Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Belgium, Antoine Depage, 1915, a uniface bronze plaque by E.-J. de Bremæcker, bust left, 63 x 45mm; Croix Rouge de Belge, 1916, a bronze award medal by G. Devreese, St Christopher struggles with youthful Christ on his shoulders, rev. enamelled shield, un-named, 70mm (cf. BDW 18, 683); Fédération Médicale Belge, c.1920, a bronze award medal by J. Dupon, youths representing two cultures, rev. tablet, named (Au Docteur P. de Launay du Mans, 1922), 60mm; Jules Bordet, 1921, a bronze plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson, bust right, rev. diaphanous figures of Science and Medicine, 72 x 53mm; France, Hôpital Auxiliare 117, Lycée Janson, Sailly, 1919, a bronze award plaque by A. Biaggi, bust of nurse left, façade of building behind, rev. patient undergoing surgery in operating theatre, faded name of recipient in ink below, 71 x 51mm; Germany, Death of Rudolf Virchow, 1902, a plated bronze plaque by Mayer & Wilhelm, bust right, rev. tablet encircled by wreaths, 60 x 40mm; other medals (2) [8]. Mostly very fine (£60-80)

Antoine Depage, husband of Marie Depage, the nurse who perished in the Lusitania disaster, 1915; Jules Bordet (1870-1961), winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1919; Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)