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U.O.C.F., a silver badge by M.D. Loewenstark in the form of a Maltese cross, centre engraved ‘U.O.C.F. Merit Excutive [sic]’, with ring suspender, hallmarked Chester 1891, 45mm; together with a Knights Templar silver and enamel Cross, hallmarked London 1882, 38mm [2]. Very fine or better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
A collection of Steward badges, mostly 20th century, some silver (255), no duplication, including Royal Masonic Institute for Girls, 1927, a silver and enamel Festival Steward’s Jewel by M.T. Lamb & Co, together with Ancient and Accepted Rite, Eagle Jewel, and three other Masonic badges [259]. Generally extremely fine; contained in 6 albums £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Belgium, Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon for the Comité Français, 73 x 63mm (PBE 979; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 194; BDM VI, 243; cf. DNW 169, 1126); Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Ghent, 1913, a bronze plaque by R. Grégoire for the Comité Français, 80 x 52mm (PBE 474; BDM VII, 394; cf. DNW 60, 1569) [2]. Good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
CAMBODIA, Sisowath I, 1905, a silver medal, unsigned, paying tribute to the King’s mother Préa Voréachini, temple, rev. arms, 34mm (Lecompte 127). About extremely fine [slabbed PCGS MS 61] £800-£1,000
£800–£1,000
CAMBODIA, Sisowath I, Coronation, 1906, a gold medal by P.-C. Lenoir, bust left, rev. arms, 34mm, 24.17g (Lecompte 132). Some scrapes and scratches, otherwise good very fine, very rare; set in ring mount, with loop and ring for suspension £4,000-£5,000
£4,000–£5,000
CEYLON, Agri Horticultural Society, Colombo, a silver medal, unsigned [by W.J. Taylor], beast standing right in tropical setting, rev. legend in wreath, 31mm (cf. R.J. Ford Sale, lot 311; DNW 55, 1624). Usual die cracks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Siège de la Bastille, Paris, 1789, a uniface silver plated lead cliché of the rev. of the medal by B. Andrieu, view of the siege, 80mm (Hennin 23; BDM I, 53). Very fine; with suspension loop £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
FRANCE, Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, 1863, silver award medals by J.-J. Barre, named (Houdu, Maître au Cabotage; Porcheron, Imprimeur à St Brieu), both 33mm [2]. About very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £220
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a restrike silver medal [struck c. 1880-98], by A. Barré and A. Vauthier-Galle, bust of Prince Napoleon Eugène Louis right, rev. France greets figures of the Arts, Commerce and Colonies, 67mm (Page-Divo 547). About extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £90
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné, 86mm (PBE 646; BDM IV, 350; cf. DNW 169, 1132); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, named (Expert Besançon & Cie), 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 141, 1747) [2]. Very fine, but first with some surface marks; second in half of orioginal maroon box £60-£80
Hammer Price: £95
FRANCE, Brevet d’Institutrice, 1879, a bronze award medal by A. Desaide, named (Mlle. Marguerite Serrier), 69mm; Centenaire du Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1955, a bronze medal by M. Renard, 68mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.60, 119; cf. DNW 132, 1714); together with a modern restitution of a gilt medal for the death of Lorenzo Magalotti, 1712, 84mm [3]. About extremely fine and better; first two in cases of issue £70-£90
Hammer Price: £150
FRANCE, Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies, a silver award medal by A. Barré, named (A William Wheeler, 2e Capitaine Anglais, Courage et Dévouement, 1880), 43mm; together with other world medals (5) [6]. First polished otherwise good very fine, others extremely fine or better; all but one cased or boxed £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, bust of Marianne right, rev. seated female crowning a seated artisan, naked Genie at left, view of Eiffel Tower at right, 63mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 307; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW 169, 1137). Very fine; in original gilt-blocked leather pouch [this with loose stitching] £40-£50
Hammer Price: £20
FRANCE, Musée Social, 1895, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, two male figures walking up the steps into the Museum, rev. seated female figure with racks of newspapers and shelves of books, contemplating a factory scene through a window, 60mm (Roty Compagnnonage p.92; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM V, 236; cf. DNW 38, 728). About very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £45
FRANCE, Orpheé, 1899, a bronze award medal by L.-E. Mouchon, named (La Ste. Aimé Paris à Melle. Dussel), 46mm (BDM IV, 176; cf. DNW 54, 825); Salut au Soleil, 1899, a bronze plaque by G. Dupré, 64 x 50mm (PBE 424; CGMP p. 169; Jones, Art of the Medal, 337; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW M10, 1502) [2]. Very fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Olympic Games and Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, winged Genius placing a torch in the hand of a dying woman, rev. view of the Petit and Grand Palais, Paris, laureated wreath in clouds above, 51 x 36mm (GV 3; Maier 104; Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 179; BDM VI, 239). Very fine; in red card case of issue, stamped in gilt £80-£100
