Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Belgium, L’Escaut [Schelde] est Libre, 1863, a copper medal by A. Geefs, bust of Leopold I left, rev. winged male left, holding rope attached to boat, 75mm (BDM II, 234); 50e Anniversaire de l’Affranchissement de l’Escaut, 1913, a bronze plaque by A. Mauquoy for the Chambre de Commerce, Antwerp, 76 x 55mm (Vandamme/Bernier 36; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17, 91; BDM VIII, 34; cf. DNW 53, 1149); FRANCE, 50th Anniversary of the Commission Européenne du Danube, 1906, medals by H.A.J. Patey (2), in silver, 37mm, and in bronze, 60mm (cf. DNW 38, 766); Commission Européenne du Danube, Inauguration des Nouvelles Digues de Soulina, 1931, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, 72mm (cf. DNW M8, 2291) [5]. Very fine and better £50-70