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24 April 1996
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France, Death of Charles de Gaulle, 1970, silver medal by H. Herter, 63mm (CGMP p.932); together with cast bronze uniface plaques of Henry IV and Charles V, each 94 x 69mm. [3]. First very fine, others fine, with loops for suspension (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Medals Related to Sports, France, Gymnastics, a silver prize medal by F.C.V. de Vernon, bust of ‘La Republique’, reverse named (Prix Offert par La Lanterne…1889), 70mm; Nautical Sporting Association of Amiens, silver prize medal, c.1870, un-named, 33mm. [2]. Very fine and better, second in contemporary red case (£35-50)
£35–£50
France, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, large AE medals (2), by B. DuVivier, 72mm, both restrikes; other base metal medals (6), including large modern medal of Napoleon, 77mm. First two good very fine, modern medal of Napoleon about extremely fine, others generally fine or very fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
Germany, Marriage medal, c.1720, in silver, by C. Wermuth, couple being blessed at altar, reverse legend, JESUS, etc., 44mm; together with other German silver medals (5), including one of John Huss. [6]. Fine and better, first with loop for suspension (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £80
Germany, Hohenlohe, Philip, silver portrait medal, dated 1590, bust r., reverse arms, cast and chased, 40mm. Very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £120
Germany, Stuttgart, Royal Gymnasium, 19th century silver prize medal, unsigned, antique lamp, reverse legend, 28mm; Italy, Royal Institute of Science, Literature and Art, 1806, bronze prize medal by L. Manfredini, un-named, 43mm (BDM III, 554), edge stamped COPIE. [2]. Extremely fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £35
Germany, Christoph Dorsch, gem engraver, tin portrait medal, by Andreas Vestner, 1729, bust r., reverse Minerva seated by sea shore, arti et artifici in exergue, 48mm (BDM VI. p. 251). Good very fine, toned (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £55
Germany, Meissen, medals, 1921 to 1923, in porcelain and terracotta (6, including two of Luther); DDR, terracotta medal for the Meeresmuseum, undated, extremely fine; Switzerland, Jean Jacques Rousseau, 200th Anniversary of Birth, 1912, silver medal after Bonneton, bust to left, rev. legend, 55mm, a little mishandled, with a few surface marks, noticeable on close inspection but a bold well-modelled portrait and still attractive (£30-40)
India, Army Temperance Association, Second Beatty Star, with ribbon and suspender (Puddester 950.23); Calcutta Office’s Sports Federation, silver and blue enamel badge, reverse engraved runners-up hockey 1951; Peace medal, AE, Freedom and Honour, 1919 (Puddester 919.1) [3]. First extremely fine, others good fine (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £20
Italy, Lodovico Ariosto, c.1560, cast bronze medal by Pastorino, 35mm (BDM IV, 409, 413); other miscellaneous early European medals (7). [8]. All aftercasts, fine and better (£40-50)
Italy, Alessandro Farnese, c.1580, uniface copper-washed lead portrait medal (? by G.V. Melon), bust right, 68mm (v. Mieris III, 26); Cardinal Domenico Grimani, 1523, uniface cast bronze medal, reverse only, 50mm (Hill, Corpus, 863; Armand I, 116.7). [2]. Very fine and better, both late castings but of pleasing appearance (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £90
Italy, cast bronze portrait medal, unsigned, of Johann Andreas Hameran, reverse bust of Alberto Hamerani to r., 60mm. Good very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £100
Italy, Pius IX, Statue of St. Peter and St. Paul, 1847, bronze medal by G. Girometti, 43mm (Bartolotti 847; Rinaldi 42; L’Arte delle Medaglia 76); Leo XIII, bronze-gilt medals (2), c.1900, both 47mm. [3]. Very fine and better (£30-40)
£30–£40
Italy, 400th Anniversary of the Birth of Dante Alighieri, 1865, bronze medal by E. Pazzi, 57mm; other Italian medals in bronze (3, one silver-plated). [4]. First very fine, others fine and better (£30-40)
