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AUSTRIA, Archduke Franz Joseph Otto, 1916, a bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, bust right, rev. crowned shield, 55mm; together with a similar medal, 1917, 65mm [2]. Extremely fine £90-£120
£90–£120
BELGIAN CONGO, Pierre Ryckmans, Gouverneur Général, 1950, a bronze medal by A. Dupagne, 70mm; together with a Belgian award medal for tennis, 1975 [2]. Virtually as struck £50-£70
£50–£70
BELGIUM, Inauguration of the Railroad between Verviers and Aachen, 1843, a bronze medal by F. Hart, uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev. allegorical figures with trains and cityscapes behind, 72mm (Moyaux 65). Extremely fine, small stain on obverse, the portrait in high relief and pleasing £120-£150
£120–£150
BELGIUM, Great War, c. 1918, a uniface artist’s proof by P. de Soete, helmeted soldier right, shield with St Michael in field, laurels behind, 93mm. Good very fine, rare £80-£100
£80–£100
BELGIUM, Au Roi-Soldat, a uniface bronze plaque by G. Petit, helmeted bust of Albert I almost facing, shield at left, 80 x 69mm. Very fine, rare £80-£120
£80–£120
BELGIUM, Menin Gate, Ypres, 1927, a uniface British-made bronze plaque, unsigned, façade of the gate, 72 x 48mm (cf. DNW M10, 1477). Very fine, rare £40-£50
£40–£50
BRUNEI, Visit of Elizabeth II, 1972, a cupro-nickel medal by Spink, 57mm (W & E 8530.1; DF 423.2; cf. DNW 131, 516); MALAYA, Malaysia Day Celebrations, 1963, Sports and Games, a bronze medal, unsigned, 57mm; SARAWAK, Centenary, 1941, an enamelled badge, 27mm; SINGAPORE, Sir Stamford Raffles, 1919, a pewter award medal, unsigned, named (Bill Gray, Anzuk Ordnance Soccer Team, 1973 Season), 70mm (cf. DNW 42, 1284) [4]. Very fine and better £50-£70
CANADA, Opening of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, 1860, a white metal medal by A. Hoffnung, distant panorama of the bridge with a train, boat approaching, arms above, rev. legend in 14 lines flanked by portraits of Victoria, Albert and the Prince of Wales in medallions, 51mm (Moyaux 48; BDM VII, 455; cf. Swan 369). Small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine or better £50-£70
CANADA, British Columbia Agricultural, Industrial and Mining Exhibition, 1913, a silver medal, unsigned, frontiersman leaning on base of a felled tree, indicating ships in a bay, ploughing scene in left foreground and mountains in background, rev. legend in wreath, edge impressed (Champion Hackney Mare), 38mm, 26.03g. About extremely fine, very rare £80-£100
DENMARK, Marriage of Princess Sophia Magdalena of Denmark and Crown Prince Gustav, 1766, a silver medal by D.J. Adzer, draped bust Sophia left, rev. Hymen standing with torch and Abundantia with two cornucopiæ placing the Danish and Swedish shields on an altar, 54mm, 76.65g (Galster 463; Hild. II p.222, 1; BDM I, 27). About extremely fine, toned £200-£260
£200–£260
FRANCE, Military Conquests, 1646, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 23); Birth of the Dauphin, 1729, a plated copper medal by B. Duvivier, 56mm (Nocq 108); Parlement de Toulouse Rétabli, 1775, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 41mm; Entry of Marechel Ney into Innsbruck and the Return of the Flags, 1805, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N. Brenet, 41mm (Bramsen 442); Victories of February 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N. Brenet, 41mm (Br. 1348); Jean de la Fontaine, 1816, a...
