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France, c. 1925. France. Ville du Havre, a plated bronze Art Deco medal by P.-M. Poisson, arms, reverse Naiad seated on triton, holding caduceus, 76mm (Classens 112; cf. DW 24, 210). Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £50
France, c.1925. France. La Corvée de Vin, a uniface cast bronze plaque by A. Pommier, soldier carrying shoulder-bags, 134 x 62mm (cf. Arethuse 7 [1925]; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 133). Very fine and rare (£90-120)
£90–£120
France, c.1925. France. Le Rhone vers le Soleil, a uniface cast bronze plaque by Lucie Renard, bearded male head contemplating a river, hills behind, bunch of grapes above, 110 x 107mm. Bold style, extremely fine and very rare (£130-160)
Hammer Price: £110
France, 1925. France. Treaty of Locarno, a bronze Art Deco medal by P. Turin, standing figure of Peace, view of Locarno behind, reverse legend, 68mm (CGMP p.377; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 131). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £40
France, 1927. France. Inauguration of the Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, bust of Haussmann, street map behind, reverse worker excavating, 65mm (Classens 47, variety; cf. BDW 5, 129). Softly worked, very fine; in original maroon case of issue (£50-70)
£50–£70
France, 1927. France. Automobile Club de Cannes, bronze plaque, unsigned, standing Art Deco female figure with wreaths against a backdrop of the town, club badge enamelled in red, white and blue and a period landaulette below her outstretched arms, 74 x 50mm. Very fine, rare; in maroon fitted leather case (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £60
France, 1927. FRANCE. ANTIBES. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, silvered Æ Prize plaquette 68 x 43mm by H.Kautsch, not named, issued by Arthus Bertrand. Very fine to extremely fine (£20-30)
£20–£30
1928. Algeria/Tunisia. André Lebon, Commander of the Legion d’Honneur, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, bust left, reverse woman carrying water from a well, 64mm; 1930, Centenary of the French Administration of Algeria, a bronze award medal by G. Beguet, standing figures, reverse legend, 62mm (cf. DW 24, 230); 1950, Augustin Leynaud, Archbishop of Algiers, a bronze medal by R.B. Baron, bust right, reverse seminary buildings, 60mm; 1951, Centenary of the Banque de l’Algerie et de la...
Hammer Price: £75
France, 1928. France. Conseils de l’Amour, a uniface bronze Art Deco medal by M. Delannoy, young woman listening to suggestions whispered into her ear by Cupid, 49mm (CGMP p.136). About extremely fine; in official maroon case of issue (£40-60)
France, 1928. France. Société des Amis des Gobelins, an octagonal bronze plaque by H.-L. Gréber, male figures inspecting a tapestry, reverse frontal elevation of a building, named (Alexis Godillot), 70 x 43mm. Good very fine, rare (£50-70)
France, 1928. France. Inauguration of the Trans-Pyrenean Railway Tunnel, a bronze medal by F.M. Michelet, standing figure on railway bogey dividing tunnel entrances in cartouches, reverse view of Pyrenees, legend below, 64 x 57mm. Very fine, scarce (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
1928. Germany. Quatercentenary of the Death of Albrecht Dürer, a large cast silver medal by L.C. Lauer, bust left, reverse legend, 75mm. Extremely fine, rare; in original black fitted case (£90-120)
France, c. 1929. France. Aviation, a pair of un-named award medals by E. Fraisse; plated bronze, pilot with arms aloft signalling to biplane and monoplane in sky; and bronze, with close-up of pilot in cockpit (cf. DW 24, 227), both 50mm [2]. Very fine and better, but first with rim knock on reverse; both in cases (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £85
France, 1929. France. Centenary of La Revue des Deux Mondes, a large bronze Art Deco medal by L. Bazor, bust of François Buloz right, reverse robed female holding two torches between the Old and New Worlds, 100mm (cf. Arethuse 26 [1930], p.6; cf. CGMP p.30 for reverse; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 155; cf. BDW 9, 749; 13, 292; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 175). A powerful design, extremely fine, scarce (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £120
