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France, Le Nid, c. 1900, a large uniface bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked wood nymph kneeling on rock, discovering bird’s nest in a tree with two birds in it, 132 x 75mm (PBE 319; CGMP p.175; BDM I, 666; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 67; cf. DNW 56, 786). About extremely fine, rare in this size (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £95
Germany, Kameraden Österreiches-Deustcher [Austrian and German Alliance], 1914, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, busts of Franz Joseph and William II conjoined left, rev. a German and an Austrian soldier marching right, 85mm (K 135; Frankenhuis 551). Good very fine (£60-80)
Germany, Brandstifter Kollegium, der Lügenfeldzug der Entente [Campaign of Lies by the Quadruple Alliance], 1914, an oval cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, heads of Delcassé, Grey, Iswolsky and Salandra, rev. naked figure of Untruth in chariot, blowing trumpet, helmets of German soldiers at left, 90 x 60mm (K 141; Frankenhuis 1419; cf. DNW 68, 1511). Extremely fine (£90-120)
Germany, Baralong Mörder [The Baralong Murder], 1915, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, hand holding dagger, cuff of sleeve decorated with the Union Jack, rev. three standing figures, 58mm (K 162; Frankenhuis 1430). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
Germany, Belgiens Raubzug [Eupen and Malmedy], 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, clawed hand grasping tombstones inscribed malmedy and eupen, rev. document and bottle, 60mm (K 283; cf. DNW 68, 1569). Extremely fine (£70-90)
Hungary, Opening of Budapest Airport, 1937, a uniface bronze medal by Gach, aeroplane taking off against a backdrop of sun rays and the terminal building, back impressed (Ejtóernyóugrás 1937. VI. 20), 92mm. Good very fine, very rare (£60-80)
Belgium, L’Enseignement, 1908, a bronze plaque by P. Wissaert for the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille d’Art, teacher assisting female pupil at her work, rev. lamp, 65 x 46mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.314, 14, and p.365, 6; BDM VI, 519). Softly modelled, extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £90
France, Funeral of President Carnot, 1894, a bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, rev. funeral cortège, 80 x 57mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; Baxter 35; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 27; cf. DNW 56, 782). Extremely fine; in red fitted case of issue (£50-70)
France, L’Industrie, c. 1900, a bronze award plaque by E. Revillon, winged Genie above seated figures of Science and Industry, rev. wreath, un-named, 55 x 39mm (BDM V, 98); La Céramique, 1909, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, adapted for the Confédération des Industries Céramiques de France, seated female examining a vase that she is about to decorate, rev. ceramic-ware on a tablet, named (Mme. Lucie Loyez), 64 x 51mm (PBE 790; CGMP p.333; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.46, 132; BDM VIII,...
France, Voici Mes Bijoux, 1901, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq for the SAMF, a young mother with two children, rev. crib, doll and rocking-horse, 52mm, edge stamped 201 (Coll. R. Marx 103; Classens 59; BDM IV, 281; cf. DNW 35, 545). Extremely fine, attractively patinated (£50-70)
France, Albert Bartholomé, 1905, a bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, bust left, rev. monument to the dead at the cemetery of Père Lachaise, Paris, 100 x 77mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.157, 1; BDM VII, 497). Light scuffing in obverse field, otherwise very fine and very rare (£90-120)
France, Hippolyte Bernheim, 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by E.-V. Prouvé, bust left in foreground, Bernheim and colleagues at the bed of a hospital patient in background, 90 x 68mm (Storer –; BDM –). Extremely fine and very rare (£40-60)
France, Amour Maternel, 1912, a bronze medal by O. Yencesse for Canale, mother kissing her baby who sleeps in her arms, rev. flowering violet, 50mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 157; Classens 82; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 205; BDM VI, 698; cf. DNW 49, 931). Softly executed in this artist’s familiar style, extremely fine and a charming image, rare (£80-100)
Germany, Auf die Deutsche Mobilmachung [Mobilization of the German Army], 1914, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, naked figure of Atlas supporting a globe, flames in field, rev. giant seizing bull by the horns, 84mm (K 134; Frankenhuis 470). Small sprue hole on edge and tiny obverse rim nick at 7 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine (£50-70)
Germany, Die letzte Schlacht am Birkenbaum [The Last Battle at Birkenbaum], 1923, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, male head peering over horizon, fists clenched, tree and broken handcuffs in foreground, rev. shepherd with flock, 60mm (K 298). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
France, La Source, c. 1898, bronze Art Nouveau plaques by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis (2), from the same dies as previous, both 67 x 37mm (PBE 321; Coll. R. Marx 327-8; CGMP p.175; Jones, Art of the Medal, 328; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 66; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 41; cf. DNW 47, 865). Charming style, one very fine, the other about extremely fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Jean Garel, 1911, bronze plaques by H. Nocq (2), bust left, revs. crane investigating the throat of a dog which has its left forepaw raised, both 68 x 48mm (Storer 1185; BDM –); Paul Spillman, 1913, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, rev. legend, 70 x 54mm (Storer –; BDM VIII, 147; cf. DNW 57, 1357); Abbé Wetterlé, 1916, a bronze plaque by H. Nocq, bust left, rev. elevation of the Chambre d’Alsace-Lorraine, 60 x 46mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 102; BDM –); Henry...
