Auction Catalogue

6 July 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Token, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 1481

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6 July 2005

Hammer Price:
£50

France, Union des Societies de Tir de France, 1894, a bronze medal by H. Dubois and C. Marey, winged figure carrying naked man, HONNEUR PATRIE, rev. tablet on wreath, named (L’Avant-Garde de la Puisaye), 58mm (BDM I, 635; cf. DNW 64, 1345); Monument à la Mémoire des Enfants de Lyon Morts pour la Patrie, 1898, a bronze medal by A. Rivet, lion on rock, rev. soldiers as depicted on the monument, 57mm (BDM V, 136; cf. DNW 44, 873); Concours International de Musique, Paris, 1912, a silver award plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, standing female in foreground, violinists, trumpet-players and singers in background, rev. view of a building, naked female with two naked boys below, un-named, 75 x 54mm (PBE 539; cf. DNW 54, 865); Union Fédérative des Sociétés d’Education Physique et de Préparation Militaire, c. 1935, a bronze medal by J. Vernon for Arthus-Bertrand, bust of Adolphe Chéron right, rev. Victory over warriors, 63mm [4]. Very fine and better (£50-60)