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Austria, Ludwig van Beethoven, 1906, a bronze plaque by A. Lafleur, half-length bust facing, reverse wreath of palm, 72 x 49mm (Niggl 166; CGMP p.213; BDM VII, 526; cf. DNW 44, 892). Low relief work, about extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £25
Austria, The 8th International Physiolegen-Kongress, Vienna, 1910, a bronze plaque by P. Breithut, bust of Ernst von Brücke right, reverse naked male figure taking leave of a bird flying into the sun, 67 x 66mm (Wurz. 985; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.5, 3; BDM –; Storer 503a; cf. BDW 13, 166). Very fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Austria, Death of Josef Kainz, 1910, a bronze medal by O. Hofner, bust right, reverse naked male figure kneeling left, 60mm (Svarstad 119; Wurz. 4195). About extremely fine, scarce (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £45
Medals Related to Music, Austria, Petri Rosegger, c.1913, a uniface bronze plaque, signed F.GLL, bust left, 69 x 51mm. Softly modelled, good very fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
Medals Related to Music, Austria, Joseph Haydn, 1924, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, bust right, 40mm (Niggl 870b; cf. DNW 20, 471); Germany, Richard Wagner, c.1922, a porcelain medal by Meissen, bust left, reverse lyre and branch, 48mm. [2]. First about extremely fine, second very fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
Medals Related to Music, Austria, 175th Anniversary of the Birth of Wolfgang Mozart, 1931, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, bust right, 75mm (Niggl 1377a; cf. DW 20, 516 and DNW 44, 844). Good very fine (£30-40)
Belgian Congo, Le Cercle Africain à leurs Majestes, 1928, a gilt-bronze plaque by G. Devreese for Fonson, conjoined busts of Albert I and Elizabeth left, reverse train passing a statue of Leopold II, palm trees at sides, 78 x 58mm, edge stamped 196. Surface marks both sides, very fine, scarce (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Belgium, Charles Rogier, 50 Years a Parliamentarian, 1882, a bronze medal, unsigned, crowned arms on mantle, reverse legend in 12 lines, 51mm (Moyaux 95). Obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so (£30-40)
Belgium, La Société Centrale des Combattants Décorés de 1830, a bronze-gilt award medal by Fisch, crowned arms on mantle, reverse legend and date 23 Sept. 1894, un-named, 50mm. Brilliant; in original Fisch card box (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
Medals Related to Music, Belgium, Labor, 1905, a bronze plaque by M. de Mathelin, bust of Zenobe Gramme left, reverse bearded male seated at workbench, reading a book, a picture of a press on the wall at left, 60 x 52mm (BDM –). Extremely fine and very rare; in half of original green card box (£30-40)
Medals Related to Music, Belgium, Clotilde Kleeberg Samuel, 1909, a plated bronze plaque by C.R. Samuel for Fonson, bust left, reverse legend in 10 lines, 65 x 52mm (BDM VIII, 359; cf. BDW 18, 687); Iwan Gilkin, 1924, a bronze laudatory medal by C.R. Samuel, bust left, reverse robed female holding lyre, leaning on tablet, 65mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.7, 17); together with France, Le Touquet Lawn Tennis Club, 1925, an unsigned bronze medal, 42mm. [3]. Last very fine, others better; second in...
Belgium, Alphonse de Witte, 1911, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese, bust left, reverse frontal elevation of the entrance to the mint of the Dukes of Brabant, 69 x 57mm; together with other miscellaneous European medals, in silver (2), base metal (19) [22]. Generally very fine (£35-45)
Belgium, A series of German-made silver medalets (25), 1914-15, commemorating various actions in the early months of the First World War in Belgium and Holland, all 15mm [25] (cf. DNW 47, 825). Mint state; all with loops and rings for suspension (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £50
Belgium, Marquis de Villalobar, 1918, a gilt-bronze medal by G. Devreese for Fonson, bust left, reverse crowned arms on mantle, 75mm (cf. DNW 35, 495); together with other First World War Belgian bronze plaques (2), by Michel and Charlier [3]. About extremely fine, first better (£20-30)
Belgium, Louis Sauvestre, 1923, a bronze laudatory medal by G. Devreese for Fonson, bust left, reverse legend in six lines, 76mm; Marriage of Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid, 1926, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, conjoined busts left, reverse legend in wreath, 70mm (cf. BDW 18, 683); Fernand Bernier, 1929, a bronze medal by J. Canneel, bust left, reverse legend in four lines, 55mm; Étienne Henrard, 1940, a bronze plaque by J. Berchmans, bust left, reverse legend in six lines, 75 x 58mm;...
