British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

France, Ouverture du Canal de l’Ourcq, 1809, copper medals by B. Andrieu (2), bust of Napoleon right, revs. Paris seated with attendants, both 40mm (Bramsen 868; Slg. Julius 2122; BDM I, 54); Compagnie des Canaux de Paris, 1818, copper medals by R. Gayrard (2), both 35mm; Assassinat du Duc du Berri, 1820, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and R. Gayrard, 35mm (BDM II, 226); Canal St Martin, Paris, a copper medal by R. Gayrard and A. Desboeufs, 41mm [6]. Last good fine, others very fine and better £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals Related To Canals and Shipping from the Stanley Holland Collection.

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