E.-V. Prouvé, female figure poring over a book, globe in foreground, industrial scene behind, reverse front of the Chambre, named (À Pierre Marraud, Commissaire Général du Gouvernement Français, Gand, 1913), 68mm. Extremely fine and very rare; in red fitted case of issue, gilt-blocked (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £130
France, Grand concours de l’art du foyer, 1913, a uniface bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, seated female presenting a sprig to a housewife, implements on table behind, a copy of La Mode Illustrée in foreground, 65 x 55mm (PBE –; BDM –). Good very fine; in blue fitted case of issue, lid gilt-blocked ‘Souvenir – Juin 1913’ (£20-30)
£20–£30
France, L. hely d’oissel, 1914, a silver laudatory plaque by D.P. Puech, bust left, reverse legend in 9 lines, 75 x 60mm. About extremely fine, rare; in brown fitted case of issue (£40-60)
France, First world war, maréchal joffre, 1914, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq, three-quarter bust left, reverse standing figure of Joffre, part of his proclamation speech before the first Battle of the Marne at left, 68mm (CGMP p.292; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 101; cf. DNW 37, 1248), extremely fine and practically as struck, nicely patinated, an excellent example; Second world war, Édouard Daladier, 1939, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, reverse head of La Republique above...
Hammer Price: £25
France, Pierre d’Espezel, 1917, a uniface cast bronze medal by P. Turin, bust right, 112mm. Extremely fine and very rare (£90-120)
£90–£120
France, Ad Gloriam per Mortem Viros Ducvnt Victoriæ, 1918, a plated bronze award plaque by Guillonnet after Laporte-Blairsy, un-named, 80 x 64mm. Good very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Léopold mabilleau, 1920, a bronze laudatory medal by P.-M. Poisson for Les Mutualistes de France, bust left, reverse beehive and bees, rayed sun behind, 70mm. Extremely fine and lightly patinated, rare; in red fitted case of issue (£30-40)
France, Touring club de france, opening of the gorges du verdon, c.1920, a bronze plaque by L. Bottinelly for A. Chobillon, view of a pass through the gorge, reverse reclining river-god, legend above, 91 x 66mm (cf. DW 24, 181)., good very fine; Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, c.1920, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, headless winged figure of Victory, reverse female seated on plinth under tree, temple in background, named (M. Michel Bailly), 70 x 42mm (cf. BDW 18, 489,...
France, Ville de bois-colombes, c.1920, a uniface bronze plaque by M. Jacquin, standing robed female figure, bird and nest to left, church to right, 75 x 49mm.,very fine, rare ; La Victoire, c.1925, a plated bronze award plaque by E. Fraisse, standing female figure with wreath, named (Café Victor Hugo, 2eme. Prix de Belote, Abel Campistron), reverse entwined branches against a radiant sun, 70 x 46mm.,very fine, rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
France, Exposition nationale coloniale, marseille, 1922, a silver-gilt award medal by L.-H. Bouchard, standing men and seated females in front of colonial buildings, reverse view of the harbour at Marseille, named (Pierre Marraud), 68mm (cf. BDW 13, 215). Very fine and very rare in this metal; in original red fitted case of issue (£120-150)
£120–£150
France, Exposition nationale coloniale, marseille, 1922, a bronze award medal by L.-H. Bouchard, standing men and seated females in front of colonial buildings, reverse view of the harbour at Marseille, named (Mr. Delmas), 68mm (cf. BDW 13, 215). About very fine, rare (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
France, L’Intransigeant, 1925, an Art Deco bronze award medal by G. Contaux after Cassandre, futuristic head right with mouth open wide, reverse wreath and pillars, un-named, 60mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 128). An important and significant Art Deco medal, extremely fine and nicely patinated, very rare; in original fitted brown Wiedmann case (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £340
France, Chambre des metiers de meurthe et moselle, nancy, c.1925, a uniface plated bronze award plaque by Colotte, implements of industry around an oval tablet, un-named, 74 x 39mm. Very fine and very rare; in red fitted case (£60-80)
£60–£80
France, Exposition internationale de la houille blanche et du tourisme, grenoble, 1925, a gilt-bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, naked female reclining on rock-face, hydro-electric lines behind and a party of climbers in background, reverse aerial view of Grenoble, wreath around, un-named, 69mm (cf. BDW 18, 502). About very fine, obverse better, scarce (£30-40)
France, Porteuse de Fleurs, 1926, a uniface octagonal Art Deco bronze plaque by P. Turin, female carrying a large basket of flowers, 72mm (CGMP p.130; Classens 130; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 140; cf. DNW 39, 525). About very fine, rare (£60-80)
France, Compagnie pour la diffusion d’électricité, c.1927, a pair of silver and bronze Art Deco medals by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 52; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 74; cf. DNW 38, 809-10). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, very fine and unusual as a pair; in fitted green Arthus-Bertrand case (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £160
France, Industrie Textile, 1929, a uniface bronze medal by F.P. Niclausse, naked female weaving cloth on a loom, 68mm (CGMP p.291; cf. DNW 38, 816). Good very fine (£20-25)
£20–£25
France, Crédit foncier de france, 1929, a bronze plaque by L. Laulaigne for Chobillon, seated female figure surveys an agricultural scene, reverse tablet on wreath, DIRECTIONS DÉPARTEMENTALES 1879-1929, 60 x 34mm; together with Tête d’un Grecque, c.1930, a bronze medal by J. Vernon for Chobillon, classic male head left, reverse similar, named (Médaille du Dévouement, O.M.S. 18, Heckel); 500th Anniversary of the founding of the university of poitiers, 1932, an Art Deco bronze medal by...
