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France, Captured Citadel of Antwerp, 1832, a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, bust left, rev. La France as a Roman warrior, 50mm (Tourneur 295; Dirks 466; Florange 75); other base metal medals (2) [3]. Generally very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £70
France, La Gironde Société-Anonyme d’Assurances Maritimes, Bordeaux, 1844, a silver jeton, unsigned, 34mm; together with other silver jetons (3), of the Caisse d’Epargne de Bordeaux, the Compagnie d’Assurance Contre l’Incendie, Paris, and the Chambre des Notaires de l’Arrondissement d’Angers [4]. Mostly about very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
France, La Source, c. 1898, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked girl stands drinking from an ornate fountain, rev. cherub on rock-face, right hand in water which plunges into a pool below, 67 x 37mm (Maier 120; PBE 321; Coll. R. Marx 327-8; CGMP p.175; Jones, Art of the Medal, 328; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 66; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 41); Le Nid, c. 1900, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 67 x 37mm (PBE 319; CGMP p.175; BDM I, 666; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 67; cf. DNW 70A, 2493)...
Hammer Price: £75
France, Orphée, 1899, a bronze 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, 68mm (CGMP p.100; BM Acq 1983-1987, p.18, 28); together with a plated reverse of the medal by J.-C. Chaplain for the assassination of Leon Gambetta, 1882, 69mm [2]. Very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
France, Au Mérite, c. 1900, a plated bronze award medal by H. Dubois, Athena standing holding aloft laurel wreath, palm in other hand, view of Paris behind, rev. wreath, inscribed (Union Syndicale de Charcutiers, 1910); Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Commission des Sports, c. 1900, a bronze award plaque by G. Martin, un-named, 68 x 44mm; together with a sporting prize plaque for the St. Raphaël Quinquina, 52 x 44mm [3]. First very fine, with suspension loop, others extremely...
Hammer Price: £30
France, Olympic Games and International Exposition, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, winged young female figure of the new century takes flaming torch from the ailing figure of the old, rev. floral and olive spray over view of exhibition buildings, 26 x 51mm, unnamed, as given to Judges and Referees (Gadoury 3). Extremely fine; in red card case of issue, stamped in gilt £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
France, National Committee of Councillors for Foreign Trade, 1902, a bronze plaque by Baudouin-Massin, seated figure of Commerce surrounded with figures representing the French colonies, named (Frédéric Picot), 76 x 100mm. A little scuffed, very fine £40-60
France, Prince Michel Stourdza Foundation, a silver-gilt medal, engraved legends both sides within wreath, named (Albert Pamphilet - Rhétorique Supiérieure, 1902), 57mm; Lycée Evereux, a silver-gilt award medal, named (Joseph Harel - Philosophie, 1896), 51mm; together with other silver medals (3) [5]. Very fine and better £180-220
France, La Victoire, 1908, bronze award plaquettes by L.-J. Cariat (2), Victory with arms raised, revs. hunting-horn and fern, un-named, 80 x 34mm (PBE 35; BDM VII, 152; CGMP p.72; cf. DNW 68, 1667); Musique, c. 1900, a bronze plaque by J.-M. Delpech for Arthus-Bertrand, 59 x 42mm (PBE 354; BDM I, 552) [3]. Nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
France, Medals awarded to the distinguished American pianist Isabelle van Barentzen: Conservatoire National de Musique et de Declamation, a silver medal for First Prize by J.-C. Chaplain, diaphonous muses of music and drama, the former seated holding lyre, rev. named in central medallion (Melle Van Bärentzen 1er Prix de Piano 1909), 69mm, 150.00g; Concourse International Reine Elisabeth de Belge, 1960, a plated bronze medal by R. Cliquet, head of Queen Elisabeth left, rev. naked muse of...
Hammer Price: £170
France, In Labore Quies, c. 1910, a uniface plated bronze award plaque by H. Kautsch, female seated at desk, holding a quill pen, books on shelf behind, named (à Mme Raymonde Marret, Institutrice, La Caissedes Écoles du 18e. Arrt., Reconnaissante), 85 x 63mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.6, 32; cf. DNW 50, 1181). Good fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £35
France, Femmes Prévisionnel, c. 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, standing robed female indicating the future to another robed female seated at quay-side, cityscape and mountains in background, exergue named (A M. Albert Mahieu, Senateur, Souvenir reconnaissant de la Mission Canadienne en France, 1923), 148 x 118mm; Fanfare Royale, L’Union de Lorette, 1924, a plated bronze Art Nouveau plaque, unsigned, named (Georges Pardonche), 36 x 22mm; Oeuvre l’Hospitalité, 1939, a...
