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France, First World War, Allons, Enfants de la Patrie!, c.1918, a plated bronze medal by F. Rasumny, facing bust of Joffre, reverse winged female figure of the Republic striding through clouds, 68mm (Frankenhuis p.26, 182; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.46, 143; V&A Exh. Cat. 1998, 31; BDM VIII, 151; cf. BDW 9, 715). Very fine (£25-35)
£25–£35
France, Le Soldat Inconnu, 1920, a bronze maquette for the reverse of the medal by P.-M. Dammann, coffin of the unknown soldier carried by eight men towards the Arc de Triomphe, 150mm (cf. CGMP p.114-15). Extremely fine, attractive light patina, very rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £35
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)
Hammer Price: £70
France, L’Offrande, 1925, a uniface bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, seated female with flowers, 80mm (Classens 53; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 130; cf. BDW 13, 244). Good very fine; in maroon fitted case of issue (hinge detached) (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Porteuse de Fleurs, 1926, a uniface octagonal Art Deco bronze plaque by P. Turin, female carrying a large basket of flowers, reverse named (L’Association Amicale des Anciens Élèves du Lycée de Tourçoing, à son President d’Honneur, Maurice Dubrulle, Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, 1937), 72mm (CGMP p.130; Classens 130; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 140; cf. BDW 5, 127). About very fine, rare; in green fitted case of issue (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £110
France, Provence, Le Petit Provencal, c. 1930, pseudo-classical figure announces news through paper. Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
France, Union des Fabricants de Tissus pour Ameublement de France, Roubaix, c.1930, an octagonal Art Deco silver award plaque by E.F. Ensalt, standing robed figure, reverse legend, named (Maurice Dubrulle), 50mm. About extremely fine, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, conjoined busts of Washington and Lafayette right, reverse view of Mount Vernon, 50mm (CGMP p.132). Good very fine, lightly patinated, rare (£40-60)
France, Nymphe Surprise, 1935, a uniface bronze plaque by M. Charpentier-Mio, two nymphs frolicking in the water, one with arms around a centaur, the other escaping, 59 x 47mm (CGMP p.87). A detailed work, about extremely fine and rare, but some verdigris adhering to lower part of the reverse (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Chasseur au Sanglier, 1936, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, bust of a huntsman to right, holding a knife, reverse wild boar running to left, trees behind, 59mm (CGMP p.274). Good very fine, scarce (£30-40)
France, Exposition Internationale de Paris, Arts and Techniques, 1937, a bronze medal by R. Cochet, naked female personifying La Source, holding an upturned amphora from which water flows, a light shining on her face, FONTAINES LVMINEVSES, reverse the illuminated fountains at the Palais de Chaillot, 50mm (CGMP p.92; cf. BDW 13, 378). Very fine, rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £45
France, Femme à la Source, 1938, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, naked female nymph seated on rock, letting water from an inverted urn flow through her fingers, reverse naked young girl seated on the bough of a tree, playing the flute, 64 x 42mm (CGMP p.333). Good very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £60
France, Second World War, Édouard Daladier, 1939, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, reverse head of La Republique above legend, 68mm (CGMP p.322); François Darlan, c.1945, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, bust right, reverse symbolic sailing ship, 68mm. [2]. First about extremely fine, second fine (£25-30)
£25–£30
France, Le Retour à la Terre, 1942, a bronze award medal by A.A. Herbemont, peasant sowing grain, farmworkers engaged in various pursuits in background, reverse tablet surrounded by apples, wheat, cherries, grapes, etc., 86mm (CGMP p.209). Good very fine, scarce (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Second World War, Les Alliés Débarquent dans le Midi, 1944, a bronze medal by J. Vézien, winged Victory guiding Allied troops in Provence, reverse flags of the USA and Free French above a map of Provence, 68mm (CGMP p.1873). Tiny obverse edge nick at 12 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and practically as struck, rare (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £25
France, Second World War, Déporté Politique, 1945, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, kneeling prisoner with hands tied behind back, looking up at a cross of Lorraine, other prisoners being beaten by German guards in background, reverse widow praying at tomb surrounded by palms, kneeling figures in background, 68mm (CGMP p.113; cf. DNW 35, 600 for obverse). About extremely fine (£40-50)
France, Second World War, Capitulation Allemande, 1945, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, eagle stricken by flames, REIMS below, reverse a group of German soldiers walking through ruins, flames and symbolic cross behind, 68mm (CGMP p.774). Extremely fine, scarce (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £50
France, Second World War, Déporté Politique, 1945, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, kneeling prisoner with hands tied behind back, looking up at a cross of Lorraine, other prisoners being beaten by German guards in background, reverse liberation of the prison camp, France greets a prisoner in foreground, un-named, 68mm (CGMP p.113; cf. DNW 35, 600). About extremely fine (£40-50)
France, Second World War, La Résistance, 1945, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, a group of maquis assembling in a wood, reverse wheat growing from an upturned German helmet, dividing legend referring to de Gaulle’s London speech, 68mm (CGMP p.658; Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 182). Mint state, rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £65
