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Lot 3813
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, World War I, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), Bronze Medal, second state, 1930, by Henri Dropsy, head right, rev female figure, Marianne(?), defeating her foe, 95mm (Maier 305; Dropsy, M de P, 1964, 92). Extremely fine, rare. Georges Clemenceau was nicknamed the Father of Victory after his contribution to the peace negotiations at Versailles. Issued by the SFAM and numbered 197.
Lot 3006
BRITISH COINS, Eadberht (737-758), Northumbria, Sceatta, name around cross, rev stylised stag (S 847); Copper-bronze Sceattas (3), Eanred (810-841), moneyer Eadwine (S 862), Aethelred II (second reign, 843/4-849/50), moneyer Fordred (S 868), and York, Archbishop Wigmund (837-849/50), moneyer Coenred (S 870). Small edge chip to first, generally fine to very fine. (4)
Lot 3679
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Institut d’Egypt, 150th Anniversary, Bronze Medal, 1948, by Henri Dropsy (1885-1969), conjoined busts right of Kings Farouk and Fuad, both wearing Fezzes, rev dates of the various forms of the Institute from 1798, ancient Egyptian motif above, Arabic legend below, 58mm (Dropsy [1964], 202). Extremely fine. The Institut d’Égypte was a learned academy originally formed by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign. The Institut was burnt out on 17 December 2011 during the Revolution that had started the previous January. It is understood that Sheikh Sultan al Quassimi, Governor of the Emirate of Sharjah, will fund the reconstruction of the building.
Lot 3742
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1574-1587) and his sister Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545-1561), Restitutional Bronze Portrait Medals (2), c.1740s, by Antonio Selvi, for the Series Medicea, he, armoured bust right, rev squirrel eats sapling, AMAT VICTORIA CVRAM, and she, bust right in high collar, rev sun shines on rocky landscape, MOTV ET LVMINE, both 83mm (V&T 297, 303). Both cast with an unpatinated surface, good fine or better, casting flaws in second, both pierced in outer rim. (2)
Lot 3791
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Inauguration of the Baths at Evian, 1902, Rectangular Silvered-bronze Plaquette, by Frédéric Vernon after Charles Beylard, naked female figure by a spring, SOURCE CACHAT, rev view of Evian, BAINS D’EVIAN INAUGURES, 63mm x 43mm (Maier 162). About extremely fine.
Lot 3717
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I (1459-1477-1482), as Duke of Austria and Burgundy and Maria (1457-1482), Duchess of Burgundy, Marriage 1477, Cast Bronze Medal, by Giovanni Candida, laureate bust right, MAXIMILIANVS FR CAE S F DVX AVSTR BVRGVND, rev draped bust of Maria right, crowned double-M monogram to left, MARIA KAROLI F DVX BVRGVNDIAE AVSTRIAE BRAB C FLAN, 48mm (Hill, Corpus 831; Arm II, 80, 3; Kress 225; Pollard 259). Very fine, a twice-pierced old cast.
Lot 3744
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, St Peter, Oval Cast Bronze Plaquette, 17th / 18th Century, the hooded and shrouded but bare-footed Saint stands near rocky altar holding bible and keys, 96.5mm x 70mm. Cast on a thin flan, possibly once silvered, very fine. Four little ‘nicks’ at the compass points, suggest that the plaquette was made for attachment to a clock, casket or furnishings.
Lot 3676
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Abbas Hilmi Pacha (1874-1944, Khedive 1892-1914), Cairo Exhibition of Progress, 1895, Gilt-bronze Medal, by SJ (believed Stefano Johnson, Milan), uniformed bust, head turned slightly left, rev panorama of the sphinx before the two great pyramids, 67mm, in red leather case of issue with title impressed in gilt. The high points polished, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Lot 3858
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Medicine / Science, Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), Nobel Prize winner, 1945, Cast Bronze Portrait Medal, c.1955, by Frank Kovaks (1895-1965), bust right wearing his customary bow tie, SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING – DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN (last N reversed), 119mm, in black turned wood frame (cf BHM 4460, footnote). Extremely fine, believed to be a unique variety of an extremely rare medal. This medal is probably the prototype for the slightly larger medal of which examples are in the collections of the British and Science Museums and the National Portrait Gallery on which his titles are acknowledged, “FRS MB BSc FRCS FRCP”. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1956. Frank Kovaks (1895-1965), Hungarian-born portrait sculptor and medallist, he settled in Canada before moving to England, where he exhibited intermittently at the Royal Academy between 1938 and 1962. His uniface portrait medals were produced in very small editions. Kovaks sculpted a bust of Fleming for St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London.