France, L’Électricite, 1930, a uniface hexagonal bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, two seated figures, their hands raised and joined by a band of electricity, 60 x 52mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 93; Classens 118). Very fine, rare; set onto a bronze base (£40-60)
Germany, In Arte Libertas, 1910, a bronze plaque by G.A. Bredow, naked athlete and disrobed female stand by fountain, rev. der wuerttembergische kunstverein den mitgliedern and date in tablet, 110 x 68mm (BDM –). Extremely fine and very rare (£80-100)
Germany, Novembersturm [The Storms of November], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, naval rating kicking Kaiser across a border marker into a field of Dutch tulips, rev. symbolic Hohenzollern tree battered by storms of revolution, 58mm (K 232; Frankenhuis 1488). Extremely fine (£70-90)
Germany, Oberschlesiens Abstimmung [Plebiscite in Upper Silesia], 1921, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, map superimposed on head right, rev. German eagle standing left, having its wing pulled by a Silesian citizen, 60mm (K 284). Extremely fine (£60-80)
Austria, Richard Wagner, 1947, a large bronze medal by L. Bazor, bust left with flowing scarf, rev. naked figure of Apollo atop mountains, holding a lyre against a radiating sky, 115mm (CGMP p.115; Niggl 2137a [recté 1947]; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.27, 17; cf. DNW 60, 1624). Extremely fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Belgium, L’Art, 1910, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese for the Exposition Universelle, Brussels, Beaux-Arts section, naked female seated on rock, holding lyre and lamp, male Genie springing upwards at left, rev. legend flanked by two sheaves of wheat, 82 x 48mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.13, 35; BDM VI, 320); Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, Fêtes et Concours Nationaux et Internationaux de Gymnastique, a bronze award medal by P. Dubois, diaphanous figures to left, rev. diaphanous figures...
France, Orphée, 1899, bronze award medals by M.-A.-L. Coudray (3), similar, rev. naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, all un-named, all 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. DNW 66, 1487) [3]. One about very fine, others about extremely fine and better (£60-80)
France, Pax, 1907, a silver medal by J.-L. Merot, young female left, holding an olive branch, rev. young naked shepherd seated on a rock, sheepdog at right, sheep in background, 63mm (PBE –; CGMP p.253; cf. BDW 18, 452). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise very fine and very rare; in red fitted case of issue (£60-80)
Germany, Das Goldene Buch der Stadt München [The Golden Book of Munich], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, Kaiser dressed as a jester inscribing a book, rev. Friedrich Ebert seated in chair, assistants placing Jacobin cap on his head, 58mm (K 234). Extremely fine (£50-70)
Belgium, L’Hygiène, 1913, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J. Lecroart for Fisch on behalf of the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille d’Art, bust of Hygieia on tablet, her hair garlanded with fruit, rev. naked standing figure of the goddess holding aloft a bowl overflowing with fruit, sleeping child to her right leaning on philosopher’s bust, 70mm x 65mm (BDM VII, 542; cf. DNW 64, 1330). Tiny rim nick on base, otherwise very fine, charming style (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £75
France, Automobile-Club de France, 1895, a bronze Société d’Encouragement award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, semi-naked female figure sat on tricycle, right hand holding a torch and left hand on the tiller, rev. legend above wreath, named (8e Salon de l’Automobile 1905, Inventions Nouvelles, Roullot, Pocule Intermediaire de Changement de Vitesse), 68mm (PBE 305; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.39, 63; cf. Gaz. Num. 1898, p.23, 197; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 28; cf. DNW 66, 1371). Extremely fine; in...
