Auction Catalogue

1 July 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2212

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£70

20th Century, Neville Chamberlain, 1938, a plated specimen 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 (BHM 4388; cf. DNW M5, 1342). Very fine (£60-80)

Provenance:
Bt Seaby 1959.

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