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France, La Photographie, 1894, a gilt-bronze award medal by F.-C.-V. de Vernon for the Association Nationale des Photographes Amateurs, robed female standing by camera in outdoor setting, rev. tablet on wreath of oak and palm, un-named, 50mm (PBE 965; Simmons FPL 13, –); Ville du Havre, c.1880, a bronze award medal, signed Lecomte A. Noël, arms, rev. wreath, engraved (Photo Club Havrais, Concours d’Instantanés, 3e prix, Mr. E. Layer de Rouen, 1892), 56mm [2]. Very fine and better,...
Hammer Price: £40
France, Exposition du Travail, 1895, a gilt-bronze award medal, unsigned, seated male artisan with tools, rev. wreath, named (Triboulet, Membre du Jury), 56mm; Jeanne d’Arc, 1896, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, Joan of Arc tied to the stake, flames licking around, rev. St Michael presenting standing figure of Joan with sword, 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; PBE 895; Coll. R. Marx 54; BDM V, 234, 236); Finland, Jean Sibelius, 1974, a bronze medal by R. Pépin, bust left, sheet music in...
Hammer Price: £70
France, Orphée, 1899, a silver award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, rev. naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, named (Maurice Bros, 1945), 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. DNW 46, 787). Very fine, rare in silver (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
France, Orphée, 1899, a bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, similar, un-named, 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; cf. DNW 50, 1205). Extremely fine, nicely patinated (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Orphée, 1899, a bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, similar, un-named, 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; cf. DNW 50, 1205). Extremely fine, patinated (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Orphée, 1899, a uniface bronze-fluor medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, 113mm. A 1978 issue of the Monnaie de Paris; about extremely fine (£30-40)
France, Le Petit Méridional, c.1900, a plated bronze award medal by Huguenin Frès, semi-naked female holding a wreath, rev. tablet on wreath of oak, un-named, 49mm; Le Petit Journal, 1910, a bronze award medal by A. Desaide, paper-boy with satchel, holding copies of the newspaper, rev. legend above wreath, named (D. Zibette), 59mm; Le Petit Journal, c.1920, a plated bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, robed figure of Victory, rev. oak-wreath and tablet, un-named, 50mm; Le Petit Provençal,...
France, Photographie, c.1900, a gilt-bronze plaque by Martial, bust of Niepce in medallion left, concours du photo pêle-mêle below, rev. robed female with camera on tripod, named (G. Bellet), 60 x 52mm (Simmons FPL 13, –). Extremely fine (£30-50)
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, robed female symbolising History inscribing the date on a tablet held by a naked boy, rev. monnaie de paris, winged Genius brandishing torch and leaning on a coining press, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310; cf. DNW 50, 1213). About extremely fine, rare in silver (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
France, Photo-Club de Paris, 1900, a uniface plated bronze plaque by H.R.P. Roussel, standing robed figures representing Art and Science, naked female representing Light behind, LA LUMIÈRE UNIT L’ART ET LA SCIENCE, named (E. Layer), 87 x 57mm (BDM V, 253; cf. Simmons FPL 13, 1; cf. DNW 47, 884). Small area of corrosion by s of paris, otherwise good very fine, rare as a named award (£140-180)
Hammer Price: £150
France, Rédemption, 1901, a bronze medal by G. Dupré, semi-naked man kneels at feet of the Virgin to kiss the feet of the baby Jesus, sheep in fields behind, rev. naked man at altar, 73mm (CGMP p.167; BDM I, 653; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.41, 69; cf. DNW 47, 671). Good very fine, nicely patinated (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
France, Assemblée Générale des Actionnaires du Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, naked winged Genius holding the hand of a female with flowers, two other females standing at right, rev. exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 180; BDM V, 239; Moyaux 181; cf. Swan 284; cf. DNW 49, 910). Very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £75
France, Centenary of l’Internat en Médecine des Hôpitaux Civils de Paris, 1902, a plated bronze medal by L.-A. Bottée, figure of Paris comforting a doctor looking after a patient on a stretcher, Notre-Dame in background, rev. figure of Science above a doctor reading a book at a table on which a microscope, skull and other medical accoutrements lie, named (H. Chéron, 1894), 68mm (PBE 24; CGMP p.61; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.36, 21; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.16, 6; BDM I, 232; cf. DNW 49, 913)....
