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CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Štátna melioračná správa, Bratislava [State Amelioration Administration], 1990, a silver medal by M. Polonsky, five naked females bathing in the perimeter of a large fountain, rev. a drop of water supporting the life of flora and fauna, 80mm, 202.49g (Rauch e30, 739). Matt surfaces, extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £95
BELGIAN CONGO, Cinquantenaire de la Banque du Congo [50th Anniversary of the Banque du Congo], 1959, a bronze medal by P. de Greef Jr, elephant left, rev. buildings at Matadi and Léopoldville, 70mm, 160.94g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 258; Vancraenbroeck 142; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.12, 21; cf. Künker e77, 2031; cf. DNW 140, 1044). Very fine £40-£50
GERMANY, Internationale Metallaustellung, Nuremberg [International Metal Exhibition], 1885, a bronze medal by H. Ströbel for Lauer, Nuremberg cityscape, arms above, rev. Peter Vischer in working attire, standing under a Renaissance arch, flanked by busts of Jamnitzer and Cellini in medallions, 50mm, 70.85g (Erlanger 164; BDM V, 701; cf. Wurzb. 6882; cf. Emporium Hamburg 100, 1920; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 198, 4369). Extremely fine, attractive reflective patina £50-£70
ENGLAND, In the Beginning I, 2000, a large uniface cast bronze maquette by Janet MacLeod, abstract impression of a female figure standing facing, a dog on its hind legs at her left, birds in a cloudy sky to left and right, engraved 3/12, 205mm, 1,018.22g. Extremely fine, the background with green patina, a substantial work, rare; hook on the back for suspension £100-£150
AUSTRIA, Jahresprämie des Künstlerbundes österreichischer Medailleure auf das 100jährige Walzerjubiläum [Artists’ Association of Austrian Medallists on the Centenary of the Waltz], 1929, a uniface cast bronze medal by W. Bormann, naked couple performing a waltz, violin and bow in background, 95mm, 159.40g (Niggl 1939; cf. WAG 77, 2667). Very fine £40-£50
NORWAY, Norge 1976, a bronze medal by F. Truedsson for A. Nyborg [Kultateollisuus Finland] as part of the Nordisk Kunstmedalje Serie [Nordic Art Medal series], fishes, rev. oil pipelines, edge impressed kultateollisuus finland udgivet af anders nyborg a/s nordiskkunstmedalje serie den 1/976 nr. 2173/5000, 70mm, 297.00g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.119, 11). Extremely fine; in white case of issue by Anders Nyborg A/S £10-£20
PORTUGAL, Rouge et Noir, 2002, a coloured plexiglass and stainless steel sculptural triptych in the shape of playing cards by J.M. da S. Teixeira, the Ace of Hearts, Two of Diamonds and Six of Clubs, each set in a coloured acrylic base with imprinted legend 2/5, each 100 x 71mm, total wt. 494.58g [3]. As new, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
GERMANY, Für sportliche betätigung, GeSoLei-Düsseldorf [Physical Activity Trade Fair, Düsseldorf], 1926, a uniface cast bronze award plaque by A.W. Goebel, standing figures of male athlete with spear and female athlete with discus, trade fair buildings in background, back engraved (I Sieg, III. Internat. Laufen 27.6.26, Rund um Dusseldorf R.V. 04), 163 x 103mm, 634.33g (cf. Möller 64, 293). Extremely fine; in original black case of issue [one hinge partly detached] £50-£70
AUSTRIA, Nur ein Geiger [Just a Violinist], 1909, a uniface bronze plaque by C. Philipp for the Wiener Gesellschaft von Freunden der Kleinplastik, male violinist seated to right, archway in background, back with issuer’s name and impressed 43, foundry mark on edge, 75 x 70mm, 153.18g (cf. Antium Aurum VII, 567; cf. Rauch e22, 4182). Extremely fine £40-£50
ITALY, Arco in piazza del Popolo in onore del Pius IX, Rome [The Arch in Piazza del Popolo in honour of Pius IX], 1846, a copper medal by N. Cerbara, bust of Pius IX left in skull cap, rev. elevation of a triumphal arch, on top of which the Pope stands between figures of Justitia and Abundantia, 62mm, 120.47g (Bartolotti I-34; Spink 2238; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 103, 6896). Very fine £40-£60
NEW ZEALAND, Pao Pao, c. 2000, a cast bronze and partially gilt medal by F.A. Feu’u, representation of a small fishing boat with a sail, rev. an open paw paw fruit, 102mm, 373.77g. Extremely fine, rare £60-£80
AUSTRIA, VIII Internationale Physiologen Kongress, Vienna [The 8th International Physiology Congress], 1910, a square bronze plaque by P. Breithut, bust of Ernst von Brücke right, rev. naked male figure taking leave of a bird flying into the sun, 66mm, 160.65g (Hauser 4686; Storer 503a; Wurzb. 985; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.5, 3; cf. DNW 137, 518). Extremely fine £80-£100
