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FRANCE, Le Rêve du Travailleur, 1905, a bronze medal by V.-J.-J.A. Ségoffin for the SAMF, exhausted naked workman sleeps and dreams of others comforting him, rev. the naked workman sits awake, under a tree, gathering his thoughts, sailing boat and rising sun behind, 68mm, edge stamped 193 (Maier 30; Coll. R. Marx 121; BDM V, 463; cf. Baldwin 90, 1967). Good very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £380
FRANCE, La Joie de Vivre, 1906, a bronze medal by R. Lamourdedieu for the SAMF, naked couple seated on a rock, kissing, rev. naked young man sat on a rock contemplating the rising sun, 57mm, edge stamped 183 (Maier 35; Coll. R. Marx 126; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 17; BDM VII, 529; cf. Baldwin 90, 1955). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £400
FRANCE, L’Accalmie, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by J.M.M. Cazin for the SAMF, an old woman and a man looking out to sea after a tempest, rev. wreck of a boat, 81 x 66mm, edge stamped 223 (Maier 21; PBE 42; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 4; Coll. R. Marx 111; BDM I, 375; The Medal 44, p.40; cf. Baldwin 90, 1944). A poignant rendition, extremely fine, rare £240-£300
FRANCE, Les Forgerons, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by G. Loiseau-Bailly for the SAMF, team of ironworkers in a metal-works at Guérigny hammer links for a chain, rev. two protectively-masked ironworkers working a bellows and a hammer forge, 80 x 50mm, edge stamped 223 (Maier 22; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 23; Coll. R. Marx 112; BDM –; cf. Baldwin 90, 1961). Good very fine, a very detailed and expressive study, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, La Danse, 1901 [issued 1902], a bronze medal by F.-R. Carabin for the SAMF, female dancer, rev. two couples dancing, 50mm, edge stamped 254 (Maier 10; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.306, 3; Coll. R. Marx 100; BDM I, 345; cf. DNW 35, 544). Very fine, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £440
FRANCE, François le Rémouleur, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the SAMF, man seated left, grinding a knife, rev. peasant woman standing left, in the act of skinning a rabbit, 70 x 49mm, edge stamped 144 (Maier 40; Classens 84; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 10; Coll. R. Marx 131; BDM VI, 695 [given to 1906]; cf. WAG 42, 5447). Very fine, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, La Musique, or Soirée Musicale, 1908 [issued 1909], a bronze plaque by F. David for the SAMF, quintet, including central violinist and lady on a harp, rev. lady singing, lady pianist at right, all watched by a family of four at left, 75 x 53mm, edge stamped 113 (Maier 46; PBE 339; Coll. R. Marx 138; cf. BSJ 52, 433). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, La Pierre, 1905, a bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for the SAMF, three stonemasons at work, rev. two artisans manoeuvring a stone, 74 x 61mm, edge stamped 166 (Maier 31; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 6; Coll. R. Marx 122; BDM VII, 177; Jones, The Art of the Medal, p.129, 344). Good very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Breton et Bretonne, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir for the SAMF, man seated at table with flagon and cup, rev. female standing with her knitting, grazing animals in background, 60 x 46mm, edge stamped 43 (Maier 49; Coll. R. Marx 141; BDM VII, 548; cf. BSJ 52, 456). Very fine, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £460
FRANCE, Caresses Maternelle et Jeux d’enfants, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by A. Marque for the SAMF, naked buxom female balances a naked boy on her thigh, rev. two naked children stand on tip-toe and embrace each other, 70 x 44mm, edge stamped 85 (Maier 42; Coll. R. Marx 133; BDM VIII, 22; cf. BSJ 52, 457). Very fine, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, Le Vin, or Le Pressoir, 1910 [issued 1914], a bronze award plaque by P.-A. Morlon for the SAMF, a group of men working a wine press, rev. two women with baskets of grapes, tablet in centre, 100 x 58mm, edge stamped 53 (Maier 56; Coll. R. Marx 148; PBE 614; cf. DNW 35, 554). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Jeunesse, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois for the SAMF, bust of a girl right, rev. irises, edge stamped 283, 60 x 47mm (Maier 1; PBE 529; Classens 60; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 21; Coll. R. Marx 89; BDM III, 372; cf. Baldwin 81, 3520). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £480