France, La Seine, c. 1900, a uniface silver plaque or box top by C.P. Pillet, reclining female nude on rock, bullrushes at sides, 50 x 40mm. Very fine, rare; with small loops for suspension at top (£30-50)
France, Automobile-Club du Nord de la France, 1912, a bronze award medal by R. Bénard, winged figure of Victory seated on racing car being driven at speed, rev. wreath, named (J. Masse, 1934), 50mm (cf. BDW 13, 243); L’Automobile, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by E.-A. Monier, racing car to left, piloted by driver and riding mechanic, rev. wreath, un-named, 40mm; 40th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pneumatic Tyre Industry, 1928, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, rubber workers in...
France, Chambre de Commerce, Nancy, 1913, a silver award medal by E.-V. Prouvé, female figure poring over a book, globe in foreground, industrial scene behind, rev. front of the Chambre, named (J. Matray, 1920), 68mm (cf. DNW 40, 769). Extremely fine and very rare (£90-120)
France, Aviation, c. 1930, an Art Deco award medal by E. Fraisse, winged figure and two biplanes set against the rays of the sun, rev. tablet, un-named, 50mm. Good very fine; in maroon fitted case of issue (£40-50)
France, Eugène Delacroix, 1934, a bronze medal by P. Turin, bust right, rev. segment of painting, palette and brushes behind, 68mm (CGMP p.381; cf. DNW 66, 1552). Mint state, attractively patinated (£90-120)
Germany, Viel Glück, 1906, an octagonal bronze plaque by Prof. R. Bosselt for Hilt, seated robed figure, arms outstretched on cornucopiæ, rev. signs of the Zodiac around radiated sun, 52 x 52mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.242, 7; BDM –). About extremely fine, very rare (£40-60)
Germany, Hess-Landes Ausstellung, Darmstadt, 1908, a silver award medal by J. Ködding, frontal elevation of Expo building, rev. naked male and semi-robed female by central column, un-named, 60mm (BDM –). Minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine and toned, very rare (£60-80)
Germany, Capture of Namur, 1914, a silver medal by R. Küchler, bust of General von Gallwitz right, rev. German soldiers with cannon trained on Namur, 50mm, edge stamped ds10 (Frankenhuis 502; BDM VII, 522; cf. DNW 38, 659). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Austria, Die Sünde [The Sin], 1912, a uniface bronze plaque by K. Perl, naked female standing with back to viewer, holding a serpent, 90 x 40mm (BDM –). Extremely fine, rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £70
Belgium, Aux Protecteurs des Arts, c. 1920, a bronze plaque by P. Theunis, naked kneeling female offering up a lamp, rev. rearing Pegasus on hind legs, 74 x 60mm. Very fine, patinated (£40-60)
France, Banquet des Maires, 1900, a bronze award plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, emblematic figures of Paris and the Republic raise their glasses to the crowd of civic figures below, rev. fasces and flag, un-named, 98 x 72mm (PBE 971; CGMP p.394; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 192; BDM VI, 243; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 48; cf. DNW 50, 1214). Extremely fine and nicely patinated, rare in the large size (£60-80)
France, Odilon Lannelongue, 1901, a silver plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. mother and child and injured man with nurse, who holds a formidable hand drill, 70 x 55mm (PBE 84; Coll R. Marx 206; Storer 1999; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 15; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.37, 39; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 57, 1341). Good very fine, lightly toned, very rare (£60-80)
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