Auction Catalogue

8 & 9 December 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Medallions and Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 3245

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9 December 2014

Hammer Price:
£170

FRANCE, Minerve, 1880, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, named (Académie de Paris, Brevet-Élémentaire Mai 1911, Madeleine Grandin), 68mm (CGMP p.78; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 30; BDM I, 404); La Marseillaise, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by H. Dubois after F. Rude for Arthus-Bertrand, engraved (Concours Sportif Inter-Alliés, Marseille, Août 1918, Souvenir), 68mm (cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.41, 68); 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); Georges Clemenceau, 1918, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois [struck 1929], 68mm (CGMP p.233; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.21, 82; cf. DNW 64, 1364); Inauguration of the Stade de la ‘Suze’, 1935, a bronze medal, unsigned, 60mm (cf. DNW 47, 1060); Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur, 1939, a bronze medal by L. Muller for Canale, named (Librairie Hachette), 75mm (Muller Exh. Cat. 1958, 30); Bicentenaire de l’Indépendance des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1976, a bronze medal by F. Anger, 81mm (CGMP p.59); together with other bronze medals and plaques (4), by Turin, Chabaud, etc [11]. Very fine and better £100-150