FRANCE, Institution des Jeunes Aveugles, 1902 [issued 1903], a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for the SAMF, group of young blind women listen to one of their number playing a sitar, rev. blind girl with dog knocking at the hospice door, 81 x 69mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 18; PBE 524; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.183, 15 and p.308, 19; Coll. R. Marx 108; BDM III, 369; cf. Baldwin 90, 1957). Good very fine, rare £240-£300
FRANCE, Les Joyaux, or Les Parures, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze medal by P. Grand’homme for the SAMF, two women seated, trying on jewellery, rev. two women admiring roses, 60mm, edge stamped 60 (Maier 54; Coll. R. Marx 146; cf. Baldwin 90, 1954). Very fine and very rare £240-£300
FRANCE, Faune et Faunesse, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by P.-L. Durousseau for the SAMF, naked female standing right, playing a double flute, rev. partial head of a male faun, 62 x 31mm, edge stamped 114 (Maier 48; Coll R. Marx 140; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.88, 7-8; BDM VII, 243; cf. Baldwin 81, 3540). Some rubbing to high points of reverse, otherwise very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £500
FRANCE, Maternité, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for the SAMF, mother seated left on chair breast-feeding her baby, rev. bust of Charpentier’s daughter, Thérèse, right, 80 x 52mm, edge stamped 283 (Maier 3; PBE 150; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 5; Coll. R. Marx 92; BDM I, 411; cf. Baldwin 90, 1946). Good very fine, rare £300-£400
FRANCE, Le Maréchal-Ferrant, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by F. Gaudissard for the SAMF, two blacksmiths shoeing a horse, rev. blacksmiths at work in a forge, 65 x 50mm, edge stamped 121 (Maier 47; Coll. R. Marx 139; cf. BSJ 52, 445). Very fine and very rare £200-£260
FRANCE, L’Histoire enregistre les découvertes de l’Archéologie, 1904 [issued 1905], a bronze plaque by A. Lechevrel for the SAMF, classical figures in a tree-lined glade, one holding a statuette, rev. statue of a goddess by a woodland stream, trees in background, 80 x 68mm, edge stamped 206 (Maier 27; PBE 518; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.178, 26 and p.308, 18; Coll. R. Marx 117; BDM III, 362; cf. Baldwin 52, 453). Very fine, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, L’Été, 1908 [issued 1909], a bronze plaque by F.-M. Michelet for the SAMF, naked female standing under tree, having just cast off her robe, rev. the same female, robed, reclines in rowing-boat, her hand close to an oar, 63 x 42mm, edge stamped 94 (Maier 45; PBE 603; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 24; Coll. R. Marx 137; BDM VIII, 58; cf. BSJ 52, 458). Very fine, reverse better, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, Paysannes du Berry, or Paysanne au Panier, 1910 [issued 1914], a bronze plaque by E. Nivet for the SAMF, peasant woman tending to a calf in a stable, rev. the same woman hanging laundry on a tree-branch, 80 x 45mm, edge stamped 120 (Maier 57; PBE 632; Coll. R. Marx 149; BDM VIII, 96). Good very fine, very rare £200-£260
FRANCE, Mine et Métallurgie, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by C. Theunissen for the SAMF, men smelting steel in the works at Denain, rev. women load barges with coal poured from baskets, 75 x 55mm, edge stamped 80 (Maier 50; Coll. R. Marx 102; BDM VIII, 234; cf. Baldwin 101, 3796). Good very fine, very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £600
FRANCE, Aux Poëtes sans Gloire, 1905 [issued 1906], a bronze medal by L-A. Bottée for the SAMF, muse of Poetry walking right, head bowed, holding wreath and lyre, rev. muses of the Arts above tomb of unknown poet, Chronos with his scythe above, 90mm, edge stamped 193 (Maier 33; PBE 25; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.16, 4, and p.306, 2; Coll. R. Marx 124; cf. Baldwin 90, 1942). Obverse with minor staining, otherwise very fine, rare £300-£400
FRANCE, Printemps et Hiver, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for the SAMF, three couples walking in a wood, rev. standing female, dressed in furs and muff, in a snow-covered landscape, 80 x 69mm, edge stamped 64 (Maier 51; Coll. R. Marx 143; cf. PBE 522; cf. DNW 50, 1299). Very fine, rare £120-£150
FRANCE, L’Art des Jardins, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by F.J.A. Roques for the SAMF, gardener standing on balustrade tending a plant, rev. sculpted garden, 75 x 44mm, edge stamped 131 (Maier 43; PBE 832; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 32; Coll. R. Marx 134; BDM V, 212; cf. Schulman 350, 1636). Very fine and very rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Les Saisons, or Vieillesse, 1906 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by C.R. de Saint-Marceaux for the SAMF, nude female figure representing Spring crouching right above a townscape, embracing new growth on trees, rev. nude female representing Winter seated on a pile of leaves and leaning against a tree-trunk, feet crossed, birds at right, 80 x 64mm, edge stamped 81, 80 x 64mm (Maier 39; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.311, 34; Coll. R. Marx 130; cf. Baldwin 90, 1966). Very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
