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25 November 2013
France, La Parure, 1925, an octagonal bronze Art Deco repoussé plaque by P. Turin for La Gerbe d’Or, three female figures, one standing naked at front, 81mm (Classens 131; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 123; The Medal 44, p.50; cf. DNW M2, 2689). Extremely fine; with original maroon cord for suspension £90-120
Hammer Price: £70
France, War Memorial Erected, Nice, 1928, an Art Déco bronze medal by A. Lavrillier after A. Janniot, warrior clasping sword, head of wild boar behind, rev. the memorial, 72mm (Classens 104; Maier 315; V &A Exh. Cat. 1998, 53). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
France, Réconstitution de Mines de Lens, 1929, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty and H. Lefebvre, miner with pick-axe at coal face, rev. view of the mine buildings, devastation from the War destruction in foreground, 67 x 47mm (cf. Roty Compagnnonage p.92; cf. PBE 877). Extremely fine, rare; in fitted green case of issue £90-120
Hammer Price: £120
France, Quatercentenary of the Founding of the Collège de France, 1930, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, female head with torch, rev. monument to Guillaume Budé, 68mm (CGMP p.378; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 280). Extremely fine; in original buff card box of issue £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a bronze medal by L. Bazor, Marianne greets figures representing North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Indo-China, rev. plan of the Expo, 68mm (CGMP p.30; cf. DNW M7, 2474); Construction, or Tailleurs de Pierre, 1934, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Burger, 72 x 53mm (CGMP p.69; cf. DNW 56, 822); together with other medals and plaques (6), by Anie Mouroux, Baron, Delannoy, Grun, etc [8]. Very fine and better; one in case of issue £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
France, Honoré de Balzac, 1933, a silver medal by L. Patriarche, bust left, rev. comedic mask, 68mm (CGMP p.304; cf. BDW 7, 853). Good very fine, rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £90
Germany, Drei Grafen von Spee [Deaths of the three Counts von Spee], 1914, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, facing busts of Heinrich, Maximilian and Otto von Spee above legend, rev. eagle preparing to mark a watery grave with a branch, 103mm (K 146; Frankenhuis 529; BDM VII, 382; Hill 13). Extremely fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
Germany, Wie Siegfried der Held den Baeren band [How Siegfried the Hero bound the Bear], 1915, a bronze medal by A. Löwental, bust of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg three-quarters left, rev. Siegfried binding the Russian bear, 100mm (Frankenhuis 712-13). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Germany, Bismarck, 20 Jahre nach meinem Tode [20th Anniversary of the Death of Bismarck], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, head appearing from clouds, rev. figure representing a Social Democrat mounting a horse, draped figure of Germany averting her eyes, 58mm (K 216; Frankenhuis 1491); together with other European medals (2), by Devreese and Huguenin [3]. About extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
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 £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
Hungary, Vaccination, 1916, a uniface iron plaque by J. Reményi, standing figures around a seated man with head bandaged, preparing to be vaccinated, 90 x 69mm, edge stamped 60. Very fine, a limited issue £40-50
Hammer Price: £50
Italy, Memorial to Antonio Canova Erected, 1827, a copper medal by A. Fabris, bust right, rev. memorial stone, 52mm (BDM II, 64; cf. DNW M7, 2431). Scuffing, otherwise very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Italy, Opening of the Mont Cenis Railway Tunnel, 1871, a copper medal by A. Restelli, female figures representing France and Italy greeting each other in front of tunnel entrance, rev. legends in and around wreath, 70mm (Moyaux 237; BDM V, 94-5). Rim nicks, otherwise very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Italy, 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the Kingdom of Italy, 1895, a plated pewter medal by Marcelle Crocé-Lancelot, conjoined busts of Victor Emanuel II and Umberto I right, rev. two robed figures embracing, soldiers in front of buildings in background, 60mm (Coll. R. Marx 393, this piece; BDM III, 286, and VII, 530, this piece listed). Scratch on face of Victor Emanuel and test cut on obverse edge at 12 o’clock, otherwise about very fine and very rare; with the reversed rm monogram...
Hammer Price: £20
Romania, Marriage of Prince Ferdinand and Princess Mary, 1893, a gilt-bronze medal by A. Scharff, conjoined busts right, rev. Cupid placing crown on overlapping shields of Romania and Great Britain, 50mm (W & E 1679.2; BHM 3453; E 1779; BDM V, 368). A few trivial marks, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
Russia, Imperial Shlyakhetsky Cadet Corps [1776], a thin lead squeeze of the rev. of the medal by P.L. Vernier, winged Fame crowns a seated sage with a laurel wreath, legend above, date incomplete, 44mm (cf. Diakov 172.2); together with another lead squeeze for an unsigned medal, dignissimo, 38mm [2]. Very fine £80-100
£80–£100
United States of America, Ulysses S. Grant, 1868, a copper medal by H. Bovy, bust left, rev. legend, 60mm (BDM I, 249). About extremely fine £40-60
United States of America, Charles Lindbergh, c. 1930, a uniface plated bronze plaque signed O.W. for Fisch, bust right, 63 x 50mm, back engraved (à Monsieur Darsac, rédacteur en chef du Soir, avec tous les remerciements de M. Wolf et O. Neuman), 63 x 51mm (cf. DNW 64, 1473). Extremely fine and rare, a powerful Art Déco image £100-150
Hammer Price: £210
Miscellaneous, A collection of waxed plaster impressions of European historical medals, generally 38-42mm, including the rev. of Mauger's medal for the Capture of Cartagena, 1697 (Betts 83) and the rev. of Hedlinger's medal for the Death of Charles XI of Sweden [Lot]. Varied state £80-100
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