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3 February 1999
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Belgian Congo, First World War, Pierre Ryckmans, Governor General, c. 1917, bronze portrait medal, 70mm. Extremely fine for wear, slightly discoloured (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £40
Belgium, First World War, Bombardment of Antwerp, 1914, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy, two distressed figures weep while city burns, reverse speeding shell over coat of arms, 49mm (Vandamme/Bernier 44; Lefebure 284; BDM VIII, 34; cf. BDW 5, 82); Ypres, 1914, a uniface plated bronze plaque by O. Cederlund for C. Louchet, vignette of advancing troops above a view of the Town Hall on fire, 84 x 57mm; Ypres Glory Gloom, 1918, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy, winged figure above weeping widow,...
Hammer Price: £55
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...
Hammer Price: £50
Belgium, First World War, Belgian Neutrality Violated, 1914, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy for Les Amis de la Médaille d’Art, Britannia and figures of Prussia, France and Austria greet figure of Belgium, reverse figure of Prussia grasps figure of Belgium by the wrist, 69mm (Vandamme/Bernier 97; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.16, 92; BDM VIII, 355; cf. DNW 38, 683); Namur Attacked/Troops at Ostende, 1914, a bronze medal by P. Theunis for Fonson, seated and standing figures, bridge behind, reverse...
Hammer Price: £60
Belgium, First World War, Remember, 1914, a cast bronze plaque by H. Geeraert for Fisch, soldier with rifle stood at a graveside, looking across to a line of trees, reverse ivy growing over a shell-pockmarked wall, edge stamped 108, 90 x 62mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.14, 69 – dated to 1916). Very fine, reverse better, very rare (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £25
Belgium, First World War, 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); Pour la Civilisation, 1918, a bronze medal by J. Dupon for Fonson, view of Liège under siege, lion stood on gun turret, reverse naked kneeling female with wrists bound, German eagle to left, 70mm (BDM VIII, 344; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.14, 61; cf. BDW 18, 730); Pro Patria, or Maison des Invalides,...
Belgium, First World War, “La Cantine du Soldat Prisonnier”, silver plated medal by Devreese, c. 1917, 55mm. Very fine (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £20
Belgium, First World War, Honneur aux Etats-Unis secourant la Belgique, 1914-1917, large uniface iron plaquette, unsigned, symbolic female figure of America placing hand on the head of a similar figure of Belgium, c. 175 x 137mm. Some damage to rims and two small holes in centre (only apparent on close inspection), otherwise very fine (£30-40)
Belgium, First World War, Oeuvre Nationale des Orphelins de la Guerre, 1917, a gilt-bronze medal by P. Dubois for Fonson, seated female figure of Belgium gathering orphaned children around her, reverse refugees fleeing a burning landscape, 61mm (cf. BDW 10, 475). About extremely fine (£20-30)
£20–£30
Belgium, First World War, Marshall Foch, a large bronze uniface plaque by Devreese, bust of Foch in military uniform left, 161mm. Very fine, slight dent above head (£30-40)
First World War, Ypres, 1918, an extremely large bronze plaque, unsigned but by or after Charles R. Samuel, without factory or foundry marks, British infantryman holding rifle standing facing right, amid ruins of town, c. 46 cm., good quality workmanship, good very fine; Ypres, 1918, a bronze medal by Charles R. Samuel , same obverse as plaque (this illustrated)70mm (Cf. BM Acqu., p. 18, 110; BDW 18, lot 702), about extremely fine (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £180
First World War, bronze portrait medals and plaquettes (14), generally relating to the First World War, including medals of Baron Jacques, Cardinal Mercier, and others (14). Mostly very fine or better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £170
First World War, bronze portrait medals and plaquettes (14), generally relating to the First World War, a similar lot to last. Mostly very fine or better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £140
Miscellaneous, First World War, bronze plaquettes (18), generally relating to charities for war orphans, etc. Mostly very fine or better, generally softly modelled (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Miscellaneous, First World War, bronze plaquettes (16), generally relating to charities for war orphans, etc. Mostly very fine or better, generally softly modelled (£70-80)
Hammer Price: £110
Hammer Price: £95
First World War, bronze patriotic medals, and medals of charities, etc. (22), some silvered and including named presentation pieces. Mostly very fine, some better (£80-100)
First World War, bronze patriotic medals, and medals of charities, etc. (22), some silvered, including named presentation pieces. Mostly very fine, some better (£80-100)
Great Britain, First World War, Naval Raid on Zeebrugge, St George’s Day, 1918, a plated bronze trial for the plaque by P. de Soete for Fisch, symbolic princess freed by St George above clouds issuing from the breached defences of the Zeebrugge Mole, stamped ÉPREUVE D’ARTISTE, No. H.S. below, 97 x 63mm (BM Acq, 1978-82, pl.13, 29; cf. BDW 7, 647; cf. Bonhams 9.xii.1998, 141; BDM –). About extremely fine and very rare (£40-60)
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous medals and plaquettes (12) in bronze, some silvered, including several decorative pieces, msotly relating to the period of the First World War; and two bronze Czech medals, 1935, for President Masaryk [14]. Very fine or better, but last two discoloured (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £130
Belgium, Return of the Flag to the Association of Former Colonialists, 1924, a bronze plaque by P. Wissaert, busts of Leopold II and Albert I vis-à-vis, reverse legend within wreath, 80 x 57mm; Bulgaria, Medal for Merit, c.1925, silver, unsigned, 29mm. [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine but loop mount removed (£10-15)
£10–£15
Czechoslovakia, Death of TomÁs Masaryk, 1937, a cast lead medal by H. Frei, bust right, reverse TAG DER VÖLKERVERSTÄNDIGUNG, 101mm. Fine, rare (£20-30)
France, Société française des habitations à bon marché, 1891, a bronze maquette for the obv. of the medal by J.-C. Chaplain, kitchen scene with female preparing to serve from a bowl, man seated holding infant aloft, 258mm (Maier 72). Very fine and rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £160
