Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1641

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£70

Zum Beginn des ‘U’-Bootkrieges [The Start of Submarine Warfare], 1915, a bronze medal by A. Löwental, bust of von Tirpitz three-quarters left, rev. gott strafe england, Neptune blowing on conch-shell, cliffs of Dover at right, 48mm (Frankenhuis 1426; BDM VII, 560; cf. DNW 39, 550); Gross-Admiral von Tirpitz, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned [by L.C. Lauer], bust three-quarters left, 68 x 44mm (Frankenhuis 1059) [2]. About extremely fine and better (£70-90)