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France, Centenary of La Revue des Deux Mondes, 1929, a large bronze Art Deco medal by L. Bazor, bust of François Buloz right, rev. robed female holding two torches between the Old and New Worlds, 100mm (cf. Arethuse 26 [1930] p.6; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 155; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 175; cf. DNW 68, 1697). A powerful design, extremely fine, scarce £90-120
£90–£120
France, Death of Cardinal Dubois, 1929, a light bronze medal by A. Maillard, bust left, rev. arms, 68mm (cf. DNW 66, 1539). About extremely fine £20-30
£20–£30
France, Femme à l’Oiseau, c. 1930, an Art Déco plated bronze award medal by R. Cochet, woman seated right, a bird perching on her raised hand, balustrade behind, all contained within an octagonal border, rev. wreath within panels, centre named (La Basse-Cour Familiale de Lille), 50mm. A few slight edge knocks, otherwise about extremely fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
France, Femme avec Poulets, c. 1930, a uniface artist’s proof of the Art Déco bronze medal by R. Cochet, young woman with bobbed hair feeding chickens from her outstretched hand, engraved (Comice Agricole de l’Arrt. des Andelys), 88mm (cf. DNW 9, lot 754). Good very fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £40
France, Municipalité de Paris, c. 1930, an Art Déco silver medal by P.-M. Dammann, symbolic figure of Paris standing in ship, rev. central tablet on fasces, named (à Mr Courbois, Administrateur-Controleur du Bureau de Bienfaisance du 19ème Arrondissement, 1938), 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 43; cf. DNW 58, 1562). About extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
France, Syndicat Général de la Construction Électrique, c. 1930, a bronze medal by R. Pelletier, semi-naked figure representing Electricity seated on globe, rev. workers with turbines, named (Gaspard Jelensperger, 1968), 68mm (cf. DNW 53, 1201). Extremely fine; in fitted cardboard case £20-30
France, Chambre Syndicale de Machines Agricoles de France, c. 1930, a gilt-bronze medal by A. Rivet, figures harvesting in field, rev. labourer and wheatsheaf around inscription, named (A. Ritte), 50mm; Cérès, 1957, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, 51mm (CGMP p.601) [2]. Extremely fine £40-60
France, La Récolte, c. 1930, a repoussé bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for La Gerbe d’Or, standing figure of farmworker with wheatsheaf on shoulder, haystacks behind, 95 x 75mm. Very fine; with integrated holes for mounting at top and bottom £40-50
Hammer Price: £70
France, La Récolte, c. 1930, a repoussé bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for La Gerbe d’Or, similar, 95 x 75mm. Very fine but lightly cleaned; with integrated holes for mounting at top and bottom £30-40
£30–£40
France, CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE VALENCIENNES, 1930, a silver Art Déco plaque by P.-V. Dautel, allegorical figures working, smoking chimneys above, rev. medieval merchant seated under arch, 65 x 49mm (cf. DW 24, 238). About extremely fine £30-50
France, Commission Européenne du Danube, Inauguration des Nouvelles Digues de Soulina, 1931, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, seated robed female surveying boats on the river, rev. trident, arms around, 72mm (cf. DNW 42, 1510). About extremely fine £30-40
France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a gilt-bronze award medal by E. Martin and R. Bénard, representation of France between heads symbolising the colonies, rev. symbolic buildings, tropical foliage and fruits in foreground, named (F Maurice), 68mm (cf. DNW M4, 481). Extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £50
France, La Parure, or La Femme au Collier, 1931, an Art Déco bronze cliché by M. Renard, naked female on one knee, in the act of placing a cloak around herself, 90 x 67mm (cf. CGMP p.341; cf. Classens 135; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.58, 113; The Medal 44, p.51). With integral mounts for wearing, very fine and rare, a most attractive Art Déco image £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
