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Monaco, The Principality of Monaco, 1943, a bronze medal by P. Turin, view of the principality, rev. aerial map, Grimaldi arms above and rays of the sun behind, 68mm (CGMP p.379; cf. DNW 38, 954). Extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
France, Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte, 1901, a bronze award medal by W. Trojanowski, bust right, rev. wreath and crown, un-named, 68mm (Strzalkowski 20). Extremely fine, rare £60-80
France, Navigation Aérienne, 1909, a bronze award plaque by P.-A. Morlon, winged figure of Genius in central panel, biplane to left, airship to right, rev. three panels, man studying birds in flight to left, engineer adjusting an aero engine to right, named (10eme Exposition Intern.le de l’Aéronautique, 1926, M Chaussin), 99 x 72mm (PBE 610; CGMP p.272; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.44, 296; BDM VIII, 78; cf. DNW 60, 1596; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 110). Good very fine £50-70
France, Société Canine du Sud-Est, c. 1910, a gilt-bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, female figure with hounds seated between men with dogs, rev. hunting accoutrements, tablet named (Exposition de Lyon, 1932), 50mm; Société Canine du Midi, c. 1930, a bronze plaque by G. Contaux, named (Exposition Canine, 2me Prix), 60 x 36mm; together with other base metal medals (4), all relating to dogs [6]. Very fine and better £70-90
France, Maréchal Foch, 1918, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, rev. the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed, 68mm (CGMP p.324). Extremely fine £30-40
Féuardent Frès/Jules Florange (Paris), Importante Collection de Monnaies et Médailles, Consulat et Empire, Napoléon I…appartenant au Prince d’Essling, 17-25 June 1927, 3,057 lots, 68 plates. Contemporary green cloth; a working copy with many annotations, chiefly in pencil, title page signed by G. Hearn £30-50
Hammer Price: £65
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
Australia, The NATIONAL AGRICULTURAl & INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND, 1892, a copper award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, crowned and veiled bust left, rev. wreath, named (L. Uhl, Silver Mounted Harness), 50mm. Extremely fine £60-80
Austria, Emanuel Kautsch, 1902, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, seated figure right, holding a goblet, angel behind, 100 x 80mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.158, 11; BDM VII, 497). Felt stuck to the back, otherwise extremely fine £40-50
Brazil, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles, 1900, a silver medal by J.M. Lubary, bust three-quarters left, rev. figures of State and Concord, 71mm; together with other miscellaneous medals, coins, etc (19) [20]. Very fine and better £60-80
Denmark, Exposition Française d’Art Decoratif, Copenhagen, 1909, a plated bronze plaque by S.-E. Vernier for the Comité Français, coroneted bust of Queen Louise of Denmark right, rev. arms of France and Denmark, 65 x 47mm (PBE 947; BDM VI, 234; cf. BDW 38, 697). Brightly polished, very fine £30-50
France, La Foncière, Compagnie d’Assurances, 1879, a silver medal by A. Vernon, allegorical figures overlooking a harbour, rev. urban landscape with locomotive and car, named (Tuleau Yvonne), 68mm. The reverse design much later than the obverse date, about extremely fine £50-70
France, Jeanne d'Arc, Libératrice du Territoire, 1899, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, angel appearing with Joan, rev. legend, 67 x 41mm (PBE 313; CGMP p.174; BDM I, 666; cf. DNW 66, 1489); La Reconnaissance, 1916, a bronze award plaque by Françoise Montagny, un-named, 63 x 47mm (CGMP p.263; cf. DNW 46, 803); France Touristique, 1953, a bronze medal by P. Turin, 81mm (CGMP p.1837); together with miscellaneous British coins, etc (5, three in silver) [8]. Third extremely fine and in...
Commonwealth (1649-1660), The Great Seal of England, 1651, a resin copy of the Seal, by T. Simon, map of England, Wales and Ireland with place names marked, arms of the England above and Ireland below, THE GREAT SEALE OF ENGLAND around, reverse the Long Parliament in session, IN THE THIRD YEARE OF FREEDOME BY GODS BLESSING RESTORED around, edge stamped BM, 136mm, 12mm thick (Vertue, pls.vi, vii; Wyon, The Great Seals of England, p.91; Nathanson, pp.20-1); together with other copies of seals,...