FRANCE, Les Jeunes Enfants or Ronde Enfantine, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by C.-P. Pillet for the SAMF, mother lying on ground with book, cuddling her daughter, rev. four children dancing in a circle, edge stamped 223, 65 x 53mm (Maier 23; PBE 715; Coll. R. Marx 113; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 28; BDM IV, 537; cf. DNW M14, 1264). Very fine, an attractive and charming plaque £150-£200
FRANCE, Helena, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by R. Grégoire for the SAMF, robed figure of Helena standing amid the ruins of a city, a dead youth at her feet, rev. Eros, naked, stands on plinth, a rich Italianate garden in background, 90 x 60mm, edge stamped 85 (Maier 53; PBE 470; Classens 42; Coll. R. Marx 145; BDM VII, 394; cf. Baldwin 46, 2306). Good very fine, rare £180-£220
Hammer Price: £700
FRANCE, Les Singes, 1906 [issued 1907], a bronze plaque by P.-P. Jouve for the SAMF, seated monkey holding an Egyptian statue in a front paw, rev. four monkeys sat on a branch, edge stamped 183, 61 x 53mm (Maier 37; Coll. R. Marx 128; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 15; BDM VII, 491; cf. DNW 30, 840). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
FRANCE, La Glyptique, or La Médaille, 1902 [issued 1903], a bronze medal by G. Dupré for the SAMF, self-portrait of Dupré at work at his desk, a view of the Monnaie through the window in the background, rev. two robed females left, studying a medal in its case, 64mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 19; Coll. R. Marx 109; BDM I, 653; cf. Baldwin 90, 1952). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
FRANCE, Le Goûter, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by Geneviève Granger for the SAMF, young girl pulling a toy cart drinks from a bowl held by a seated female, rev. standing girl holding a doll, watching a cat and her four kittens sample the contents of the bowl, edge stamped 127, 75 x 50mm (Maier 41; Coll R. Marx 132; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.113, 8, and p.308, 13; BDM VII, 391; cf. Baldwin 81, 3530). Tiny rim knock on obverse at top left, otherwise very fine and softly executed, rare ...
FRANCE, Les Mineurs, 1906 [issued 1907], a bronze medal by H.L. Gréber for the SAMF, four miners at work at coal-face, rev. miner attempting to take cover from an explosion caused by fire-damp, 72mm, edge stamped 183 (Maier 36; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 14; Coll. R. Marx 127; BDM VII, 393; cf. DNW 30, 839). Good very fine, very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £750
FRANCE, La Toilette, or Le Tub, 1910 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the SAMF, woman perched in bath-tub, washing her neck, screen in background, rev. woman to right, adjusting her hair in a mirror, 65 x 41mm, edge stamped 54 (Maier 55; PBE 1017; Classens 85; BDM VI, 698; cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 213). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
FRANCE, Lion et Taureau, 1904 [issued 1905], a bronze medal by V. Peter for the SAMF, lion savaging a bull running left, rev. panther seated in tree, observing her two cubs playing on the ground, 65mm, edge stamped 206 (Maier 29; PBE 698; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 27; Coll. R. Marx 120; BDM IV, 463; cf. BDW 14, 743). Very fine, rare £140-£180
Hammer Price: £900
FRANCE, Combat de Cerfs, or Cerf et Biches, 1900 [issued 1901], a bronze plaque by G. Gardet for the SAMF, two stags fighting, other animals watching the contest, trees in background, rev. two does and two fauns rest in wooded landscape, 95 x 58mm, edge stamped 266 (Maier 9; PBE 463; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 12; Coll. R. Marx 99; BDM II, 201; cf. Baldwin 81, 3522). Very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
FRANCE, Cléopâtre, 1902, a bronze plaque by E. Fremiet for the SAMF, bust right, lovebirds in ac monogram at left, necklace below, rev. Cleopatra, enthroned, rides an elephant to right, lion behind, attendants riding another elephant behind her, all being led by an ibis, 83 x 66mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 16; PBE 462; Coll. R. Marx 106; cf. Baldwin 81, 3523). Very fine and a sensitive study, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
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