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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
Hammer Price: £40
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, Opening of the First Federal Parliament, Melbourne, 1901, a silver medal, unsigned (by Stokes), portraits of Victoria and Edward VII in cartouches, rev. portraits of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in cartouches, 35 x 30mm (Carlisle 1901/2). About extremely fine; with loop for suspension and ribbon with bar £40-60
Brazil, Congresso Politico do Partido Republicano, Pará, 1903, a silver medal by G. Iacoangeli, conjoined busts of Antonio Lemos and Augusto Montenegro right, rev. legend in wreath, 39mm; together with other World medals, intaglio copies, etc (8) [9]. Fine to very fine, but first with rim nicks £60-80
France, Assemblée Générale des Actionnaires du Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, naked winged Genius holding the hand of a female with flowers, two other females standing at right, rev. exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.267, 4; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 180; BDM V, 239; Moyaux 181; Swan 284; cf. DNW 70, 2672). About extremely fine £30-40
France, La France Victorieuse, 1919, a bronze award plaque by R. Lamourdedieu, partly clothed figure of France holding winged Victory, ploughman and oxen in background, rev. two sleeping children (representing Alsace and Lorraine) enfolded in a French banner, un-named, 70 x 52mm (CGMP p.220). About extremely fine £40-60
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
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, 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
Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, bronze medals by H. Dropsy (2), bust right, revs. Windsor Castle, 72mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 220; E 2087) [2]. Virtually as struck £40-50
Hammer Price: £45
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous medals (4), including a 9ct gold badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1904 [4]. Fine and better £40-60
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
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
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of La France right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (Brunon et Valette), 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 68, 1257). Extremely fine and attractively patinated; in contemporary case of issue £30-40
France, République Française, 1902, a silver award plaque by S.-E. Vernier, half-length portrait of Marianne right, rev. branch, stamped (Conseil Général des Alpes-Maritimes, Avril 1909, Voyage de M. Armand Fallières, Président de la République, à Nice et dans le Département), 74 x 49mm (PBE 941; CGMP p.386; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 186; BDM VI, 227; cf. DNW 64, 1345). About extremely fine £60-80
France, Orphélinat des Restaurateurs Limonadiers et de l’Industrie Hotelière, 1915, a silver medal by H. Varenne, female figure welcoming child carrying baby, rev. inscription in wreath, 65mm. Some friction on high points, otherwise about extremely fine £30-50
France, Honneur Patrie, c. 1918, a plated bronze award medal, figure of Marianne seated left honouring soldiers, rev. sprig of mistletoe, un-named, 68mm. Extremely fine; cased £30-40
Anne (1702-1714), Union of England and Scotland, 1707, a silver medalet or counter, bust left, rev. crowned arms and supporters, 25mm (MI II, 297/109); together with other base metal medals (2) [3]. Varied state £25-35
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
Germany, 75th Anniversary of the Wilhelm III Masonic Lodge, Stuttgart, 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by R. Stocker, youth holding hammer and oil-lamp, rising sun in distance, 70 x 47mm. Extremely fine £40-60
Victoria (1837-1901), Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Mayor of Bacup, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (W & E 2336B); Darlington, Great War, Tribute medal, 1919, in bronze, unsigned, 38mm; a group of bronze medals awarded to H.B.R. Sharpe, mostly by the Kew Allotments & Gardens Association, 1946-60 (17), including Royal Horticultural Society, Affiliated Societies medals (10), Banksian medals (3), London Garden Society medals (2), and others of the National Sweet Pea Society and Amateur...
Hammer Price: £50
Centenary of the Death of Robert Burns, Dumfries, 1896, a silver medal by Pinches, three-quarter bust left, rev. monument with Ionic columns, 44mm (BHM 3495; E 1803; Brodie 180). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise about extremely fine £60-80
South Africa, South African International Exhibition, Cape Town, 1877, award medals in silver and bronze, unsigned, figure of Spes above shield in wreath, revs. wreath, named (Burney & Co, London…Miss McLeod, Cape Town), both 39mm; South African Exhibition, Cape of Good Hope, 1885, a bronze medal, unsigned, 48mm (cf. DNW M7, 2698); South African & International Exhibition, Kimberley, 1892, a bronze medal by the Mint, Birmingham, un-named, 45mm (cf. DNW 68, 1811); South African Industrial...
