Auction Catalogue

4 October 2001

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1214

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4 October 2001

Hammer Price:
£100

Poland, Société Française et Italienne des Houillères de Dombrowa, 1908, a silver award plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, male artisan, mine in background, rev. legend, tablet below, un-named, 65 x 45mm (PBE –; BDM –; Hamlet –). About extremely fine, toned, extremely rare (£100-150)

Dombrowa, the Polish city in the heart of the Katowice mining and industrial region, was annexed to Austria from 1846 to 1919