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, Concours de Tir, a plated bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, winged Victory showering branches over city of Paris, rev. male athlete on a podium, robed, holding a branch, 60 x 42mm (PBE 970; BDM VI, 243; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 191; cf. DNW 66, 1500). Very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £190
FRANCE, Cinquantenaire du Paul Paix & Cie, Douai, 1913, a silver medal by O. Yencesse, robed female seated left, dropping fuel balls into a bower, rev. winged wheel, 50mm (PBE –). Very fine, toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
FRANCE, Ligue Aéronautique de France, c. 1920, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, eagles on rocks observing monoplane flying overhead, rev. olive branch and tablet, named (au A.A.M., 1921, Bayeuil), 67 x 46mm (cf. DNW M7, 2468). About extremely fine, patinated £50-£70
Hammer Price: £55
FRANCE, Comité Français des Expositions, c. 1935, an octagonal Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, named (M.H. Tréchot), 72mm (cf. DNW 123, 729); Cent Cinquantenaire de la Revolution Française, a uniface Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, variety with no date on obv., 68mm (cf. CGMP p.376; cf. DNW 165, 1337) [2]. About extremely fine, but first with surface mark on obverse £90-£120
Hammer Price: £130
GERMANY, Felix Mendelssohn, a uniface plaque by L.-C. Lauer in silver-plated copper, bust right, 55 x 37mm (Niggl 1296). Good very fine £60-£80
£60–£80
IRAN, Completion of the Shahyad Aryamehr, Tehran, 1352h [1973], a bronze medal by G.-C. Revol, busts of the royal family left, rev. tower, 80mm. Extremely fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £240
IRAN, Bank of Iran, SH 2535 [1976], a bronze medal by G.-C. Revol, conjoined busts of the Shahs left, rev. temple, 68mm. Very fine £90-£120
IRAN, Golden Jubilee of Pahlavi Rule, SH 2535 [1976], a bronze medal by G.-C. Revol, conjoined busts of Shahs left, rev. crown, 63mm. Very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £260
IRAN, Centenary, SH 2536 [1978], a bronze and enamel medal by G.-C. Revol, capped bust of Shah left, rev. rayed sun over mountains, 63mm. Very fine £90-£120
ITALY, Domenico Novello Malatesta, c. 1430, the rev. of a cast bronze medal by A. Pisanello, 81mm (Kress 15); Lorenzo de Medici, the obv. of a cast bronze medal by N. Spinelli, 83mm (Hill 926) [2]. Very fine; with loops for suspension £60-£80
ITALY, John VIII Palaeologus, c. 1438, later half-casts of the medal by A. Pisanello, bust right wearing tall hat with pointed brim, rev. Emperor riding right and acknowledging a highway cross, mounted page behind, 101mm (Hill, Corpus, 19; Kress 1; BDM IV, 568) [2]. Very fine £60-£80
ITALY, Ludovico III de Gonzaga, c. 1448, a uniface cast bronze medal by A. Pisanello, 96mm (Hill, Corpus, 36; Kress 15); Alfonso V d’Aragon, 1449, a uniface cast bronze medal by A. Pisanello, 105mm (Hill, Corpus, 41; Kress 19) [2]. Late casts, very fine; with loops for suspension £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
NETHERLANDS, Lucas Munnich, Abbot of St Bavon, Ghent, 1559, a later uniface cliché; together with other similar clichés of 16th century medals (8), including Cesare Gonzaga, Ottavio Farnese, Margaret of Austria, etc [9]. Varied state £40-£50
NETHERLANDS, Opening of the Franco-Dutch War, 1673, a copper jeton, Charles II of Spain right, rev. forepaw of lion holding crown and sceptre, 30mm (v L III, 120). Two small digs on reverse, otherwise extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £35
RUSSIA, State Council Centenary, 1901, a silver medal by A. Vasyutinsky, conjoined heads of Nicholas II and Alexandra left, rev. female figure seated facing, holding tablet, 64mm (Diakov 1328.1). Good very fine, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £420
SAUDI ARABIA, Death of Faisal b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, 1975, a set of four silver medals, bust facing three-quarters left, rev. palm tree and crossed swords within wreath, 38mm, 31mm, 24mm, 20mm [4]. As struck, attractively toned; in case of issue £100-£150
USA, Benjamin Franklin, 1777, a uniface terracotta plaque by J-B. Nini, b franklin americain, bust left wearing fur hat, 113mm (Greenslet GM-5; cf. Betts 548). Very fine, rare; holed on edge for suspension £300-£400
USA, Capture of the British Frigate H.M.S. Serapis by the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head, England, 1779, a copper medal for the 'Comitia Americana' series by A. Dupré, bust of John Paul Jones right in naval uniform, joanni pavlo jones classis praefecto, comitia americana below, rev. hostivm navibvs captis avt fvgatis, naval action in progress, crew of U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard boarding H.M.S. Serapis behind, date of the action in exergue, 56mm (Julian NA-1; Betts 568; BHM 222;...
Hammer Price: £3,200
USA, Capture of the British Frigate H.M.S. Serapis by the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head, England, 1779, a restrike copper medal for the 'Comitia Americana' series by A. Dupré, similar, 56mm (Julian NA-1; Betts 568; BHM 222; MH 580; Ford XIV, 203), Extremely fine and very rare [slabbed PCGS SP 63] £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
VIETNAM, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a bronze medal, unsigned, Oriental female standing by smoking oven, rev. dragon, tonkin, 59mm (CGMP p.405). Very fine, rare £200-£260
£200–£260
Miscellaneous World medals, in silver (16), base metal (6) [22]. Varied state; mostly cased £300-£400
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