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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 654

Kiffer, Charles (French, 1902-1992); b. Paris FRANCE, Cinquantenaire de la disparition de Diaghilev [50th Anniversary of the Death of Sergei Diaghilev], 1979, a bronze medal by C. Kiffer, bust half-left, flanked by two ballet dancers, rev. three dancers in various poses representing Vaslav Nijinsky, Serge Lifar and the puppet Petrushka, edge impressed 1979 bronze and cornucopia, 72mm, 215.51g (CGMP p.1056). Extremely fine £25-£35 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007. Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929), founder of the Ballets Russes in 1909; Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) and Serge Lifar (1905-86), Russian ballet dancers, both born Kyiv

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 813

Sedgwick, Jane (British, 1971-present); b. Castleford ENGLAND, Isolate, 1998, a cast bronze six-sided plaque by Jane Sedgwick [Heanes & Son] for the British Art Medal Society, changing perspectives of an individual person and the multiple of council-built tower blocks, one edge impressed js 98, 78 x 44 x 24mm, 508.32g (Attwood 136; The Medal 33, p.138). Extremely fine, as made £50-£70 --- Edition of 48; the artist advised the cataloguer that two batches were cast, each of two dozen

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 741

Noufflard, Berthe (French, 1886-1971); b. Paris FRANCE, Alsacienne, 1924, a bronze award plaque by Berthe Noufflard for a Prix de français in Alsace, girl in Alsacienne costume walking left, holding a wreath and a book, rev. building in a town in Alsace above legend, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 66 x 46mm, 82.12g (Classens 71; cf. Elsen 102, 1904). Extremely fine £40-£60

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 488

Bosselt, Rudolf (German, 1871-1938); b. Perleberg, and Carl Poëllath, Schrobenhausen (1778-present) BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels [Brussels International Exhibition], 1910, a gilt-bronze medal by R. Bosselt for Carl Poëllath, naked male wrestles a bull by its horns, rev. eagle guards the German pavilion, quote from Goethe below, edge impressed c. poellath schrobenhausen, 65mm, 90.82g (DGMK 8, 935). Bright from past cleaning, about very fine, obverse better £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland September 2003. The Brussels International Exhibition, held from 23 April to 1 November 1910, attracted 13 million visitors, but the event lost a considerable amount of money, partly as a result of a fire which destroyed several pavilions

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 484

Bonnetain, Armand (Belgian, 1883-1973); b. Brussels, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, fl. 1848-1973), specifically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels, 1935, a bronze award plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson, four winged figures over city view, rev. robed female holding wreath of flowers over a globe, tablet below un-named, 79 x 64mm, 178.84g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.12, 10; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 195, 5160; cf. DNW M10, 1462). Very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 91 (Solingen), 4 September 1997, lot 6305. The exposition, staged on a 370-acre site at Heysel between 27 April and 6 November 1935, attracted some 20 million visitors. The major theme was colonisation, as it partly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Congo Free state

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 479

Bija, Auguste (Lithuanian, 1872-1957); b. Schlockschen, moved to Belgium 1897, and Fisch & Cie (Brussels, 1853-present) BELGIUM, Baron Eugène Laermans, 1938 [struck 1939], a bronze medal by A. Bija for Fisch on behalf of Les Amis de la médaille d’art, bust left, rev. two male workers walking to right, hands in pockets, edge impressed fisch & cie, 70mm, 193.23g (cf. Elsen 107, 1284). About extremely fine; with original descriptive label £15-£25 --- Eugène-Jules-Joseph, Baron Laermans (1864-1940), deaf painter, created a baron by Albert I in 1927

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 886

Zijlstra, Gerrit, aka Ger Zylstra (Dutch, 1943-2020); b. Utrecht NETHERLANDS, Zonder titel [Without Title], 1977, a uniface cast bronze medal by G. Zijlstra [Edelmetaalgieterij Argentor, Haarlem] for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, composite pattern resembling a human foot, back stamped gz and with the logo of the VPK, 75mm, 152.67g (VPK 1977-1; Til. 379; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.108, 19; cf. Schulman 346, 1682). Extremely fine, as made; with descriptive leaflet £10-£15 --- Provenance: Bt L. Schulman

