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Belgium, Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels, 1935, a the artist’s reduction positive, in steel, for the award plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson, robed female holding wreath of flowers over a globe, 79 x 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.12, 10; cf. DNW M5, 1454). Paper label inscribed with artist’s name pasted on side and stamped 20751B, otherwise as made, UNIQUE £100-150
£100–£150
Belgium, Dwight Eisenhower, Aid to Brabant and Ardennes, 1945, a bronze medal by E.-J. de Brémaecker for Fonson, bust of Eisenhower left, rev. legend in 7 lines, 70mm (cf. DNW 39, 486). Cleaned in the past and with remains of paper label adhering to reverse, otherwise about very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £40
Belgium, St James Kennels, Ghent, c. 1950, a cast bronze plaque signed C.H., head of a terrier left, 76 x 73mm. Very fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
Canada, Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Prince of Wales Prize, 1860, a specimen copper striking of the award medal by J.S. Wyon, bust of Prince Albert Edward left, rev. college arms, un-named, 45mm (cf. DNW M7, 2410). Extremely fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Canada, Confederation of Canada, 1867, a copper medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, crowned and veiled bust of Victoria left, rev. Britannia seated by lion, four female figures around, 76mm (BHM 2875; E 1590a). Brightly cleaned and with associated surface marks, otherwise about very fine, scarce £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy as Governor-General [1921], a bronze medal, unsigned, conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Byng left, rev. arms and supporters, 50mm; together with other modern World medals (2, one in silver) [3]. Very fine and better; all in cases of issue £40-60
Denmark, Death of Oswald Helmuth, 1966, a bronze medal, unsigned, for Sporrong, bust three-quarters left, rev. cyclists by column, 70mm; HUNGARY, XXVIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980, a bronze medal by M. Borsos, 60mm; NETHERLANDS, Heropening van het Juweliersbedrijf Frans Brugsma, Groningen, 1936, a bronze plaque, unsigned, 60 x 44mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, badges, etc (50) [53]. Fine to very fine, some better £80-100
£80–£100
Egypt, Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France holding torch, being presented with a bag of money by a robed figure, rev. legend commemorating the opening of the Canal in 1869, 42mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 21; PBE –; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 147; BDM V, 230; cf. DNW M7, 2586). Extremely fine £30-40
France, Charles IX, a copper jeton, undated, 27mm (Mitchiner 3060; Feuardent 11706); Henri III, 1583, a brass jeton, 28mm (M p.1021; F 11776b); René Perret, Mayor of Dijon, 1640, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 10023); Louis XIV, 1645, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1101; F 12469a); Anne of Austria, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 12426); Cour des Monnaies, 1653, a copper jeton, 27mm (M p.1059; F 2200); Orléanais-Communauté des Marchands de la Loire, 1653, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 8169); Faculté de Médecine...
France, Louis XIV, 1660, a brass jeton, 27mm (M p.1104; F 12560); Peace Negotiations on the Isle of Pheasants, 1660, a copper jeton, 25mm (D 4152; M 3352 var; F 13028); Birth of Louis V, 1661, a brass jeton, 24mm (M 3290; F 11163); Ordre du Saint-Esprit, 1664, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 1611 var); Cardinal Chigi Enters Paris, 1664, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3277; F 3403ff); Louis XIV and Maria Theresa, 1666, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3281; F 13066); Prosperity under France, 1666, a copper jeton,...
France, Louis XIV, 1681, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1113; F 12704); Dijon, Ph. Jannon, 1693, a copper jeton, 30mm (M p.1130; F 10073); Paris, Claude Bosc, 1695, a copper jeton, 27mm (M. p.987; F 3420); Spanish Succession, 1700, a brass jeton, 27mm (M 3411a); Louis XIV, jetons (5, three copper, two brass), various (F 235, 3442, 12548, 12918, 13095); Extraordinaire des Guerres, 1716, a copper jeton, 29mm (F 756); Estates of Burgundy, 1719, a copper jeton, 31mm (M p.1200; F 9833); Auvergne,...
