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United States of America, World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, a bronze award medal by C.E. Barber, figure of Christopher Columbus modelled by A. St. Gaudens, rev. legend on tablet, named (Keidel & Co), 77mm (Baxter 87; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.335, 27; BDM I, 122; Eglitt 90; cf. DNW 56, 860). Very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £40
Austria, Internationale Ausstellung für Spiritus-Verwertung und Gärungs-Gewerbe, Vienna, 1904, a bronze Staatspreis plaque by Prof. R. Marschall, bust left, rev. three naked artisans in a distillery, 77 x 51mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.203, 27; BDM III, 583). Very fine and very rare (£50-70)
Austria, Ex Aquis Salus [Breathe by Water], c. 1912, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, standing robed female holding vessel, offering a drink to a girl, 57 x 42mm (BDM –). Good very fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £35
Austria, Viribus Unitis, 1913, a bronze medal by Gorschner for the Österreiches Luftflotte, double-headed eagle, rev. early monoplane above tree-lined runway, biplane in right background, 65mm (FMB 103). About extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Austria, Frau an Pree [Girl at Prayer], c. 1925, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, bust of young girl right, hands clasped below chin, 60mm. Very fine, a delightful study (£30-40)
Austria, Calendar Medal, 1933, in silver, unsigned, Father Time seated left, holding scythe, dates of festivals around, rev. dates in tablet, signs of the Zodiac around, 40mm, edge stamped münzamt wien. Extremely fine and an unusually late calendar medal (£40-60)
Austria, Richard Wagner, 1947, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, similar, 68mm (CGMP p.115; Niggl 2137b [recté 1947]; cf. DNW 68, 1590). About extremely fine (£30-40)
Belgian Congo, Opening of the Lower Congo Katanga Railway from Port-Francqui to Elizabethville, 1929, a bronze plaque by E.-J. de Brémaecker for Fonson, figures of Belgium and the Congo, the first diaphanous, the second naked and kneeling, rev. white man seated holding a rock while a native breaks the ground, 65 x 56mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.12, 19; cf. DNW 60, 1393). Extremely fine and attractively patinated (£50-70)
Belgium, 50th Anniversary of Le Hainaut, 1914, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Gobert for Michel, busts of Louis Desguin, Hadelin Desguin and Camille Desguin around citadel with shields, 80 x 75mm (BDM –). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare (£50-70)
France, Association Française Pour l’Avancement des Sciences, 1890, a silver award medal by L.-O. Roty, female seated under tree reading a book, plaque below un-named, rev. figures of France and Science in greeting, the latter blessing an industrial town, 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; Coll. R. Marx 25; PBE 834; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.47, 165; BDM V, 232; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.140, 28; cf. DNW 46, 767). Good very fine, rare in silver (£40-60)
France, Centenary of the Réunion de Mulhouse à la France, 1898, a bronze medal by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, robed figures of France and Mulhouse in greeting, rev. shield in foreground, buildings behind, 68mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 297; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 189; BDM VI, 238). Extremely fine, rare; in maroon gilt-blocked fitted case of issue (£50-70)
France, Centenary of the Birth of Hector Berlioz, 1903, bronze plaques by G. Dupré (2), three-quarter bust left, scene from Les Troyens below, revs. Muse worshipping at the monument to Berlioz at Grenoble, 68 x 48mm (PBE 430; CGMP p.166; Niggl 334; Coll. R. Marx 331; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 51, 1153) [2]. One extremely fine, the other good very fine (£40-60)
France, Sully Prudhomme, 1906, a bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. lyre on branch, legend at right, 70 x 58mm (PBE 91; BDM –). Extremely fine, rare (£50-70)
France, Chambre de Commerce, Cherbourg, c. 1910, a silver award medal by M.A. Servant for Aubert, seated figure of Commerce, ship in port and ocean liner in background, rev. aerial view of the port and harbour breakwaters, ocean liner in background, named (Pierre Appell), 50mm (BDM –); Commerce, 1910, a silver award medal by R. Lamourdedieu adapted for the Union des Commerçants du Havre, draped female seated, surveying a port, her feet on the prow of a boat, rev. sun’s rays shining from...