FRANCE, Cardinal Mazarin, 1660, a copper medal by J. Warin, bust right, rev. landscape, eye of God above, 52mm (Jones II, 219). About extremely fine, scarce £80-£100
FRANCE, Defeat of the Dutch-Spanish Fleet off Palermo; Death of Admiral de Ruyter, 1676, a copper medal by A. Meybusch, bust of Louis XIV right, his hair long and falling over armour, rev. Victory atop column against which are stacked naval trophies, 70mm (MH 63; BDM IV, 54). Probably once cleaned and now nicely repatinated, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £150-£200
£150–£200
FRANCE, Conquest of Savoy, 1690, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 233); together with other 18th copper medals (3, one possibly a 19th century restrike) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine £80-£100
FRANCE/U.S.A., Régiment de la Calotte, c. 1723, a copper medal by J.-C. Roettiers, Momus enthroned amid clouds, holding sceptre with jester's head, rev. shield emblazoned with the moon in three phases above a jester's head on a field of bees, a jester's cap with rat and pennant above, supported by monkeys in livery holding smoking cornucopiæ, 44mm (Adams S-3; Betts 37; cf. BSJ 37, 573). About extremely fine £80-£100
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). Extremely fine, chestnut brown patina £60-£80
£60–£80
FRANCE, Louis XV, c. 1768, a silver jeton of the Caisse d’Escompte by B. Duvivier, 16.39g; ENGLAND, Calendar Medal, 1798, a brass medal by J. Davies, 38mm (Ackermann 57); another similar but moveable, c. 1790, Day of the Month Forever, rev. High Water and Moon’s Age (Ackermann 111-12) [3]. Movement on the last example slightly stiff, otherwise very fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Establishment of the Royal Guild of Clockmakers, 1786, a copper medal by B. Duvivier. winged figure of Father Time advancing right, holding scythe, on the upper part of a clock-face, rev. inscription, 55mm (Nocq 228). Extremely fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Storming of the Bastille, 1789, a uniface copper cliché by B. Andrieu, 84mm (cf. BDM I, 53); Battle of Marengo, AN 8 [1800], a uniface copper cliché by B. Andrieu, 68mm (Bramsen 40); together with other copper Napoleonic medals (2) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine; second glazed and housed in a silvered base metal shell £80-£100
FRANCE, Louis XVI, a uniface lead plaque, formerly bronzed, cuirassed bust right, 88 x 66mm. Residual traces of gilding, about very fine, unusual £20-£30
£20–£30
FRANCE, Louis XVI and Marie Antionette, a pair of uniface plaques, busts facing each other on black composite within gold gilt frames, engraved with W. Dicconson Esq. and M. Dicconson, both 120 x 100mm [2]. Fine; both with paper backing £40-£50
FRANCE, Execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793, copper medals (2), by C.H. Küchler and N. Ponthon, both 52mm (cf. Hennin 465, 533) [2]. Very fine or better, first with reverse edge bruise £100-£150
£100–£150
FRANCE, Erection of the Colonne Nationale, Place Vendôme, Paris, 1800, a silver medal by B. Duvivier, bust of Napoleon right, rev. inscription and dates in seven lines, 42mm, 31.70g (Bramsen 61; BDM VI, 300). Sometime cleaned, otherwise good very fine, rare in silver £200-£260
FRANCE, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, Duchesse d'Angoulême, 1821, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 40mm; Triumph of the Duc d'Angoulême, 1823, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and R. Gayrard, 50mm (Collignon 394) [2]. Very fine and better £50-£70
FRANCE, Death of Vivant Denon, 1825, a copper medal by A. Donadio, 40mm; together with contemporary copper medalets (3), viz. Completion of the Arc de Triomphe, 1836 (2), both by J.P. Montagny, both 26mm (Bramsen 1954, 1956 var.), Napoleon’s Sarcophagus, 1840, by F Caunois, 25mm (Bramsen 1984) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine £80-£100
FRANCE, La Garde de Lyon, 1830, a copper medalet, unsigned, 28mm; together with other base metal medals, plaques, clichés, imitations, etc, all base metal [Lot]. Varied state, first rare £50-£70
