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General Martial Valin, 50th Anniversary of Service to his Country, 1967, a bronze medal by A. de Jaeger, bust left in cap, rev. eagle and stars within wreath, 81mm (cf. BDW 10, 484). A superb high relief medal, extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
£40–£60
Alphonse Juin, 1975, a silver medal by R. Corbin, bust half-left in cap, rev. map of Italy and North Africa, arms of the Corps Expéditionnaire below, 81mm (CGMP p.442). Extremely fine and very rare (£60-80)
£60–£80
Baptism of the King of Rome, 1811, a large silver medal by B. Andrieu, laureate bust of Napoleon left, rev. Emperor holds his infant son above the baptismal font, 115mm (CGMP p.78; BDM I, 54). Light graze in field and rubbing on highest point of truncation, otherwise good very fine, the obverse dark-toned, very rare (£400-500)
£400–£500
Scotland, University of Glasgow, Department of Engineering, Burnet Medal, 1902, plated clichés of the medal by Sir G. Frampton, moustachioed bust of Lindsay Burnet right, rev. seated female with implements of engineering, 63mm (BDM VII, 317; Brodie –); Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Coronation, 1902, plated clichés of the medal by Sir G. Frampton, conjoined busts left, rev. imperial crown surmounted by lion between trees bearing lion rampant and harp, 51mm (BHM 3767; E 1872) [2]. About...
Hammer Price: £10
BELGIUM, Société [Hollandaise-Belge de] les Amis de la Médaille d’Art, 1901, a bronze membership plaquette by G. Devreese, man seated left in front of a cabinet of medals, rev. legend, un-named, 29 x 24mm (BDM I, 576; cf. DNW 28, 902). About very fine; with loop for suspension (£10-15)
Numismatic Society of London, 1887, a bronze medal by Lydia Gay for J. Pinches, bust of Sir John Evans right, rev. legends in and around wreath, 58mm (BHM 3344; E 1729; MJP p.170); Charles Roach Smith, 1890, a bronze medal by J.H. Pinches, bust left, rev. legend, 58mm (BHM 3396; E 1757) [2]. First very fine, second about extremely fine (£20-30)
60th Anniversary of the Urban District Councils Association, 1955, an openwork silver-gilt and enamel Chairman’s badge by Toye & Spencer, Flora standing, back named (Mr L.E. Smith, Chairman of the Executive Council, 1968-69), 72 x 37mm. Virtually as struck, with loop and brooch fixing; in maroon fitted case of issue (£25-35)
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Merriman Memorial Medal, a bronze award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, edge named (Alexander Oliver Rankine, 1898, Aged 16 Years & 7 Months), 70mm (cf. DNW 66, 1088). About extremely fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £15
Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale (Established 1801), a silver award medal after P.-J. Tiolier, female standing with implements of industry, rev. legend around wreath, named (F. Anglade, Instruments de Précision, 1940), 51mm (cf. BDM VI, 105). Good very fine (£20-30)
Na Pamiatke Walk Legionstów pod Michalowem, [In Memory of the Fight of the Legionnaires near Michalowem], 1916, a uniface silver medal by S. Lewandowski, knight holding torch, guiding female to right, 40mm (Strzalkowski 319). Very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
Army Athletic Association, a bronze award medal, unsigned, seated figure of Mercury attaching wings to his feet, rev. wreath, engraved (Army Championships, 1931, 100 Yards, Third), 53mm; Rokeby Athletic Sports, a silver award medal, unsigned, naked discus thrower, rev. engraved (High Jump, Open, 1st, 1936), 32mm [2]. Extremely fine; in fitted cases of issue by F. Phillips and A. Bolt & Co, Wimbledon, respectively (£20-30)
Beaumont Lodge, Old Windsor, a silver award medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the Lodge, rev. Virgin in central panel, flanked by winged cherubs, 56mm (Taylor 55a); Bicentenary of the Birth of Joseph Fry, 1928, a silver medal by H. Youngman, bust left in hat, rev. cocoa plant on globe, 51mm (BHM 4221; E 2013; cf. DNW 61, 1282) [2]. First with some scuffs and surface knocks, very fine, second extremely fine (£30-40)
Westminster Technical Institute, the Burdett-Coutts Medal, c. 1895, a bronze award by O. Hale for Restall, bust of Baroness Burdett-Coutts left, rev. crowned arms and supporters, cartouche below, named (Presented to Robert Porteous for Geometry), 77mm (cf. DNW 47, 987). Scuffs in obverse field and two reverse edge knocks, about extremely fine; in fitted case of issue (£30-40)
Société Philomatique de Bordeaux, XIIIe Exposition, 1895, a plated bronze Art Nouveau Diplome d’Honneur plaque by S. Kulle for Massonnet, wreath both sides, un-named, 56 x 48mm. About very fine, rare (£30-40)
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal for St Saviour’s Church, Pimlico, unsigned, diademed bust left, rev. view of the church, 78mm (BHM 3582); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (4) [5]. Mostly very fine (£30-40)
Le Beurre, c. 1910, a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, woman churning butter in foreground, another female working at table behind, rev. butter-churn, butter-dish and knife above tablet, 56 x 40mm (PBE 558; BDM –; cf. DNW 52, 666). Very fine and lightly patinated, rare (£30-50)
Waterloo Medal, a pair of bronze cliches of Pistrucci’s original by J. Pinches, c. 1966, mounted on a frame with plaque numbered 1279, 63mm (cf. BHM 870; cf. E 1067). About extremely fine (£20-30)
