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FRANCE, Public Roads, 1733, a copper medal by J.C. Roettiers and J. LeBlanc, armoured and draped bust of Louis XV right, rev. Vibilia seated left, holding wheel, 41mm (Page-Divo 86 [bust 8]; BDM I, 195). About extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, 1736, a copper medal by J. Dassier, bust facing three-quarters left, rev. two serpents coiled around club of Hercules, symbols of arts, science, war, and agriculture around, 54mm (Eisler 233 [silver]; Pax 1011; BDM I, 514). About extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £50
FRANCE, Cardinal Fleury, 1736, a uniface impression in horn (?) of the obv. of the medal by J. Dassier, 57 x 54mm (cf. Eisler 233); Cardinal Fleury, 1741, a cast brass medal by S. Garbett, 38mm (BDM II, 200); Louis XVI, a uniface impression in glass (?) of the obv. of a medal by J. Duvivier, undated, 40mm; Napoleon I, 1807, a restrike bronze medal by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley [struck after 1880], 41mm (BDM III, 54); Death of the Duc du Berri, 1820, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II,...
Hammer Price: £260
FRANCE, Victories of Maurice of Saxony, 1747, a copper medal by J. Dassier & Sons, armoured and draped bust right, rev. Victory inscribing shield, surrounded by captured arms and trophies, 55mm (Eisler 352a; BDM I, 511). Good very fine, rare £150-£180
Hammer Price: £160
FRANCE, Death of Maurice of Saxony, 1750, a white metal medal by D. Kam, armoured and draped bust left, rev. tomb with attendants, 56mm. About extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
FRANCE, Maurice of Saxony, an oval cast bronze plaque, unsigned [after J. Dassier], armoured bust left, field stippled, 61 x 49mm. Good very fine £60-£80
£60–£80
FRANCE, Montesquieu, 1753, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, draped bust left, rev. Truth seated in cloud to left, Justice standing to right, 60mm (Eisler 357; BDM I, 511). Some marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, rev. King bidding farewell to his family, 48mm (Pollard 1; BDM III, 239). About extremely fine £120-£150
FRANCE, Queen Marie-Amelie, a uniface bronze medal, unsigned and undated, head left with hair in coil, mounted on velvet within wooden frame, 60mm (medal), 142 x 142mm (frame). Medal about extremely fine, frame chipped at corners £40-£50
£40–£50
FRANCE, Louis Philippe, Accession, 1830, a copper medal by A. Depaulis, laureate bust right, rev. France handing crown to Louis Philippe, throne behind, 74mm (BDM I, 557). Extremely fine £100-£120
FRANCE, Louis Philippe, Accession, 1830, a copper medal by R. Gayrard and A.A. Caqué, 42mm (BDM II, 226; BDM I, 343); Distribution of Flags, 1830, a copper medal by R. Gayrard and A.A.. Caqué, 51mm (BDM II, 226; BDM I, 343); Louis Philippe and Marie-Amelie, 1833, a copper medal by J.P. Montagny, 41mm; Marriage of the Duke of Orléans and Princess Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1837, a copper medal by J.J. Barre, 41mm (BDM I, 130); Opening of the Musée de Versailles, 1837, a restrike...
£150–£200
FRANCE, Louis Philippe, 1830, a miniature gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 11mm; Birth of the Count of Paris, 1838, a copper medal by J.P. Montagny, 26mm; Provisional Government, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 27mm; Burning of the Château d’Eau, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 28mm; Proclamation of the Second Republic, 1848, a brass medal, unsigned, 27mm; Hôtel de Ville, 1848, a copper medal, unsigned, 28mm; Gloire d’Italie, 1849, a white metal medal, unsigned, 35mm [7]. Very fine or...
£100–£150
FRANCE, Constitutional Charter, 1830, a copper medal by L.M. Petit, laureate bust of Louis Philippe right, rev. legend in 14 lines, 51mm. Minor marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £80-£100
£80–£100
FRANCE, Anglo-French Friendship, 1830, a copper medal by R. Gayrard and A.A. Caqué, winged Genius standing facing on globe, holding olive branch and torch, rev. legend within wreath, 36mm (BDM II, 226; BDM I, 342). Extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Capture of Antwerp, 1832, a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, bust of Louis Philippe left, rev. France, dressed as ancient warrior, standing right, holding thunderbolt and olive branch, 50mm (BDM II, 207). Extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £30
FRANCE, Louis Philippe, Visit to Cherbourg, 1833, a silver medal by J.P. Montagny, laureate bust left, rev. cherbourg 1833 within wreath, 42mm. Extremely fine with some toning, rare in silver £150-£180
Hammer Price: £75
FRANCE, Visit of the Royal Family to the Paris Mint, 1833, a restrike bronze medal by J.J. Barre [struck after 1880], heads of Louis Philippe and Marie-Amelie in medallions, rev. heads of the nine royal children in four medallions, 76mm (BDM I, 129); together with uniface cast brass clichés of the obv. and rev. of the same medal [3]. About extremely fine or better £60-£80
FRANCE, Repatriation of Napoleon’s Remains from St Helena, 1840, a copper medal by J.J. Barre, laureate bust of Louis Philippe left, rev. legend in 16 lines, 37mm (BDM I, 129). Good extremely fine; in turned wooden box £60-£80
Hammer Price: £35
FRANCE, Duc d’Orléans, 1842, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre after Marochetti [struck 1845-60], laureate bust of Louis Philippe right, rev. Duke on horseback right, 71mm (BDM I, 130). Extremely fine; in fitted wooden case £100-£120
£100–£120
