Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1342

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£220

20th Century, Neville Chamberlain, 1938, the artist’s reduction positive, in steel, for the obv. of the ‘Peace in Our Time’ medal by V. Demanet for Fisch, bust left, neville chamberlain september 1938 around, pax vertically in front, wreath of corn ears behind, 75mm (cf. BHM 4388). Paper label with artist’s name pasted on side, otherwise as made, UNIQUE (£200-300)

Victor Demanet’s work, which only exists as a uniface medal, was executed in the aftermath of Chamberlain’s repeated visits to Germany in September 1938 in an attempt to secure a peaceful settlement to the issue of German occupation of the Sudetenland