Royal Opera House, Long Service award, in silver, façade of the Opera House, rev. royal arms and supporters, named (Richard Watson), 57mm. Virtually as struck (£30-40)
Quincentenary of the College of Arms, 1984, a silver medal by N. Mainwaring for the Royal Mint, three-quarter bust of Richard III right within cusp border, rev. armorial bearings, 63mm; together with miscellaneous modern Portuguese medals (4) [5]. Mint state; all in cases of issue (£30-40)
Craft: Past Masters Jewels (3), in silver-gilt, all hallmarked [3]. Very fine and better (£15-25)
Le Parisien, 1944, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, standing robed female holding pen and telephone, radio waves, globe and Eiffel Tower behind, rev. Arc de Triomphe in shield, named (Pierre Paraf, 1954), 71mm (cf. DNW 66, 1429). Very fine, scarce (£30-40)
Sedecimviri of the Outer State of Berne, 1737, a silver medal, unsigned, ape in shield admiring his visage in a looking-glass, rev. ships on the lake, 33mm. Good fine, toned (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £25
George III, Accession, 1760, a copper medal by T. Pingo, similar, 41mm (Eimer 17; BHM 3; E 683). Very fine (£40-60)
Die Weisse Schmach [The Watch at the Ruhr], 1923, struck bronze, helmeted head left, rev. citizen in the act of being strangled by a French soldier, 36mm (K 299). Extremely fine (£30-40)
Société Internationale Forestière et Minière du Congo, 1956, a bronze medal by G.-A. Brunet, four Congolese workers engaged in mining and foresting, scenes divided by arms of Katanga cross, rev. two mothers and their children beneath a palm tree, 86mm (Lippens/van Keymeulen 150; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.8, 2; cf. DNW 49, 849). Good very fine (£25-35)
République Française, 1897, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis and H. Dubois adapted for the Association Philotechnique de Neuilly [-sur-Seine], bust of Marianne right, rev. legend in wreath, named (Prix du Département de la Seine à Mr A. Rayé, Président, 1919), 50mm. About extremely fine, toned; in green case (£30-40)
Honoré Daumet, 1909, a plated cast plaque by D.P. Puech, bust right, 99 x 79mm (BDM VIII, 147). About very fine, very rare; with attachment for mounting on the back (£30-40)
Concours International de Musique, Paris, 1912, a bronze award medal 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, named (Laurent Luigini, Membre du Jury), 75 x 54mm (PBE 539). Obverse very fine, reverse better (£40-60)
Arts et Sciences, c. 1980, a uniface light bronze medal by R. Delamarre, allegorical figures of Art and Industry around a male head bearing a shield impaled with a serpent, back named (Congrès C.J.D., Ile de France, 10-11 Juin 1983, Corbeil), 80mm. Extremely fine; with integral loop and original blue riband for wearing round the neck (£30-50)
Allied Armies Enter Paris, 1815, a silver medal by D.F. Loos, busts of Wellington and Blücher vis-à-vis, rev. legend, 36mm (Eimer 78; BDM III, 462). Fine (£30-40)
Death of Otto von Weddigen, 1915, a bronze medal by B.H. Mayer, bust three-quarters left in cap, rev. merchantman torpedoed by a submarine, crew in lifeboat in centre, 60mm (Frankenhuis 741); Sieg am Skagerrak [Battle of Jutland], 1916, a cast iron medal by F. Hornlein, two mermaids as Furies, armed and advancing in stormy waters, German eagle above, rev. legend in two lines, thick wreath border, 77mm (Frankenhuis –; cf. DNW 33, 338) [2]. Fine to very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, rev. RÉDUCTION ET FRAPPE DE MÉDAILLES, reduced vignettes of the obverse design, 60 x 52mm, edge stamped 30 (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. DNW 64, 1346). Stained, otherwise very fine (£30-40)
Siena University, 1940, a bronze medal by V. Consorti, seated figure on throne, rev. wolf and twins, 95mm. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Bicentenary of the Death of the Marquis de Pombal, 1982, a bronze medal by G. Antunes, bust facing, rev. boats at palace steps, 95mm; together with other miscellaneous modern bronze medals (6) [7]. As struck; in cases or sets as issued (£30-40)
Copper portrait medals (9), of Alexander Alyabyev, Vasily Bazhenov, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pierre de Beranger, Alexei Bogoliubov, Charles de Coster, Lukas Cranach, Pierre Curie and Honoré Daumier [9]. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Copper portrait medals (9), of Gustav Flober, Giorgione, Vincent van Gogh, Vasily Golovnin, Henrik Ibsen, Emmerich Kalman, Alexei Korzuchin, Adam Mickiewicz and John Milton [9]. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Copper portrait medals (9), of Miklukha Maklay, Jean-Baptiste Molière, Nicolo Paganini, Francesco Petrarca, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Edgar Alan Poe, Alexander Pushkin, Sanzio Raffaello and Auguste Rodin [9]. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Copper portrait medals (9), of Ivan-Petrovich Pavlov, Franz Schubert, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Shiskin, Fedot Shubin, Vasily Surikov, Leon Tolstoy, Pavel Tretyakov and Leonardo da Vinci [9]. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Miscellaneous copper portrait medals (12), different subjects [12]. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Battle of Camperdown, 1797, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust of Admiral Sir Richard Onslow three-quarters left, rev. scene of the engagement, 47mm (BHM 427; E 885; MH 472). Some surface marks, otherwise very fine (£40-50)
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