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WORLD ART MEDALS France, An interesting group of medals, plaquettes, etc. (43), generally bronze and mostly late 19th and early 20th Century, various subjects, including several prize medals, and a few relating to the Great War, some cased. Generally very fine or better (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £400
France, Late 19th Century Exhibition prize medals, etc. in bronze of France (5), Great Britain (5), the Netherlands (3), and the U.S.A. (1) [14]. Generally very fine or better (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
WORLD ART MEDALS Germany, Richard Wagner, bronze portrait medal by Charles Weiner, undated, 71mm (Niggl 2259, attributed to Leopold Weiner). Extremely fine (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £40
WORLD ART MEDALS Germany, Johannes Brahms, uniface cast bronze portrait medal by F. Stiasny, c. 1910, 65 x 55mm (Niggl 411; BDM V, 684).Very fine, a portrait medal full of character (£35-45)
Germany, 9th Deutsches Sangerbundesfest [German Choral Festival], Hannover, 1924, a bronze medal signed HD, for Graeber & Lochmann, Hannover, 70mm, together with commemorative pin badge; E. Kaps, Dresden, a uniface gilt-bronze advertising medal by C. Massonnet, 74mm; other miscellaneous medals (2), of Frankfurt and Reichenberg; 250th Anniversary of the Lauchhammerwerk [Lauchhammer Iron Works], 1925, a uniface cast iron plaque, unsigned, view of the ironworks, crane above, 175 x 121mm [6]....
Hammer Price: £35
WORLD ART MEDALS Germany, 70th Birthday of Hans von Seeckt, 1936, a uniface cast light bronze medal, unsigned, facing bust, 94mm. About extremely fine, very rare (£40-60)
£40–£60
WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, National Rifle Association, King’s trophy, bronze medal, 1925, 50mm (Eimer 2002); Gordon Boys’ Home, Centenary medal, bronze, 50mm, both by Percy Metcalfe, cased, and stamped specimen on edges [2]. Extremely fine and rare (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, The Japan Society, the Shakespeare medal, silver or silvered bronze prize medal to the University of Tokyo, c. 1930, signed in monogram, probably Percy Metcalfe, bust half-left, reverse maps of England and Japan, ‘specimen’ stamped on rim, in original fitted case, 50mm. Extremely fine and very rare (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, Biarritz, Inauguration of the Monument to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1939, bronze medal by Real del Sarte, issued in Bord Freres, Biarritz, in original fitted case, 42mm (See DNW 40, Lot 847 (obverse die), for further imformation). About extremely fine, but with signs of cleaning (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, “Prisoner of Conscience”, cast bronze BAMS medal by Ian Rank-Broadley, 1989, nude male althlete, reverse chained figure, 114mm (cf The Medal 17, pp 95-6). Mint state (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, “Half-Baked” a cast bronze BAMS medal, 1991, by Lucien Taylor, 68 x 35mm (cf. “The Medal”, no, 21, p. 123). Extremely fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
WORLD ART MEDALS Greece, Inernational Exhibition, Athens, 1903, gilt bronze prize medal, Athena in centre, dividing figures representing Art, Science, Trade and Industry, reverse laurel spray, named “Marge Fils & Cie.” on panel to left, 69mm.Very fine to extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £80
WORLD ART MEDALS Greece, “Pavillon hellinique”, brussels International exhibition, 1935, bronze Belgian medal by Debonnaires, 70mm. About extremely fine (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS Hungary, Bela Bartók, bronze portrait medal by András Beck, reverse composition inspired by the “Cantata Profana”, 67mm (CGMP IV, p.122; Niggl 89). Extremely fine (£40-50)
WORLD ART MEDALS Italy, Independence of Italy, two oval red copper repoussé medallions, filled with plaster, by A. Pillas; a) Italy chained, double-headed eagle of Austria perched upon her, calling for Victor Emmanuel II, King of Piedmont for assistance, who is in turn protected by armed French cherub; b) Italy rising up, clasping sword given her by a French cherub, under the protection of Napoleon III, both in high relief, 165 x 133mm [2]. Good very fine (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £150
WORLD ART MEDALS Italy, Turin, Banking Institute of St. Paul, 400th Anniversary, large cast bronze medal, 1963, issued by Johnson, 85mm. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
WORLD ART MEDALS Italy, Benito Mussolini, a large brass uniface medallion, unsigned, bust in high relief to left, la parola d’ordine e questa andare incontro al popolo around, 253mm, integral attachment at top to facilitate display.Very fine, heavily polished (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £110
WORLD ART MEDALS Mexico, “Aztec Art”, uniface silvered bronze medal, undated, stylised representation of Aztec art and mythology, 114mm, stamped j balme on edge. About as struck (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £15
WORLD ART MEDALS Monaco, National Museum, Collection Madelineine de Galea 1874-1956, large bronze medal by Rousseau, 1981, 81mm, in Paris Mint case of issue, 82mm (CGMP IV, p. 1629). As struck (£20-25)
£20–£25
WORLD ART MEDALS Netherlands, Centenary of Independence, 1913, silver gilt medal by J. C. Weinecke, Dutchman planting a tree, fallen Napoleonic eagle to left, reverse legend, cased, 66mm (cf BDM VI, p. 474). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £95
