Auction Catalogue

3 February 1999

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 483

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3 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£50

Belgium, First World War, Albert I, 1914, a uniface gilt-bronze plaque by G. Devreese for Fonson, laureate bust left, poem by A. Corneille below, 91 x 61mm; Générosite-Amerique, 1914, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, conjoined busts of Albert and Elizabeth left, reverse robed female figure of America proferring corn to a Belgian family, ship in background, 70mm (cf. BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.15, 8, for obverse); Defence of Loncin, 1914, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, bust of Lt-Gen. Loncin left, reverse dead soldier lying in devastated battlefield, edge stamped 275, 69mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.14, 40; cf. BDW 15, 842); La Belgique se Souviendra, 1916, a bronze medal by G. Petit for Lissoir, robed figure helping female to her feet amid ruins, reverse troopship, 70mm (cf. BDW 14, 765) [4]. Very fine and better (£35-45)