United States of America, 10th Anniversary of Pulitzer Ownership of The World, 1893, a sterling silver Calendar medal, façade of building, globe to either side, named (Duke of Veragua), rev. calendar, 37mm. Extremely fine £50-80
Austria, Der Kleine Däumling [Little Tom Thumb], c. 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by K. Perl, bearded man armed with knife stooping over a group of children, 75 x 55mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.8, 58; BDM VIII, p.121; cf. BDW 2, 293). Extremely fine £50-70
Austria, Oest. Bulldog-Klub, Vienna, c. 1920, a uniface gilt-bronze plaque by F. Stiasny, bulldog standing right, un-named, 65 x 45mm; FRANCE, Yachting, 1948, a bronze award medal by R. Delamarre, centre engraved (Régates Royales, Cannes, 1954), 81mm (CGMP p.588; cf. DNW 61, 1377); 50th Anniversary of the Victoire Française en Coupe Davis, 1977, a silver medal by R. Corbin, 81mm (CGMP p.454); together with other base metal medals and plaques, sporting subjects (6), by Peter, Rasumny,...
France, Orphée, 1899, a silver award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, rev. naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, named (Les Artistes de la Musique de la Garde Republicaine à leur collègue et ami Lepers, Nov. 1919), 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. DNW 66, 1487). Brightly polished and with rim nicks, otherwise very fine £50-70
France, Le Matin, 1904, award medals (2), by R. Riberon, in silver and bronze, female about to engrave plinth, revs. wreath between telegraph wires, both 51mm (cf. DNW 42, 1456) [2]. Very fine £40-60
France, Basilique du Sacré Coeur, c. 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by J. Picaud, view of the church within raised border, 55 x 44mm (CGMP –). A few surface marks, otherwise very fine or better £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
Anne (1702-1714), Blue School, Cirencester, a uniface brass Scholar’s badge, founded by subscription ad. 1714, etc, centre engraved (III), 88mm. Very fine and very rare; with hooks on the back to facilitate wearing £80-100
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
Germany, World War I, a Wilhelm II, Rupie, 1901, obv. erased and engraved around swastika (A.S. Johnson 19th M.A.C., GEA 1917, 135217 M.T.A.S.C.), together with a contemporary silver tie-pin fashioned from three German East Africa and British East Africa coins [2]. Both in good order, second twice pierced for wearing as an identification tag £40-60
Edward VII (1901-1910), Royal Anthropological Society, Huxley Memorial Medal, 1907, a bronze award medal by F. Bowcher, bust left, rev. legend, named (Edward Burnett Tylor), 63mm (cf. BHM 3488). Extremely fine; in case of issue £50-70
Hammer Price: £55
George VI (1936-1952), Neville Chamberlain, 1938, a uniface cast bronze medal by M. Hiley, bust three-quarters right, 62mm (BHM 4389). Extremely fine £40-60
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
Belgium, Société Féline Liegèoise, c. 1900, a silver medal, unsigned, cat seated before the column of Liège, 43mm; Société Féline des Flandres, a plated bronze medal, 40mm; together with another bronze cat medal, 27mm [4]. First extremely fine, others nearly so £60-80
Canada, 23rd Interparliamentary Conference, Ottawa, 1925, a light bronze plaque by Birks, arms and supporters flanked by shields containing lion and beaver, rev. Canadian Parliament, 87 x 66mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.22, 1); Centenaire du LaFontaine Revendique les Droits de la Langue Française au Parlement du Canada, 1942, a bronze award plaque by J.-B. Lagace, un-named, 110 x 58mm [2]. Very fine or better £40-60
Germany, Olympic Games, Munich, 1972, a heavy uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, city armorial gateway, rosette left, Olympic rings right, legend around, 86mm; South Korea, Olympic Games, Seoul, 1988, an octagonal bronze medal, 85mm [2]. First as made, second as struck and in blue case of issue £50-70
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