France, Horticulture, 1892, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, female figure teaching another to prune a plant in a flower-pot, reverse naked young girl sat under tree, making a posy, 62 x 48mm (PBE 304; Coll. R. Marx 306; CGMP p.175; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.41, 72; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW 38, 720). Tiny graze in upper reverse field, otherwise very fine and a charming reverse (£30-40)
France, Assurances Mutuelles de Rouen, 1895, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated female watching over firemen attending a blazing building, reverse standing eagle in front of a view of the city and the Seine, 68mm (Coll. R. Marx –; PBE –; Roty Cat, p.88; BDM V, 235). Very fine and very rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £70
France, Exposition Nationale et Coloniale, Rouen, 1896, a plated bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, agricultural scene with woman seated under tree in foreground, NORMANNIA NVTRIX, reverse aerial view of Rouen, 68mm (PBE 865; Coll. R. Marx 50; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 170; BDM V, 236; cf. DNW 38, 729). Extremely fine and toned, a most attractive example (£40-50)
France, Hommage aux Graveurs, 1899, a bronze award plaque by A.-E. Lechevrel, naked female engraving the names of medallists on a scroll, tree in background and a copy of Marx’ book Les Médailleurs Français in the foreground, reverse oak branch, un-named, 68 x 48mm (PBE 505; cf. Coll. R. Marx 339; CGMP p.230; BDM III, 360). Very fine (£30-40)
France, Duval-Janvier, c.1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, reverse RÉDUCTION ET FRAPPE DE MÉDAILLES, reduced vignettes of the obverse design, 60 x 52mm (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. DNW 35, 667). Very fine; in octagonal fitted brown and buff case of issue (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Les Parisiens de Paris, 1900, a plated bronze award plaque by L.A. Bottée, female figure representing Paris caressing the head of a nude boy, view of the city behind, reverse figures of Art and Industry shake hands, named (Vor. Lory), 70 x 48mm (PBE 22; Coll. R. Marx 378; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.18, 37; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 37, 1230). Good very fine, toned (£40-60)
France, Le Nid, c.1900, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked wood nymph kneeling on a rock, discovering a bird’s nest in a tree with two birds in it, reverse naked child sat on a branch, playing with a bird, 66 x 37mm (PBE 319; CGMP p.175; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 67; BDM I, 466; cf. DNW 35, 504). A charming plaque, about extremely fine (£30-40)
France, Femme Pêcheur, c.1900, a bronze plaque by H. Dubois, naked female in the act of retrieving a fish from the end of a fishing-line, reverse life-buoy, LA BOUÉE OFFERT PAR VIELLARD MIGEON & Cie, MORVILLARS, HAUT-RHIN, FRANCE above sprig of oak, 56 x 42mm (PBE –; BDM –). Very fine, rare (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Union des Sociétés de Tir, c.1900, a plated bronze award plaque by G. Dupré, seated female figure of France indicating glory to naked boy with rifle, reverse naked boy seated on plinth under tree, tablet inscribed (Société de Tir de Lézigneux, La Vidrezonne, Concours de 1910), 63 x 47mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.41, 71; BDM I, 653; cf. BDW 15, 871). Extremely fine, attractive (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Inauguration of the Bains d’Evian, 1902, a plated bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon [after C. Beylard], naked female seated on rock, right hand extended to gushing spring water, SOURCE CACHAT, reverse view of Evian, 64 x 44mm (PBE 975; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 193; BDM VI, 240; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.417, no.132; cf. BDW 9, 684). Charming style, good very fine, attractive (£30-40)
France, First World War, Maréchal Joffre, 1914, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq, three-quarter bust left, reverse standing figure of Joffre, part of his proclamation speech before the first Battle of the Marne at left, 68mm (CGMP p.292; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 101; cf. DNW 37, 1248). Extremely fine and practically as struck, nicely patinated, an excellent example (£40-60)
£40–£60
France, First World War, Battles of the Somme, 1916, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, two females representing England and France with spears and shields above a map of the River Somme, reclining river-god above, reverse names of the towns and villages where battles were fought, 59mm (CGMP p.130; cf. BDW 13, 199). Very fine, scarce (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £90
France, First World War, Kaiserliches Governement Lille, 1916, a uniface bronze plaque by O. Richter, German eagle on parapet surveys the city of Lille, 100 x 76mm. About extremely fine, scarce (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
France, First World War, Journée des Orphelins, 1916, a bronze maquette for a medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, girl and young boy standing at the graveside of their father, 228mm. About extremely fine, nicely patinated, very rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £75
France, First World War, Général Guillaumat, Verdun, 1916, a large uniface cast bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, Guillaumat on horseback right, 265 x 243mm. Extremely fine and virtually as made, very rare (£60-80)
France, First World War, Aux Héros de Verdun, 1917, a bronze medal by C. Pillet, two standing symbolic figures defending Verdun from a German eagle, reverse medallions containing busts of Pétain, Nivelle and de Castelnau, legend in wreath below, 68mm (CGMP p.313; BDM VIII, 133; Jones, Dance of Death, 17; V&A Exh. Cat. 1998, 7). Tiny reverse edge bruise, otherwise very fine, scarce (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £65
France, First World War, Les Chars d’Assaut, 1918, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, tank advancing through a landscape of barbed wire, being urged on by semi-naked female figure, reverse floral border, un-named, 68mm (CGMP p.270; Frankenhuis p.254, 35; Jones, Art of the Medal, 416; V&A Exh. Cat. 1998, 6; cf. DNW 38, 789). About extremely fine (£30-40)
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