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Exposition Générale de l’Alimentation et d’Hygiène, Paris, 1919, a gilt-bronze medal by F. Rasumny, bust of Marianne left, rev. two figures standing in front of tree, 60mm; together with other miscellaneous medals and plaques (7, two in silver), by Ponscarme, Marin, Michaux, etc [8]. First about extremely fine and in maroon fitted case of issue, others generally about very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Craft: an early Past Masters Jewel, cast copper-gilt, bulbous form, hollow, centre surrounded with pastes, makers mark gk stamped on the back, 65 x 37mm. Very fine and unusual; with ornate floral suspender (£60-80)
André Chamson, 1952, a bronze medal by M. Courbier, bust left, rev. hog leaping left, 68mm (CGMP p.466); Jacques Chaban-Delmas, 1964, a bronze medal by L. Gibert, bust left, rev. aerial landscape, 68mm (CGMP p.792); Gaston Baty, 1965, a bronze medal by R. Collamarini, bust left, rev. flower in lozenge, 68mm (CGMP p.430); Beaune et la Bourgogne, 1968, a bronze medal by B. Bernstein, view of the Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune, rev. young Bacchus eating a bunch of grapes, 68mm (CGMP p.186); Le Recteur...
London, King’s College, Richard Jelf Medal, 1871, a large bronze award by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust of Jelf right, rev. arms of King’s College, London, named (Gual. Eust. Petr. Hogg, mdccclxxxix), 76mm (BHM 2920; E 1614; MJP p.89; cf. DNW 37, 1006); Cope and Nicol School of Painting, a bronze award medal by F. Bowcher, standing naked winged female crowning a seated naked youth inscribing an escutcheon, rev. school of painting etc. inscribed on ribbon, palm branch behind, edge named (Una...
Arrivée du Roi à Paris, 1789, a uniface lead medal by B. Andrieu, crowds in cityscape, No.2 on exergual line, 87mm (Julian 54; Hennin 62; cf. BDW 2, 301). Highly detailed workmanship, very fine (£40-60)
Armand Barbès, 1848, a bronze medal by Delarue and Houzelot, bust left, rev. Republican symbol and clasped hands, 32mm. Rim flaws and a light die crack on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
British Numismatic Society, the John Sanford Saltus Medal, a plated bronze award medal, unsigned [by F. Bowcher], Britannia standing with trident, rev. legend, named (J. Shirley-Fox, R.B.A.…1929), 44mm; Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland, the Frankland Medal, a bronze award by F. Bowcher, bust of Sir Edward Frankland right, rev. wreath, named (Frederick Bascombe, 1935), 63mm; together with other Society-related medals (6, one in silver and one cased) [8]. Second virtually...
Hammer Price: £50
London, King’s College, Todd Medal, 1863, a bronze award by J.S. Wyon, bust of Robert Bentley Todd left, rev. arms and supporters, edge named (Laurence Alfred Howard Snowball, 1950), 75mm (MJP p.89); International Medical Congress, London, 1881, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, crowned and veiled head of Victoria left, rev. three supplicant figures kneeling befor Æsculapius, departing figure of Death behind, edge named (Presented with the Thanks of the Executive Committee to Sydney...
