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Automobile-Sport, c.1922, bronze-gilt award medals by E. Fraisse (2), driver and riding mechanic in car, reverse sporting implements above tablet, one named (21 Juin 1923, Automobile Club du Sud-Ouest), both 50mm (cf. BDW 13, 304); together with La Route, c.1935, an Art Deco bronze award medal by R. Pelletier for the Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers, naked man kneeling against a kilometre stone and holding a motor-coach, reverse motor-coach and star, named (A. Le Roux, 1948),...
Hammer Price: £50
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, Société Anonyme des Pneumatiques Dunlop, 1922, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, half-length helmeted figure of worker in rubber plantation, holding a cup for rubber sap and a Dunlop Cord tyre, reverse Dunlop factory at Montluçon above a vignette of John Boyd Dunlop, 63mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.34, 9). Tiny obverse edge nick at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine, scarce; in red fitted case of issue (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £55
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, France, Olympic Games, Paris, 1924, a uniface oval brass cliché by F.P. Lasserre, male athlete with hand raised in foreground, stadium and runners behind, 133 x 80mm. Fine, rare (£40-60)
France, La Victoire, c.1925, a plated bronze award plaque by E. Fraisse, standing female figure with wreath, named (Café Victor Hugo, 2eme. Prix de Belote, Abel Campistron), reverse entwined branches against a radiant sun, 70 x 46mm. Very fine, rare (£20-30)
£20–£30
Saint François d’Assise, c.1925, a uniface cast bronze plaque by E. Revillon after Chartron, for Arthus-Bertrand, two bullocks hauling a plough steered by St Francis of Assisi, birds in foreground, 149 x 80mm (Classens 158). About extremely fine, nicely patinated, very rare (£60-80)
Tête de Bouc, c.1925, a light bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, head of a symbolic goat left, reverse radiant sun and clouds, 50mm (Classens 125; cf. BDW 18, 527). Good very fine (£35-45)
Tête de BÉLIER, c.1925, a light bronze medal by Aleth Guzman [-Nageotte], facing head of a symbolic ram, reverse radiant sun and clouds, 50mm. Good very fine, very rare (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £25
Compagnie Pour la Diffusion d’ÉlEctricité, c.1927, a silver Art Deco medal by P.-M. Dammann, facing female head with flame-like hair, rays behind, reverse female figure in cloak and long dress, rays from her outstretched hands pouring over the city of Paris, 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 62; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 74; cf. BDW 1, 686 and 13, 266; cf. DNW 37, 1276). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, very fine, rare in silver (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £190
Compagnie Pour la Diffusion d’ÉlEctricité, c.1927, a bronze Art Deco medal by P.-M. Dammann, facing female head with flame-like hair, rays behind, reverse female figure in cloak and long dress, rays from her outstretched hands pouring over the city of Paris, 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 62; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 74; cf. BDW 1, 686 and 13, 266; cf. DNW 37, 1276). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £75
France, Ile de la Cité, 1927, an Art Deco bronze medal by P. Turin, frontal view of the island from the Seine, Pont Neuf in foreground and buildings in background, reverse street plan, 68mm (CGMP p.379; cf. BDW 13, 267; cf. DNW 29, 732 and 37, 1277); together with Resistance, 1944, a uniface bronze medal by P. Turin, female head of La Republique holding a broken chain, no date, 68mm (cf. CGMP p.376; cf. DW 24, 321 and DNW 30, 811) [2]. Very fine, latter with obverse edge bruise (£30-40)
Centenary of L’Union, 1928, a bronze medal by F.P. Niclausse, standing figure spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, reverse frontal elevation of their headquarters, 68mm; together with La Populaire, 1938, a bronze award medal by R. Delamarre for the Compagnie Anonyme Française d’Assurances sur la Vie, cockerel, reverse sheaf of wheat, named (Georges Tuloup, Agent Encaisseur), 57mm. [2]. About very fine and better (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £20
