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Germany, World War one, Easter, small silver medals,1917 (2), 1918, all with loops for suspension. Extremely fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
World War one, U-Boat Commanders, silver medals (2): Captain Koenig, 1916-1918, by Hörnlein, 33mm; Captain von Weddigen, 1915, unsigned, perhaps by Küchler, matt finish, 32mm; Alfred Lohmann, Director of the U-boat fleet by HK for Ball, matt finish, 34.5mm; and a matt silver medal for Frigate Captain Neger by Lauer, 1916-1918, 32mm [4]. Extremely fine or better (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £50
The honourable black market, satirical bronze medal by K. Goetz, 1919, 58mm (K 221). Extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £55
80th Birthday of President von Hindenburg, 1927, a silver medal by K. Goëtz, bust right, reverse family arms, 36mm (Bruce XM 1; cf. BDW 17, 626). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £10
The First Flight of Z 127, 1928, a silver medal by K. Goëtz, bust of Count Zeppelin three-quarters right, reverse dirigible above armorial equestrian crest with child supporters holding balloons, 36mm (K. 408; cf. DNW 28, 889). Extremely fine, toned (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
Germany, The First Flight of Z 127, 1928, a silver medal by O. Hoppe for Lauer, conjoined busts of Count Zeppelin and Dr Hugo Eckener left, reverse winged figure of Victory standing on dirigible, 33mm. Extremely fine and deeply toned, with prooflike fields (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Germany, The First Flight of Z 127, 1928, a silver medal signed I.B., conjoined busts of Count Zeppelin and Dr Hugo Eckener left, reverse dirigible flying over water, LUFTSCHIFT, etc, 36mm (cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 85). Brilliant mint state, prooflike fields (£60-80)
Dr Hugo Eckener, Trans World Flight of the Graf Zeppelin, Friedrichshafen-Tokyo-Los Angeles-Lakenhurst, 1929, bronze, 60mm, by Karl Goetz, bust left, reverse Zeppelin flying across, its polar region marked with a bear. Nearly extremely fine and rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £240
Germany, The WORLD Flight of Z 127, 1929, a silver medal, conjoined busts of Count Zeppelin, Dr Hugo Eckener and Dr Ludwig Durr left, reverse globe indicating the landing places and dates, 36mm (cf. BDW 17, 628; cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 81). Brilliant mint state, prooflike fields (£60-80)
£60–£80
Germany, The WORLD Flight of Z 127, 1929, a bronze medal, similar, 36mm (cf. BDW 17, 628; cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 81). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour (£25-35)
£25–£35
The First Flight of the Graf Zeppelin to Brazil, 1930, a silver medal by O. Cloeckler, bust of Dr Hugo Eckener left, reverse dirigible spanning the Atlantic from Europe to South America, 36mm (cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 87). A few minor marks, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, brilliant fields (£60-80)
Germany, Hermann Goering, silver portrait medal by Beyer, 1933, bust left, reverse eagle holding sword, matt finish, 36mm. About as struck (£30-40)
Germany, Adolf Hitler, silver portrait medal, unsigned, 1933, struck at the Bavarian State Mint, bust left, reverse eagle breaking chains, matt finish, 36mm. Better than very fine, but slight scuffing (£30-40)
Zeppelins over Berlin, 1936, a cast bronze medal by K. Goëtz, the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg dirigibles over the Brandenburg Gate, reverse soldier and saluting artisan, eagle and swastika on plinth behind, 114mm (K. 516; cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 97, for smaller size). Very fine and rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £180
Germany, Second World War, Occupation of Holland and Belgium, May, 1940, cast bronze medal, unsigned, eagle, reverse medieval ship, the sail emblazoned with an eagle, Meissen mark in legend, 45mm., some surface marks, very fine, rare, Victims of Germany, 1940-1945, large bronze medal by André Galtié, undated, emaciated figure bound to a swastika, reverse three figures in a cage on a swastika, names of concentration camps, etc. disposed in field, 122mm., extremely fine (£80-120)
£80–£120
World War one, Major-General v. Lettow-Vorbeck, matt silver medal by Hörnlein, 1914-1918, 34mm. Good extremely fine, rare (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £60
Francis Drake, 1907, silver, 56 x 65mm., by R. Marshall, bust facing, reverse view of the Western hemisphere. Very fine and cleaned (£60-80)
France, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908, a bronze plaque by C.P. Pillet, seated figure with flags, view of White City to right, reverse female figure representing Britannia greeting La France over an allegorical view of the Straits of Dover, seagulls flying below, 70 x 58mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.44, 123; BDM IV, 538; cf. DW 24, 117); together with three other English bronze medals, 1884-1902 [4]. About very fine and better (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £45
Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, 1909, a plated badge by Percy Edwards Ltd, 71 Piccadilly, W1, stamped 448, 32mm; Oxton Motor Club, an engraved openwork silver badge, hallmarked W&H, Birmingham, 1928, named (R.E. Grice, Pontin Cup Trial, 1929), 29 x 26mm; Vita Sparking Plugs, a bronze jeton, 24mm. [3]. First fine and rare, others very fine; badges with clips and rings for suspension (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £40
Medals Related to Sports, Auto Cycle Union, silver prize medal, 31 mm, standing figure of Fame, arms outstretched, reverse winged wheel with arrow; below, an open escutcheon, with engraved inscription. Extremely fine and scarce (£30-40)
