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France, Société d’Agriculture du Cher, octagonal silver jetons (5), all unsigned, similar, 28mm [5]. Extremely fine or better £50-100
Hammer Price: £30
£50–£100
France, Cercle Britannique, 1834, a bronze medal by E. Rogat and V.M. Borrel, conjoined busts of George Washington, Thadeus Kosciusko and Lafayette left, rev. three wreaths separating legends, 51mm (Baker 196; BDM V, 192). Good very fine, rare £90-120
£90–£120
France, Grandes Lignes de Chemin de Fer, 1842, a large heavy bronze medal by J.F.A. Bovy, bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. central plinth featuring La Loi seated on throne flanked by winged figures of Mercury and Mars, trains steaming from the base, 112mm (Moyaux 121; CGMP p.153; BDM I, 243; Swan 253; cf. DNW 68, 1478). Some surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine and impressive medal, rare £120-150
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France, PRINCE HENRI EUGÈNE PHILIPPE LOUIS d'ORLÉANS, DUC d'AUMALE, 1848, a copper puzzle medal, unsigned, bearded bust right, rev. part pictogram legend in four lines, 41mm. Extremely fine, scarce £60-80
Germany, Olivier de Serres, c. 1850, a silver award medal by H. de Longueil for the Société d’Agriculture, Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres d’Indre-et-Loire, bust left, rev. wreath, un-named, 50mm (cf. DW 24, 434); Souvenir de la Saint Louis, 1888, a bronze award medal by A. Poncet for L. Penin, named (Jean Joseph Rimaud, 5 Mars 1889), 68mm [2]. First brilliant mint state, second very fine; both in fitted cases of issue £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
Germany, Comice Agricole d’Issoudun, c. 1850, silver award medals (3), plough and animal heads within wreath, revs. inscription, 51mm; Comice Agricole de St. Amand, c. 1850, bronze award medals (2), both 41mm [5]. Very fine £50-70
Germany, Brunswick, Baptismal Thaler, 1708, Zellerfeld, mint-master Rudolph Bornemann, Christ baptised in Jordan by John the Baptist, rev. legend in 10 lines below scrolled acanthus leaves, 52mm. Very fine and lightly toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Germany, 25th Anniversary of the Israelitischen Vorschuss-Institutes, Hamburg, 1841, a copper medal by H.F. Alsing, bees around beehive, rev. legend, 45mm (Gaed. 2072). Very fine £40-60
£40–£60
Germany, Erinnerung an die Ausstellung Deutscher Gewerbserzeugnisse zu Berlin, 1844, a copper medal by C.H. Lorenz and E. Schilling for Loos, Germania seated, rev. railway locomotive on bridge, 45mm (BDM III, 471; cf. Swann, lot 300; cf. DNW 60, 1381); Austellung Münchener Judustrie und Gemerks-Erzengnitze, 1858, a copper medal by T. Bienboeck, 39mm; Allgemeine Deutsche Patent & Musterschutz Ausstellung, Frankfurt, 1881, a white metal medal by W. Mayer, 51mm (BDM III, 645); together with a...
