Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Belgium, 25th Anniversary of the Association Belges de la Presse, 1911, a plated bronze plaque by G. Devreese, naked boy lifting rock from another boy’s back with a quill pen, rev. robed female and globe, 60 x 59mm (cf. BDW 14, 741); La Cantine du Soldat Prisonnier, 1916, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, 55mm, edge stamped 384 (cf. DNW 68, 1618); Marquis de Villalobar, 1916, a plated bronze medal by P. Dubois, 1916, 75mm (cf. DNW 37, 1194); Après l’Absence…, 1917, a plated bronze plaque by G. Devreese for Fonson, 70 x 60mm, edge stamped épreuve d’auteur (cf. DNW 35, 498); Aux Afflices Secours, c. 1918, a plated bronze medal for the Association pour Secourir les Pauvres Honteux, Brussels, 65mm; together with a modern French copy of the bronze medal of Cicilia Virgo, Marchioness of Mantua [6]. Very fine and better; last in maroon box £60-80