France, Second World War, Médaille des Fusillés, 1946, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, body of fusilier tied to a tree with a ball-rope, bullet holes in tree-trunk, reverse FUSILLE on a cross of Lorraine, Victory symbol behind, 70mm (CGMP p.774; cf. DNW 35, 699). Extremely fine, scarce (£40-50)
France, 50th Anniversary of the Banque de l’Union Parisienne, 1954, a silver medal by G. Simon, seated figure of Minerva, reverse symbolic ship of Paris, named (Maurice Koechlin), 60mm. About extremely fine, rare; in fitted green case of issue (£30-40)
France, Centenary of the Banque du Crédit Industriel et Commercial, 1959, a cast silver medal by H. Dropsy, naked female figure distributing coins from a cornucopia, reverse inscription above cornucopia and caduceus, 59mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. DNW 33, 382). Extremely fine, rare (£40-50)
Germany, Baden, Friedrich i, Jubilee 1883, conjoined busts left, reverse view of country town, 50mm. Extremely fine, toned (£30-40)
Germany, First World War, A large patriotic bronze medal by Galambos and Ziegler for Ball, Berlin, 1914 helmeted head of Wilhelm II right, reverse figure of Victory advancing left., si vis pacem para bellvm around, 106mm. Extremely fine, well modelled in high relief (£40-60)
Germany, First World War, a similar large patriotic bronze medal by Galambos and Grünthal for Ball, Berlin, 1914, helmeted head of Wilhelm II right, reverse crowned legend, oak and laurel spray either side, 105mm. Extremely fine, well modelled in high relief (£40-60)
Germany, First World War, Von Bethmann Hollweg, German Chancellor, large portrait medal, 1914, by Eue for Ball, Berlin, on Declaration of War against Russia, bust three-quarters left, reverse standing figure of knight facing holding sword, dividing 1 aug.-1914, 110mm. About extremely fine (£30-40)
Germany, First World War, Wilhelm II, 1914, a bronze plaque by Mayer & Wilhelm, bust left, reverse legend on tablet, sun above, 51 x 39mm; Gott Mit Uns, 1914, a bronze medal by Beschler u. Sohn, Munich, conjoined busts of Franz Joseph and Wilhelm II left, reverse two oak trees entwined with arms, 60mm; Heilige und Soldat, c.1915, a bronze medal, unsigned, similar, reverse saint in visitation to relaxing soldier, 38mm; Ich bin bei Euch, 1915, a bronze medal by Mayer & Wilhelm for the...
Germany, First World War, Von Tirpitz, large bronze portrait medal by Sturm, 1915, bust half left, reverse U boat rescuing survivors of a stricken ship, 112mm (Frankenhuis 737). Extremely fine (£60-80)
Germany, First World War, Sinking of U 41, Iron satirical medal by Karl Goetz, 1915, 58mm (Kienast 163). Extremely fine, but beginning to show some signs of rust (£30-40)
Germany, First World War, Beginning of Submarine Warfare, Admiral von Tirpitz, large bronze portrait medal by Löwental, bust almost facing, reverse Neptune, gott strafe england above, 118mm (Frankenhuis 1426). Nearly extremely fine (£40-50)
Germany, First World War, Captain von Müller, S.S. Emden, large portrait medal in iron by Ziegler, bust three-quarters left, 106mm. Just a hint of friction to high points, about extremely fine, one of the scarcer ‘Emden’ medals (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £100
Germany, First World War, General v. Mackensen, iron medal by Küchler. Extremely fine (£20-30)
Germany, First World War, Lt. Captain von Mücke, matt finish silver medal, 1915, by Lauer, 34mm. Good extremely fine (£70-80)
£70–£80
Germany, First World War, Hindenburg, a uniface bronze oval portrait plaque, undated, by Schmidt, 108mm x 84mm., extremely fine, but of slightly rough work; v. Lundendorff, a uniface bronze portrait plaque by Mayer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart, 67mm x 49mm., extremely fine (£20-25)
Germany, First World War, Crown Prince Wilhelm, 1915, a large iron medal by R. Küchler, bust left, reverse Wilhelm as a mounted medieval knight, holding a lance and charging to right, DRAUF UND DURCH in field, edge stamped DS5 62 62, 107mm (BDM VII, 522; cf. DNW 37, 1323). Vigorous style, extremely fine (£50-60)
£50–£60
Germany, First World War, Blutsauger im Weltkriege [Bloodsuckers in World War], c.1915, an iron medal by M. Götze, large spider, its body decorated with a crown, entraps a naked writhing female within its web, reverse naked male figure clasping a money bag, being savaged by an eagle, 75mm (BDM VII, 386; cf. BDW 7, 868). Extremely fine and very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £220
Germany, First World War, Generaloberst von Klück, 1915, an iron medal by A. Löwental, bust right, reverse Prussian eagle stood on an artillery rampart, surveying a view of Paris, Eiffel Tower in background, PARIS in field, 89mm (Schulman, LGE 1916, 621). A powerful image, about extremely fine and rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £95
Germany, First World War, Feldmarschall von Hindenburg, 1915, a bronze medal by B.H. Mayer, three-quarter bust left, reverse robed figures over a burning landscape, 60mm (BDM VIII, 36); same subject, c.1915, an iron medal, unsigned, three-quarter bust left, reverse troops being urged into battle, Zeppelin dirigible above, 50mm. [2]. Very fine (£30-40)
Germany, First World War, Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden, 1915, a silver medal by F. König for Lauer, bust right, reverse crowned arms on crossed swords, 33mm; Friedrich August III of Saxony, 1915, a silver medal by L.-C. Lauer, bust left, reverse sword, 33mm; Für Kaiser und Reich, 1917, an iron medal by B.H. Mayer, bust of Prince Rupert facing, reverse Germania holding sword, 61mm (Frankenhuis 897) [3]. First two extremely fine, last about very fine (£25-35)
Germany, First World War, Admiral von Schröder of the German Marine Corps, a large bronze portrait medal in high relief, Bust left, reverse eagle with a serpent in its talons, 110mm. Extremely fine (£40-50)
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