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Lothair (954-86), a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned and undated, crowned and draped bust right, 105mm (including frame). Very fine; set in a gilt-bronze frame, with loop and ring for suspension £40-£50
Hammer Price: £40
Henri IV, a copper medal by J-P. Droz, undated [struck early 19th century], 41mm (BDM I, 626); Louis XIV, a uniface silver medal, unsigned and undated [struck after 1880], 34mm; Capture of Capelle, 1656, a silver medal by J. Mauger and T. Bernard [struck early 19th century], 42mm (Divo 45); Spanish Ambassadors, 1662, a silver medal by J. Mauger and T. Bernard [struck after 1880], 41mm (Divo 68) [4]. Good very fine or better; second with loop and ring for suspension £100-£150
Hammer Price: £240
Alienation of Royal Lands, 1677, silver, by V (Varin?), 28mm; Society of Inventions and Discoveries, 1791, silver, by Dupré, 28mm; Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, silver, by F.L. (?), 30mm; The Senate and the People, an xiii [1804-5], silver, by Denon?, 14mm; Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820, copper, unsigned, 19mm; Campaigns of 1792 to 1815, 1821, copper, unsigned, 49mm including frame; Place Louis le Grand, 1825, silver, by Barre, 15mm; Vivant Denon, undated [c. 1825], copper (2), by Galle...
Hammer Price: £320
Marriage of Louis XV and Princess Maria of Poland, 1725, a silver medal by N. and J.C. Roettiers, two busts vis-à-vis, rev. wedding scene, 34mm, 16.30g (BDM V, 186). About extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £300
Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie Antoinette, 1770, a silver medal by P. Lorthior, laureate head of Louis XV right, rev. wedding scene, 38mm, 23.36g (BDM III, 476). Lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Voltaire, 1770, a copper medal by G.C. Wæchter, bust right, rev. symbols of art and science on altar, 59mm (BDM VI, 339). Extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £280
Church at Port-Marly, 1778, a silver medal by B. Duvivier, draped bust of Louis XVI right, rev. legend and date in six lines, 42mm, 30.22g. Rims filed, otherwise extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £100
Order of the Holy Spirit, an octagonal silver jeton by N. Gatteaux, undated [c. 1780], bust of Louis XVI right, rev. Order of the Holy Spirit, 34mm, 16.71g. About extremely fine and toned, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £110
Birth of the Dauphin (Prince Louis Joseph), 1781, a silver medal by B. Duvivier, facing busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, rev. seated female figure holding the infant prince, 42mm, 38.88g (BDM I, 686). About extremely fine, toned £150-£180
Hammer Price: £260
National Assembly, 1789, a bronze medal by P. Duvivier and N. Gatteaux [struck after 1880], 64mm (BDM I, 211); General Beauharnois, 1794, a gilt-bronze medal [a later striking?], unsigned, 32mm; Reform of Bronze Coinage, 1852, a copper medal by J. Dantzell, 68mm (Page-Divo 137); Siege of Paris, 1871, a plated bronze medal by J-C. Chaplain [struck after 1880], 75mm (BDM I, 402); Opening of the New Gare de Lyon in Paris, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, 59 x 45mm (BDM V, 239) [5]. Very fine...
Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, conjoined busts right, rev. the Royal Family, 48mm (Pollard 1; Julius 251; BDM III, 239). About extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Council of Five Hundred, an v [1796-7], an octagonal bronze medal by N. Gatteaux [struck after 1880], 41mm (BDM II, 210); Benedetto Tiraboschi, an vii [1798-9], a bronze medal, unsigned, stamped copie on edge, 47mm; Capture of Vienna, 1805, a copper medal by L. Manfredini, 43mm (BDM III, 554); Reunification of France and Rome, 1809, a copper medal by A. Depaulis and B. Andrieu [struck 1860-79], 41mm (BDM I, 54) [4]. Extremely fine £100-£150
Meeting of Napoleon and Emperor Franz II, 1805, a copper-gilt medal by J-P. Droz and B. Andrieu, laureate head of Napoleon right, rev. two Emperors standing, standard over crossed flags in centre, 40mm (BDM I, 53). Lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £170
Creation of the Legion of Honour, a copper-gilt medal [c. 1806] by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley, laureate head of Napoleon right, rev. Legion of Honour, wreath behind, 40mm (BDM III, 54). Some marks on edge and slight wear to gilding on high points, otherwise extremely fine £100-£120
Birth of the King of Rome, 1811, a copper medal by F. Stuckhart, medallions displaying busts of Napoleon and Maria Louisa within wreath, eagle on thunderbolt below, rev. Genius presenting infant prince to seated Empress, 50mm (BDM V, 705). Extremely fine, some die-breaks on obverse £100-£120
Hammer Price: £220
Entry of Louis XVIII into Paris, 1814, a silver medal by A. Galle, bust right, rev. Paris offering Louis the keys to the city, 68mm (Bramsen 1409). Fields brushed, otherwise about extremely fine with some toning, very rare in silver £400-£500
Hammer Price: £460
Marriage of the Duc de Berry and Caroline de Bourbon, 1816, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 50mm (BDM I, 55); Duke of Angoulême, 1816, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 40mm (BDM II, 225); Henri IV and Louis XVIII, a copper medal by J-P. Droz and J. Barre, undated, 41mm (BDM I, 626); Saint-Martin Canal, Paris, a silver medal [c. 1821-2] by R. Gayrard and A. Desboeufs, 41mm [4]. First three extremely fine, last very fine with some staining £100-£150
Restoration of the Statue of Henri IV, 1817, a silver medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. equestrian statue on plinth, 50mm (Bramsen 1793; BDM I, 55). Fields brushed, otherwise extremely fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £190
Tribute to Count Vorontsov, 1818, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. legend within wreath, 50mm. Extremely fine £100-£120
Bridge over the River Garonne at Bordeaux, 1821, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and J.E. Gatteaux, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. nymph reclining right, bridge behind, 51mm. Fields lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine, rare in silver £200-£260
Hammer Price: £400
Voyage of La Coquille, 1822, a silver medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. legend and date in nine lines, 51mm. Extremely fine and toned, rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Collections of Greek and Egyptian Art, 1822, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and A.J. Depaulis, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. the Venus de Milo, Egyptian monument behind, 51mm (BDM I, 557). Light scratch in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £600
Return of the Duke of Angoulême, 1823, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and R. Gayrard, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. Duke on horseback left leading soldiers, Arc de Triomphe behind, 50mm (BDM II, 226). Extremely fine £100-£120
£100–£120
St Étienne Railway, 1824, a silver medal by A. Depaulis, head of Louis XVIII right, rev. legend within wreath, 35mm. Extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £60
Charles X, a silver award medal by R. Gayrard, undated, un-named, 35mm (BDM II, 226); Colonel of the 11th Infantry Regiment, a copper medal by J. Barre, undated, 51mm; July Revolution, 1830, a copper medal by A. Caqué, 51mm; National Society for Intellectual Emancipation, 1831, a copper medal, unsigned, 33mm [4]. Good very fine or better £100-£150
Luxor Obelisk, 1831, brass, by Montagny, 26mm; General Lafayette, undated, bronze, unsigned, 11mm; Visit of the Royal Family to the Industrial Exposition, 1834, white metal, by Brasseux, 26mm; Arc de Triomphe, 1836, silver, by Montagny, 17mm; Arc de Triomphe, undated [c. 1836], copper, by Montagny, 26mm; Foundation of the Versailles Museum, 1837, copper, by Vivier, 25mm; July Column, 1840 (2), copper and brass, by Montagny, both 26mm; God Protect France, 1840, copper (2), by Petit, 27mm; Retu...