Hammer Price: £25
Italy, Venetian Success against the Turks in Morea, 1686, a silver medal by G. Hautsch and L.G. Lauffer, Victory seated left holding shield, cherubs with shields around, rev. panoramic view of Venice, Piazza San Marco in centre, edge imperivm, etc, 42mm (Julius 321; MH 83; Serenissima II, 98; cf. Künker Auktion 116, 4175 [silver], cf. Baldwin Auction 49, 1452 [copper]). Minor rim knock on reverse at 10 o’clock, otherwise very fine and very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £700
Italy: Papal States, The Battle of Parkany, 1683, a fire-gilt copper medal by G. Hamerani, bust of Innocent XI right in tiara, legend ends MAXI, rev. Madonna and child, seated on image of her house, above banner, battle scene below, in exergue, TVRCIS ET PARKAN CAES, 39mm (Lincoln 1461; H-Cz 248). Pierced at 12 o’clock, good fine, very rare £600-800
£600–£800
Italy, La Martinière School, Calcutta, 1836, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, uniformed bust of General Martin right, rev. frontal elevation of the school in recessed panel, named (Shirley Henry Pacheco), 43mm (Pudd. 836.1.3). Sometime cleaned and with a few edge bruises, otherwise good very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £220
India, Madras Exhibition, 1855, a bronze award medal For Merit by B. Wyon, laureate bust of Victoria left, rev. wreath, edge named (Mrs Monckton, 1855), 51mm (Pudd. 855.2); Calcutta Agricultural Exhibition, 1864, a bronze Exhibitor’s medal after W. Wyon, FID DEI legend, un-named, 43mm (Pudd. 864.6.2; cf. DNW 55, 1638); Jubbulpore Exhibition, 1866, a silver medal after W. Wyon and T. Stokes, 43mm (Pudd. 866.2) [3]. Second with minor spotting and uneven patina but extremely fine, others fine...
Italy, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, a pair of oval base metal portrait plaques, with busts to right and left, St Peter with his hand across his chest, each 130 x 110mm [2]. Good very fine; contained in separate square frames, mounted to hang corner-to-corner £70-90
£70–£90
Italy, Pius II, Piccolomini (1458-64), a bronze medal, unsigned (by G. Paladino), bust left, rev. books on a table, 43mm (BDM IV, 366; Mazio 15; Modesti 69). A modern restrike, extremely fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £40
Italy, Gregorio Magalotti, c. 1535, a cast bronze medal, unsigned (by A. Lombardi), bearded bust right wearing biretta, rev. naked figure of Fortune on a dolphin, holding a veil, 77mm (Armand III, 229, L; Attwood 1991, 5). A early cast from a pierced original, good very fine, very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £230
Italy, Andrea Doria, 1541, a cast bronze medal by L. Leoni, draped and cuirassed bust right, trident behind, rev. galley, 40mm (Kress 431). A later cast, good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
Italy, Two Satyrs, c. 1550, a cast bronze medal of the Venetian School, bust left, formed of lion’s head, toad, dolphin, snail, etc, rev. bust left adorned with male genitalia, 40mm (Attwood 416; Pollard, Bargello III, 813). Stain in obverse field, otherwise very fine, rare £300-400
£300–£400
Italy, Cardinal Francesco Albizzi, c. 1654, a cast bronze medal, unsigned, bust left, rev. Hercules, armed with club, slaying Cerberus, 66mm (V-T Bardini 107). A later cast, very fine or better £100-150
£100–£150
Italy, FAUSTINA BORDONI, 1723, a cast bronze medal in the baroque style by G. Broccetti, bust right, pearl cord fastens dress, rev. Bordoni as a siren, singing to Ulysses standing on his ship, QVIS TAM FERREVS VT TENEAT SE, 86mm (Niggl 380; Voltolina 1420; Johnson, 1975, pp.120-3; VT 107). A clear cast, good very fine £120-150
Italy, Laudomia Acciaiuoli, c. 1750, an electrotype copy of the obv. of the medal by A. Selvi, 87mm (V & T 278). Museum quality, extremely fine £60-80
Italy, Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Novilara, c. 1800, a copper medal by T. Mercandetti, bearded bust right, rev. Italia in chariot, with winged supporters, alights atop Italy, central on a partial globe, 46mm. Extremely fine £90-120
Italy: Papal States, Innocent X, Holy Year, 1650, a silver medal by G. Mola, bust right, rev. Porta Santa, 39mm (Lincoln 1106; Borner 1126). Very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £160