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
George III (1760-1820), Earl of Wellington, 1812, a copper medal by T. Webb, similar, 54mm (Eimer 10; BHM 746; E 1028); together with other miscellaneous British medals (4, two in silver) [5]. First very fine, other sin varied state £30-50
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
Laskey, J.C., A Description of the Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte, London, 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece, xiii + 239pp. Green half-leather and marbled boards, ribbed spine; endpapers foxed and spine in need of some repair, otherwise fine, rare £50-70
Hammer Price: £70
France, Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925, a plated bronze plaque by R. Martin, artisans in front of building, rev. legend in 9 lines, 74 x 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.60, 95; cf. DNW 51, 1166). Very fine, toned £30-50
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
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, 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
George III (1760-1820), Birmingham Pitt Club, 1814, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of William Pitt left, rev. legend in wreath, 50mm (D & W 110/76; MG 1006; BHM 834). Obverse cleaned in the past, otherwise about extremely fine; set in silver band with glazed lunettes, clip and ring for suspension £60-80
George III (1760-1820), Waterloo Medal, 1815, a silver reduced-size striking of Pistrucci’s original by J. Pinches, c. 1966, edge stamped 3094, 63mm (cf. BHM 870; cf. E 1067). A few edge and surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine £30-40
Edward VII (1901-1910), Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a gold medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned conjoined busts right, rev. Britannia standing, holding crown, Westminster Abbey behind, 23mm, 8.55g (BHM 3741; W & E 4560A, this size not listed in gold). As issued on a gold brooch suspension, extremely fine £150-200 not gold
Hammer Price: £75
India, Indian Poultry Club, c. 1930, a small silver award medal by B. Ninnes, rooster and three hens, rev. legend, un-named, 29mm (Pudd. 948.94). Extremely fine; with suspension loop and ring £40-60
Edward VIII (1936), The Three British Kings of 1936, a set of three silver medals by W.H. Haseler, George V Jubilee, Edward VIII Abdication, George VI Coronation, all 32mm (BHM 4365) [3]. Extremely fine; in dark blue case of issue £30-50
Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849, a brass medalet, 24mm (BHM 2339; W & E 568.1); together with other medalets for similar visits, 1821-1903 (4, one in silver) [5]. Generally very fine, some pierced £50-70
Argentina, The English College, Buenos Aires, 1866, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of Argentina, rev. arms of the United Kingdom, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, engraved initials CA, 32mm. Very fine; with suspension loop £70-90
Australia, International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880, a silver award medal by H. Stokes, coroneted and veiled bust of Victoria left, rev. vitam excolvere per artes in wreath, edge named (J.B. Fenby & Co, Birmingham, Camp Furniture), 52mm (cf. Carlisle 1880/18; BDM V, 693; cf. DNW M7, 2543). Cleaned in the past and now re-toned, trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
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...
France, François Meurice, 1915, a silver plaque by C Pillet, half-length bust left, rev. classical building, inscription below, 71 x 52mm. About extremely fine £30-50
George II (1727-1760), Porto Bello Taken, 1739, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, half-length figure of Admiral Vernon three-quarters left with staff, rev. ships entering harbour, 37mm (MI II, 535/107; Betts 211). Good fine, dark patina £50-70
George III (1760-1820), WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1769, David Garrick’s Jubilee, a copper striking of the silver medal by J. Westwood worn by attendees, bust right, rev. legend in 9 lines, 31mm (BHM 136; E 731; Ogden, BNJ 1910, 43). Old price penned in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and very rare in this metal £120-150
George III (1760-1820), Preliminaries for the Treaty of Amiens, 1801, a gilt-copper medal, unsigned (by H. Kettle), oval shield on crossed swords, rev. Peace emptying cornucopia on quay-side, 38mm (BHM 516; E 935). Gilding a little stained and worn on high spots, otherwise good very fine £30-40
Victoria (1837-1901), Westminster Abbey, 1856, a copper medal by J. Wiener, view of exterior, rev. view of interior, 60mm (BHM 2592; E 1506); together with other medals and plaques (3) [4]. Good very fine or better £70-90
Germany, Centenary of the Birth of Alfred Krupp, 1912, an light bronze medal by Gerstel, bust left, rev. naked blacksmith standing, holding hammer and torch, 80mm (Heidemann 275; cf. DNW M4, 504). Good very fine; in blue fitted case of issue £80-100
India, United Provinces Exhibition, Allahabad, 1910, a bronze award medal by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co, two Indian females passing prize cup to child at left, rev. wreath, named (Fuller Technical School, Kohima, Ironwork), 63mm (Pudd. 910.1; cf. DNW M7, 2402). Mionor obverse edge knocks, otherwise about very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £80
Italy, Fourth International Rifle Competition, Rome, 1902, a silver medal by M. Lancelot-Croce, riflemen being presented to seated figure of Italia, rev. crowned shield and banners, 60mm (BDM III, 286). Extremely fine, rare £90-120
Scargill, Ann Mudie, Medallic History of Napoleon Bonaparte…translated…from the Original Manuscript intended to have been published by the late Government of France, London, 1820, xvi + 182pp. Brown half-leather and marbled boards; some damage to front, but internally fine and clean £30-50
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