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, 40th Anniversary of the Pneumatic Tyre Industry, 1928, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, bust of John Boyd Dunlop alongside a biplane, racing car, motor-cycle and bicycle, reverse workers collecting sap from trees in a rubber plantation above a vignette of the Dunlop factory at Montluçon, 61 x 52mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 142; cf. BDW 18, 511). Very fine (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £30
War Memorial Erected, Nice, 1928, an Art Deco bronze medal by A. Lavrillier after A. Janniot, warrior clasping sword, head of wild boar behind, reverse the memorial, 72mm (Classens 104; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 145; cf. BDW 9, 750 and 13, 294). Obverse rim nick at 7 o’clock, otherwise very fine and a powerful rendition (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £85
Medals Related to Navigation, France, Nautique, c.1928, a bronze award plaque by C. Charles, reclining Neptune with trident surveying a maritime scene, swimmer, rowers and a yacht in background, reverse olive branch, engraved (Enghien-les-Bains, Fête du Lac, Juin 1930), 74 x 49mm. A few surface marks, otherwise very fine (£35-45)
£35–£45
Industrie Textile, 1929, a uniface bronze medal by F.P. Niclausse, naked female weaving cloth on a loom, 68mm (CGMP p.291). Edge knock at 3 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare (£15-20)
France, Crédit Foncier de France, 1929, a bronze plaque by L. Laulaigne for Chobillon, seated female figure surveys an agricultural scene, reverse tablet on wreath, DIRECTIONS DÉPARTEMENTALES 1879-1929, 60 x 34mm; together with Tête d’un Grecque, c.1930, a bronze medal by J. Vernon for Chobillon, classic male head left, reverse similar, named (Médaille du Dévouement, O.M.S. 18, Heckel) [2]. Very fine, the former very rare (£20-30)
Exposition et Concours de Bateaux de Pêche à Moteur, L’Orient, 1929, a silver-gilt medal by J. Marey and H. Dubois, fishing boats, reverse legend in wreath, 57mm. Extremely fine; in original mauve fitted case, lid gilt-blocked Marine Marchande, 1929 (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £40
Les Invalides, c.1930, a uniface bronze plaque, signed AB, frontal elevation of the building, 87 x 62mm. Good very fine, patinated (£20-30)
France, Centenary of L’Amitié Franco-Belge, 1930, a bronze medal by A. Bonnetain, female figures of France and Belgium in greeting, reverse sword entwined with laurel wreath divides legend, 68mm (CGMP p.51). About extremely fine (£25-35)
£25–£35
Cyclisme, c.1930, a bronze award medal by A.P. Schwab and G. Contaux for the St Raphaël Quinquina, two racing cyclists, reverse victor with trophy, silhouettes of two waiters with bottles of St Raphaël on trays at sides, 50mm; together with Natation, c.1928, a light bronze award medal by H. Demey, swimmer diving into water, reverse tablet flanked by wreath and sun, named (1932 Championnat du C.N.F., 100m nage libre vétérans, 1er. Chassagnot), 50mm. [2]. Good very fine; first in green...
Hammer Price: £35
Union Nationale des Anciens Combattants Coloniaux, c.1930, a cast plated bronze plaque by G.J.P. Moreau-Vauthier, bust of General Marchand left, reverse roped anchor circling the globe, 68 x 59mm. About very fine, very rare; in fitted green case of issue (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Établissements Boucheron, c.1930, a uniface gilt-bronze award plaque by E.-H. Becker, bust of F. Boucheron above a tablet, jewels, pearls and other accoutrements of the jewellery trade on a table below, un-named, 113 x 73mm. Very fine and very rare (£120-140)
£120–£140
Statues to Claude Debussy Erected in Paris and St Germain-en-Laye, 1930, a uniface bronze plaque by P. Turin, bust left, 109 x 77mm (cf. CGMP p.380; cf. Niggl 538; cf. BDW 5, 151 and DNW 37, 1281). Extremely fine and lightly patinated, very rare in this size (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £140
France, Quatercentenary of the Founding of the Collège de France, 1930, an Art Deco bronze medal by P. Turin, female head with torch, SCIENTIA, reverse monument to Guillaume Budé, 68mm (CGMP p.378; cf. DNW 30, 787; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 280). About extremely fine (£50-70)
France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a bronze award medal by E. Martin and R. Bénard, representation of France between symbolic heads representing the colonies, reverse symbolic buildings, tropical foliage and fruits in foreground, un-named, 68mm (cf. BDW 2, 324, 13, 320 and 18, 738; cf. DW 24, 251). Extremely fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Vierge aux Deux Anges, 1931, a uniface cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, Virgin Mary seated on throne holding a naked infant Jesus, two angels at sides, 102mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 109). A cast of excellent quality, about extremely fine, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £130