Hammer Price: £40
France, An important group of Olympic and other award medals for Swimming, presented to Miss Phyllis Harding: VIII Olympiad, Paris, 1924, a silver award medal by A. Rivaud, for second place in the 100 metres backstroke, unnamed, 55mm, in red case of issue; a light bronze participant’s medal by R. Bénard, 55mm [2]; IX Olympiad, Amsterdam, 1928, a light bronze participant’s medal by J.C. Wienecke, 55mm; a silver vase, awarded by the Croydon Ladies Swimming Club, inscribed (Olympic Games...
Hammer Price: £4,300
France, Dieu Pan, 1925, an octagonal Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, horned and laureate head of Pan to left, rev. pan-pipes on ivy spray, numeral 40 below, 84mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 139; cf. Arethuse 1926, p.77), edge not stamped. Good very fine and the rare larger size £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
France, La Parure, 1925, an octagonal bronze repoussé plaque by P. Turin for La Gerbe d’Or, three female figures against floral background, one holds floral necklace to the central figure who stands naked at front, signature on rim below, 81mm (Classens 131; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 123); together with another bronze repoussé plaque by O. Yencesse for La Gerbe d’Or, 95 x 76mm [2], Both have been cleaned, first with faded maroon cord for suspension £100-150
£100–£150
France, Jean Charcot, c. 1930, a bronze medal by P. Richer and E.E. Lindaeur, bust right, rev. expéditions polaires françaises, his ship, the Pourquoi Pas?, moored in the ice, 68mm (cf. DNW 37, 1299). Very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a group of four bronze medals; Afrique, by L. Desvignes; Amerique, by L. Bazor; Asie, by P.-A. Morlon; Océanie, by Anie Mouroux, each 32mm (CGMP pp.29, 146, 272, 282; cf. DNW 57, 1414); Exposition Internationale de Paris, 1937, a bronze medal by E.-A. Monier, 49.5mm; Vincent Auriol, 1937, a bronze medal by G. Prud'homme, 68mm [6]. Extremely fine or nearly so £90-120
£90–£120
France, Le Secret du Bonheur, 1936, a uniface Art Déco iron plaque by J. Vernon, heads of three females, the centre one with a chain of flowers covering her eyes, 78 x 36mm (CGMP p.391; cf. BDW 18, 611); Musique, a shaped gilt-metal badge, unsigned, 58 x 51mm; La Victoire, 1908, a bronze award plaque by L.-J. Cariat, un-named, 80 x 34mm (PBE 35; BDM VII, 152; CGMP p.72; cf. DNW 68, 1667) [3]. First and last very fine, second extremely fine £60-80
France, L’Aurore, 1942, an Art Déco plated bronze 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 £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
France, Les Trois Boucher, 1943, a bronzed-iron medal by H. Dropsy, conjoined busts of Nicolas, Albert and Charles Boucher right, rev. scholar seated at desk with books, 68mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 173); 150e Anniversaire de l’Institut de France, 1945, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, 59mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 179; CGMP p.660); Centenaire du Banque du Crédit Industriel et Commercial, 1959, a cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, 59mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. DNW M8, 2327) [3]. Very fine...
France, General Corniglion Molinier, 1947, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, bust right, rev. formation of aircraft over French provincial coats of arms, 80mm (cf. CGMP p.774); 500th Anniversary of the Death of Saint Louis, 1970, a restrike [1981] bronze medal by A. de Jaeger, 81mm (CGMP p.965); Basilique de Vézelay, 1977, a bronze medal by R. Delamarre, 90mm (CGMP p.583) [3]. Extremely fine £40-60
France, 25th Anniversaire du Fédération Français de Ski, 1949, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned, enamelled roundel, inscription around, 76 x 50mm; Cinquantenaire du Ski Français de Competition, 1957, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned, named (Briançon, Mont Genèvre, Serre-Chevalier), 76 x 50mm; Savoie, c. 1950, a uniface cast bronze plaque by R. Delamarre, named (Médaille d’Honneur de la Fédération Française Motonautique, décernée au ‘Motor Yacht Club de l’Ile de France, à...