T. W. Burgess, Portrait medal, 1911, bronze electrotype, by F. W. Doyle-Jones, bust left, reverse eleven-line inscription, named on edge to R. Flood, 67mm. Extremely fine (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £110
Aviation Prize, 1911, silver gilt, 32mm, by Vaughton, monoplane and bi-plane in sky; below church steeple and the roofs of a town, reverse plain oblong tablet upon a floral spray. Extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
World War one, Death of Captain Charles Fryatt of the S.S. Brussels (executed by the Germans, 27th July 1916) 1916, an unusual enamel memorial matchbox holder. (£30-40)
George v’s Anxiety, First World War German satirical medal in iron by Weddig, eagle wings outspread astride octopus,reverse george’s v grossbritainien angstgesicht, 67mm. Good very fine (£30-40)
Stockton-Darlington Railway, 1825-1925, bronze, 77mm, by Gilbert Bayes, conjoined busts of Georges Stephenson and Edward Pease, reverse standing figure of Vulcan with locomotives from 1825 and 1925. Extremely fine, scarce. (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £90
Great Britain, International Horse Show, Olympia, London, c.1935, a silver award medal, unsigned, naked rider on symbolic horse, reverse wreath, engraved (Souvenir of the Ninth Annual International Dressage Test, June 1938), 76mm. Very fine (£35-45)
£35–£45
Germany, World War One, large octagonal medal, silver, 83 x 64 x 53mm, by P. Beck, infantryman standing, arms crossed, with rifle, reverse eagle standing on a mountain peak, its wings outstretched. Very fine, rare (£80-100)
£80–£100
James Joyce, Centenary of Birth, 1982, Italian bronze portrait medal by G. Bernardi, reverse nude female,72mm. Mint state (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £30
France, 1st Congress of the Istituto Coloniale Italiano, Rome, 1908, a bronze medal by G. Castiglioni for Nelli of Florence, Minerva with standing robed females, reverse legend within wreath, 51mm (BDM –); France, The Liberation of Metz, 1918, a bronze medal by E. Hannaux, female greeting warrior outside the city, reverse legend in 4 lines, 45mm; together with a modern Russian art medal in bronze. [3]. Very fine and better, second scarce (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £25
Peace, 1920, a bronze gilt medal by Bertacchi for Johnson, 70mm. Virtually mint state (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
Medals Related to Sports, France, Société des Régates, c.1910, a bronze award medal, unsigned, for Arthus-Bertrand, crowned arms, reverse REGATES INTERNATIONALES, tablet on wreath, named (Monaco 1912, V. Anémone), 59mm. About extremely fine, rare; in original maroon fitted case, gilt-blocked Arthus-Bertrand, Béranger & Magdelaine, 46 rue de Rennes, Paris (£60-80)
Concours Internationaux de Chiens, 1912, a bronze award medal by T. Szirmaï for Arthus-Bertrand, Diana with her pack of hounds, reverse the Casino (awarded for the 1913-14 Season), 63mm (BDM VIII, 229; cf. DW 24, 137-8); together with 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Société des Bains de Mer de Monaco, 1913, a bronze-gilt award medal by T. Szirmaï for Arthus-Bertrand, bust of François Blanc three-quarters right, reverse similar, named (M. César Unia), 63mm (BDM VIII, 229; cf....
Monaco, The Principality of Monaco, 1943, a bronze medal by P. Turin, view of the principality, reverse aerial map, Grimaldi arms above and rays of the sun behind, 68mm (CGMP p.379; cf. DNW 30, 746). Extremely fine (£30-40)
International Colonial and Overseas Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1883, a bronze award medal by A. Fisch, bust of William III left, reverse allegorical scene, un-named, 70mm; together with Amsterdam International Exhibition, 1890, a bronze medal by Begeer, winged figure with artisans, reverse crowned conjoined arms, 58mm (cf. DW 24, 44) [2]. Very fine (£10-15)
Dutch Charity medal for the victims of the pogroms, undated, c. 1905 (?), silver, voor slachtoffers de pogrom, Hebrew legend in centre, Dutch translation op! ons ter hulpe below, reverse elderly Jew hands held aloft in despair, woman and child injured or dead at his feet, retreating mob in distance, unclear signature on l., 30mm x 23mm, loop for suspension. Almost extremely fine, rare (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £85
Germany, Army Prize Medal, 1935, silver, 60mm, obverse helmeted soldier facing, reverse engraved “J.J. Baron van Voorst tot Voorst Commandant Van het Veldeger” in two lines. Very fine (£60-80)
Silver Jubilee of Carol I, 1891, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust left, reverse standing figure of King with lion, 64mm (BDM V, 367; W. 4355; cf. Dorotheum, 2 Nov. 1998, 2357). Minor scuffing, very fine (£15-20)
Hammer Price: £20
Exposition General, Bucharest, 1906, a gilt-bronze award medal by Carniol, conjoined busts of Carol I as Prince and King, reverse woman and child above a view of the city, shields around, 63mm. Minor marks on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, attractive and rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
Russia, Dog Show, a gold award medal, c.1885, unsigned but with monogram of Alexander III, head of a basset hound left, reverse legend, named (Meheracl, 1888), 25mm, 10.67gm. About extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)
£200–£250
France, Exposition Française, Moscow, 1891, a bronze award medal by L.-O. Roty, seated female figure representing Moscow welcoming La France, reverse two shields and wreath, named (Paul Bessand), 64mm (Coll. R. Marx 35; PBE 851; BDM V, 234; cf. DNW 29, 732). Extremely fine, attractive light patina (£40-50)
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