France, Centenary of the Re-establishment of the Académie des Sciences, Morales et Politiques, 1932, a bronze medal by P. Turin, classical helmeted head right in square cartouche, rev. figures representing Philosophy, Morality, etc., 81mm (CGMP p.378; cf. BDW 5, 161). Slight edge knocks, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
France, Gallia, 1933, a bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, head left wearing winged helmet, rev. shield inscribed gibbs within wreath, toiletries above, 49mm; 150th Anniversary of the Danzas Société des Transports (DHL), 1965, a silver medal, unsigned, 68mm [2]. Good very fine £50-70
France, La Renommée, 1933, a uniface bronze plaque by E. Robert-Mérignac, winged female allegory holding wreath and palm, 81 x 44mm (CGMP p.350; cf. DNW 66, 1499). Good very fine £20-30
France, Dr Paul Le Tellier, 1933, a bronze plaque by J. Vernon, bust right, rev. legend, 80 x 65mm; Bicentenary of the Birth of Maximilien Robespierre, 1958, a silver medal by G. Simon, 68mm (CGMP p.1731; cf. DNW 68, 1725); Alphonse Juin, 1975, a silver medal by R. Corbin, 81mm (CGMP p.442; cf. DNW 68, 1728); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals and plaques (11), by Levillain, Delannoy, de Jaeger, Dautel, Blin, Cochet, etc [14]. Very fine and better, a useful lot; two in...
Hammer Price: £170
France, Conféderation Nationale du Commerce en Gros des Vins, Cidres, Spiriteux et Liqueurs de France, c. 1935, a light bronze award medal by G. Contaux, female right wearing headscarf, holding bunch of grapes, rev. brewing apparatus above tablet, named (Mme Gisèle Mercier, Ets Boutet Caudroy), 50mm. About extremely fine; in fitted case of issue £25-35
Hammer Price: £20
France, Société Canine de l'Est, c. 1935, a plated bronze award medal by G. Contaux, dog's head left, rev. inscription, named (Vittel 1935, 1er Prix), 41mm; Société Canine du Sud-Est, c. 1935, an octagonal light bronze award plaque by R. Fath, two dogs left, rev. figure of La Seine, engraved (1er Prix), 50mm; together with other base metal medals (4), all relating to dogs [6]. Very fine £30-40
France, Femme avec Roses, c. 1935, a uniface octagonal Art Déco gilt-bronze plaque by V. Demanet, female bust left, hand in front of face holding a string of roses, 58 x 52mm (cf. DNW 49, 859). Some spots of gilding missing, otherwise extremely fine, attractive £30-50
France, Femme Ailé avec Stylo, c. 1935, a bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, winged female preparing to inscribe a scroll, rev. sun above wreath, tablet in centre (Offert par Les Ets. Pernod), un-named, 50mm (cf. DNW 47, 1052). About extremely fine £30-40
France, La Victoire, c. 1935, a bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, robed female standing right holding wreath, rev. sun above wreath, tablet in centre (Offert par Les Ets. Pernod), unnamed, 50mm. About extremely fine £30-40
France, Chevaux, c. 1935, a light bronze award medal by J. Vernon, stable-boy leading two horses right, rev. wreath, named (Syndicat d’Élévage du Cheval de Trait Bourbonnais), 50mm; together with other award medals (2), by Kristescu and Peter, both relating to horses [3]. About extremely fine £25-35
Hammer Price: £25
France, Fêtes Commerciales du Boulevard de Magenta, 1935, a silver award medal by E. Cantillon, standing male and seated female in Classical surroundings, rev. inscription within wreath, tablet below, un-named, 50mm. Good very fine £30-40
France, L’Ange au Violon, 1935, a uniface bronze plaque by T. Spicer-Simson, angel kneeling left, playing a viola da gamba, 52 x 48mm (CGMP p.367). Extremely fine and very rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £130
France, L’Ange à la Harpe, 1935, a uniface bronze plaque by T. Spicer-Simson, angel seated right, playing a harp, 52 x 48mm (CGMP p.367). Extremely fine and very rare £60-80
