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United States of America, International Exhibition, Chicago, 1893, plated bronze plaques by L.-O. Roty for the Comité Français (2), both named (Exhibitor: Mme. C. Chennevière; For Services: Delarbre), both 53 x 50mm (PBE 856; Coll. R. Marx 42; Baxter 88; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.48, 168; BDM V, 235); Panama-Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco, 1915, a French-made bronze medal, unsigned, 51mm (Baxter –). [3]. Fine and better (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £55
United States of America, Woodrow Wilson, a large uniface cast bronze portrait plaque by J. Witterwulghe, half-length figure almost facing, wearing pince-nez glasses, name in exergue, 465 x 372mm (cf. Spink 17.vii.97, 166; cf. Bonhams 9.xii.97, 216). Tip of nose rubbed, otherwise very fine and rare; an excellent, expressive likeness of Wilson (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £140
United States of America, Fédération Aeronautique Internationale, 34th Conference, Washington, 1934, a bronze award medal by Tiffany & Co, winged globe, reverse laurel sprig, named (Baron von Etthofen), 52mm. Very fine, scarce; in original red fitted case of issue (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
United States of America, Mark Twain Centennial, uniface “so-called Dollar”, Æ, 1935, by Hilenyi, 38mm. Very fine to extremely fine (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £8
United States of America, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, bust right, reverse eagle on tablet, 68mm (CGMP p.280). Obverse very fine, reverse better (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £15
United States of America, Thoreau, silver medal issued by the Medallic Art Co., New York, matt finish, 45mm. About as struck (£15-20)
Hammer Price: £10
United States of America, Walt Whitman, Æ medal by Paul Fjelde, for Medallic Art Co., NY, 73mm, dark matt patina. Extremely fine (£20-25)
Argentina, Montevideo Harbour Inaugurated, 1901, a silver medal by Bellagamba y Rossi, vessels in harbour, reverse two workers greeting each other over a tablet inscribed PAX, 52mm. Very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £25
Miscellaneous, A sepia-tinted portrait photograph of a soldier in uniform, c.1915. Mounted in an oval gilt frame with self-supporting stand, 85 x 65mm; very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £50
Belgium, Belguim, Portrait photographS of King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth, c.1915. Mounted on a single piece of card in an ornate rectangular frame, crown above and royal cyphers in centre, self-supporting stand, 65 x 60mm; better than very fine, an attractive memento (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £100
Belgium, The Gevaert International Photographic Competition, 1912, a bronze medal by C. Stoeving for Awes Munze, Berlin, naked male figure against a sea-scape, holding scales and branch, reverse legend in six lines, 60mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 8). Good very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Belgium, Fédération Nationale de la Construction, 1956, a uniface bronze award medal by V. Demanet for Fonson, construction worker standing with mallet hammer, reverse named (Nationale Raad en Raad van Beheer, M.F. Dekoninck, 1946-1956), 91mm (La Médaille en Belgique, p.47, 156). Good very fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £80
Belgium, 25th Anniversary of the Kilo-Moto Gold Mine, 1951, a bronze plaque by A. Dupagne for Fonson, African male standing by his counterpart who wears a mining helmet and holds a kanga drill, reverse two African families, 92 x 71mm (La Médaille en Belgique, 1951-76, p.5, 8). Good very fine, rare and interesting (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £45
École des Beaux-Arts de Quebec, c.1930, a bronze award medal, unsigned, issued by Canale, classical male head right, appearing to hold standing figure in upturned hands, maple lead behind, reverse legend, un-named, 73mm. Most attractive green patina, as struck and very rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £85
