Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

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

Lot

№ 1607

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£75

40th Anniversary of the Accession of Franz Joseph I, 1888, a silver medal by F. Leisek, bust right, rev. legend under radiant crown, 43mm (BDM III, 382; Wurz. –); Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, 1914, an iron medal by A.R. Weinberger, facing bust, rev. prone naked male encircled by open-mouthed serpent, 50mm (Frankenhuis 287; BDM VIII, 266); Franz Joseph I, 1914, a bronze medal by R. Neuberger, bust right, rev. standing winged Victory above three soldiers lying prone with weapons, 50mm (Frankenhuis 294; BDM VII, 92); Wetlinatal, 1915, a bronze medal by O. Thiede [struck 1916], bust of Hermann Sallager right, rev. country landscape, 64mm (Frankenhuis 305; BDM VIII, 235); Death of Franz Joseph I, 1916, a bronze medal by A. Hartig, bust left, rev. view of the palace at Schönbrunn, mourning female in foreground, 65mm (Frankenhuis 359; BDM VII, 421; cf. DNW 31, 750); Weltkrieg [World War], 1916, an iron medal by Mayer & Wilhelm, bust of Karl I left in military dress, rev. conjoined shields of Austria and Hungary, 54mm (Frankenhuis 376; BDM VIII, 40) [6]. First about extremely fine but bright from cleaning, others generally very fine, the second rare (£70-100)