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FRANCE, La Grande Source de Vittel, c. 1909, a uniface bronze plaque by F.-P. Niclausse, female figure seated in clouds, overseeing a jug from which water flows over a globe, 76mm x 50mm. Good very fine; set on a marble base £60-£80
£60–£80
FRANCE, La Fileuse, c. 1910, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F-.P. Niclausse, elderly woman seated on wooden chair right, spinning yarn, 128 x 85mm. Small stain and some ink lettering on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Centenaire de la Société d’Assurances Mutuelles, 1919, a bronze award plaque by P. Graf [struck 1920], named (M. Carot), 70 x 51mm; together with other medals, plaques, etc (9, one in silver), by Bonnetain, Belmondo, Coudray, Blanchot, Jacquin, etc [10]. Very fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Centenary of the Birth of Jean-François Villemin, 1927, a bronze plaque by P. Turin for Arthus-Bertrand, 59 x 46mm (cf. DNW 137, 548); Henri Berthelemy, 1934, a bronze medal by C. Pillet, 68mm (cf. DNW 57, 1325); together with other bronze medals and plaques of medical interest (18), by Grange, Delannoy, Lafleur, J. Vernon, Réthoré, Urbain, etc [20]. Very fine and better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
FRANCE, Union Syndicale de l’Industrie du Gaz en France, 1928, a silver-gilt award medal after B. Andrieu for A. de Puymaurin, named (P. Gaudin 1932), 68mm; together with other modern French medals and plaques in silver (4) [5]. Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £90
FRANCE, Henri Bergson, 1928, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin [struck 1931], bust right, rev. allegory of Time with scroll, symbolic waves behind, Greek legend in three lines above and below, 68mm (CGMP p.380; Classens 13; cf. BDW 47, 927). Very fine, rare £60-£80
FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, Africa, silver and brass medals by L. Desvignes, 32mm; Oceania, silver and brass medals by A. Mouroux, 32mm [4]. About extremely fine or better, the silver medals rare £100-£150
£100–£150
FRANCE, Le Feu, a uniface hexagonal silver plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, Vulcan at his anvil, fire behind, back named (Département de la Seine, Commission Departementale du Travail, Loi du 16 Juillet 1932, Jules Franceschini, 1932), 60 x 52mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 71; cf. DNW 48, 747). Very fine and very rare in silver £150-£180
Hammer Price: £160
FRANCE, Tête d’Enfant, 1934, an octagonal gilt-bronze plaque by P. Turin, child’s head left, rev. rocking horse, Teddy bear and football, 55mm (CGMP p.383; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 132; cf. DNW 132, 1684). Very fine; clip and ring for suspension £40-£60
£40–£60
FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, a yellow-brass Art Déco box medal, unsigned, aerial view of the Expo pavilion, rev. gate of the Place de l’Alma, containing a complete set of 10 black-and-white photographic roundels, 58mm (cf. DNW M5, 1572). Medal about extremely fine, contents extremely fine and fresh; in original card case £60-£80
Hammer Price: £30
FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, Glassblowing, a bronze medal by E. Monier, 32mm; Goldsmithing, a bronze medal by E. Becker, 32mm; Tapestry, a brass medal by M. Thénot, 32mm [3]. About extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Police Générale de la Republique Français, an oval silver medal, unsigned, standing figure of La République, named (Monsieur Henri Mir, Directeur), edge stamped 1967, 82 x 72mm. About extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
FRANCE, Chambre des Avoues de Grande Instance, Paris, an octagonal silver medal by H. Dropsy, side view of the front of the Chambre, rev. legend, named (Monsieur Henri Maynier, Inspecteur Général des Services Judiciaires, 1968), 96mm. Good very fine £80-£100
FRANCE, Manufacture Royale du Creusot, a uniface oval silver award medal by A.H. Torcheux, crowned royal arms, named (Monsieur et Madame Yves-Bertrand Burgalat…Jacques Girie, le 21-6-[19]79), 115 x 98mm. About extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
GERMANY, Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria, a white metal medal by P.H. Müller, undated, armoured bust right, rev. sailor (Ulysses?) alighting from ship, 41mm. Some marks and scratches, otherwise good very fine, rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £35
GERMANY, Friedrich Wilhelm III, a red wax seal impression, possibly by J.-P. Droz, elaborate coat of arms, 135mm. Broken into several pieces and surfaces cracked, otherwise very fine, rare; in metal half-shell £60-£80
GERMANY, 50th Anniversary of Johann Basselet as President of the Appeal Court, Bavaria, 1817, a silver medal by J. Losch, pyramid, rev. wreath, 41mm, 21.85g; together with a baptismal medal and a marriage medal, both silver, 17th to 19th centuries [3]. First extremely fine, others very fine or nearly so £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
GERMANY, Death of Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1888, a silver medal by C. Schnitzspahn, bust right, rev. legend within wreath, 47mm (BDM V, 396). Outer rim added to edge [this pierced four times]; polished, good very fine, rare £100-£150
GERMANY, Wilhelm I, a silver medal by G. Loos, conjoined busts of Wilhelm and Augusta right, rev. wreath, named (Z.E. D XI Juni 1854, D.L., Z Bienenkorb i Thorn, D Br. A. Kordes, J. Seiner Gattin, E. Geb. Schwerma, zur Silb. Hochzeit, D.S. December 1892), 51mm. Some marks and scratches in fields, otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £45