France, Bataille de Wagram, 1809, a bronze medal by L. Manfredini, bust of Napoleon right in iron coronet, rev. Victory advancing right, 42mm (Bramsen 862); ITALY, 250e Anniversario della Brigata Piemonte, 1888, a copper medal by F. Speranza, 58mm (BDM –); together with an octagonal French silver jeton of the Chambre de Commerce d’Orléans, Loiret, 1808, 32mm [3]. About very fine and better £40-60
France, Société pour l’Enseignement Mutuel, 1815, a silver award medal by J.-F. Domard, robed putto instructing three naked putti seated, rev. wreath, named (à Mr Lecomte, Instructeur à St.-Die (Vosges), 1845), 41mm; Philatelie, 1938, a uniface bronze plaque by R. Cochet, back engraved (Journée du Timbre 1951, Montluçon, 1er Prix), 60 x 40mm (CGMP p.94; cf. DNW M7, 2630); Pierre Gregoire, 1973, a bronze plaque by G.-C. Revol, 75 x 58mm; together with other miscellaneous French...
Hammer Price: £60
France, Quète pour des Pauvres, Dixiéme Arrondissement, Paris, a bronze award medal by A.A. Caqué, robed female kissing the hand of another, child at right, rev. wreath, named (M. Chardon, 1865), 41mm; together with other miscellaneous French medals, jetons, etc (47, including some restitutions), by Andrieu, Mauger, Gatteaux, Morlon, Gayrard, Caqué, Barre, etc [48]. First good very fine, others in varied state £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
France, Union des Sociétés de Gymnastique de France (Est. 1873), a bronze award medal by A. Dubois, robed female, rev. wreath, un-named, 58mm; Université d’Aix-Marseille, 1949, a bronze award medal by J. Vézien, named (José Carner), 50mm; Fédération Nationale des Entreprises à Commerces Multiples, 1950, a bronze award medal by P. Landowski, named (Mme Janine Douay, 1967), 80mm; together with other miscellaneous French medals (15), by Kretz, Charpentier, Caqué, E. Dropsy, Rasumny,...
£50–£70
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné and J. Lagrange, bust of Marianne left, rev. aerial plan of the Expo buildings, 51mm; Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 51mm (PBE 300); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by G.-H. Lemaire for Mongredin, 53mm (PBE 542; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.40, 85; BDM III, 384; cf. DNW 49, 872); together with an Eiffel Tower souvenir medal by C. Trotin, 42mm [4]....
France, Société Nationale d’Encouragement au Bien, c. 1880, a gilt-bronze award medal, unsigned, robed female seated left with accoutrements of industry, rev. wreath, named (Médaille d’Honneur Décerné à Mr Louis Herwaux, Pour long et devoués Services), 50mm; Ile de la Cité, Paris, 1927, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin and H. Dubois, rev. (France-U.R.S.S., Paris, 25-26 Juin 1955), 68mm; Union Syndicale de l’Industrie du Gaz en France, 1928, a plated bronze Long Service...
France, Death of Léon Gambetta, 1883, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust left, rev. LIBERTATIS AMORE, etc, above sprigs of oak and palm, 68mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; Coll. R. Marx 5; CGMP p.358; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 159; BDM V, 230; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.132, 6; cf. DNW 46, 764); Alsace, 1912, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, 32mm (CGMP p.332; cf. BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.45, 118; BDM VIII, 147); Cyclisme, c. 1930, a bronze award medal by A.P. Schwab and G. Contaux for the St Raphaël...
France, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1885, a cast bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, rev. naked female seated left at easel, sphinx, Blue Mosque and gladiator’s helmet in background, 102mm (cf. PBE 103; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 24; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM I, 403). Very fine and very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £440
France, Société des Artistes Français, 1887, a gilt-bronze award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, robed female figure crowning the École des Beaux-Arts, putto inscribing tablet in foreground, rev. named (Peinture, Salon de 1887, Alexandre Thiollet, Médaille de 2me Classe), 61mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 329). Scratch on reverse at 5 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £65
France, Louis Pasteur, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty for the Pasteur Institute, bust left, rev. oak wreath, 37mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE 842); Les Fondeurs, 1900, a silver medal by H.-A.-J. Patey, edge lettered, 37mm (PBE 668; CGMP p.298; BDM IV, 426); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis adapted for a Silver Wedding gift, named (Henri Bardot, Marie Liénard, 5 Juillet, 1881-1906), 50mm (cf. PBE 317); Société des Agriculteurs...
