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France, Alexandre Bixio, 1848, a bronze medal by E. Rogat, bust right, rev. legend, 51mm (BDM V, 193); Belgium, Centenary of the Academy of Science, Literature and Art, 1872, a bronze medal after B. Duvivier, robed bust of Maria Theresa left, rev. legend in 10 lines, 51mm; England, Duke of Devonshire Elected Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1862, a bronze medal by T. Ottley, bust left, rev. interior view of the Senate House, 45mm (BHM 2713; E 1559) [3]. First very fine but scuffed in...
Hammer Price: £30
France, Association des Médecins de la Seine, Décretée d’Utilité Publique, 1851, a bronze medal by J.B.E. Farochon, bust of Mathéo Orfila left, rev. legend, 51mm (Brettauer 827; BDM II, 74). Extremely fine, nicely patinated; in original black fitted case (£35-45)
£35–£45
France, Piano et Lecture Musicale, Paris, Cours de Mme Steiger, c.1860, bronze award medals (2), by Rubineau, named (2e Médaille, Alice Jacqmin; Piano, 3e Médaille, Alice Jacqmin), 43 and 42mm; together with bronze medals of Christoph Gluck and Josef Haydn from Durand’s Series Numismatica, 1818, both 41mm (Niggl 698, 865), and Bessonneau, Angers, a white metal calendar medal, 1913, 41mm [5]. All extremely fine; first two in red fitted cases of issue (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Le Télégraphe Électrique, 1866, a bronze medal by J.F.A. Bovy, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. winged female with symbols of electricity above telegraph wires and poles, 72mm (Divo 530; Moyaux 172; CGMP p.210; BDM I, 246). Minor surface marks, otherwise good very fine, rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Brocanteur, a uniface yellow brass peddler’s badge, stamped No.24718, and named (Me. Rutman, née J. Gombert) (cf. DW 24, 69). Good very fine, rare; pierced for suspension (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £130
France, La Loi [Private Guard], an octagonal repoussé brass badge, named (L. Plat, Garde Particulier de Mr de Fontaine), 100 x 82mm (cf. BDW 13, 141). Very fine, rare (£50-70)
France, Marché aux Bestiaux [Cattle Market], uniface yellow brass traders’ badges (2), named (1875, E. Briot; 2725, P. Puech), 74 x 67mm and 70 x 68mm [2]. Very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £25
France, Market badges (4), all oval and uniface, viz. Argenteuil [Seine-et-Oise], Albert Picard, Cultivateur à Herblay, brass, 112 x 64mm; Thevet St Julien [Indre], A. Baronnet, brass, 90 x 56mm; Illiers [Eure-et-Loire], Felix Barbier, Cultivateur à Sandarville, iron, 125 x 62mm; Association Lyonnaise des Proprietaires d’Appareils à Vapeur, no. 015846, brass, 80 x 51mm [4]. Fine to very fine; all pierced for suspension (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £35
France, A group of restrikes and restitutions: The Vow of Louis XIII, 1638, by T. Bernard, 70mm; City of Tournai to Louis XIV, 1667, unsigned, 89mm; Louis XIV’s Device, 1674, by F. Warin, 82mm (cf. Jones 274); Louis XIV’s Naval Reward, by J. Mauger, 72mm [4]. All 1930s restrikes, extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £70
France, A group of restrikes and restitutions: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1674, by Roettier, 62mm; Death of Colbert, 1683, by T. Bernard, 84mm; Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, by B. Duvivier, 74mm; Jacques Amyot, 1819, by A.J. Depaulis, 41mm [4]. All 1930s restrikes, virtually as struck (£40-50)
Germany, Monument to Prince Maurice Erected in St Thomas’ Church, Strasbourg, 1750, a white metal medal signed Muller, bust left, rev. monument, 55mm. Good very fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
India, Nagpore Exhibition, 1865, a bronze medal after W. Wyon, coronetted bust of Victoria left, rev. symbols of industry, 43mm (Pudd. 865.2). Extremely fine, dark patina (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Italy, John VIII Palaeologus, c.1438, a bronze medal by Pisanello, bust right in tall hat, rev. Emperor riding right [towards Ferrara] and acknowledging a highway cross, mounted page behind, OPVS PISANI PICTORIS, 97mm, edge stamped 118 (cf. Kress 1); Domenico Novello Malatesta, Lord of Cesena, c.1445, a bronze medal by Pisanello, bust left, rev. the armoured Malatesta kneels before a wayside cross, his horse stands to the left, 78mm, edge stamped 117 (cf. Kress 15) [2]. Good quality early...
