Auction Catalogue

15 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1465

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15 March 2011

Estimate: £60–£80

Belgium, Exposition et Congrès d’Hygiène et de Sauvetage à Bruxelles, 1876, a bronze award medal by C. Wiener, bust of Leopold II left, rev. wreath, engraved (Médaille d’Admission, Ste. Gymnastique, Anvers), 60mm; Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, a bronze award medal by G. Devreese, un-named, 71mm (BDM VI, 320; cf. DNW 86, 202); Bombardment of Antwerp, 1914, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy, 49mm (Vandamme/Bernier 44; Lefebure 284; BDM VIII, 34; cf. DNW 39, 482); Ayez Confiance!, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by L. Raemaekers and J. Witterwulghe for the Oeuvre National Belge de Defense contre la Tuberculose, named (Mme M. Geuffenne-Devillers), 70mm; 150e Anniversaire de l’Academie des Sciences, Literature et Art, 1922, a bronze plaque by V. Rousseau, 72 x 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.18, 106; cf. DW 24, 189); Comité Bruxellois de Secours et d’Alimentation, a plated bronze award medal by P. Dubois, named (à Mr J. van den Brande), 60mm; Henri Jaspar, 1931, a plated medal by G. Devreese for Fonson, 60mm; together with other miscellaneous Belgian and Dutch medals (9), by Marin, Dubois, Fisch, Devreese, etc [16]. Fine to very fine, some better £60-80