Franta Anyz, 1914, a uniface bronze plaque by Prof. S. Sucharda, winged figure above a townscape, 77 x 42mm (cf. La Médaille Tchécoslovaque Paris Exh. Cat. 1974, 809). About extremely fine, attractively patinated, scarce (£50-70)
Les 4 Sergents de La Rochelle, c.1860, a uniface cast bronze medal after D. d’Angers, caduceus divides heads of Pommier, Raoulx, Goubin and Bories, 90mm (cf. BDM I, 531; cf. D’Angers Exh. Cat. 1966, 159). An early cast, extremely fine; with integral loop for suspension (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £110
La Marseillaise, c.1900, a bronze award plaque by H. Dubois after F. Rude, figures representing the Republic against the background of a brick wall, reverse tablet on palm and laurel spray, named (A. Jouancoux, Député), 66 x 49mm (cf. BDW 9, 676). Good very fine (£40-60)
L’Apprenti, or Métallurgiste, c.1900, a bronze award medal by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, young man stripped to the waist, filing metal at a lathe, reverse wreath with legend, CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D’INDUSTRIE D’AGEN ET DE LOT & GARONNE, 50mm (PBE 157; BDM VII, 177; cf. BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.34, 25; cf. BDW 5, 22). About extremely fine; in blue fitted case of issue (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £65
France, Personnages à l’Enterrement, c.1908, a uniface cast bronze medal by F.P. Niclausse, two standing male figures in profile, one holding an upturned furled umbrella, 100mm (BDM VIII, 96). An original cast, extremely fine and rare; with ring for suspension on the back (£180-220)
£180–£220
Centaure, c.1928, a uniface cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy for Canale, centaur taking aim with a bow and arrow, 98mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; Classens 117; cf. DW 24, 235). Extremely fine, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
France, Foundation of the Ordre de St Michel de Bavière, 1723, a restrike copper medal by J. Duvivier, 72mm (Nocq 70); P.-J. Baptiste Gerbier, 1819, copper medal by J.E. Dubois, 41mm (BDM I, 638); together with Great Britain, Harrow School, 1862, bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, named on edge (R.E. Melville, 1955), 46mm, and a white metal medal for the Thames Tunnel, 1843, by Taylor, 49mm. [4]. Second about very fine, others about extremely fine (£20-30)
£20–£30
France, Napoleon’s Arrival at Fréjus, AN VIII [1799], copper medal by A. Galle, standing naked male figure, reverse fleet arriving at port, 33mm (Hennin 921; Julius 716; BDM II, 197; cf. DNW 30, 659). Extremely fine, attractive glossy brown patina (£50-70)
£50–£70
Sommet de la Tour Eiffel, 1889, a bronze medal by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, workmen with stanchion, no date below, reverse the top of the Eiffel Tower, SOUVENIR, etc., 41mm (PBE 145; BDM I, 411; Coll. R. Marx 245; BM Acq. 1983-87, p.18, 22; The Medal 44, p.44; cf. BDW 5, 6). About extremely fine, an original striking with even patina (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1890, a bronze Members’ plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, conjoined busts of Puvis de Chavannes and Meissonier left, reverse named (Alfred Stevens), 59 x 39mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 265; MFC pl.25; BDM I, 411; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 17). Almost extremely fine and rare, a most interesting association piece (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £60
Orphée, 1899, an Art Nouveau bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, reverse naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, un-named, 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; cf. BDW 3, 196, 18, 407, and DW 24, 60). An attractive example of this classic Art Nouveau image, extremely fine (£50-70)
Orphée, 1899, an Art Nouveau bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, reverse naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, named (Musica, Tournoi International, 1903), 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; cf. BDW 3, 196, 18, 407, and DW 24, 60). About extremely fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £75
Duval-Janvier, c.1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, reverse 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. BDW 3, 197, and 5, 331). Extremely fine (£50-70)