WORLD ART MEDALS Netherlands, 30th Anniversary of klm, 1949, bronze medal by M. Pauw, 60mm. Good very fine, lightly cleaned (£35-45)
£35–£45
WORLD ART MEDALS Peru, Paris “Tresors du Perou” Exposition, 1958, silver medal by Raymond Pelletier, crowded scene of Peruvian figures of historical importance, reverse French arms and legend, 70mm. Extremely fine and rare (£50-70)
France, Frederic Chopin, bronze medal in high relief, 1949, on the centenary of his death, by R. Coutin, bust right, reverse Polish eagle over map of France, 68mm (CGMP IV, p. 495; Niggl 479; see BDW 5, lot 196). About extremely fine (£40-50)
WORLD ART MEDALS Romania, “Universul” (Newspaper), 50th Anniversary, 1833, bronze gilt medal, 1933, unsigned, 50mm; Soc. Polytechnic of Romania, 50th Anniversary, 1931, uniface bronze plaquette by Huguenin & Chirovici, 90 x 60mm [2]. Extremely fine (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS Romania, L’Exposition Internationale de Paris, 1937, bronze medal by Lavrillier, Romanian pavilion, bust of Carol II right, reverse the Romanian pavilion, named in exergue to “Anatole de Monzie Ancien Ministre”, 71mm (CGMP — ). Extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £45
WORLD ART MEDALS Spain, Exposition Universal de Barcelona, 1888, bronze award by Solá for Castells, gilt crown suspender and red yellow ribbon, 50mm, in original case. Extremely fine or better, case rather worn (£20-30)
WORLD ART MEDALS Spain, International Exposition of Furniture and Interior Design, Barcelona, 1923, an unusual yellow bronze medal, unclear signature on obverse, stamped on edge talleres vallmitjana; arms of city, reverse young woman gazing at a box, 64mm, in fitted case. Extremely fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
WORLD ART MEDALS Spain, Proclamation of the second republic, 1931, two bronze portrait medals of Julian Besteiro and Manuel Azana by Anie Moroux, 1933, 68mm (CGMP III, p. 281) [2]. Extremely fine and scarce (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £100
WORLD ART MEDALS Switzerland, Palais de Nations, Geneva, built, 1933, bronze medal by Huguenin, muscular labourer, reverse building and legend, 70mm. Extremely fine (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £50
WORLD ART MEDALS United States of America, Louisiana purchase exposition, St. Louis, bronze shield-shaped “gold medal”, by A. A. Weinman, in original fitted case, 73 x 64mm (Baxter 109). Extremely fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £60
United States of America, WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, Chicago, 1892, medal in bronze commemorating the 400th Anniversaryof Columbus’s landing in the New World, Columbus standing left, reverse inscription on panel, cherubs above, awarded to J R Weguelin; South Africa, Railway medal in bronze, 1895, Bust of Kruger left, reverse winged wheel [2].The first extremely fine in contemporary fitted case, the second very fine (£80-100)
United States of America, Pan-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco/Opening of the Panama Canal, 1915, bronze plaquette by L. Bottée, female figure standing amongst ruins symbolic of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the city itself beyond, reverse in two vertical panels: above a map of the Americas, the location of the canal symbolized by a radiant torch; below, a view of the exhibition buildings, and in particular the French pavilion, 57 x78mm. Extremely fine and rare (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £140
WORLD ART MEDALS United States of America, Peace of Versailles, 1919, bronze medal, 1919, issued by the American Numismatic Society, 63mm. Very fine (£20-25)
WORLD ART MEDALS United States of America, Jane Addams, bronze portrait medal by Maria Bariera, 80mm. Extremely fine (£35-40)
£35–£40
WORLD ART MEDALS United States of America, World war ii, bronze memorial medal for fallen soldiers, undated, c. 1946, signed GB in field, head of American soldier to right, they died for liberty around, reverse mourning woman turned away from viewer in centre between two rows of crosses, 20,000 us soldiers buried at margraten, 124mm; a bronze tray, struck during the American Legion Pilgrimage to Paris for the inauguration of the Chateau Thierry Monument, by Walravens and de Sande,...
WORLD ART MEDALS Uruguay, Festival Cinematografico de Punta del Este, 1951, silver or silvered bronze medal published by J. L. Zorrilla, young boy with fish tails as legs blowing a horn, reverse lighthouse, matt finish, 50mm. Very fine to extremely fine, undoubtedly rare (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS Yugoslavia, Alexander i, complimentary bronze medal by André Lavrillier, 1934, 46mm. Extremely fine (£20-25)
Atkins, James, The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire, 1889; Durst, Comprehensive Guide to American Coinage, 1976; Raymond, Wayte, The silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., 1964; Willem, John M, The United States Trade Dollar, 2nd Ed., 1965; Jacobs & Vermeule, Japanese Coinage, 1972, together with various books etc., on coins and medals (35) [40]. Mostly in good condtion (£150-200)
Bateson, J.D., and Mayhew, N.J., SCBI 35, Scottish Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, London, 1987, 246pp + index, 116 plates, blue cloth. Near mint copy (£15-20)
Hammer Price: £20
Carney, Prof. Thomas Francis, Roman and related Foreign Coins in the Collection of Sir Stephen Courtauld, Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia), 1963, 63pp, 13 plates, half blue morocco, grey boards. A very fine copy (£15-20)
£15–£20
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