France, Johannes Gutenberg, 1902, a bronze medal by L.-J. Deschamps, bust left, rev. printing press, LA LVMIÈRE FVT, 76mm (CGMP p.143; Classens 157; BDM VII, 217; cf. DNW 48, 699). Edge knocks, very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £20
France, Société Canine de Savoie Aix les Bains, c.1903, a plated bronze award plaque by P. Mahler, various breeds of dogs seated and standing round central tablet, rev. olive branch, un-named, 70 x 58mm (cf. BDM III, 529). About very fine, rare (£50-70)
France, Aero Club de France, 1903, a bronze award medal by E.-A. Marcus, winged figure points to dirigible, another figure seated contemplates the dawn of flying, rev. winged figure right, named (1ère Coupe Gordon-Bennett, Paris, 30 Septembre 1906, Emile Carton), 54mm (PBE 580; BDM III, 567; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 117; cf. DNW 48, 945). Very fine and a very early French aviation award (£60-80)
France, Aérostation Ballon, c.1905, a plated bronze award medal by Frainier, two balloonists aloft in a basket, one holding map, the other jettisoning ballast, Zeppelin dirigible and another balloon at right, rev. wreath, un-named, 33mm. About very fine; with filigree chain and loop for suspension (£50-60)
France, Samuel Pozzi, 1905, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. traité de gynécologie, robed female helping a naked women from a bed, watched by a robed skeleton, 68mm (PBE 90 and 99; BDM VII, 175; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 17; Brettauer –). Almost extremely fine, rare and a most interesting subject (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £170
France, Le Football, c.1910, a bronze medal by J.-B.-E. Dropsy, goalkeeper drop-kicking a ball, rev. wreath, engraved (S.H. Genève, U.S.C. Paris, 1927), 50mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; PBE 370); La Luge, c.1920, a plated bronze medal by Huguenin Frès, man preparing to board toboggan, rev. wreath, un-named, 40mm; La Luge, c.1920, a plated bronze medal by Huguenin Frés, man at speed on toboggan, rev. wreath and tablet, named (C.A.F. Peira-Cava, 1925, Sansonetti), 41mm; Saut en Ski, 1934,...
France, Exposition Internationale du Nord de la France, Roubaix, 1911, a bronze award plaque by H. Lefebvre, standing figure of Pierre de Roubaix and others with charter, rev. seated robed female on eagle, tablet below, un-named, 54 x 38mm (cf. DW 24, 129); Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925, a plated bronze plaque by R. Martin, artisans in front of building, rev. legend in 9 lines, 74 x 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.60, 95; cf. DNW 51, 1166) [2]. Very fine,...
France, Émile Dupont, 1911, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, bust right, rev. legend above branch, 90 x 65mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 157; cf. DNW 40, 768). Very fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Danseuse, 1912, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy for Canale, young female dancer, rev. butterfly within wreath, engraved (Offert par “Academia”), 50mm (cf. Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 27; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 95; cf. DNW 35, 675); Le Drame, c.1920, a plated bronze plaque by R. Brangier for J. Fabert, seated and standing figures under trees by a temple, rev. souvenir de comoedia, mask of Pan, 64 x 35mm; La Victoire, c.1925, a bronze medal by L.-C. Mascaux, standing robed female, rev....
France, L’Assemblée Nationale Élit Raymond Poincaré Président de la République, 1913, a bronze medal by R. Lamourdedieu, seated figure of La République with attendants, view of the city of Paris below, rev. two standing figures in front of the Palace at Versailles, named (Beauquier, Député), 73mm (PBE 493; BDM –). Extremely fine and very rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £110
France, Destruction of Reims, or L’Aurore, 1915, a bronze plaque by L.-J. Chavalliaud, German soldier fleeing scene of destruction, pursued by Goddess of War and Angel of Peace, rev. view of city square, cock trampling German eagle in foreground, 80 x 60mm (Frankenhuis 127; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.35, 26; cf. BDW 9, 712). About extremely fine, patinated (£30-40)
France, Les Éprouvés de la Guerre, 1917, a plated bronze plaque by R. Lamourdedieu, partly disrobed young female and her child seated in the middle of the ruins of her house, ICI LES BARBARES SONT PASSES, rev. robed female figure offering compassion to another female seated with her daughter, wounded man being helped along a path by an elderly lady in background, 70 x 56mm (CGMP p.220; BDM VII, 529; cf. DNW 37, 1258). Very fine; a powerful rendition of the horrors of war on innocent...