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 714

Mery, André (French, fl. 1900-1920) FRANCE, Courses Cyclistes [Bicycle Racing], c. 1910, a bronze award plaque by A. Méry for Les Établissements De Dion-Bouton, two racing cyclists to right, rev. upper torso of naked female holding wreath and palm, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 44 x 43mm, 41.51g (cf. Stack’s/Bowers Aug. 2024, 48010). About extremely fine, rare; in original red fitted case £30-£40 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 37, 8 September 1998, lot 1240; bt Irene Allen July 2004. De Dion-Bouton, founded in 1883 by the Marquis Jules-Félix-Philippe-Albert de Dion de Wandonne (1856-1946) and Georges Tradée Bouton (1847-1938), were one of the world’s first car manufacturers, initially using steam power and, from 1894, internal combustion engines. In the first decade of the 20th century the company expanded, launching new motor buses in 1906, taxis in 1908 and bicycles in 1909

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 534

Cros, Henri (French, 1840-1907); b. Narbonne FRANCE, Conservation des Forêts [Forest Conservation] or Terrarum Decus, 1904, a bronze medal by H. Cros for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, half-length figure of a naked woman, representing the Goddess of the Forest, with a wreath around her body, rev. Goddess pulling the hair of a centaur who attempts to uproot a tree, edge impressed bronze 153, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 60mm, 90.67g (Maier 25 [Sale, lot 1460]; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 8; Coll. R. Marx 115; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 40, 53; cf. Baldwin 90, 1947; cf. DNW 188, 822). About extremely fine, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 760. The reverse design is partially based on the artist’s terracotta bas-relief, Le Centaure, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1903

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 504

Burger, Laurent-Marcel (French, 1898-1969); b. Le Havre FRANCE, Construction, or Tailleurs de Pierre [Stonemasons], 1934, a uniface bronze plaque by L.-M. Burger, two workers transporting a block of stone on a wheeled barrow to left, back named (Offert par Mr G. Clément à Jean Boisard, dix ans d’effort, 1927-1937), edge impressed bronze and coruncopia, 72 x 53mm, 126.39g (CGMP p.69; cf. DNW 35, 587). Extremely fine, scarce; in original black gilt-blocked fitted case £80-£100 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 822

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 613

Gréber, Henri-Léon (French, 1854-1941); b. Paris FRANCE, Société des Amis des Gobelins, 1928, an octagonal bronze award plaque by H.-L. Gréber, male figures inspecting a tapestry, rev. frontal elevation of building, named (Alexis Godillot), 70 x 43mm, 65.38g (cf. DNW 58, 1559). Very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 30, 16 July 1997, lot 772

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 837

Telcs, Eduard, aka Ede Telcs (Hungarian, 1872-1948); b. Baja, moved to Austria 1888, back to Hungary 1895, moved to Netherlands 1920, back to Hungary 1922 FRANCE, Atalante, 1926 [struck 1932], a uniface bronze Art Déco medal by E. Telcs, naked female representing Atlanta running left, stooping to pick up a golden apple, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 60mm, 90.55g (Pol-Tyszkiewicz, The Medal 85, p.42; CGMP p.370; cf. iNumis Dec. 2019, 462; cf. DNW 64, 1394). Very fine £80-£100 --- Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz. According to Greek mythology, Aphrodite, who felt spurned because Atalanta was a devotee of Artemis and rejected love, gave Hippomenes three golden apples. In an organised race, Atalanta, wearing armour and carrying weapons, quickly passed Hippomenes, but was diverted off the path when he tossed an apple for her to retrieve; each time Atalanta caught up with Hippomenes, he would toss another apple, ultimately winning the race and Atalanta herself