France, Cercle Numismatique d’Alsace, white metal award medals (2), 1929 and 1930, both un-named, each 45mm; AGM of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, an undated octagonal silver shareholders’ plaque by P. Pagnier, 39 x 39mm; 50th Anniversary of La Flamme, 1973, a bronze medal by J.-P. Réthoré, with a view of the Arc de Triomphe, 81mm. [4]. Third very fine, others extremely fine; last in blue box of issue (£25-35)
£25–£35
France, Vichy, c.1930, an octagonal bronze plaque, signed Cam, naked female pouring water from an upturned urn into the hot springs, reverse town arms, 50mm (cf. BDW 7, 846). Good very fine; in brown fitted case of issue (£25-35)
France, Vichy, c.1930, an octagonal bronze plaque, signed Cam, naked female pouring water from an upturned urn into the hot springs, reverse town arms, crudely named (Rotary 1936, Ed. Sfez), 50mm (cf. BDW 7, 846); Vichy, c.1955, a bronze award medal by M. Léognany, water pouring from an urn over a six-pointed star, reverse arms, un-named, 68mm. [2]. First about very fine, second extremely fine; in blue box and green fitted case respectively (£25-35)
France, Centenary of L’amitié franco-belge, 1930, a bronze medal by A. Bonnetain, female figures of France and Belgium in greeting, reverse sword entwined with laurel wreath divides legend, 68mm (CGMP p.51)., about extremely fine; Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jesus, c.1935, an Art Deco bronze medal by P.-M. Poisson, St Thérèse holding an image of Christ on the Cross and a bunch of rose-heads, reverse JEVEVX PASSER, etc., anchor, Cross and heart, 89mm., extremely fine, rare (£50-70)
France, Honoré de Balzac, 1933, a silver medal by L. Patriarche, 68mm (CGMP p.304; cf. BDW 7, 853). Good very fine, rare (£70-90)
France, Inauguration of the Raffinerie Standard Franco-Americaine, Port Jerôme, 1934, a cast bronze Art Deco award medal by G. Miklos, view of the oil refinery, reverse standing helmeted figure appearing out of the flame, named (Pierre Guimier), 115 x 64mm (cf. BDW 13, 339). Astoundingly powerful Art Deco work, extremely fine and very rare; in original green fitted case of issue (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £400
France, Danseuse, 1935, a uniface bronze plaque by J.F. Olivier, scantily-clad kneeling young female arranging her hair, 55 x 45mm (CGMP p.294). Softly modelled, very fine and very rare (£40-60)
France, Association générale des syndicats pharmaceutiques de france et des colonies, c.1935, a bronze plaque by M. Burger, seated female holds urn and branch, reverse pestle and mortar on plinth, 70 x 50mm (cf. DNW 37, 1294). Very fine (£20-30)
France, Compagnie générale d’Électricité, c.1935, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin for 25 Years’ Service, seated female figure representing Electricity with a naked winged boy, industrial scene with electric pylons in background, reverse tablet, named (M. Antoine Dorier), 70 x 63mm., good very fine, lightly patinated; L’Office national météorologique, c.1939, a uniface bronze-gilt award plaque by E.-H. Becker, female wearing headphones, sat at table, looking at cloud...
Hammer Price: £40
France, Albert besnard, 1936, a cast bronze medal by A.A. Herbemont for the SFAM, bust left, reverse Goddess protects tree with a sword, 102mm, edge stamped 71 (cf. Exh. Cat. Artistes Medailleurs, Paris, 1955, No.50; cf. BDW 13, 344). Extremely fine; in original blue card box of issue (£60-80)
France, Chasseur au Sanglier, 1936, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, bust of a huntsman to right, holding a knife, reverse wild boar running to left, trees behind, 59mm (CGMP p.274), good very fine, scarce; 50th Anniversary of the banque de l’union parisienne, 1954, a silver medal by G. Simon, seated figure of Minerva, reverse symbolic ship of Paris, named (Maurice Koechlin), 60mm., about extremely fine, rare; in fitted green case of issue (£30-40)
France, Exposition internationale, paris, the romanian pavilion, 1937, a bronze award medal by A. Lavrillier, bust of Carol II right, reverse frontal elevation of the pavilion, named (Pierre Marraud), 72mm. About extremely fine and very rare; in red fitted case of issue (£60-80)
France, Death of Jean Mermoz, 1937, a bronze medal by J. Tarrit, 60mm (cf. BDW 18, 622). Reverse edge knock at 2 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, rare; in red fitted case (£80-100)
£80–£100
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