Italy, 1A Esposizione - Fiera Internazionale in Roma, 1924, bronze gilt prize medal, unsigned, possibly by Stefano Johnson, bust of Victor Emanuel III l., seated nude male figure holding the wand of Mercury within wreath, 51mm. Gilding just beginning to flake on reverse rim, otherwise extremely fine and attractive, has been cleaned (£15-20)
Italy, Esposizione Internazionale del Lavaro, Milan, bronze gilt prize medal by Stefano Johnson, head of Victor Emanuel III r., reverse engraved “b. caleroni milano 1924”, on tablet within wreath, 50mm. Extremely fine and attractive, has been cleaned (£15-20)
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Japan, Japan, Winter Olympics, Sapporo, 1972, silver medal by Begeer with bust of Ard Schenk, 50mm; other miscellaneous medals of sporting interest, etc. (8), including prizes for ice-skating and shooting, some 19th century. [9]. Very fine and better (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £40
Netherlands, The Murders of Johan and Cornelius de Witt, 1672, silver medal, unsigned, conjoined busts right, reverse 8-line legend within floral border, 48mm (v.L. III, 87.3; KPK 1082). Obverse very fine, reverse better and lightly toned (£100-120)
£100–£120
Netherlands, Golden Wedding Anniversary of Pieter van Loon and Agneta Graswinckel, 1722, silver medal, unsigned, Piety with tray on which are two hearts, Cupid below, reverse 13-line legend, 44mm (v.L. 71; KPK 2418). Minor rim nick on reverse at 6 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and lightly toned (£80-100)
£80–£100
Netherlands, Golden Wedding Anniversary of Arent Vink and Anna Nieuport, 1726, silver medal, unsigned, eagle by pedestal on which are two hearts in a basket, reverse 15-line legend, 45mm (v.L. 72; KPK 2439). Extremely fine (£80-100)
Netherlands, 25th Anniversary of Peace in the Netherlands, 1738, silver medal by M. Holtzhey, figures of Hollandia, Peace and Liberty seated on stockade, reverse 10-line legend, 60mm (v.L. 126; KPK 2573; Pax in Nummis 615; BDM VII, 460). Minor marks and reverse field scuffed, otherwise very fine, toned (£140-180)
£140–£180
Netherlands, Silver Wedding Anniversary of Frederik Röhne and Maria Cramer, 1778, silver medal, unsigned, married couple by obelisk, reverse 8-line legend in wreath, 48mm (KPK 3335; Dirks 1805). Light scuffing, about very fine (£50-70)
£50–£70
Netherlands, Marriage of Prince Henry and Princess Amelia of Saxe-Weimar, 1853, bronze medal by J.P. Menger, 48mm (Dirks 744; BDM IV, 22); Silver Wedding of Baron van Nijvelt and C.R. Boreel, 1848, bronze medal by J.P. Schouberg, 45mm; Golden Wedding of Dr. F. van Maanen and M. van der Meersch, 1856, silver medal by D. van der Kellen, 40mm (Dirks 776; BDM III, 135). [3]. About extremely fine, but first and last with evidence of light cleaning (£30-40)
Netherlands, Visit of William III to Utrecht, 1853, silver medal by D. van der Kellen, 28mm (Dirks 748; BDM III, 135); Visit of the Dutch Ambassador to the Brussels Mint, 1861, bronze medal, unsigned, 22mm (Dirks 846); N.J. Godron Completes 60 Years of Service at the Royal Dutch Mint, 1863, bronze medal, unsigned, 48mm (Dirks 896). [3]. Very fine and better (£30-40)
Netherlands, Bicentenary of the Amsterdam Orphanage, 1857, silver and white metal medals by S.C. Elion, 42mm (Dirks 737); Visit of the Royal Society of St Cécile to The Hague, 1855, bronze medal, unsigned, 36mm (Dirks 767); Consecration of the Dominican Church, Amsterdam, 1858, silver medalet, 28mm (Dirks 801); together with an engraved Shooting prize, 1854. [5]. Very fine and better (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £45
Netherlands, Inauguration of the Statue of Justus Vondel at Amsterdam, 1867, bronze medal by S. de Vries, 63mm (Zwierz. 102; BDM VI, 324); ‘s Hertogenbosch, Exhibition prize medals by C. Wurden (2), 1855 in copper, 1857 in silver, both 42mm (Dirks 769, 786); other bronze medals (4, including two of the Zoological Society of ‘s Gravenhage). [7]. Very fine and better (£35-50)