France, Death of Jean Mermoz, 1936, a bronze medal by E.P. Blin, bust right, rev. archangel flying above the waves, 59mm (CGMP p. 44; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 185; cf. DNW 30, 798). Very fine £60-80
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France, Jean Jaurès, 1936, a silver plaque by G. Crouzat, bust left, rev. inscription, panel below, unnamed, 57 x 47mm (CGMP p.109). A few light surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine £40-60
£40–£60
France, Wattinne Bossut et Fils, 1937, a light bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, man and wife facing, rev. figure of Mercury tending sheep, family tree below, 68mm; Professeur Raymond Grégoire, 1937, a light bronze medal by C. Pillet, 76mm [2]. Good very fine £30-40
France, Harmonie, 1937, an Art Déco repoussé bronze plaque by M. Delannoy for La Gerbe d’Or, figure of Harmony in front of the fountains at the Trocadéro in Paris, 95 x 75mm (cf. Simmons FPL 9, 267 and 13, 139; cf. DNW 61, 1416). Extremely fine; with integrated holes for mounting at top and bottom £40-60
France, Bucolique, 1937, a cast bronze medal by A. Guzman [-Nageotte] for the SFAM, naked male standing with bull, BVCOLICA, rev. vine twining through elm tree, 79mm, edge stamped 29 (The Medal 44, p.55; cf. DNW 35, 694 and 47, 960). Powerful style, extremely fine, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £210
France, Quatercentenary of the Lycée de Tournon, 1938, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, standing figure holding scroll and staff in front of a view of the River Rhône, buildings behind, rev. view of the lycée, 81mm (CGMP p.117). Extremely fine £50-70
France, Fondateurs du Camelots du Roi, 1938, a bronze medal by A. de Possesse, conjoined busts left, rev. statue, 60mm; Marcel Darcissac, 1950, a bronze medal by H. Vallette, 54mm; Grand Dictionnaire Larousse, 1982, a plated bronze medal by R. Duboc, 50mm [3]. Extremely fine £20-30
France, 20th Anniversary of Victory, 1938, a bronze medal by P. Turin, robed figure of Victory standing facing, holding spear and shield, rev. sword and wreath, quotation by Maréchal Foch in three lines, 68mm (CGMP p.377). Extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £35
France, Le Christ, 1939, a light bronze medal by E. Becker, head of Christ crucified within an octagonal border, rev. image of Christ on a shroud, 59mm (CGMP p.33). Extremely fine £30-40
France, 75th Anniversary of the Société Générale, 1939, a bronze medal by P. Turin, female bust left, caduceus in hair, rev. two cornucopiæ, legend around, 81mm (cf. DNW M6, 1573). Obverse perhaps cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £40-60
France, Flore, 1941, a uniface bronze medal by M. Delannoy, naked female kneeling, watering plants with an urn, rev. engraved (1937-1947), 72mm (cf. CGMP p.136; cf. DNW 48, 871). About extremely fine £70-90
France, L’Aurore, 1942, an Art Déco silver medal by E.-P. Blin, winged figure of Aurora seated on a rock with waves around, fields engraved (1965, XIIIe Festival du Film de St Cast), rev. standing figure flanked by four horses from Aurora’s quadriga, exergue engraved (C.I.D.A.L.C.), 77mm (CGMP p.47; cf. DNW 66, 1428). Good very fine, very rare in silver £150-200
France, Saint-André, 1942, a bronze medal by A. Lafleur, St. Andrew crucified, rev. draped panel surmounted with loaves and fishes, un-named, 58mm (CGMP p.212; cf. DNW 58, 1571). Good very fine £20-30
France, Conférence de Paris, 1946, a bronze medal by R. Cochet, standing robed female turning her back on the horrors of war and regarding a naked baby in a Moses basket, rev. ship of Paris, 68mm (CGMP p.410; cf. DNW 53, 1219); 50th Anniversary of the Ouvriers des Monnaies et Médailles, 1949, a bronze medal, unsigned, stamped atelier de gravure, 71mm; Conférence de Genève, 1955, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, 68mm (CGMP p.774) [3]. About very fine; each with a brass display stand £30-50
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