FRANCE, Duke of Nemours Appointed Regent, 1842, a copper medal by V.M. Borrel, conjoined busts of the Count of Paris and the Duke of Nemours left, rev. legend, 52mm (BDM I, 223). About extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Promulgation of the Law on Railways, 1842, a copper medal by A. Bovy, laureate head of Louis Philippe left, rev. France enthroned on plinth, flanked by Mercury and Mars, 113mm (Moyaux 121; BDM I, 246). Extremely fine; in fitted wooden case £300-£400
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, Promulgation of the Law on Railways, 1842, a restrike bronze medal by A. Bovy [struck after 1880], similar, 113mm (cf. Moyaux 121; cf. Swan 253; cf. BDM I, 246). Traces of deposit on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
FRANCE, Chapelle Saint Ferdinand, 1844, a copper medal by V.M. Borrel, bust of the Duke of Orléans right, rev. view of the chapel, 52mm (BDM I, 223). About extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £60-£80
FRANCE, Bombardment of Tangier, 1844, a restrike copper medal by V.M. Borrel [struck 1860-79], uniformed bust of Ferdinand, Prince de Joinville, right, rev. legend, 52mm (BDM I, 223). A few small edge knocks, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Bombardment of Tangier and Mogador, 1844, a copper medal by A.A. Caqué, uniformed bust of the Prince de Joinville right, rev. warships, the two cities in background, 53mm. Good very fine, but some edge knocks and bruises £100-£120
Hammer Price: £95
FRANCE, Chamber of Deputies, 1847, a silver medal by L.M. Petit, laureate bust of Louis Philippe left, rev. Law standing facing, flanked by Mercury, Agriculture, Arts and Letters, 53mm. Cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
£150–£180
FRANCE, February Revolution, 1848, a plated medal by A. Garnier, 37mm (de Saulcy pl. 1, 1; BDM II, 203); February Revolution, 1848, a white metal medal, unsigned, 40mm (de Saulcy pl. 17, 1); Burning of the French Throne, 1848, a white metal medal, unsigned, 48mm (de Saulcy –); Père Auchêne, 1848, a lead medal, unsigned, 70mm (de Saulcy pl. 52, 1); Homme de Paille, 1848, a lead medal, unsigned, 63mm (de Saulcy –); Louis Napoleon Proclaimed President, 1848, a white metal medal, unsigned,...
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Provisional Government, 1848, a trial striking of a medal by A. Garnier on a square white metal flan, radiant level on pedestal, rev. legend, 45 x 45mm (cf. BDM II, 203). About extremely fine, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
FRANCE, Émile de Girardin, 1849, a copper medal by V.M. Borrel, bust left, rev. legend, 52mm (BDM I, 224). About as struck, rare £100-£120
GERMANY, International Congress of Jewellers, Berlin, 1935, a bronze medal, unsigned [by M. von Engelhardt], uniformed bust of Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha right, rev. three nude figures, 50mm. Extremely fine; in card box £50-£70
Hammer Price: £25
ITALY, Luigi Marchesi, 1791, a copper medal by G. Hamerani, bust left, rev. legend within wreath, 32mm (Svarstad 349). Good extremely fine, rare £100-£120
ITALY, Restoration of the Piazza Campidoglio, 1805, a uniface copper medal by T. Mercandetti, view of the Piazza, 67mm (BDM IV, 32). Minor flan flaws and edge knocks, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£120
LORRAINE, Construction of Roads, 1705, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, draped bust of Leopold I right, rev. Hercules breaking rocks to clear path for Mercury, 58mm (BDM V, 309). About extremely fine £100-£120
LORRAINE, Inauguration of the Statue of Louis XV in Nancy, 1755, a copper medal by M.A. de Saint-Urbain, bust of Stanislaus I left, rev. view of the statue, 51mm (Hutten-Czapski 2734 [silver]; BDM V, 314). About extremely fine £100-£120
NETHERLANDS, War of the Austrian Succession, 1742, a satirical brass medal, unsigned, 43mm; William IV of Orange, Inauguration as Stadtholder, 1747, a brass medal, unsigned, 40mm; Regency of Queen-Mother Emma, 1892, a bronze medal by C.J. Begeer, 66mm; Queen-Mother Emma, 1904, a rectangular bronze plaque by J.C. Wienecke, 51 x 41mm (BDM VI, 476) [4]. About very fine or better, second pierced £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
NETHERLANDS, William IV of Orange, Inauguration as Stadtholder, 1747, a copper medal by J. Dassier and Sons, armoured and draped bust left, rev. armoured prince clasping hand of seated Genius, 55mm (Eisler 350b; BDM I, 516). Extremely fine £100-£120
NETHERLANDS, William IV of Orange, Inauguration as Stadtholder, 1747, a silver medal by N. van Swinderen, draped bust right, rev. Dutch lion holding sword and resting paw on pedestal decorated with orange branches, 38mm, 26.07g (MI II, 629/317; E 615). Extremely fine and toned, rare; with integral loop for suspension £150-£180
NETHERLANDS, William IV of Orange, Inauguration as Stadtholder, 1747, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, William on horseback left, rev. Dutch lion in medallion, surrounded by arms of the seven provinces, 42mm. About extremely fine £60-£80
NETHERLANDS, Birthday of Princess Caroline of Orange, 1748, a gold medalet by M. Holtzhey, conjoined busts of William IV and Anne right, rev. bust of Caroline right within wreath, 21mm, 2.37g (MI II, 638/331; BDM II, 538). Possibly from a ring mount, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £600
NETHERLANDS, Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, a silver medal by N. van Swinderen, Piety standing beside altar, rev. Peace standing beside olive tree, 41mm, 21.07g (MI II, 647/347; BDM V, 718). Some contact marks, otherwise good very fine and toned, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
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