Tendres Amants, 1905, a bronze plaque by P.A. Bartholomé for the SAMF, two young lovers holding hands and looking into each others’ eyes, reverse sheet of song music, Parez vos fronts, etc., flowered border, 80 x 63mm, edge stamped 148 (Coll. R. Marx 123; PBE –). A piece full of charm and expression, extremely fine, scarce (£80-100)
Scene Parisienne, c.1905, a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned [by H.S. Lerche], woman dancing spiritedly, being beckoned by a man holding a cane, 60 x 59mm. Very fine and virtually as made; unique (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Le Rêve du Travailleur, 1905, a bronze trial of the reverse of the medal by J.V.J.A. Ségoffin for the SAMF, naked workman sat under a tree, sailing boat and rising sun behind, 68mm (Coll. R. Marx 121; Weil and Coullaré, The Medal 29, p.57; BDM V, 463; cf. DNW 30, 837). Extremely fine, scarce (£50-70)
Caresses Maternelles, 1907, a silver plaque by A. Manque for the SAMF, naked buxom female balances a naked boy on her thigh, reverse two naked children embrace each other, 70 x 45mm, edge stamped 46 (Coll. R. Marx 133; BDM VIII, 22). Extremely fine, very rare (£120-150)
Pan, 1907, a uniface cast bronze medal by L. Desvignes for Canale, seated figure of Pan playing musical instrument in a forest, animals watching from behind trees, 100mm (Classens 66; Cat. Canale 59; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.37, 52; cf. DNW 33, 366 and DW 24, 105a). Almost extremely fine (£80-100)
France, Paysans Croates, 1909, a bronze trial of the reverse of the plaque by R. Franges-Mihanovic for the SAMF, two Croat women in regional costume walking left, carrying strings of onions, the back stamped with the figure 3 five times in relief, 70 x 61mm (Coll. R. Marx 144; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.96, 13). Softly modelled, extremely fine and rare (£40-60)
Alberto Santos-Dumont, c.1910, a cast silver-gilt repoussé portrait medal by C. George, bust left, 40mm, edge stamped 29 and hallmarked CL in lozenge (cf. BDW 5, 66 and 18, 463). Extremely fine, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £95
Danseuse, 1912, a large uniface struck bronze medal by H. Dropsy for Canale, young female dancer, 100mm (cf. Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 27; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 95; cf. BDW 1, 687). Very light rubbing on right thigh and calf, otherwise extremely fine and an attractive example (£90-120)
Oeuvre du Soldat Ardennais, 1917, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, naked Ardennes soldier about to stab a German eagle, reverse hog in a forest, coats of arms above, 70 x 51mm (Frankenhuis 160; BDM VIII, 147). Small area of discolouration on eagle’s wing, otherwise about extremely fine (£30-40)
Le Lion de Belfort, c.1920, a gilt-bronze award plaque after F.A. Bartholdi, issued by Arthus-Bertrand, lion on its haunches in front of the rock on which Belfort is built, named (Au Camarade Verguet), reverse engraved inscription (Temoignage de Réconnaissance de l’Association des Officiers de Complément de Lyon et de la 14e Région, 11 Novembre 1922), 66 x 49mm (BDM VII, 52; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.37, 4). Extremely fine, attractive (£30-40)
Vainqueur, 1924, a large uniface cast bronze plaque by H. Dropsy, naked man holding winged figure of Fame and palm branch, 240 x 158mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. Arethuse 5, Oct. 1924; cf. BDW 5, 113). An attractive plaque, light patina, extremely fine and extremely rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £180
Dieu Pan, 1925, a large octagonal cast bronze medal by P. Turin, head of Zeus Ammon left, reverse xylophone and flower, 83mm, edge stamped 75 (BM Acq. 1978-82, 139; cf. Arethuse 1926, p.77). About extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)
Association des Artistes Lyriques de Théatre Anciens Combattants, c.1925, a plated bronze award medal by A. Baugé, theatrical mask, military helmet above and a military decoration behind, reverse wreath, named (Melle Germaine Clairval, Amiens, 9 Mai 1926), 50mm. Obverse rim bruise at 7 o’clock, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare; in original maroon fitted case (£60-80)
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