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

№ 2552

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£60

Austria, 70th Birthday of Anton Drasche, 1896, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust right, rev. Drasche holding hand of woman patient in bed, 58mm (Hauser 7301; Storer 886; Wurzb. 1710; BDM V, 369; cf. BDW 14, 731); 2nd Expositio Internationalis Pharmaceutica, Prague, 1896, a silver Merit medal by V. Smakal after Pekárak, 53mm (Storer 4851; BDM VIII, 207); Offiziersschiessverein des 9 Korps und Landwehrkommandos in Leitmeritz, 1909, a plated medal by Ab. Muller, 68mm [3]. Last very fine, others about extremely fine (£50-70)

Professor Dr Anton Drasche, Count of Wartinberg (1826-98), physician in ordinary to Franz Joseph I