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

№ 1680

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£85

Aux Armes, Citoyens!, 1915, a bronze medal by F.-P. Lasserre, Gallic cock standing by cannon, rev. Victory leading warriors, 50mm (Frankenhuis 131); 1916, a bronze plaque by H. Delaspre [after G. Scott, struck 1917], French and Romanian soldier clasping hands, flags behind, rev. named (À M. Paul Deschanel, Président de la Chambre des Députés, Président d’Honneur du Conseil Administration du Comité Assistance à la Croix-Rouge Roumaine), 80 x 58mm (Frankenhuis 153); Pour la France, 1918, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois, soldiers marching left, holding flags and banners, rev. names of the French colonies, 68mm; On Les A, 1919, a bronze plaque by E.A. Monier, soldier with rifle, rev. view of Strasbourg, 65 x 45mm (CGMP p.257; cf. DW 24, 443); La Paix du Monde, 1919 [struck 1920], a bronze medal by Marcelle Crocé-Lancelot, figure of La France holding standard, stood on globe, rev. Gallic cock standing in front of a view of the Palace of Versailles, 59mm (CGMP p.108; cf. DNW 37, 1265) [5]. About extremely fine (£70-90)