GERMANY, Felix Mendelssohn, a uniface silver plaque by Lauer, bust right, 55 x 37mm (Niggl 1296). Good very fine £80-£100
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, Philip the Fair and Ferdinand I, after 1526, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, conjoined busts left, 82mm (Habich 110). A later cast, very fine and rare £200-£260
£200–£260
HUNGARY, Peter Paul Rubens, 1936, a cast bronze medal by B. Ferenczy, bust left with broad-brimmed hat, rev. couple seated above stone bridge, archway behind, 139mm. About as made, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £170
ITALY, Bologna, c. 1760, a silver medal by E. Lelli, bust of Christ right, rev. Fortuna standing, holding rudder and cornucopia, 42mm. Once cleaned but now re-toned, some light scratches, otherwise good very fine, very rare £120-£150
£120–£150
ITALY, Italian-Turkish War, c. 1912, a bronze medal for M. Nelli, Bellona standing in waves, holding sword and flag, rev. battleship, 59mm. Good very fine, scarce £80-£100
JAMAICA, King Street Chapel, Falmouth, 1837, a copper medal by J. Davis, bust of William Knibb right, rev. view of the chapel, details of its size and capacity below, 41mm (Roehrs 1555; BHM 1755; E 1300). About extremely fine, rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £700
JAMAICA, St Ann’s Bay Anti-Slavery Society, 1839, a copper medal, unsigned [by J. Davis], bust of Joseph Sturge right, rev. negro couple with infant seated by palm tree, 41mm (Roehrs 1557; Brandon 1004; BHM 1893; E 1331). Extremely fine and very rare £400-£500
JAMAICA, Henry de la Beche, a copper medalet by T. Saulini, bust left, rev. legend, 24mm (Roehrs 1554; Brandon 996). Extremely fine, rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £150
JAMAICA, Henry de la Beche, 1841, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. tropical fauna, 45mm (Roehrs 1559; Brandon 1010; BHM 2002). About extremely fine, scarce; in contemporary fitted case £240-£300
JAMAICA, Henry de la Beche, 1841, a copper medal by W. Wyon, similar, 45mm (Roehrs 1559; Brandon 1010; BHM 2002). About extremely fine, scarce £240-£300
Hammer Price: £180
NETHERLANDS, Four Seasons, 1765, a silver medal by E. Andeles, Hollandia seated left, rev. personifications of the four seasons with agricultural attributes, 38mm, 15.96g (KPK 3103). About extremely fine, attractively toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £65
NETHERLANDS, Olympic Games, Amsterdam, 1928, a light bronze Participant’s medal, unsigned [by J.C. Wienecke for Gerritsen], view of stadium and flags, rev. naked male and female athletes standing facing and holding a torch, Olympic flame in background, 55mm (GV 86.2; cf. DNW 86, 266). Stain and some light scratches on obverse, otherwise very fine £120-£150
NYASALAND, Uruwira Minerals Ltd, 1955, a silver medal by G. Fischweiler, 60mm; RHODESIA, Independence, 1965, medals by T.W. (2), in silver and bronze, both 38mm, former stamped 440 on edge (cf. DNW 62, 1597); together with miscellaneous medals and badges (21), including Kraal Head, Chief Tribal Land Authority Sibasa, Royal Rhodesia Regt, Medical Council of Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia Artillery, Bulawayo Coronation 1953, etc [24]. Very fine and better £80-£100
PAPAL STATES, Canonization of Nicholas of Tolentino, 1446, a bronze medal, unsigned [by G. Paladino], bust of Pope Eugenius IV left, rev. canonization ceremony, 42mm (Lincoln 320; BDM IV, 366); Urban VIII, 1633, a bronze medal by G. Mola, bust right, rev. Bernini’s altarpiece in St Peter’s, 40mm (Miselli 247); Cardinal Ludovico Portocarrero, 1678, a bronze medal by G. Hamerani, bust left, rev. view of Messina harbour, 41mm (Johnson 169) [3]. Very fine to extremely fine £120-£150
PAPAL STATES, Clement VII, a cast lead medal, unsigned, rev. Christ standing, 51mm (Lincoln –); together with silver medals of John Paul II (5) [6]. First a later cast, scratched in fields, fine, others good very fine or better £80-£100
£80–£100
PAPAL STATES, Pius IV, a cast bronze medal, unsigned and undated, bust left, ccxxviii below, rev. arms over crossed keys, 43mm. Good very fine, very rare £200-£260
PAPAL STATES, Foundation of the Church of St Ignatius, Rome, 1626, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of St Ignatius right, holding book, rev. legend and date in ten lines, 63mm (Molinari 135). A few minor metal flaws, otherwise extremely fine, rare £200-£260
PAPAL STATES, Pius IX, 1854, a silver medal by M. Sebald for Drentwett, bust right, rev. Virgin standing on cloud, flanked by two cherubs, 41mm (Lincoln –; BDM I, 615). Once cleaned but now re-toned, good very fine, rare £80-£100
POLAND, Visit of Empress Elizabeth Feodorovna to Warsaw, 1818, a white metal medal by C. Baerendt, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (Diakov 411.1, only recorded in silver); together with a later cast copy [2]. First good very fine and rare, second very fine £80-£100
RUSSIA, Battle of Navarino, 1827, a brass medal, unsigned, for Boyard, helmeted head of Minerva right, rev. three crowns divided by radiant crosses and crescents, 34mm (Diakov 466.1). Minor pitting, otherwise about extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £110
SPAIN, Alvaro de Bazan, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned and undated, armoured bust right, 59 x 46mm. Good very fine; mounted on ivory backing, with loop and ring for suspension £80-£100
Hammer Price: £360
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