Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Tokens

France, France, Maréchal Franchet d’Esperey breaking through the Balkan Front, 1918, bronze medal by P. Roger-Bloche, 68mm (CGMP p.49); Austria, ‘Happy New Year’, 1909, octagonal uniface silver plaque by F. Kounitzky for Schulz, 65 x 61mm (BDM VII, 514); Archduchess Maria Theresia, 1916, bronze portrait medal by A. Hartig, 65mm (Wurzb. 5960; BDM VII, 421); Niederösterr. Verein für Landeskunde, 1920, plated medal by L. Hujer, 70mm; Hungary, International Medical Congress, Budapest, 1909, bronze plaque by I. Vastagh, 44 x 40mm (Wurzb. 1085; BDM VI, 208). [5]. Second fine, others very fine and better, first and last rare (£40-60)

Medallic art by Roger-Bloche is seldom met with; the Balkan Front medal, struck in 1926, is believed to be his last work