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

№ 523

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3 February 1999

Hammer Price:
£70

France, Le Lusitania, 1920, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, head of the Statue of Liberty rising from the waves, brandishing her sword, ULTRIX AMERICA JURIS, reverse the Lusitania in the act of sinking, lifeboat upturned in foreground, 54mm (CGMP p.21; Jones, Dance of Death, 27; cf. DNW 34, 510). Very fine, rare (£80-100)