Dr. Charles Buizard, 1932, an Art Deco bronze medal by P. Turin, bust right, reverse Hygée fighting the hydra, edge stamped 19, 72mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.61, 136; cf. BDW 5 160; cf. DNW 30, 786). Edge knocks, about very fine, reverse better (£30-40)
Sculpture et Architecture, 1932, a uniface cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, standing figures of a sculptor and an architect with the tools of their trade, 100mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 119). About extremely fine, rare (£80-100)
Antiope, 1932, a large uniface cast bronze plaque, signed DNS, naked female representing Antiope being seduced by Zeus, represented as a satyr, 178 x 128mm. High relief, about extremely fine and very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £110
France, 500th Anniversary of the Founding of the University of Poitiers, 1932, an Art Deco bronze medal by A. Rivaud, helmeted head of Minerva left, reverse arms and supporters, wreath of oak and palm below, 59mm. About extremely fine, rare (£35-45)
Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Métiers, Inauguration des Nouveaux Amphithéatres, 1933, an Art Deco bronze medal by A. Rivaud, bust of a winged female right, OMNES DOCET, reverse view of the Conservatoire, 68mm. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Chambre de Commerce, Narbonne, 1933, a silver medal, unsigned, ancient sailing ship being rowed by a symbolic dolphin, reverse buildings in the city of Narbonne, 45mm; together with Ville de Paris, c.1935, a silver medal by M. Delannoy, medieval ship, FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR, reverse concentric circles, space for name, 50mm. [2]. First very fine, second nearly so (£25-35)
France, Gallia, 1933, a bronze award medal by E. Fraisse, helmeted head of France left, reverse tablet on leaves, un-named, 50mm (CGMP p.182); together with Femme avec couronne, c.1930, an Art Deco bronze award medal by Mazzoni for A. Augis, seated robed female with wreath in outstretched hand, reverse circular tablet, wreaths below, un-named, 46mm; Republique Française, c.1930, a silver-gilt award medal by J. Vernon and M. Delannoy, facing head of La Republique, reverse wreath, centre...
France, Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jesus, c.1935, an Art Deco bronze medal by P.-M. Poisson, St Thérèse holding an image of Christ on the Cross and a bunch of rose-heads, reverse JEVEVX PASSER, etc., anchor, Cross and heart, 89mm. Extremely fine, rare (£50-70)
£50–£70
France, Compagnie Générale d’Électricité, c.1935, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin for 25 Years’ Service, seated female figure representing Electricity with a naked winged boy, industrial scene with electric pylons in background, reverse tablet, named (M. Antoine Dorier), 70 x 63mm. Good very fine, lightly patinated (£25-35)
Competition Nationale de Ping-Pong de l’Intransigeant et de Match, 1935, a uniface plated bronze award plaque by E. Fraisse, male figure playing table-tennis, un-named, 85 x 62mm. Some light staining, very fine, scarce (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
Medals Related to Navigation, France, Club Nautique de Nice, c.1935, a silver award medal by G. Triaize, yachts at sea, birds flying overhead, reverse arms, flag and crossed oars, palm at left, engraved (Régates de la Quinzaine Impériale, 1942), 51mm. About extremely fine, rare; in official green fitted case (£40-50)
£40–£50
La Violoncelliste, c.1935, a uniface bronze medal by L.-H. Bouchard, seated lady playing a double bass, names of composers at left, 60mm (cf. DW 24, 275). Extremely fine (£35-45)
France, Albert Besnard, cast bronze Portrait medal, French Painter and engraver (1849-1934), by Albert Herbemont, SFAM limited issue No. 59 (Cat Exhibition “Artistes Medailleurs”, Paris 1955, p. 6/9, No. 50, see DNW 30, Lot 800). Rare, extremely fine (£100-120)
£100–£120
anti nazism, a very large uniface bronze medal in high relief, by A. Valtie, of uncertain date, decapitated figure in prison cell, hands bound behind back, an executioner’s axe inscribed with a swastika on a block behind, xxx ii on edge,120mm. Extremely fine (£50-70)
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