Netherlands, Death of Lt-Admiral C.E. Helfrich, 1962, bronze medal by Hekman, 50mm; Bank of Netherlands Computer Centre Opened, 1974, cast bronze medal signed MM, 64mm; other miscellaneous medals, in silver (2), and base metal (9). [13]. Very fine and better, one in case (£35-50)
Netherlands, Amsterdam Horticultural Exhibition, silver prize medal by J. Elion, named (H. Reeling, Jury, 1866), 40mm (Zwierzina 68); Industrial Society, Leeuwarden, 1859, silver prize medal by L. Penin, named (M.C. Schoon & Co), 43mm (Dirks 814A); other copper prize medals by M.C. de Vries Jr. (2), c.1860, un-named. [4]. Second about very fine, others extremely fine or better (£30-40)
Norway, Norway, Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld, 1905, uniface bronze portrait plaque by H. Taglang, bust left in coat, 80 x 58mm (cf. BDW 14, lot 742). Softly worked yet a strong portrait, very fine and rare (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £65
South Africa, South Africa, Opening of the Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, silver and bronze medals by J.P.M. Menger, bust of Kruger, reverse winged wheel, both 44mm (Moyaux 52). [2]. Silver good fine, bronze good very fine (£40-60)
£40–£60
Spanish Netherlands, Philip III, bronze portrait medal, c.1610, unsigned, bust right, reverse Belgic lion, 50mm (v.L. II, 28). Good very fine, but a later cast (£30-40)
Sweden, Royal Academy of Science, 1815, silver medal, unsigned, man planting tree, 35mm (Hild. 35); Karl Peter Thunberg, 1832, silver medal by C.M. Frumerie, 31mm (Brettauer 1224; BDM VII, 330). [2]. First extremely fine but reverse a little spotted, second very fine and toned (£30-40)
Sweden, Royal Agricultural Academy, 1856, silver medal by Lea Ahlborn, bust of Poppius left, reverse farmer and seated figure of Pan, sheep at feet, 51mm (BDM I, 31). Lightly cleaned in the past and with attendant surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine (£40-60)
Sweden, Medical Society of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, silver medals (2), by L. Ahlborn: 1871, with bust of Karl Ekströmer, reverse Æsculapius, and 1877, with bust of Kristofer Carlander, reverse tablet, both 31mm (Brettauer 197, 301); Denmark, Art and Industrial Exhibition, Copenhagen, 1872, white metal medal by G.L.F. Schmalfeld, 55mm. [3]. First very fine, others about extremely fine and better, second toned (£35-50)
Switzerland, Zurich, white metal prize medal by Morikofer, lion by tablet, reverse Minerva seated to l., bene merenti above, 73mm, extremely fine for wear, and with some underlaying brilliance, but with some signs of corrosion in fields and two spots of tin pest on obverse rim ; Bern, white metal prize medal of the Senate, by Dassier bear holding arms, reverse standing figure of Minerva, about extremely fine; other base metal Swiss medals (4), varied state. £60-70)
United States of America, Plymouth College, Boston, 1870, bronze prize medal, un-named, 41mm; Erection of the Fuller Building, 1929, bronze plaque, 103 x 64mm. [2]. First extremely fine, second very fine (£25-35)
£25–£35
United States of America, Hudson-Fulton Celebrations, 1909, silver medal by E. Fuchs for the ANS, three seated figures, reverse Henry Hudson and crew in boat, 51mm, edge stamped WHITEHEAD-HOAG (BDM VII, 331; cf. Garrett IV, 2056). Lightly polished, very fine (£40-60)
United States of America, Automobile Club of America, 1933, large radiator-grille badge enamelled in five colours and surmounted by eagle, 115mm. Enamel slightly chipped at bottom, otherwise very fine or better, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £85
Miscellaneous medals and plaques (25), from Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Trinidad, etc., in silver (7) and base metal (18). [25]. Mostly very fine (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £70
Miscellaneous medals, badges, cap badges and minor militaria (126), mostly in base metal, British and European issues. [126]. Fine and better (£60-90)
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