Attempted Assassination of Louis Philippe, 1835, a copper medal by A. Caqué, 41mm (BDM I, 343); Fire at Chartres Cathedral, 1836, a copper medal by J. Barre [struck 1842-5], 57mm; Storming of the Bastille and the Donjon at Vincennes, 1844, a copper medal by E. Rogat, 42mm; Opening of the Brussels-Paris Railway, 1846, a copper medal by L. Hart, 36mm (BDM II, 434) [4]. Extremely fine £100-£150
Capture of Constantine (Algeria), 1837, a copper medal by V. Borrel and A. Caqué [struck 1842-5], laureate bust of Louis Philippe left, rev. soldier in Roman dress standing, holding dagger and crown, fortress in flames to left, 52mm. Extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Promulgation of the Law on Railways, 1842, a copper medal by A. Bovy, laureate bust of Louis Philippe left, rev. France enthroned on plinth, flanked by Mercury and Mars, 113mm (Swan 253; BDM I, 246). Small carbon spot on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
Visit of Queen Victoria to France, 1843, copper, by Montagny, 26mm; Opening of the Paris-Rouen Railway, 1843, copper, by Borrel, 27mm; Casimir Delavigne, 1843, plated brass, unsigned, 26mm; Marriage of the Prince of Joinville and Francisca of Brazil, 1843, brass, unsigned, 26mm; Marquis de la Rochejaquelein, 1844, copper, by Borrel, 26mm; Molière Fountain, 1844, plated brass, unsigned, 26mm; Death of the Marquis of Dreux-Brézé, 1845, copper, unsigned, 27mm; Column of the Goddess, Lille, 1845,...
Opening of the Brussels-Paris Railway, 1846, a copper medal by L.J. Hart, personifications of Brussels and Paris enthroned facing with clasped hands, rev. angel standing facing, holding medallions displaying heads of Leopold I and Louis Philippe, 73mm (BDM II, 434). Extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, 1848, a copper medal, signed F (?), 34mm; Election of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Second Republic, 1850, a copper medal by J. Barre, 51mm (Page-Divo 11); Boulogne Agricultural Society, a plated copper award medal [c. 1860-70] by Desaide-Roquelay, un-named, 51mm; Academy of Industrial Inventors and Exhibitors, Paris, a gilt-bronze award medal by C. Marey, undated [struck after 1880], un-named, 51mm [4]. About extremely fine or better; third in contemp...
Second Republic, 1849, a silver award medal by B. Andrieu, female figure (France ?) seated right, holding laurel wreath in each hand, rev. wreath, named (Le Président de la République Française à M. Shepard 1849), 69mm. Fields hairlined, otherwise about extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case [this slightly distressed] £100-£120
Distribution of Flags to the Army, 1852, a copper-gilt medal by J-P. Montagny, bare head of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte left, rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt, holding branch in beak, 53mm (Page-Divo 76). Fields brushed, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£120
Regattas at Le Havre, 1873, a silver medal, unsigned, ornamental cartouche, ship behind, rev. république française within wreath, 41mm. Extremely fine and toned; in original fitted case £100-£120
Hammer Price: £50
Palais de Justice, 1874, a bronze medal by J. Lagrange, 75mm (BDM III, 272); Nationalization of the Canals of the South, 1897, a silver medal by H. Dubois, 68mm (BDM I, 635); 25th Anniversary of the Lyon Shooting Society, 1897, a bronze medal by A. Patey, 61mm (BDM IV, 425); Opening of the New Gare de Lyon in Paris, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, 59 x 45mm (BDM V, 239); Election of Alexandre Millerand as President, 1920, a bronze medal by L-A.. Bottée, 72mm [5]. Very fine or better £10...
National Shooting Competition, Paris, 1885, a copper medal by H. Dubois after A. Mercié, 59mm; National Union of Shooting Societies, 1886, a silver medal by H. Dubois after A. Mercié, 59mm; National Shooting Competition, Lyon, 1891, a bronze medal by H. Dubois after A. Mercié, 59mm; National Shooting Competition, Marseille, 1899, a bronze medal by G. Martin, 50mm; National Shooting Competition, Roubaix, 1910, a plated bronze medal by P. Lenoir, 37mm; Shooting, a bronze award medal by D. Dupui...
Fifth National Shooting Competition, 1896, a silver award medal by H. Dubois after A. Mercié, angel carrying wounded swordsman, rev. two shields of arms on laurel branch, un-named, 59mm (BDM –). Good very fine £100-£120
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