Lot 3819
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Art Deco, André Henri Lavrillier (1885-1958), Léda et le Cygne, Uniface Art Déco Bronze Plaque, 1925, Léda with swan, 100mm x 61mm (Jones, Art of the Medal, 418; Maier 313). Extremely fine and one of the classic Art Déco medallic images. The plaque was made for an exhibition of a dozen medallists for la revue Aréthuse, 25 April 1925, at la Cité des livres, Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris.
Lot 3619
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), the Battle of Ushant, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1778, signed IH, uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev within wreath, JUDICIOUS / BRAVE / AND / GALLANT, 41mm (BHM 214, R4 when gilt; Eimer 774; MH 437). Good very fine and very rare.
Lot 3787
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Orphée, Bronze Medal, 1899, by M A L Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, rev naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, 68mm (CGMP p.100; BM Acq 1983-1987, p.18, 28); other Bronze Medals (2), by Coudray, Dryads dancing, 49mm, and lady feeding farm birds, 50mm; with a late cast of the Lusitania Medal, by Goetz. Generally extremely fine. (4)
Lot 4003
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Japan, A Japanese Group of 8, comprising Victory 1914-1920; Coronation Medal; Taisho Enthronement Medal; Showa Enthronement Medal; the 1940 2600 Anniversary of Imperial Rule; 1931-34 Manchurian Incident War Medal; 1937-40 China Incident War Medal; Red Cross Life Member Medal, mounted for wear; with a 1900 Paris Exposition Medal in Bronze, by the Paris mint; Japanese Sports Medal and a Red Cross Commemorative Medal for the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905, on incorrect ribbon; Assorted Japanese Commemorative Badges, including 1969 100th Anniversary of a Buddhist Shrine; Special Member of the Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League; Ordinary Member of the Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League; Health Organisation Merit Badge; Imperial Visit 1935 to Military Manoeuvres –Police Badge; Copy Chinese Medal; Japanese Air Protection Association Badge (Defective); Japanese Patriotic Women’s Association Badge and Civilian lapel pins; Japanese Pilgrimage Badge, Heian Shrine, Kyoto, in box; Japanese Civic Badge – Tokyo 1940, in box; Japanese Full Members Badge of the Military Wives Association, in box. Generally very fine. (36)
Lot 3877
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Miscellaneous, Centenary of Victor Hugo, 1902, Bronze Medal, by J C Chaplain, 50mm; with modern strikes on the theme of the arts, including Michael Angelo, Brughel, Pascal and Bardot; and other Modern Copper Medals (9), Picasso by Lallement; European Investment Bank, unsigned; French National Railways by Mathieu; Jean d’Arc by Blin; Aphrodite by Giraud; Pygmalion by Baron; Charles de Gaulle by Jaeger; Musée de l’Homme, unsigned; Council of Europe, this silver plated. Generally extremely fine. (14)
Lot 73
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Regini, Silver Unit (2), 1.12g, 0.95g, c.65-45 BC, head right, rev horse right, wheel above, lyre below, one with upright lyre, one with backward leaning lyre (ABC 647; VA -; S -); Bronze Unit (2), 1.56g, 1.59g, 1st Century BC, Chichester cock type, head right, indefinite design (ABC 737; VA -; S 61). First two with pitted surfaces, very fine, others fine, one with some reverse corrosion. (4)
Lot 3830
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Exploration, Sweden, Admiral Fredrik Wilhelm von Otter (1833-1910), explorer, naval officer and politician – Prime Minister 1900-1902, 50 years Service in the Navy, Bronze Medal, 1900, by A Lindberg, uniformed bust left, rev flag and trophies, 50mm. Nearly very fine. In 1868 von Otter commanded the expedition ship Sofia, for a Polar Expedition led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
Lot 3741
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Leo X (1475-1513-1521), Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici, Uniface Restitutional Bronze Portrait Medal, c.1740s, by Antonio Selvi, for the Series Medicea, tonsured bust right, LEO X MED PONT MAX, 89mm (V&T 263, obv). Cast with an unpatinated surface, good fine, pierced in outer rim. Leo X was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler of the Florentine Republic.