Denmark, 50th Anniversary of T.M. Werner’s Isenkramhandel, 1905, a silver plaque, unsigned, bust of Werner right, reverse front elevation of a five-storey building, 65 x 45mm. Extremely fine and lightly toned, a superbly detailed work (£60-80)
£60–£80
France, François Arago, 1859, a large uniface bronze medal by J.F.A. Bovy, bust right, 202mm (BDM I, 246). High relief work, extremely fine, attractively patinated; with ring for suspension (£80-100)
France, Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, Président de la République, 1873, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, reverse batons, sword and ducal crown, 70mm (PBE 47; CGMP p.75; BDM I, 402; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.14, 15); Les Sports, 1902, a bronze medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, female Victory indicating the route to success for a young athlete, reverse bicycle and rifles in foreground, targets in distance, balloon above, 50mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.35, 30; cf. CGMP p.104 [different rev.]; cf. DNW 46,...
France, Inauguration of the Monument to Victor Cousin at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1873, a bronze medal by A. Dubois after L.-R. Carrier-Belleuse, similar to lot 684, 82mm (CGMP p.156; BDM I, 631). Extremely fine, light patina, rare; in original red fitted case (£40-60)
£40–£60
France, Congrès International des Sciences Géographiques, Paris, 1875, a Participant’s bronze medal, unsigned, standing figures under tree, reverse legend in and around wreath, 68mm; Société de Géographie, Toulouse, c.1900, a silver-gilt member’s medal, unsigned, globe, flag, anchor and caduceus behind, reverse wreath, named (Montsarrat Ludovic de Frégeville), 45mm. [2]. First about extremely fine and patinated, second very fine and in red fitted case of issue (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £35
France, Augustine-Marie Michaux, 1878, a uniface cast bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis for Thiebaut Frès., bust left, 148mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.31, 106; BDM I, 663). Extremely fine, nice even patina, attractive and rare (£100-130)
Hammer Price: £95
France, Phares et Balises, 1879, a bronze medal by C.-J.-M. Degeorge, La France standing on rock, holding a lantern, trumpet-horn and oar, stars around, reverse maritime scene, lighthouse in centre, ships and buoys in foreground, 77mm (PBE 344; Coll. R. Marx 400; CGMP p.123; BDM I, 543). Extremely fine, lightly patinated, very rare; in original maroon fitted case (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Caisse d’Épargne et de Prévoyance, Paris, c.1880, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated female figure receiving a bag of money from an artisan, accompanied by his wife and baby, reverse bee-hive, side named (N.E. Fontaine, Administrateur, 1882), 58mm (PBE –; BDM –; Coll. R. Marx –). Extremely fine and very rare; in contemporary maroon fitted case (£40-60)
France, Congrès International des Éléctricians, Paris, 1881, a bronze presentation medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated male signalling to standing female holding torch and bunch of sticks, reverse legend in and around wreath, tablet below named (Georges Cochery), 83mm (PBE –; BDM I, 402; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.16, 20; cf. DNW 47, 841). Minor surface marks, very fine (£30-50)
£30–£50
France, Exposition Universelle, 1889, a plated bronze trial for the obverse of a prize medal by J.-B. Daniel Dupuis, head of La République as Ceres, 100mm. Matt finish, slightly discoloured, extremely fine (£30-40)
France, Société des Agriculteurs de France, c.1890, a bronze award medal by C. Trotin, farm implements and animals, tablet in centre un-named, reverse legend around wreath, 55mm; Romania, Expozitia Zootechnicá Judeteaná, 1925, a bronze medal by C. Cristescu, 60mm; together with other Romanian agricultural medals (2) [4]. Fine to very fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £60
France, Assurances Mutuelles de Rouen, 1895, a plated bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, seated female watching over firemen attending a blazing building, reverse standing eagle in front of a view of the city and the Seine, edge named (Mr. Adrien Lacaille, 1930-1960), 68mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.268, 6; Coll. R. Marx –; PBE –; BDM V, 235; cf. DNW 39, 505). About extremely fine, scarce; in original red fitted case (£40-50)
