Coins and Historical Medals

Visit of Queen Victoria to France, 1843, copper, by Montagny, 26mm; Opening of the Paris-Rouen Railway, 1843, copper, by Borrel, 27mm; Casimir Delavigne, 1843, plated brass, unsigned, 26mm; Marriage of the Prince of Joinville and Francisca of Brazil, 1843, brass, unsigned, 26mm; Marquis de la Rochejaquelein, 1844, copper, by Borrel, 26mm; Molière Fountain, 1844, plated brass, unsigned, 26mm; Death of the Marquis of Dreux-Brézé, 1845, copper, unsigned, 27mm; Column of the Goddess, Lille, 1845, copper, by Lecompte, 27mm; Family of the Duke of Orléans, undated, copper, by Borrel, 27mm; Surrender of Abd-el-Kader, 1847, brass, unsigned, 24mm; General Hoche, 1856, silver, by Petit, 24mm; Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 1852, bronze, unsigned, 23mm; Visit of Napoleon III to London, 1855, brass (?), unsigned, 22mm; France and Napoleon, undated, copper, by Montagny, 27mm; Reims Cathedral, undated, silvered brass, by Garnier, 24mm; Freemasonry, undated, copper, unsigned, 29mm; together with silver medalets (2), one German and one British, and a gilt-bronze wreath, 47mm [19]. Varied state £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of French Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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