Hammer Price: £140
Italy, Bartolommeo Pendalia, c.1462, a bronze medal by Sperandio of Mantua, bust left in flat cap and robe, rev. nude male figure seated on cuirass, holding globe and spear, foot on money bag, 84mm (Kress 112; Armand I, 71/32; Middeldorf [Morgenroth] 45). Very fine; a later aftercast with a good portrait, pierced (£250-280)
£250–£280
Italy, Pellegrino Prisciano, c.1473, a bronze medal by Sperandio of Mantua, bust left in flat cap and robe, rev. male figure holding staff and standing on eagle, 93mm (Kress [Appendix] 121; BDM V, 589). A later aftercast, about very fine, pierced (£250-300)
£250–£300
Italy, Antinous, a bronze medal by G. Cavino, bust right, rev. Tuscan Doric temple façade, shrine in centre, crocodile below, 38mm (cf. Clifford 144). Fine and clear, rare (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £120
Italy, Reproduction medals: Milanese School, Stephano Taverna, aged 26, portrait medal, bust left in cap, rev. standing figure of a young man in armour, his hands resting on a cupid and a naked girl, 78mm (cf. Armand II, 56/13); France, Visit of Louis XII and Anne of Britanny to Lyon, 1500, bronze medal, after Leclerc (and greatly reduced), busts right and left with background of lis and ermines, 71mm (cf. BMC 15); Catherine de Medici, uniface bronze medal, c.1570, after Pillon, bust...
Hammer Price: £45
Italy: Papal States, Urban VI (1378-89), a lead bulla, 38mm. Fine for this material (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Portugal, Pedro V, 1855, a bronze medal by L.J. Hart, bust left, rev. arms, 72mm (BDM –). Trifling rim bruise, otherwise extremely fine, attractively patinated (£40-50)
Portugal, Exposicao Internacional, Oporto, 1865, a bronze medal by C. Wiener, seated and standing figures by quay-side, rev. legend within and around wreath, edge engraved (Gosselin, St Cloud, Cotons), 58mm (Leitao 220; BDM VI, 480; Wurz. 7629). Obverse edge nick, very fine, patinated (£30-40)
Russia, Horse racing, c.1860, a bronze medal, signed H.A., jockey on horse standing left, rev. implements of industry, including an early railway locomotive, within wreath, 61mm. About extremely fine, presumably rare (£60-80)
Russia, Medals, badges, etc (25), many with ribbons [25]. Very fine and better (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £60
Spain, Proclamation of the Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, Cadiz, 1812, a bronze medal by F. Sagau, laureate bust of Ferdinand VII right, rev. standing figures representing the Old and New Worlds, holding an open book propped on two globes, 56mm (Vives 290; BDM V, 296; Wurz. 2082); Exposicion Publica al Merito en las Artes, 1828/7, a bronze medal signed M.G.S., laureate bust of Ferdinand VII right, rev. legend in wreath, 39mm; Exposicion Publica del Ano de 1860, a bronze...
Hammer Price: £90
Sweden, Queen Christina, c.1660, a bronze medal after M. Soldani-Benzi, bust right, wearing loose shift fastened on shoulder, rev. Roma seated left on trophy of arms, holding Victory, 62mm (cf. Clifford 248). Pierced, otherwise very fine, rare (£200-250)
£200–£250
United States of America, College of the City of New York, 1866, a plated bronze medal by W.H. Key, bust of Liberty left, rev. legend, 60mm (Julian 14; BDM VII, 500). Scuffed and knocked, fine (£30-40)
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous medals, medalets, jetons, etc., in silver (3), base metal (23) [26]. Varied state (£40-60)
Argentina, Exposition Internationale and Centenary of Independence, Buenos Aires, 1910, a bronze plaque by F.-J.-A. Roques for the Comité Français, rearing horseman by a paddock containing bulls, rev. naked artisan proferring an olive branch to a robed female, 72 x 62mm (PBE 833; BDM –; cf. DNW 49, 839). Very fine and very rare (£30-40)
Austria, Photographische Gesellschaft, Vienna, 1875, a bronze award medal by K. Schwenzer, three female figures, one holding a lens which directs light rays onto a plate, camera behind, rev. double-headed eagle above tablet, un-named, 53mm (Simmons FPL 13, 11; BDM V, 437). Extremely fine, patinated (£25-35)
Belgium, Société Royale Hippique de Belgique, 1902, a silver award medal by Fisch & Cie, bust of Leopold II left, rev. legend in wreath, engraved (Concours Hippique International, 2e Prix), 51mm; Herbert Hoover, 1916, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 55mm (cf. DNW 35, 495) [2]. Very fine, but first with minor scuffs and knocks (£40-50)
Belgium, 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Schelde to Shipping, Antwerp, 1913, a silver plaque by A. Mauquoy for Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, river-god greeting robed female representing Antwerp, ship in background, rev. variety of marine craft above tablet, 76 x 55mm (Vandamme/Bernier 36; BDM VIII, 34). About extremely fine, nicely toned (£40-60)
Belgium, L’Assistance Discrète, 1915, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese, robed female with basket of flowers, rev. donne et tais-toi, etc, 61 x 46mm (Frankenhuis 67); Centenary of the Jacob Holtzer Metal Foundry, 1929, a bronze plaque by H.-E. Nocq, bust of the founder with metal stamping equipment, rev. workers pouring molten metal into vats, 73 x 53mm (cf. DNW 46, 818); Queen Astrid, 1935, a bronze medal by P. de Soete for Fisch, bust right in high relief, rev. Brussels Expo stamp, 69mm...