France, 1929. France. École Navale de Brest, an octagonal bronze medal by H. Richir, view of the naval school, ships in foreground, reverse flotilla of vessels in Brest harbour, 75mm (CGMP p.344). Very fine or better, scarce (£60-80)
1929. Monaco. 21st Concours d’Élégance Automobile, a bronze plaque, unsigned [by E. Fraisse], robed female figure above arms of Monaco enamelled in red and black, reverse view of the principality in cartouche, legend below, 63 x 52mm. Some rim marks, otherwise very fine, scarce (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £65
France, c.1930. France/Egypt. Philæ, a large bronze medal by M. Delannoy for Arthus-Bertrand, seated figure of Isis, reverse exterior of the temple at Philæ dedicated to Isis, 110mm. Extremely fine and a most handsome production, very rare (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £210
France, c.1930. France. Gloria, a bronze Art Deco medal, unsigned [by E. Fraisse], female figure on tip-toe, holding wreaths, reverse circular tablet on a background of leaves, PRIX OFFERT PAR Mr DE FORNIER DE SAVIGNAC, 63 x 52mm (cf. Cat. Fraisse 515). Extremely fine; in blue fitted case by V. Lecourtier, 32 La Canebiére, Marseille (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
c. 1930. Italy. Dante Alighieri, a cast bronze portrait medal, unsigned [by F.P. Lasserre], bust left, 94mm. Extremely fine (£40-60)
France, 1930. France. Centenary of La Nationale Life Insurance Co, a bronze medal by L. Alloy, seated female figure flanking two motifs, representing the three founding companies, reverse standing figures, legend below, 70mm (cf. Gailhouste 329; cf. BDW 18, 534). Tiny nick on female’s knee, otherwise extremely fine; in dark green case of issue with descriptive leaflet (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £30
France, 1930. France. Inauguration of the new Head Office of the Co-Op Bank, an octagonal bronze Art Deco medal by E. Fernand-Dubois, rear view of upper half of naked female pouring coins from a cornucopia over a globe, reverse legend, 57mm. Good very fine, rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £35
France, 1930. France. Homage to Alberto Santos-Dumont, a bronze plaque by R. Lamourdedieu, bust left with implements of mechanical flight, reverse dirigible and early biplane in flight, 71 x 55mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 160). Very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £150
France, 1930. France. Fleurs et Fruits, a uniface bronze plaque by P.-A. Morlon, young female holding fruits and flowers in her hands, reverse named (Exposition d’Agrumes et de Plantes Exotiques, Menton, 1950), 75 x 42mm (CGMP p.275). Good very fine; in maroon fitted case of issue (£45-60)
France, 1930. France. Prof. V. Balthazard, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, bust left, reverse Confederation of Medical Syndicates building, 102mm; 1932, Dr. Charles Buizard, a bronze Art Deco medal by P. Turin, bust right, reverse Hygée fighting the hydra, 72mm (cf. BDW 5, 160); 1935, Prof. Alexandre Couvelaire, a bronze medal by A. Lavrillier, bust three-quarters left, reverse seated lady with child on her knee, 81mm; 1938, Dr. V. Le Lorier, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust...
Hammer Price: £80
France, 1930. France. Quatercentenary of the Founding of the Collège de France, a bronze Art Deco medal by P. Turin, female head with torch, SCIENTIA, reverse monument to Guillaume Bude, 68mm (CGMP p.378; cf. BDW 5, 150; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 280). Extremely fine; in original buff-coloured card box (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £140
France, 1931. France. Silver Jubilee of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, bronze medal by M. Delannoy for Arthus-Bertrand, bust of Georges Durand left, reverse view of old city of Le Mans, legend below, 80mm; Automobile Club de l’Ouest, bronze-gilt award medal by Arthus-Bertrand with a representation of Watt’s steam carriage, named (Mr. G. Homse, 29 Oct. 1958), 60mm; 1972, F.I.A.T., 25th Anniversary at Grenoble, bronze-gilt medal by M. Delannoy for Arthus-Bertrand, 57mm [3]. Very fine or...