Richard Phené Spiers, 1905, a bronze plaque by E. Lanteri, bearded bust right, rev. distant view of the Acropolis at Athens, 78 x 58mm (Attwood 14; BHM 3921; E 1884; MJP p. 126). About extremely fine, nicely patinated, rare; with a loop for suspension (£60-80)
Russland Hydra [The Russian Hydra], 1914, cast bronze, Russian bear represented as a triple-headed hydra, being attacked by a German eagle, rev. legend in 9 lines, 58mm (K 137; Frankenhuis 1423). Very fine (£50-70)
Brot-Friede mit der Ukraine [Peace Treaty with the Ukraine], 1918, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, bread-fruit tree, rev. eagle standing on wheatsheaf, 58mm (K 205; Frankenhuis 1478). Good very fine (£60-80)
Ambiederung im Vatikan [The Support of Pope Benedict XV], 1914, cast bronze, Pope seated right, rev. fishermen in boat, 58mm (K 157; Frankenhuis 1421). Good very fine, green patina (£70-90)
Amerikas Neutrales Handeln [American Neutrality], 1915, cast bronze, wreathed facing bust of President Woodrow Wilson, rev. bearded man seated with cannon and armour, holding a submarine, 58mm (K 149; Frankenhuis 1435). Very fine (£80-100)
Italiens Treubreuch [Italy’s Withdrawal from the Triple Alliance], 1915, cast bronze, two soldiers harrassing a third, rev. man on back of double-headed eagle, 58mm (K 158). Very fine (£60-80)
Bittgang am Balkan [Wooing of the Balkan Kings], 1915, cast iron, kneeling figures in supplication, rev. heads of Ferdinand of Romania, Constantin of Greece and Ferdinand of Bulgaria, English dolphin at left vomiting coins, fist at right, 58mm (K 164; Frankenhuis 1437). Good very fine (£60-80)
Nikolaijewitsch, Prometheus am Kaukasus [Grand Duke Nicholas Departs for the Caucasus], 1915, cast bronze, radiate head right, rev. two eagles harrying naked and shackled man, 58mm (K 168). About very fine, reverse better (£60-80)
Wilson, Deutsch-Amerikanischer Notenwechsel [The German Reply to America on Submarine Warfare], 1916, cast bronze, half-length figure of Woodrow Wilson in armour, rev. armoured hands holding scroll, 58mm (K 176; Frankenhuis 1445). Good very fine (£70-90)
Englischer Postraub [The Searching of the Mails on American Liners], 1916, cast bronze, half-length portrait of President Wilson, chimneys of armament factories behind, rev. English sailor disembarking from American steamer, holding two mail bags, 58mm (K 177; Frankenhuis 1459). Very fine (£70-90)
Rumäniens Kriegseintritt [Romania Enters the War], 1916, cast bronze, President Bratianu kneeling, balancing his crown and sword, rev. scales with documents and a bag of gold, dice below, 58mm (K 181; Frankenhuis 1449). Very fine (£60-80)
Friedensangebot der Mittelmächte [Refusal of the German Peace Overtures], 1916, cast bronze, gloved hands holding dove, rev. figures standing while dove of peace is put back in its cage, 58mm (K 187; Frankenhuis 1452). Very fine (£60-80)
Friedensformel des Deutschen Reichstags [Peace Offers of the Reichstag], 1917, cast bronze, Lloyd George and his allies in Parliament refusing to accept German resolutions, rev. half-length figure of Reichschancellor Michaelis standing before desk decorated with the arms of Lorraine, 58mm (K 192; Frankenhuis 1468). Very fine (£80-100)
Papstnote [Peace Offers of Pope Benedict XV], 1917, cast iron, Allies on sinking ship, rev. Papal accoutrements, 58mm (K 193; Frankenhuis 1469). Good very fine (£60-80)
Flandern [Flanders], 1917, cast iron, Belgic lion attempting to gain ground from a German soldier, rev. snail on kilometre stone in Flemish landscape, 58mm (K 197; Frankenhuis 1473). Very fine (£50-70)
Jubilee of Human Redemption, 1933, a silver medal by Silva, bust of Pius XI right, rev. Cross with rays behind, 35mm; John XXIII Appointed Pope, 1958, a silver medal by A. Mistruzzi, 30mm; Centenary of the Marian Pilgrimage to Lourdes, 1959, a silver medal by A. Mistruzzi, 44mm (Bart. 959); Canonisation of Gregory Barbarigo of Padua, 1960, a silver medal by P. Giampaoli, 44mm (Bart. 961); Mater et Magistra, 1961, a silver medal by P. Giampaoli, 44mm (Bart. 962); together with miscellaneous...