France, Weltlauschen, Wilsons Ankunft in Europa [The World is Listening, Arrival of President Wilson in Europe], 1919, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, clouds around globe, rev. naked female on kneeling bullock welcoming the USS George Washington at quay-side, 58mm (K 226). Very fine (£50-70)
France, L’Expansion Française, c. 1920, a bronze medal by Falize Frès for the Comité des Conseillers du Commerce Exterieur de la France, La France oversees artisans working in foreground, ships, aeroplanes and airships at right, rev. legend, named (25 Ans de Services Rendus…Mr Alfred Dinin…1930), 65mm. Good very fine; in maroon gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Falize, Orfevre, Paris (£30-40)
France, Le Soldat Inconnu, 1920, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, three veiled females standing left, rev. coffin of the unknown soldier carried by eight men towards the Arc de Triomphe, 68mm (CGMP p.114-15). Extremely fine, attractive light patina (£40-60)
France, Xavier Arnozan, 1923, a cast bronze plaque by P. Landowski, bust left, rev. nursing nun with young female patient who holds flowers, 70 x 68mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.59, 88; cf. DNW 57, 1321). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
France, Edgard Herouard, 1932, a bronze plaque by Palma Daillion, bust left, rev. Herouard examining a specimen through a microscope, 71 x 61mm. Good very fine and very rare (£40-60)
Germany, Ost-West-Ozeanflug der Bremen [The East-West Flight of the Bremen], 1928, a silver medal by K. Goetz, conjoined busts of Baron von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl left, rev. two putti saluting the passage of the aeroplane over the Atlantic, 36mm (K 393; Kaiser 928.5; cf. DNW 68, 1774); together with two satirical medals by F. Hörnlein, 1923, in bronze and aluminium [3]. Aluminium medal very fine, others extremely fine (£30-40)
Italy, Esposizione Internazionale, Milan, 1906, a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Comité Française, naked boy seated, decorating a vase, rev. Italian female with baskets stood in front of the Italian entrance to the Simplon Tunnel, from which a train exits, 70 x 52mm (cf. PBE 1030; Coll. R. Marx 163; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 8; BDM VI, 695; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.51, 201; cf. DNW 54, 961). Very fine (£50-70)
Switzerland, Amé Pictet, 1927, an Art Deco bronze plaque by A.C. Angst, bust right, rev. robed figure kneeling to left, holding sheaves of wheat, 48 x 42mm. Very fine, rare (£40-60)
Argentina, Inauguración de Cunica Obstetrica y Ginecologica, Buenos Aires [Opening of the Obstetric and Gynaecological Clinic], 1908, a plated bronze plaque by J. Gottuzzo, frontal elevation of the building, tree at right, rev. mother reclining on bed, infant preparing to feed from her breast, standing figure of Science behind, 52 x 41mm; together with other miscellaneous World plaques, etc (3) [4]. About very fine and better (£30-40)
Belgium, Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a gilt-bronze award medal by P. Dubois, seated symbolic females, rev. seated semi-nude female figure of Fame blowing trumpet, engraved (Salon d’Art Photographique), 70mm (BDM VII, 237; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.15, 59; cf. DNW 50, 1273); Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon for the Comité Français, robed figures of France and Belgium in greeting, Flemish girl standing behind, rev. cityscape, 73 x 63mm (PBE...