Italy: Papal States, Visit of Pius VII to Paris, 1804, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and L. Jaley, bust right, rev. cathedral of Notre-Dame, 41mm (Br. 349); together with other base metal Papal medals (13) [14]. Mostly very fine or better, some later strikings £120-150
Hammer Price: £400
Italy: Papal States, Triumphal Arch in Honour of Pius IX, 1846, a silver medal by N. Cerbara, bust left, rev. view of the arch in the Piazza del Popolo, 62mm (Bartolotti I-34). About extremely fine £90-120
Italy: Papal States, Opening of the Ariccia Aqueduct, 1854, a bronze medal by N. Cerbara and G. Bianchi, bust of Pius IX left, rev. view of the aqueduct, 82mm (Bart. 9); together with other base metal Papal medals (4) [5]. Mostly about very fine or better, some later strikings £70-90
Portugal, Kings of Poland, c. 1790, a series of cast bronze medals by J. Reichel, busts, revs. inscriptions, 42mm (BDM V, 72) [21]. Later casts, mostly about very fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £310
Portugal, Marquis de Pombal, 1772, a copper medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. Hercules offers flowers to Portugal, 46mm (Lamas pl.12/35; Wurzbach 7613). Pierced, good fine, scarce £40-60
Hammer Price: £45
Portugal, Rebuilding of Lisbon, 1775, a silver medal, unsigned (by J. Gaspar), equestrian statue of King John V, rev. allegorical scene of the presentation of the reconstruction plans, 47mm. Obverse about fine, reverse about very fine, the obverse fire damaged £60-80
Russia, Steel Matrix for the Russian coat of arms, a double-headed eagle, 40mm. Very fine £70-90
Sweden, Gustavus II Adolphus as Champion of the Protestant Faith, 1632, a silver medal by S. Dadler, bust three-quarters right, rev. Gustavus in Roman armour standing over fallen enemies, 57mm (Hildebrand 58; Bruun 17364). Edge bruise at 4 o’clock, otherwise almost extremely fine, toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £270
Sweden, Death of Gustav III, 1792, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust right, rev. tributes around mausoleum, 57mm (Pollard 3; BDM III, 239). Good extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
Switzerland, Löwendenkmal [Dyling Lion Monument], Lucerne, an electrotype plaque of the monument by B. Thorwaldsen, 162 x 159mm; together with tinted plaster plaques of Otho, Galba and Isaac Newton [3]. Generally fine £30-40
Netherlands, Netherlands or Germany, a 19th century circular bronze plaque from a 16th century original, Bacchanalian scene within a rural landscape, drunken Bacchus being helped onto a donkey, woodland faun to left, 128mm; together with a decorative small bronze plaque, once gilt, figure reclines in shell-throne, floral background, 75 x 55mm; St. Peter, a silhouetted brass bust, 110mm [3]. Generally very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Miscellaneous, Decorative medals, plaques, etc (10), all in base metal; together with struck medals (5, four in silver) [15]. Many very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Charles de Foucauld, 1945, a cast bronze medal by A.A. Herbemont, bust left, rev. map of Africa showing the position of Tamanrasset, building beneath, 100mm. About extremely fine, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £85
Argentina, Sociedad Rural Argentina, Exposicion de 1878, Buenos Aires, a gilt-bronze medal by E. Zuccotti, steam locomotive, farm animals and buildings, rev. wreath, 50mm; Inauguration of the Andean Railway and Exposicion Interprovincial, Mendoza, 1885, a bronze medal by J. Domingo, 41mm (Moyaux 467; BDM I, 603; cf. Swan 348; cf. DNW 47, 809); Exposicion Universal de Paris, 1889, a plated bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis for Argentina, 50mm; Exposition Internationale and Centenary of...
Australia, Exposition Internationale and Centenary of Independence, Buenos Aires, 1910, a bronze plaque by F.-J.-A. Roques for the Comité Français, rearing horseman by a paddock containing bulls, rev. naked artisan proferring an olive branch to a robed female, 72 x 62mm (PBE 833; BDM –; cf. DNW 66, 1443). Very fine and very rare £40-60
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