Brest-Litowsk, Waffesnstillstand [Armistice on the Eastern Front], 1917, cast bronze, William II and Leon Trotzky in open carriage, rev. arms stacked against pine-tree, 58mm (K 200; Frankenhuis 1470). Very fine (£70-90)
Wilsons Botschaft, Die 14 Punkte [America’s Peace Terms, the 14 Points], 1918, cast bronze, half-length figure of President Wilson holding tablet with 14 bullet points, rev. American eagle with scales and four supplementary points, 58mm (K 203; Frankenhuis 1479). Good very fine (£70-90)
Not-Friede mit Gross-Russland [Peace Treaty with Great Russia], 1918, cast bronze, pair of pliers and other instruments, rev. dove of peace offering olive branch to German eagle standing on helmet, 58mm (K 206; Frankenhuis 1480). Very fine (£60-80)
Wirtschafts-Friede mit Finnland [Peace with Finland], 1918, cast iron, caduceus and cornucopiæ, rev. German eagle on prow of boat, dove of Peace above, 58mm (K 207; Frankenhuis 1481). Extremely fine (£60-80)
Holländischer Schiffsraub [Shortage of Shipping Tonnage], 1918, cast iron, allegorical figures of America holding Dutch ships, rev. flotilla of ships, 58mm (K 210). Very fine (£60-80)
Dem Andeken der Heldenmutigen Verteidiger Mittelgaliziens…Przemysl [In Memory of the Heroic Defenders of Middle Galicia and the Capture of Przemysl], 1915, an iron medal by K. Perl [struck 1916], couple paying homage at a grave-side, rev. legend in 8 lines, 80mm (Strzalkowski –; Frankenhuis –; BDM –). A poignant image, good very fine and very rare (£50-70)
Entente-Weltrichter [The Judges of the World], 1918, cast bronze, President Wilson sat on sedan chair receiving judges, rev. German eagle on branch, pair of hands with chains at right, 58mm (K 211; Frankenhuis 1485). Very fine (£50-70)
Österreichs Verfall [Austria’s Decay], 1918, cast bronze, Emperor Charles in boat leaving Hohenzollern ship, rev. the collapse of the arms of the Austro-Hungarian empire, 58mm (K 212; Frankenhuis 1486). About very fine (£50-70)
Waffenstillstandsbedingung [The Conditions of Armistice], 1918, cast bronze, seated figures, one tying his shoe-laces, another smoking, rev. clenched fists raised in salute, 58mm (K 215; Frankenhuis 1489). Very fine (£60-80)
Mais Monsieur! [But Sir!], 1918, cast bronze, Frederick the Great reprimanding the Kaiser for losing his honour by deserting to Holland, windmill behind, rev. Kaiser’s uniform and helmet in field of tulips, animals below, gallows at right, 58mm (K 233). Very fine (£60-80)
O Alte Kaiserherrlichkeit [Oh Old Imperial Glory], 1918, cast bronze, Germans accepting the defeat of the French in the mirror ballroom at Versailles in 1871, rev. head of an ox with the features of the Kaiser, forlorn figures below, 58mm (K 239). Very fine (£60-80)
Des Bayernkönigs Leibgarde [The Desertion of the Bavarian King’s Personal Guard], 1918, cast bronze, three bodyguards fleeing approaching revolutionaries, rev. King and Queen leaving their castle, 58mm (K 266). Very fine (£60-80)
Wahl zur Deutschen Nationalversammlung [Election of the German National Assembly], 1919, cast bronze, figures including a robed female casting their vote, rev. hand crushing crown, pillar representing Hohenzollern Democracy crumbling behind, 58mm (K 217; Frankenhuis 1492). Very fine (£60-80)
Stadt und Land [Town and Country], 1919, citizens standing in line for food rations, rev. farmer seated, wife bringing food to the table, 58mm (K 219; Jones, Dance of Death, 46). About extremely fine (£60-80)
Die Stunde der Abrechnung in Versailles [The Hour of Reckoning in Versailles], 1919, cast bronze, Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau receiving peace terms from Clemenceau, rev. Chancellor Scheidemann denouncing the terms of the treaty to a massed crowd, 90mm (K 225). Very fine (£90-120)
Weltlauschen, Wilsons Ankunft in Europa [The World is Listening, Arrival of President Wilson in Europe], 1919, cast bronze, clouds around globe, rev. naked female on kneeling bullock welcoming the USS George Washington at quay-side, 58mm (K 226). Good very fine (£70-90)
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