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 643

Janniot, Alfred-Auguste (French, 1889-1969); b. Paris FRANCE, Le pain et le vin [Bread and Wine], 1951, a bronze medal by A.-A. Janniot for the Société Française des Amis de la Médaille, male harvester carousing with a female farmworker, Cupid at right and sheaves of wheat in background, rev. hand indicating legend on an amphora, text from Rabelias on open book behind, edge impressed 42 and with foundry mark of the SFAM, 98mm, 496.40g (cf. Maier Sale, 1489; cf. iNumis Dec. 2019, 322). Extremely fine, scarce; in red card box of issue £150-£200 --- Provenance: iNumis Auction (Paris), 8 December 2015, lot 145

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 573

Duvivier, Pierre-Simon-Benjamin (French, 1730-1819); b. Paris FRANCE, Fondation de l’École Militaire [Foundation of the Military School], 1769, a restrike bronze medal after P.-S.-B. Duvivier, laureate bust of Louis XV right, rev. elevation of the École, clouds above, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, cours superieur interarmées xveme session - 1963, 63mm, 118.45g (Divo 175; CGMP p.280). Very fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 136, 8-9 June 2016, lot 1572 (part)

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 478

Bezombes, Roger (French, 1913-1994); b. Paris FRANCE, Phénix, 1967, a uniface cast bronze maquette by R. Bezombes for the Club français de la Médaille, imaginary bird standing left, body partially covered by blue glass eyes, back with adhesive coloured label ‘57’, 210mm, 1,044.70g (CGMP p.211). Very fine, as made, very rare; with loop on the back for suspension £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons. Edition of 100. Although Bezombes was a prolific post-War artist, his surrealist medals rarely come on the market and this is the first medal by him to be offered by DNW/Noonans

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 669

Lantéri, Édouard (French, 1848-1917); b. Auxerre, moved to England 1872, and John Pinches (London, fl. 1840-1969) ENGLAND, Richard Phené Spiers, 1905, a bronze plaque by E. Lantéri for Pinches, bust left, rev. capital of an Ionic column, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 78 x 58mm, 168.48g (BHM 3921; Eidlitz 963; BDM III, 302; E 1884; cf. BSJ 45, 296; cf. DNW 185, 1455). Bright appearance, extremely fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2012. Richard Phené Spiers (1838-1916), architect

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 760

Placht, Richard (Bohemian, 1880-1962); b. Kratzau, moved to Austria 1898 AUSTRIA, Adam und Eva [Adam and Eve], 1904, an art Nouveau bronze plaque by R. Placht, naked figure of Adam walking left, head raised, his right hand covering his eyes, rev. naked figure of Eve standing right, stooping in shame and hiding her face, 80 x 29mm, 80.89g (Hauser –; cf. BSJ 56, 742). About extremely fine, scarce £90-£120 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 6 November 2004, lot 456

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 582

Falize, André (French, 1872-1936); b. Paris FRANCE, L’Expansion française [French Expansion], c. 1920, a bronze award medal by A. Falize for the Comité National des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France, robed figure of Marianne to right, overseeing artisans working in foreground, ships, aeroplanes and airships at right, rev. wreath around central tablet, named (25 Ans de Services Rendus à l’expansion commerciale, Mr Alfred Dinin, Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France, 1930), edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 65mm, 93.64g. Good very fine; in maroon gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Falize, Orfèvre, Paris £30-£40 --- Provenance: H.-P. Wipfler Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2559

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Lot 885

Zeitlin, Alexandré (Russian, 1872-1946); b. Tiflis, moved to Austria 1890, then France 1894, U.S.A. 1915 FRANCE, 25ème anniversaire de la Société Astronomique de France, 1911 [struck 1912], a uniface Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A. Zeitlin, half-length figure of Camille Flammarion attended by two winged figures, globe to left, elevation of the Hôtel des sociétés savantes to right, 84 x 80mm, 131.40g (PBE 1032; BDM VI, 725). Good very fine, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 46, 31 May 2000, lot 800; bt M.F. Bonham Carter. The Société Astronomique de France was founded by the astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), who held a meeting of like-minded individuals at his apartment on the rue Cassini, Paris, on 28 January 1887. In April of that year the society established its headquarters at the Hôtel des sociétés savantes in rue Serpente