Hammer Price: £110
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, Marianne crowning a seated artisan, Expo pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, tablet below, named (Bonnarme), 63mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW M5, 1464); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30;...
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, bust of Marianne right, rev. seated female crowning a seated artisan, naked Genie at left, view of the Eiffel Tower at right, 63mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 307; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW M5, 1465); Comité Français des Expositions à l’Étranger, 1899, a bronze award plaque by L.-A. Bottee, named (E. Labour), 64 x 42mm (PBE 19; Coll. R. Marx 386; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 18; BDM I, 232; cf. DNW M2, 2485); Salut au...
France, Les Sciences, 1894, bronze award medals by L.-A. Bottée (2, one modern), seated figure of Science attended by Genie, rev. sphinx looking at itself in a mirror, rising sun at left and oil-lamp below, tablets un-named, both 51mm (PBE 28; CGMP pp.60-1; Coll. R. Marx 383; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 54, 829); Angevine, 1919, a bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, 64 x 42mm (CGMP p.351; cf. DNW 68, 1691); Rugby, c. 1920, a bronze plaque by A. Méry for Arthus-Bertrand, 57 x 48mm;...
France, Death of Louis Pasteur, 1895, a lead or soft metal plaque by A. Lelièvre for V.S. Canale, on behalf of Deschiens, bust left, rev. legend by floral spray, POVR LA SCIENCE LA PATRIE L’HVMANITE, etc, 110 x 81mm (Storer 2745; cf. DNW 57, 1349); together with other miscellaneous French medals (20), by Becq, Torcheux, Belmondo, Kinsburger, Blanchot, Caqué, etc [21]. Fine to very fine, some better £40-50
£40–£50
France, Le Journal, 1898, a silver medal by F.-R. Carabin, three nude females standing, reading a newspaper, a fourth nude female working a press, rev. scrolled cypher and a quill, 44mm (cf. Coll. R. Marx 347; BDM I, 344; Cat. Exh. Strasbourg/Orsay, 1995, p.108, 115; cf. DNW 56, 784). Softly modelled, about very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £180
France, Apollon, 1898, a silver-gilt medal by A. Dubois for the Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts, seated naked figure of Apollo, playing a violin, figures in wooded setting behind, rev. lyre, wreath and legend (École Nationale de Musique, Caen, Prix d’Honneur, 1909), 68mm (CGMP p.158; cf. DNW 54, 834). Rim bruises, otherwise about very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
France, Société de Géographie Commerciale de Paris, a silver award medal by L.-A. Bottée, robed female crowning another with an oak branch, implements of industry behind, rev. winged figure with wreath, named (L.A.O. Lamarre, L’Art de Voyager à l’Étranger, 1899), 51mm; 50th Anniversary of the Association Amicale des Postes, des Télégraphes et des Téléphones, 1928, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, 50mm (cf. DNW 70C, 2573) [2]. Extremely fine, first toned £30-40
France, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, rev. RÉDUCTION ET FRAPPE DE MÉDAILLES, reduced vignettes of the obverse design, 60 x 52mm (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. DNW M5, 1519). Extremely fine; in buff fitted case of issue £50-70
Hammer Price: £170
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis for the Monnaie de Paris, female symbolising History inscribing a tablet held for her by a cupid, rev. Genie holding torch and leaning against a coining-press, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP p.173); Oeuvre du Nid, Beauté Médaille d’Honneur, Concours des Bébés, 1908, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (O. Lucas), 36mm; Henri Courbot, 1964, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coeffin, 68mm (CGMP –);...