Hammer Price: £60
France, Visit of General Pershing, 1918, a bronze medal by C.P. Pillet, Pétain, Foch, Pershing and Clemenceau standing in front of American soldiers, reverse Pershing’s declaration in English, THERE IS AT THIS TIME NO OTHER QUESTION THAN THAT OF FIGHTING, cock below, 68mm (CGMP p.314; The Medal 44, p.45; cf. BDW 37, 1262); Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a uniface bronze plaque by R. Delamarre, bust of Maréchal Lyautey left, minaret and mosque in front, 70 x 55mm (CGMP...
Hammer Price: £25
France, Veuves de Marins, 1919, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, fisherman’s wife staring out to the cruel sea, rev. three widows in robes and veils en route to a church mass, 76 x 69mm (PBE 788; CGMP p.325; Jones, Art of the Medal, p.127, 338; BDM VIII, 147; cf. BDW 37, 1266). About extremely fine, scarce (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £90
France, La Victoire, 1919, a bronze medal by A. Rivaud, wreathed bust of La France right, rev. soldier’s helmet, flag and olive branch, 65mm; La Victoire, 1920, a bronze medal by A. Rivaud, bust left in helmet, rev. wreath, sun in splendour in background, 66mm (BDM VIII, 161; cf. DNW 50, 1238) [2]. Imposing designs, minor spotting on helmet of soldier on second medal, otherwise both extremely fine and rare (£50-60)
France, Auguste Rodin, c.1920, a uniface cast bronze medal by A. Lavrillier, bust half-right, 80mm. Very fine and extremely rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Le Prisonnier, c.1920, a bronze medal by O. Yencesse for the Syndicat Général de Garantie des Chambres Syndicales du Batiment et des Travaux Publics, seated man being tended by a robed female, rev. tools of industry, tablet in centre named (M.S. Briglia), 77mm (BDM VIII, 304). Minor rim nicks, otherwise very fine, patinated, rare (£40-60)
France, Président Millerand, 1920, a bronze medal by L.-A. Bottée, bust left, rev. winged female figure of Fame unveiling an urn, Chambre des Députés at right, 72mm (CGMP p.60). Good very fine, rare; one of the last medals executed by this artist (£40-50)
£40–£50
France, François Levée, 1923, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, bust left, rev. frontal elevation of the Municipal offices above the ship of Paris, 68 x 53mm. Good very fine, rare (£30-40)
France, Aïda, c.1925, an Art Deco brass car badge or mascot by M. Guiraud-Rivière, speeding figure of Fame blowing trumpet, 240 x 140mm. Impressive style, very fine and very rare (£400-450)
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France, Arras, Ville Martyre, 1925, a bronze medal by L. Desvignes, standing robed female representing Arras, holding shield, buildings smouldering in background, rev. Town Hall in flames, 68mm (CGMP p.145; cf. BDW 18, 501). About extremely fine (£25-35)
France, Renaissance de la Marine, 1927, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, two warships steaming left, rev. the cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, the torpedo boat Chacal and the submarine Sirène, 59mm (CGMP p.39). Very fine; in non-original red fitted case (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
France, 50th Birthday of Paul Lemay, 1927, a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for Arthus-Bertrand, bust three-quarters left, rev. view of the Mines d’Aniche, coal trucks in foreground, 81 x 60mm (Museler 18/122A; Hamlet 649; cf. DNW 51, 1168). Extremely fine, light patina, rare; in original red fitted case of issue (£70-90)
France, Société des Amis des Gobelins, 1928, an octagonal bronze plaque by H.-L. Gréber, male figures inspecting a tapestry, rev. frontal elevation of building, named (Georges Fauvet), 70 x 43mm (cf. DNW 30, 772). Very fine, rare (£40-50)
France, First French Aerial Crossing of the North Atlantic from West to East, 1929, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, conjoined busts of Assollant, Lefèvre and Lotti to right, rev. aircraft in clouds above a map of the globe showing the route from the USA to Spain, 68mm (CGMP p.283; cf. DNW 47, 1085). Good very fine (£50-70)
France, Funérailles du Maréchal Foch, 1929, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, rev. coffin on gun-carriage attended by four veterans of the Great War, 68mm (CGMP p.324). Good very fine, rare (£30-40)
France, Fédération Française de Rugby, c.1930, a cast bronze award medal by M. Fiot after A. Cain, cast by Susse Frès, standing cockerel, rev. tablet, named (Médaille de Bronze, 1934, Gilbert Conill, R.C. Compiègne), 84mm (cf. BDW 13, 302). Very fine and very rare (£60-80)
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