France, Exposition Nationale et Coloniale, Rouen, 1896, a plated bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, agricultural scene with woman seated under tree in foreground, NORMANNIA NVTRIX, reverse aerial view of Rouen, 68mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; PBE 865; Coll. R. Marx 50; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 170; BDM V, 236; cf. DNW 38, 729). Good very fine, has been cleaned in the past (£30-50)
France, Centenary of the Installation of the Chambre des Députés au Palais-Bourbon, 1898, a bronze award medal by L.M. Bourgeois, troops at the inauguration ceremony, reverse view of the Palais, tablet in foreground named (Rose, Député), 72mm (PBE –; BDM I, 240). Extremely fine and nicely patinated, rare; in original gilt-blocked maroon fitted case (£40-60)
France, La Paix Educatrice, 1898, a plated bronze plaque by A.A.P. Massoulle for Desaide, seated figure of Peace with sword and shield, protecting a child who reads a book partly resting on her left knee, reverse standing cock and palm branch, 68 x 49mm (BDM III, 603; cf. DNW 35, 535). About extremely fine, attractive; in original green fitted case (£30-40)
France, La Pensée, 1899, a silver Art Nouveau paper-knife by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, robed female deep in thought, standing under a tree, reverse scroll entwined in olive branch, 143mm (PBE –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.348, 24; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.409, 98; BDM VI, 238-9). Very fine, rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £190
France, La Punition, c.1900, an oval plated bronze electrotype by G.-H. Lemaire, seated female meting out punishment to five naked infants, one with his head in her lap, 130 x 116mm. A decorative piece, fine and rare (£60-80)
France, Un Vieillard Fumée une Pipe, c.1900, an Art Nouveau bronze ashtray, unsigned, elderly man smoking a long pipe, 192 x 125mm. Very fine and patinated, an attractive decorative item (£50-70)
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, plated bronze plaques (2), by L.-O. Roty, winged Genius placing a torch in the hand of a dying woman, reverse view of the Petit and Grand Palais, Paris, laureated wreath in clouds above, one engraved (Léonce Tedeschi, Secrétaire Général de la section Serbe), 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 179; BDM VI, 239; cf. DNW 45, 739); together with a gilt-bronze...
Hammer Price: £100
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, similar, 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; PBE 880; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30; Baxter 96); together with other miscellaneous 19th century base metal medals (8), mostly European [9]. One extremely fine, others generally fine to very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £70
Medals Related to Railways, 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, reverse exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 180; BDM V, 239; Moyaux 181; cf. Swan 284; cf. DNW 37, 1231). Stained and with minor marks, otherwise very fine (£30-40)
France, Jeune Femme, 1903, a large uniface cast bronze portrait medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, bust right, MM cypher behind, inscription above (Souvenir de 1re Communion, 27 Janvier 1891 - 30 Avril 1903), 147mm (PBE –; BDM –). Detailed workmanship, about extremely fine, lightly patinated, very rare (£60-80)
France, Centenary of the Birth of Charles-Augustin de Sainte-Beuve, Boulogne, 1904, a silver plaque by S.-E. Vernier for the Journal des Débats, bust left, books and quill around, reverse legend in 14 lines, 65 x 47mm (PBE –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.342, 7; BDM VI, 235). Very fine, rare (£30-40)
France, Appel aux Armes, c.1905, a silver award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, figure of France indicating the far distance to a naked youth, reverse rifles prepared for target practice, other military trophies, etc., in foreground, named (le G.C.C.L. à Mr M. Bousendorfer, Nov. 1907), 68mm (PBE 265; CGMP –; BDM –). Very fine and very rare (£40-60)
France, Henri Bataille, 1905, a uniface cast bronze portrait medal by H.-E. Nocq, bust right, 91mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.220 [recté 1905]; BDM IV, 279 [recté 1905]). Very fine and very rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
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