Lot 3700
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Onésime Rosalie Doutreleau, Uniface Cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1810, by J J Richard, bust left with hair held high with comb, her name around as if engraved, ONÉSIME ROSALIE DOUTRELEAU né en 1810, 99mm (cf BDM V, 110). Much as made, attractive sculptural style, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection (Part Two), 29 June 2010, lot 1395) The Hall Collection also sold a medal of her sister, Virginie Cécile Louise Doutreleau, born in 1812 (lot 1396). J J Richard was one of the Richard brothers, the founders who cast much of David d’Angers portrait plaquettes and the medal displays his influence.
Lot 3730
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Antonia del Balzo (1441-1538), wife (1479) of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Ròdigo, Cast Bronze Medal, Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari Bonacolsi, called Antico, bust right, DIVA ANTONIA BAVTIA DE GONZ MAR, rev Hope stands on the prow of a ship with broken mast, holding the severed anchor and torn sail, two winged horses draw the ship over the sea, an Amor flies above, SVPEREST.M.SPES (very weakly) signed ANTI in exergue, 39mm (Hill, Corpus 212; Arm I, 62, 5; Pollard [2007] 112; Kress 72). Good very fine, a later cast.
Lot 3614
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, 1743, Copper Medal, by J A Dassier, bust left, rev COMES DE CHESTERFIELD MDCCXLIV, in ornamental device, 55mm (Eimer 580; EIS (2) 296/2); with a cast copy of Tanner’s Medal of Milton (Eimer 542); and Capture of Portobello, Vernon and Commodore Brown, Bronze Medal. First very fine, the others fine and fair. (3)
Lot 3625
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), The Capture of St Eustatius, Bronze Medal, 1781, half-length bust three-quarters right, wearing tricorn hat, rev ships in port with townscape beyond, ST EUSTATIA SABA AND ST MARTINS – TAKEN FROM THE DUTCH IN 1781, 35mm (BHM 235; MH 385). Very fine and very rare.
Lot 3677
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Monument for the Defence of the Suez Canal 1914-1918, Bronze Medal, 1930, by Delamarre, two gigantic figures representing strength and intelligence, DEFENSE DU CANAL DE SUEZ, rev the monument designed by Michel Roux-Spitz, 90mm. Minor contact marks, good very fine.
Lot 3675
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Egypt, Abbas Hilmi Pacha (1874-1944, Khedive 1892-1914), International Import & Export Competition, Suez, Gilt-bronze Medal, undated (c.1892), signed SJ (believed Stefano Johnson, Milan), uniformed bust, head turned slightly left, rev three-masted steam and sail-ship passes through the Suez Canal, CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DU COMMERCE D’IMPORTATION ET D’EXPORTATION - SUEZ, 67mm. Obverse polished, otherwise very fine, scarce. Abbas Hilmi Pacha was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
Lot 3824
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Art Deco, 700th Anniversary of St Francis of Assis, Bronze Medal, 1926, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), 85mm (Maier 324); with Octagonal Bronze Medals (2), National Association of French Mayors, 1932 Congress (cf Maier 323), and MILDOC 1000, head of Nymph right (cf Maier 326); Isle de Paris, Bronze Medal, all by Turin. Generally extremely fine. (4)
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