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Treaty of Bucharest, 1913, a bronze medal by C. Alessandrescu, busts of the kings of Romania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece in medallions, rev. Peace trampling cannon and trophies, names of signatories around, 90mm (BDM –; cf. DNW 49, 1031). A handsome medal, extremely fine; in original maroon fitted case of issue with the Romanian royal coat of arms gilt-embossed on the lid (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Rumäniens Kriegseintritt [Romania Enters the War], 1916, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, President Bratianu kneeling, balancing his crown and sword, rev. scales with documents and a bag of gold, dice below, 58mm (K 181; Frankenhuis 1449). Good very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £35
Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie, St Petersburg, 1874, a gilt medal by W.J. Taylor, busts in medallions, rev. conjoined shields, 38mm (BHM 2977); Romania, Marriage of Prince Ferdinand and Princess Marie of Great Britain, 1893, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, conjoined busts left, rev. Cupid crowning the shields of Romania and Great Britain, torch at right, 50mm (BHM 3453; E 1779; BDM V, 368; cf. DNW 45, 679); Yugoslavia, Assassination of Alexander I, 1934, a bronze...
Hammer Price: £100
The Franco-Russian Alliance, 1897, medals by Mayer & Wilhelm (3), in silver (2, different sizes), and bronze, Russian cossack and robed French female vis-à-vis, revs. winged putto on globe, 50 and 33mm (BDM III, 644) [3]. Smaller silver medal extremely fine and toned, others about very fine and better (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £40
Joseph Stalin, c. 1940, a large uniface cast bronze maquette, unsigned, bust half-right in cap, 168mm. Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £110
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)
Hammer Price: £30
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)
Natal Poultry Club, Durban Show, 1888, a bronze award medal, dog trotting right, rev. named (T. McCubbin), 38mm; South African & International Exhibition, Kimberley, 1892, a gilt-bronze medal by the Mint, Birmingham, gardener standing facing with tools, rev. olive and palm branches, named (Awarded to The Copal Varnish Co Ltd for excellence of Varnish Exhibits), 45mm; Witwatersrand Landbouw Genootschap, Johannesburg, a bronze award medal, named (C. North & Son, Roller, 1897), 44mm; Pretoria...
Hammer Price: £120
Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Horticulture & Colonial Industries, a silver award medal, unsigned, standing female with implements of agriculture and industry, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to P. & P. Rabie for O.F. White Tails, 1888), 38mm; Durban & Coast Society of Agriculture & Industry, a silver award medal, unsigned, Royal arms and supporters above two running wildebeeste, rev. wreath, named (Webb Mineral Water Co, 1st Prize, Cordials & Syrups, 1907), 41mm (cf. DNW 47, 1033);...
Hammer Price: £80
Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, a bronze medal by J.P.M. Menger, bust of Paul Kruger left, rev. winged wheel within legend, 44mm (Moyaux 52; BDM IV, 26; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.107, 3; cf. Swan 405-6); together with other South African silver medals (2) [3]. First mint state, in original maroon card box, others in varied state, one with clip and ring for suspension (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £65
The Photographic News, silver award medals by Restall (3), seated female admiring a photographic plate held by a putto, rev. legend on tablet, one named (A.J. Taylor, Cape Town, 1898), all 38mm; South African Industrial and Arts Exhibition, Grahamstown, 1899, a silver award medal by Joseph & Sons, Port Elizabeth, façade of a building, rev. named (Awarded to A.J. Taylor, Photo Sec., Figure Studies), 49mm; Cape Town Photographic Society, award medals by J.A. Restall (4), arms over view of...
£100–£150
Defence of Mafeking, 1900, a silver medal, unsigned [by F. Bowcher], facing bust of Baden-Powell, rev. soldiers advancing to right, 45mm (BHM 3677; E 1843); National Commemorative Medal, 1900, a silver medal, unsigned [by F. Bowcher], soldier standing with cocked rifle, rev. legend, Union flag at left, 45mm (BHM 3680; E 1851) [2]. Fine and better, but both harshly cleaned and with rim knocks (£30-40)
Miscellaneous medals (13, two in silver), including several related to the Boer War [13]. Varied state (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
Balkan War, AH 1311 [1912], an iron plaque by G. Herrmann, bust of Enver Pascha left, rev. soldiers watching the Dardanelles, 70 x 44mm (cf. BDW 18, 465). About very fine, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £210
Ceylon, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, etc, miscellaneous base metal medals (18), by van Goor, Alberti, Dupont, etc [18]. Varied state; two in cases (£60-80)
[Anon], Catalogue Générale Illustré des Éditions de la Monnaie de Paris, IV, Parts I-III, de 1945 à nos jours, Paris, 1979, 2,105pp; Part IV, Mise à jour, 1979-1985, Paris, 1986, 819pp, all extensively illustrated in text [4]. Working copies; essential for French art medals (£60-80)
£60–£80
A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, London, Commemorative Medals, FPLs (9), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 (2), 1999 (2), 2000 (2); Timothy Millett Ltd, London, Historical Medals and Works of Art, FPL 2001 [10]. All very fine copies of these useful references (£30-40)
£30–£40
Brown, L., British Historical Medals 1837-1901, vol. II, London, 1987, xxiii + 516pp, illustrations in text, dj; Fearon, D., Spink’s Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558 to the present day, London, 1984, 192pp, illustrations in text, dj [2]. First as new (£60-80)
Kienast, G.W., The Medals of Karl Goetz, Cleveland, 1980, 284pp including plates. Publishers’ brown cloth (£30-40)
The Medal [Journal of the British Art Medal Society, London], Nos. 9, 11, 15, 17, 21-3, 24 (2), 25 (3), 26 (2), 27 (2), 28 (2), 29 (2), 30 (2), 31 (2), 32, 33, 34 (2), 35 (2), 36 (2), 37 (2), 40, 43, 44 (1986-Spring 2004); Index to Nos.11-20 [38]. A good run of this publication, but cover of No.17 torn (£90-120)
£90–£120
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