Belgium, Exposition Internationale de la Technique de l’Eau, Liège, 1939, bronze medals (3), viz. by G. Guiraud, standing naked female figure, behind a merman playing a shell horn, rev. trident, wheel, etc. 68mm (cf. DW 26, 905); by L. Muller for the Section Française, standing robed female holding façade of building, water nymphs at sides, rev. legend above tablet, un-named, 68mm (cf. BDW 18, 639); and by M. Renard for the Section Française, semi-naked female standing with urn, arms...
Belgium, Battle of the Ardennes, Bastogne, 1944, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned [by R. Bastin], for the Fonderies et Ateliers Saint-Germain, Nazi officer proferring a message to an American soldier, nuts on scroll above, symbolic view of a town below, 142mm. Good very fine, rare (£40-60)
France, Photographie, c.1870, a bronze electrotype, unsigned, cupid focusing camera on seated female figure, exergue named (Emile Leÿsalle, Sculp), rev. engraved (Concours de l’Amateur Photographe, 1er prix décerné à M.L. Bertrand, Fevrier 1892), 60mm. Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Siege of Paris, 1871, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, standing figure of Paris, cannon at feet, indicating to a balloon in the sky, rev. EMPLOI DES AÉROSTATS POUR LA DÉFENSE DE PARIS within wreath, 76mm (PBE 45; Coll. R. Marx 181; BDM I, 402; cf. DNW 38, 703). Two rim knocks, otherwise very fine (£40-60)
France, Communications Aériennes, Paris, 1871, a silver award medal by C.-J.-M. Degeorge for the Ministère de la Guerre, female figure seated on the side of a cannon, a carrier-pigeon flying into her arms, balloon in air behind, rev. pigeon coop, un-named, 62mm (PBE 345; CGMP p.122; BDM I, 544; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.19, 48; Malpas 95; cf. DNW 49, 871). Obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so, nicely toned (£60-80)
France, Madame Du May, 1879, a uniface cast bronze laudatory medal by A. Dubois, facing bust with elaborate hair-do and bonnet, 104mm (Mazerolle, Gaz. Num. 1906, –; BDM –). Bold style, about extremely fine and very rare (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £110
France, Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à la Industrie, 1880, an oval bronze award badge, unsigned, artist’s easel, wine flagon and other accoutrements, rev. named (1e Section Modèles des Artistes, 2e Classe, Ferville-Suan), 71 x 52mm (cf. BDW 18, 393). About extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Congrès Gastronomique de Lyon, 1885, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, seated figure of Lyon preparing to crown a supplicant, rev. arms of Lyon in wreath, 68mm. Good very fine; loosely set into an ornate openwork gilt surround mount, with loop for suspension (£30-50)
£30–£50
France, Exposition Canine de Paris, 1887, a silver award medal, unsigned [for A. Duseaux], on behalf of the Société Generale pour l’Amelioration des Races de Chiens en France, robed figure of Diana with hunting dog, rev. legend in wreath, named (1er Prix, Nick, Pointer, à la Société Havraise), 46mm. Extremely fine, toned; in original red fitted case by Duseaux (£30-40)
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