Special Collections

Sold on 16 June 2010

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Medals Related To Canals and Shipping from the Stanley Holland Collection

Stanley Holland

Lot

№ 170

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17 June 2010

Hammer Price:
£40

Belgium, L’Escaut [Schelde] est Libre, 1863, a copper medal by A. Geefs, bust of Leopold I left, rev. winged male left, holding rope attached to boat, 75mm (BDM II, 234); 50e Anniversaire de l’Affranchissement de l’Escaut, 1913, a bronze plaque by A. Mauquoy for the Chambre de Commerce, Antwerp, 76 x 55mm (Vandamme/Bernier 36; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17, 91; BDM VIII, 34; cf. DNW 53, 1149) [2]. Very fine and better, first patinated £60-80