France, Launch of Le Tonnant, 1980, a large bronze medal, a pair of old cannon, torpedo and a nuclear missile blasting off, 109mm. Good very fine, much as made £40-60
French Indo-China, Exposition de Hanoï, 1902-3, bronze medals (2), by O. Roty, helmeted bust of Marianne left, rev. façade of the exhibition building; by A. Patey, Marianne holds flag over seated figure of Indo-China, rev. façade of the exhibition building above wreath a tablet for name, both 50mm (BDM IV, 428, V, 239) [2]. Extremely fine; both in green leather cases of issue, stamped in gilt £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
Germany, Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631, a cast silver-gilt medal by S. Dadler, figures of Justice, Constance and Peace around crowned pillar, view of Leipzig in distance, rev. battle scene, angel with sword above, 64mm (Slg. Merseburger 2533); together with medalets (3) [4]. First with some surface scratches, otherwise about very fine, rare, others in varied state £200-300
Hammer Price: £290
Germany, Trauer und Sehnsucht [Grief and Longing], 1915, a cast bronze medal by R. Küchler, German soldier with melancholy expression advancing right, leading horse by its bridle, cross adorned with wreath at right, rev. robed female seated left, reading a book, 95mm (Frankenhuis –; cf. DNW 37, 1321). Of sensitive style, particularly the reverse; extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £90-120
Ghana, Coomassie Agricultural Show, 1908, a silver award medal, elephant by palm, oak-wreath around, rev. legend (Second Prize), 36mm. Extremely fine; with ring for suspension £100-150
India, Madras Exhibition, 1855, a bronze award medal For Merit by B. Wyon, laureate bust of Victoria left, rev. wreath, edge named (H. Forbes Esq., 1855), 51mm (Pudd. 855.2). Extremely fine or better; in fitted case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £90
India, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-4, a bronze medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, crowned bust of Victoria left, rev. Britannia and India receiving goods from symbolic figures, un-named, 77mm (Pudd. 883.2.1; cf. DNW 86, 242). Good very fine; in maroon case of issue [slightly distressed], inside of lid stamped ‘The Hon’ble J.E. Caithness, Member, General Committee’ £60-80
Hammer Price: £160
Italy, Alliance against the Turks, 1571, a silver medal by G.A. de Rossi, bust of Pius V left, rev. personifications of the Papal States, Spain and Venice joining hands, emblems below, 44mm. Edges filed, otherwise good very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,550
Italy, Benedict XIV, Accession, 1740, a silver medal by O. Hamerani, bust right, rev. Justice standing, 39mm, 26.38g (BDM II, 405); Società Italiana per l’Arte della Medaglia di Roma, 1940, a plated bronze medal by G. Verginelli, 41mm (Cusumano/Modesti 125); ENGLAND, St Joseph’s, Highgate Hill, London, a silver medal, unsigned, 30mm [3]. First fine and rare, others better £70-100
Hammer Price: £100
Italy, Carlo Antonio Campioni, a cast bronze medal by L.M. Weber, draped bust right within palm wreath border, rev. figure standing by plinth surrounded by musical instruments within laurel wreath border, 77mm (Niggl 456). High relief, good very fine, pierced £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
Kenya, City of Nairobi, Charter Celebrations, a silver-gilt award medal, 1950, by T. Fattorini, city arms, rev. legend within wreath, named (The Deputy Mayor Coun. N.F. Harris), hallmarked Birmingham 1949, 51mm. Extremely fine £100-150
Russia, Pan-Russian Exposition, Moscow, 1882, a bronze medal by L. Steinman and S. Vazhenin, bust of Alexander III in oval right, rev. female seated right, leaning on globe, 46mm (Diakov 930.5; Smirnov 859). Rim knocks, about very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
South Africa, Visit of the Transvaal Deputy to the Netherlands, 1884, a copper medal by C.J. Begeer, two shields over landscape and rising sun, rev. inscription and date, 50mm. Extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
South Africa, Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, a silver medal by J.P.M. Menger, 44mm (Moyaux 52; BDM IV, 26; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.107, 3; cf. Swan 405-6). Some hairlining from cleaning, otherwise extremely fine or better £150-200
South Africa, Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, bronze medals by J.P.M. Menger (3), similar, all 44mm (Moyaux 52; BDM IV, 26; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.107, 3; cf. Swan 405-6) [3]. First extremely fine or better, others very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
South Africa, Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, a silver medal, head of Kruger left from the Halfcrown die, rev. inscription and date, 32mm (CMZAR 6.1). Some surface marks, otherwise good very fine £70-90
South Africa, Paul Kruger, 1900, bronze medals by A. Scharff (2), bust of Kruger three-quarters left, revs. oak tree, both 39mm (CMZAR 115) [2]. One extremely fine, one very fine £60-80
South Africa, President of the Orange Free State, c. 1900, a copper medal, bust of M.T.Steijn facing, rev. lion right on rocky terrain, 60mm. Extremely fine £60-80
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