Tunisia, 1931. Tunisia. 50th Anniversary of Tunisia as a French Protectorate, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, farmer standing in a field of wheat, his wife sifting grain behind him, reverse young female head left in cartouche, legend below, 68mm (CGMP p.283). Obverse edge knock, otherwise extremely fine (£60-80)
£60–£80
France, c.1932. France. Order of the Legion d’Honneur, a large bronze plaque by R. Cochet, seated female figure on a daïs, arms outstretched, silver and enamel badge of the Order inset to left and a small Assistance Publique bronze medal by M. Delannoy (CGMP p.136) inset to right, named (Georges Pradel, Chevalier, Janvier 1936), 224 x 152mm. Very fine and very rare; set in an attractive marbled wood frame with easel-type mount at back (£80-100)
France, 1932. FRANCE. “LES VIEILLARDS”, Æ medal 68 mm by M.Renard (CGMP III, 341). Cased, very fine to extremely fine (£30-50)
£30–£50
France, 1933. FRANCE. GABRIEL HANOTAUX, French politician and historian (1853-1944), 80th Birthday, Æ commemorative medal 68 mm by P.Turin. Original box, very fine to extremely fine (£30-50)
France, 1934. France. Construction, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Burger, two workers transporting a block of stone on a wheeled barrow, reverse named (Elisabeth Lasserre, 1947), 72 x 53mm (CGMP p.69). Extremely fine, scarce; in original maroon fitted case (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
France, 1934. France. Association of Reserve Officers of the Army of the Air, Rallye de Cannes, a bronze and enamelled plaque, unsigned [issued by Arthus-Bertrand], winged roundel enamelled in red, white and blue, reverse legend on tablet, 86 x 67mm. Extremely fine; in maroon case of issue (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £100
France, c.1935. France. Chambre de Commerce de Paris, a silver Art Deco medal by P.-M. Poisson, standing figures balancing wealth and industry, reverse cog-wheel, named (G. Clément, 1936), 75mm. Extremely fine and rare in silver; in official dark green leather case (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £130
France, c.1936. France. Imprimerie Draeger Frères, a bronzed lead medal by H. Dropsy, view of the Draeger factory at Grand Montrouge, reverse elephant, puma and a classical figure holding a scroll, 100mm (cf. BDW 5, 140; 18, 515). Extremely fine with light green patination, rare; mounted on a free-standing wooden base (£130-160)
France, c.1936. France. Voici des Fruits…des Fleurs, a uniface bronze plaque by J. Vernon, central panel with legend dividing naked female with string of flowers and basket of fruit, and naked male blowing a kiss, 77 x 30mm. An attractive plaque, about extremely fine (£50-70)
France, 1936. France. Death of Jean Mermoz, a silver medal by E.-P. Blin, bust right, reverse Archangel flying above the waves, 60mm (CGMP p.44; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 185; cf. BDW 4, 188; 5, 177). Very fine, a rare medal in silver (£70-90)
France, 1936. France. Ludwig van Beethoven, a uniface bronze portrait medal by A. Coutin, bust three-quarters right, 68mm (CGMP p.107; Niggl 124; cf. BDW 5, 179; 13, 355; 18, 605). Very fine (£40-60)
France, 1936. FRANCE. ALBERT BESNARD, French painter and engraver (1849-1934), cast Æ medal by Albert Herbemont. SFAM limited issue No59 (Cat Exhibition “Artistes Médailleurs”, Paris 1955, p.6/9,No50). Rare, extremely fine (£100-120)
£100–£120
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Germany, 1936. Germany. Olympic Games, Berlin, a cast bronze medal by O. Placzek, Olympic motif and Prussian eagle on bell, reverse winged bird, INTERNATIONALER STERN-FLUG, 70mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 184). High points of bird rubbed, otherwise better than very fine and scarce; in original box (£120-150)
France, 1937. France. International Exposition, Paris, The Trocadero, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, workman in front of old Trocadero, reverse gardens of the Palais de Chaillot, 50mm (CGMP p.40); same subject, Centre Rural, a plated uniface bronze Art Deco plaque by J. Cartier, rural townscape, 61 x 42mm [2]. Very fine and better (£50-70)
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