ENGLAND, Past and Present, 2001, two magnetic bronze and steel medals by R. Wood [the artist] for the British Art Medal Society, the work incorporating a set of 21 cut-out steel parts in a variety of geometric and floral forms, one side of each of the medals bearing an English translation of a quotation from Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu, medals each 78mm, total wt. 347.59g (Attwood 156; The Medal 39, pp.120-1) [23]. About extremely fine and complete £70-£90
ENGLAND, James Boswell, 2002, a bronze medal by R.W.F. Searle for Thomas Fattorini on behalf of the British Art Medal Society, bust three-quarters left, holding a quill pen in his right hand, rev. Boswell, holding a notebook, pursuing the standing figure of Samuel Johnson in a greatcoat, holding a staff in his right hand, 75mm, 210.19g (The Medal 41, p.115; E 2207a). Virtually as struck, attractive dark patina £80-£100
FRANCE, Les Victoires de 1807 [The Victories of 1807], a copper medal by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley for D.V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned to right, being crowned by Victory, radiant n in exergue, 40mm, 40.95g (Bramsen 674; BDM III, 54, recté 1807; Slg. Julius 1816; cf. Künker e63, 596; cf. Noonans 256, 342). Extremely fine £80-£100
FRANCE, Napoléon, 1810, a uniface copper medal by T. Mercandetti, laureate bust left, 65mm, 60.98g (Bramsen 977 bis; cf. BDM IV, 32; cf. Gadoury e39, 435). Extremely fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE, Claude Monet, 1965 [struck 1967], a cast bronze medal by E. Rousseau for the Club français de la Médaille, bust left in hat, rev. water lilies, edge impressed 1967 br no. 32/200 and cornucopia, 132mm, 953.16g (CGMP p.1627; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 752; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.48, 353; cf. MPO 66, 9701). Extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Death of Paul Brouardel, 1906, a uniface bronze plaque by J.-M. Camus, central bust left, figures of Truth, Justice and Science around, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 90 x 75mm, 217.17g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 26; Storer –; Brettauer –; cf. DNW 57, 1326). Very fine £50-£70
GERMANY, Deutsche Kampfspiele, Garmisch-Partenkirchen [German Fighting Games], 1922, a cast bronze award medal by W. Schmarje, naked male athlete standing facing, head turned to right, holding a German standard, rev. wreath, engraved (Dem Zweiten der Rodelmeisterschaft) [Second Place in the Toboggan Championship], 68mm, 104.99g (cf. Feldman, June 2016, 30256; cf. Rauch 73, 1189). Very fine £100-£150
FRANCE, Paix d’Amiens [Treaty of Amiens], 1802, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, laureate bust of Napoléon left, rev. Napoléon standing naked in imitation of Mars, holding a statue of Victory and offering an olive-branch to a semi-naked female representing England who rests her back against a lion, 50mm, 63.82g (Bramsen 195; CGMP p.35; BDM I, 644; Pax 719; Slg. Julius 1053; cf. BSJ 1, 188). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100
BELGIUM, Sainte Gudule, 1931, a bronze medal by J. Jourdain for Fisch on behalf of Les Amis de la médaille d’art, robed female bust right, lantern behind, rev. Gudule at prayer in front of the body of Christ, winged figure behind spearing a manticore on the ground, edge impressed fisch & cie, 70mm, 119.38g (cf. Möller 78, 1302). Extremely fine £30-£40
ITALY, Pietro Rossi, 1716, a cast bronze medal by B.G. Vaggelli, bust right with zucchetto and mantellina, rev. Prudentia, robed, standing left, right hand raised to the sky, left hand holds a serpent, stag couchant at left, 85mm, 148.65g (V & T 359; cf. Sincona 73, 1458; cf. Baldwin 64, 467). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £90-£120
POLAND, Arena, 1979, a uniface cast iron medal by S. Sikora, horse and rider prancing right in an arena, spherical object under its front hooves, 11 figures stood at right playing musical instruments, lamps descending from roof of auditorium and audience in background, 3 in rectangle at left, 152mm, 592.53g (Kozamanis-Schauenburg, Die Bildnismedaille, pp.107, 109). Very fine and much as made, probably very rare; title of medal inked on the back £80-£100
FRANCE, Société des Sciences Morales des Lettres et des Arts de Seine-et-Oise, c. 1885, a bronze medal by A. Dubois after Kimon of Syracuse, head of Persephone left, hair bound in reeds, four dolphins around, rev. legend, olive branches behind, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 37mm, 25.26g (cf. CNG e491, 750). Extremely fine £50-£70