FRANCE, Inauguration of the Luxor Monument, 1836, a copper medal by F. Montagny, bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. monument, 52mm (Wurzb. 5678; BDM IV, 130). Minor obverse rim nicks, otherwise good very fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Formation of the Provisional Government, 1848, a copper medal by A. Garnier, men standing on two-tiered platform, citizens and soldiers around, rev. seven deputies barring the door of the Hôtel de Ville, citizens and soldiers on the street, 69mm (Collignon 60). Extremely fine with traces of original colour, rare £100-£150
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a copper award medal by H. Ponscarme, un-named 51mm (Divo 544); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné and J. Lagrange, 51mm; together with other French medals in silver (4), base metal (7), 17th to 19th centuries [11]. Mostly very fine or better £80-£100
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a copper award medal by H. Ponscarme, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. robed figure of La République holding plan of the Expo over a globe, un-named, 37mm (Divo 545). Practically as struck with proof-like fields [certified and graded NGC MS 64 BN] £70-£90
£70–£90
FRANCE, Un vieille homme, c. 1870, a large bronze maquette in the style of P.J. David d’Angers, unsigned, cast by Fumière et Cie, bearded bust right, 238mm. Extremely fine, attractively patinated; with loop at top for suspension £20-£30
FRANCE, Automobile-Club de France, 1895, a silver Société d’Encouragement award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, semi-naked female figure sat on tricycle, right hand holding a torch and left hand on the tiller, rev. legend above wreath, named (Course Boulogne-Folkestone 1905, L. Prod’homme), 136.31g, 68mm (PBE 305; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 39, 63; cf. DNW M7, 2595). Good very fine; in contemporary maroon holder £400-£500
£400–£500
FRANCE, Aux Armes, 1907, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, un-named, 63mm (Frankenhuis 238; CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 33); together with ENGLAND, British Empire Exhibition, 1924, a bronze medal by P. Metcalfe, 28mm, and cases for 1911 Coronation medals (3) [5]. Very fine £40-£50
FRANCE, Death of Alfred Giard, 1908, a uniface silver plaque by P. Richer, bust left, 69 x 52mm, 111.20g. About extremely fine, rare £80-£100
FRANCE, Association de la Soierie Lyonnaise, 1910, a silver-gilt award plaque by A. Poncet for L. Penin, seated female presenting a length of cloth to the city goddess, loom and spinning wheel behind, landscape in background, rev. Rhone bridge and cityscape, named (A Henri Genin en Témoignage des Service Rendus) 83 x 58mm, 166.00g. Extremely fine and very rare £90-£120
FRANCE, Jean Bonnardel, Président de la Compagnie Industrielle de Platine, 1913, a silver plaque by T.J. Armand-Calliat, bust left, rev. legend, view of platinum mine below, 79 x 56mm, 145.45g. About extremely fine £90-£120
FRANCE, Tendresse, 1923, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for La Gerbe d'Or, mother holds up her infant child, wide stippled border pierced for ribbon suspension, 41mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –). Spot on obverse, otherwise good very fine, scarce £30-£50
£30–£50
FRANCE, Golf de Morfontaine, c. 1925, a uniface octagonal plated bronze medal by P. Turin, view of clubhouse, named (Mr R.F. Zivy, 6.11.1938), 72mm (cf. iNumis Dec. 2011, 338); together with another similar, unplated and unnamed [2]. Fine, first with edge knocks, second with stains on obverse £30-£40
£30–£40
FRANCE, Télégraphie sans Fil, 1927, a bronze Art Déco medal by P.-M. Dammann, standing figure of Iris with signs of the Zodiac behind, rev. globe encircled by an antenna emitting radio waves, tsf around tablet below, 68mm (CGMP p.116; Jones, Art of the Medal, 423; cf. DNW 132, 1683). One of the classic Art Déco medallic images, very fine £140-£180
£140–£180
FRANCE, Arachon, 1970, a silver medal by R.B. Baron, woman kneeling right, supporting shield, rev. boat imposed over outline of Arachon Bay, border of marine flora and fauna around, 59mm, 112.96g. Good very fine £60-£80
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