Hammer Price: £30
Belgium, 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Schelde to Shipping, Antwerp, 1913, a bronze plaque by A. Mauquoy for Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, river-god greeting robed female representing Antwerp, ship in background, rev. variety of marine craft above tablet, 76 x 55mm (Vandamme/Bernier 36; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17, 91; BDM VIII, 34; cf. DNW 53, 1149). Extremely fine, patinated (£40-50)
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze award medal by L.A. Bottée, Marianne crowning a seated artisan, Expo pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, tablet below, impressed (Société des Usines et Fonderies de Beaume & Marpent), 63mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.17, 15; BDM I, 231). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
France, Horticulture, 1892, plaques by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis (2), in silver-gilt and bronze, female figure teaching another to prune a plant in a flower-pot, rev. naked young girl sat under tree, making a posy, former with inscription in field (Offert par la ville de Villers s/r Mer), both 62 x 48mm (PBE 304; CGMP p.175; Coll. R. Marx 306; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.41, 72; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW 40, 743) [2]. About extremely fine and better (£40-60)
France, Death of Henri Feulard, 1897, a silver plaque by M. Bouval, angel standing over bust of Feulard left, rev. chrysanthemum branch, 65 x 43mm (Storer 1059; BDM VII, 105). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
France, Compagnie des Agents de Change de Paris, 1898, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, from the same dies as previous, named (Mr. Vélon), 50mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 176; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.402, 155; BDM V, 237; cf. DNW 66, 1378). Rim nicks, very fine (£30-40)
France, Monument au Mort, Père Lachaise, Paris, 1905, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, monument to the dead at the cemetery of Père Lachaise, Paris, 70 x 54mm (cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.157, 1; BDM VII, 497). Light spotting, otherwise very fine, rare (£40-50)
France, Course du Cyclisme, c. 1920, a bronze plaque by R. Brangier adapted for Pneu Soly, racing cyclists on tree-lined road, rampant lion in wreath at left, rev. oak wreath, tablet in foreground, 57 x 54mm; Moto Club de Nice, Paris-Nice, 1922, a bronze award plaque by F. Rasumny, motorcyclist to left, rev. wreath of oak and palm, un-named, 59 x 45mm [2]. Extremely fine; both in maroon fitted cases of issue (£40-50)
France, Syndicat Général de la Construction Électrique, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, robed female figure of Electricity creating a flash of lightning and a spark, rev. view of a village in mountainous countryside, waterfall and hydro-electric lines in left foreground, named (Mlle. Andrée Boinet), 68mm (cf. DNW 68, 1693). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise very fine (£40-60)
France, 50th Anniversary of the Association Amicale des Postes, des Télégraphes et des Téléphones, 1928, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, robed female seated on plinth, regarding a coastal landscape, rev. Eiffel Tower and symbols of communication, 50mm. Extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£50-70)
Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1910, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F. Stiasny, bust left, 65 x 54mm (Niggl 250b; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.10, 100; BDM V, 684-5). Strong style, good very fine and patinated (£40-60)
Germany, Bicentenary of the Birth of Frederick the Great, 1912, a silver medal by K. Goetz, bust right, rev. three soldiers marching left, 36mm (K 12). About extremely fine (£30-40)
Germany, Präsidenten der Reichsgericht, Leipzig, 1920 [Presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice], a bronze plaque by A. Thiele for Glaser, Dresden, facing busts of Rudolf Freiherr von Seckendorff and Eduard von Simson, rev. view of the Reichsgericht, 107 x 83mm. About extremely fine, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue (£50-70)
Germany, Centenary of the Death of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1927, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Hartig, facing bust, 85 x 85mm (Niggl 144; cf. DNW 44, 843). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, 1943, a bronze award plaque by F. Focht, Beethoven seated at a piano, allegorical figures of Amour and Tristesse around, rev. lyre propped against a tree in a forestry setting, 72 x 53mm (CGMP p.180; Niggl 2517a; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.67, 19). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Germany, Wilhelm Busch, 1978, a bronze medal by R. Searle, bearded bust facing in hat, rev. children’s cartoon characters Max and Moritz, 81mm (CGMP p.1700; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.86, 217). Very fine (£30-40)
Italy, Esposizione Internazionale, Milan, 1906, a bronze medal by Giannino for Johnson, robed female kissing the forehead of an artisan, rev. frontal elevation of the Expo building, named (G. Lavillier), 61mm (BDM VII, 356). Very fine, rare (£50-70)
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