NETHERLANDS, Women’s Island, 1995, a cast bronze three-dimensional medal by G. Hellegers, abstract design both sides, 97 x 80 x 37mm, 253.06g (The Medal 29, p.138). Extremely fine, as made £60-£80
FRANCE, Moto-Club de Nice, Paris-Nice 1924, a uniface plated Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J.S. Drago, racing motor cyclist riding right, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark of Nicolas Bourgeois, 70 x 50mm, 93.97g. Extremely fine; in maroon case of issue by Drago, Graveur, 39 R. Gioffredo, Nice £50-£70
ENGLAND, Death of Horace Seymour, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, bust left, rev. crest, a phoenix, legend around and below, 29mm, 10.72g (BHM 3874; BDM VII, 217; E 1866; cf. DNW 50, 1336). Very fine, rare £30-£40
FRANCE, Aviation, 1912, a bronze award medal by Françoise Montagny, eagle and figure of Genius above early Blériot monoplane, rev. eagle’s wings above tablet and globe, un-named, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 66.26g (PBE 605, recté Françoise; CGMP p.264; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 98; cf. DNW 199, 1153). Extremely fine £50-£70
CANADA, Joyous Motion, 2004, a uniface cast bronze medal by G. Maas, dancing figures representing recreational activities, celebrating the joy of sport witnessed in the Olympic Games, back engraved G Maas © 22/24, 140 x 105mm, 616.95g. Extremely fine £60-£80
ENGLAND, Domus, Domus, 2012, a fabricated bronze and stainless steel medal by J. Duarte [Indugrave] for the British Art Medal Society, raised house, rev. stairway to a fenced-off area, 80mm, 390.86g (The Medal 60, p.69). Mint state; in black box of issue £60-£80
ENGLAND, John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury supporting Pandora flying left, edge impressed art-union of london 1854, 56mm, 76.33g (Beaulah 6; BHM 2530; BDM VI, 423; E 1479). About extremely fine £100-£150
GERMANY, Olympic Games, Munich, 1972, a cast bronze wall plaque by F. Aeberhard, five stylized athletes hailing the Olympic flame, Olympic rings below, 325 x 253mm, 4,210g (GV –; cf. Auktionshaus Rheine 131, 17). Small edge cut at lower right, otherwise extremely fine, as made and a very substantial work; with integral hooks on the back for suspension £200-£260
ALGERIA, Aggrandissement de la cathédrale Saint-Philippe à Alger [Expansion of Saint-Philippe Cathedral], 1853, a copper medal by E.-A. Oudiné, front elevation of the cathedral flanked by a palm-tree and a crucifix, rev. legend in 15 lines, further legend around, edge impressed cuivre and hand, 68mm, 159.18g (Ruedas 57; Page-Divo 161; Escande 211; CGMP p.198; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1325; cf. DW 24, 20). Extremely fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £120
FRANCE, Virginie Dupuis, 1877, a plated copper cliché by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, bust left, partly veiled, edge doubly impressed cuivre and cornucopia, 45mm, 22.48g (PBE 294; Marx p.56; Coll. R. Marx 312; BDM I, 661). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £100-£150
ENGLAND, Round in Circles – Millennium Medal, 1999, a cast light bronze medal by P. Ryan [Niagara Falls Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, human fingerprint, rev. solar system with the planets arranged as at midnight on 31 December 1999, 90mm, 293.65g (Attwood 148; The Medal 36, p.124). Extremely fine, as made; with original card holder certifying that this is medal No.26 of the issue, signed by the artist £80-£100
ENGLAND, A Book of Leaves, 1991, a cast bronze medal by R. Kesseler for the British Art Medal Society, two leaves sandwiching a book with gilt edges, 78 x 70mm, 182.75g (Attwood 76; The Medal 19, pp.116-17). Extremely fine, green patina £40-£50
ENGLAND, Calendar Medal, 1754, a brass medal by J. Powell, day table, rev. lunar cycles, 41mm, 13.88g (Ackermann, The Medal 45, p.23; Hawkins p.90). Extremely fine £90-120
FRANCE, Henri Matisse, 1986, a cast bronze medal by Avril Vaughan, intaglio bust almost facing, rev. abstract figure, 93mm, 434.55g. Extremely fine, rare £80-£100
FRANCE, Mère et Enfant, 1934, an Art Déco bronze medal by J.-A. Briquemont, mother embraces child, rev. plain, edge impressed bronze and cornuocopia, 50mm, 60.25g (CGMP p.68; cf. Höhn 74, 442; cf. DW 18, 569). Very fine, a charming study £40-£60
ENGLAND, Football World Cup, 1966, a silver medal by G. Colley for Global Medal Ltd, the Jules Rimet trophy, rev. two footballers, a large football behind them, names and dates of previous World Cup competitions around, 51mm, 77.09g (E 2112A; cf. London Coins 178, 609). Brilliant and virtually as struck, richly toned, scarce £40-£60
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