France, Henri Poincaré, c. 1900, a bronzed-lead plaque by G. Leveque for Borrel, bust three-quarters left, 308 x 255mm. Slight cracking at base, otherwise very fine; set in a wood frame with easel-type support on back £40-60
£40–£60
France, Les Arts, c. 1900, a uniface plated bronze plaque by F. Rasumny, half-length figures of two females left, back named (Joseph Khaiete), 50 x 36mm; Delphin Petit, 1907, a bronze plaque by E. Boutry for the Société des Sciences de Lille, 60 x 44mm; Société Canine du Sud-Est, c. 1910, a gilt-bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, named (Exposition Canine Aix-les-Bains, 1929, 1er Prix), 54 x 39mm (cf. DNW M8, 2264); Dieppe, c. 1910, a bronze plaque by J.-M. Delpech for Arthus-Bertrand, 50...
£90–£120
France, Cheval, c. 1900, a plated bronze award medal by A. Rivet, horse standing left in field, rev. agricultural scene and tablet, un-named, 50mm; Chevaux, c. 1930, a silver medal by V. Peter and A. Duseaux for the Ministère de l’Agriculture, engraved (Concours Central Hippique, Paris, 1931), 41mm; Chevaux, c. 1930, medals by H. Bouchard for the Ministère de l’Agriculture (6, three different types), all engraved (Concours Central Hippique, Paris, 1933-6), 50mm (4, all bronze), 41mm...
France, Société Centrale d’Agriculture du Cantal, c. 1900, a silver-gilt award medal by A. Rivet, farmworkers baling hay, rev. artisan, wheatsheaf and tablet, named (Mr Coudy), 40mm; together with other miscellaneous French medals, etc (25), by Depaulis, Wolff, Masson, Belmondo, H. Dubois, etc [26]. Generally very fine £40-60
France, Sanct Jean Baptiste, 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Borrel, bust three-quarters right, rev. named (C. Passani, 1904), 49mm; Centenary of the Birth of Victor Hugo, 1902, medals by J.-C. Chaplain (2), in silver and bronze, both 33mm; Ville du Havre, c. 1905, a silver award medal by H.-J. Lefèbvre, un-named, 50mm (BDM VII, 543; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.184, 37; cf. DNW 47, 897); together with other miscellaneous French medals, etc (37), by Massonnet, H. Dubois, A. Dubois, Ponscarme,...
Hammer Price: £70
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of La France right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (W. Gilbert), 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW M8, 2254). Very fine; in red card box of issue £30-40
Hammer Price: £150
France, Luc Rombaut, 1902, a bronze medal by F. Dubois, bust left, rev. figure inscribing name on tablet, 55mm; Ville de Levallois-Perret, a bronze award medal by R. Baudichon, named (Simone Vinante, 1923), 50mm; together with other miscellaneous French medals (21), by A. Dubois, Fraisse, Rogat, Baudichon, Telier, Erdmann, Cariat, Legastelois, Kinsburger, Lagrange, etc [23]. Generally about very fine, some better £70-90
£70–£90
France, Exposition Internationale, Reims, 1903, a plated bronze medal by S. Kinsburger for Massonnet, female seated in front of Reims Cathedral, rev. arms, and mural crown, named (Z. Blazy), 57mm; Union des Sociétés de Gymnastique de France, Fète Féderale, Bordeaux, 1905, a bronze plaque by J.-M. Delpech, 52 x 36mm; Victor Hutinel, c. 1920, a bronze medal by Dr P. Richer, 68mm (Storer 1728; BDM VIII, 159; cf. DNW M2, 2562); Visite de l’American Legion en France, 1927, a bronze medal by...
France, Fête des Vignerons, Vevey, 1905, a plated bronze plaque by Elisabeth Fulpius for Sergy, Geneva, couple lead crowd in street, rev. vine and basket of grapes, church in background, 60 x 40mm (BDM VII, 332); Agriculture, 1906, a gilt-bronze plaque by C.P. Pillet, engraved (Offert par René Berge, Président d’Honneur de la Chambre d’Agriculture), 65 x 48mm (CGMP p.315; BDM IV, 537; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.44, 110; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.236, 1; cf. DNW M2, 2678); Musique, c. 1910, a...
France, Léopold Bellan, 1906, a cast bronze plaque by M.A. Demagnez for the Syndic du Conseil Municipal de Paris, bust almost facing, 95 x 74mm. Very fine, rare £50-70
Hammer Price: £30
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