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 698

Macphail, Neil (Scottish, fl. 1844-1907); b. Glasgow, and Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (Scottish, 1821-1901); b. Dunfermline ENGLAND, 21st Anniversary of the Volunteer Movement, 1881, a bronze medal by N. Macphail after J.N. Paton, crowned, veiled and draped bust of Victoria facing, rev. winged figure of St Michael standing, holding sword, female seated with child and bay at left, armed knights at right, edge named (James Kerr, Capt. 3rd L.R.V.), 63mm, 87.59g (BHM 3104; BDM III, 526; E 1682). Very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 136, 8-9 June 2016, lot 1514 (part). Capt. James Kerr, 3rd Regiment, Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, listed at 176 West George Street, Glasgow, in the 1882-3 Post Office directory. The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of volunteers became increasingly integrated with the British army after the Childers Reforms in 1881, before forming part of the Territorial Force in 1908

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 480

Bistolfi, Leonardo (Italian, 1859-1933); b. Casale Monferrato, and Medallic Art Co (Dayton, OH, then Danbury, CT, Sioux Falls, SD, and Dayton, NV, fl. 1903-2018) U.S.A., Arturo Toscanini, 1952, a bronze medal after L. Bistolfi for Medallic Art Co, bust left, rev. signature, edge impressed medallic art co n.y. bronze, 68mm, 139.88g (cf. Niggl 3843; cf. Noonans 311, 793). Fine to very fine £10-£20 --- Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), Italian conductor, music director of La Scala, Milan, 1921-9, and later the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The original medal was executed by Bistolfi for Stefano Johnson in 1921

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 461

Baetes, Jules (Belgian, 1861-1937); b. Antwerp BELGIAN CONGO, La Mutuelle Congolaise, 1922, 25 Years of Service, a bronze award plaque by J. Baetes, robed female welcoming a male explorer who shields his eyes, natives at extreme left and right, boat and three-masted ship in background, rev. arms, tablet named (Mr G. Dieryckx, 1911 1936), 77 x 56mm, 109.43g (Vancraenenbroeck 63; cf. Elsen 155, 2172; cf. Haynault Apr. 2022, 291). Very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 83 (Brussels), 12 March 2005, lot 2527. La Mutuelle Congolaise, founded 1897

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 567

Dupagne, Arthur (Belgian, 1895-1961), b. Liège, worked in Africa 1927-1935, returned to Belgium 1935, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, fl. 1848-1973) BELGIAN CONGO, 25e anniversaire de la mine d'or de Kilo-Moto [25th Anniversary of the Kilo-Moto Gold Mine], 1951, a bronze plaque by A. Dupagne for Fonson, African male standing by his counterpart who wears a mining helmet and holds a kanga drill, rev. two African families, edge impressed fonson, 92 x 71mm, 219.23g (Vancraenenbroeck 53; Lippens/van Keymeulen 8; cf. Heritage/MPO 76, 6097; cf. DNW 35, 653). Extremely fine £40-£50 --- This plaque also commemorates the production of 200,000 kilos of gold since the mine’s foundation in 1926. The images reflect on the status of the humble African, his family and way of life, and how industrialised mining could change that within the space of one generation. The artist himself worked as a mining engineer for Société Internationale Forestière et Minière du Congo at Tshikapa from 1927 to 1935

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 571

Durousseau, Paul-Léonard (French, 1897-1970); b. Paris FRANCE, Faune et Faunesse, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by P.-L. Durousseau for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, naked female standing right, playing a double flute, rev. partial head of a male faun, edge impressed 62, bronze, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 62 x 31mm, 52.21g (Maier 48; Coll R. Marx 140; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.88, 7-8; BDM VII, 243; cf. Baldwin 81, 3540; cf. DNW 188, 847). Some rubbing to high points of reverse, otherwise very fine, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz December 2005. Edition of 99

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 697

Mackennal, Sir Edgar Bertram (Australian, 1863-1931); b. Melbourne, moved to England 1882, subsequently between England, France and Australia, and Metcalfe, Percy (British, 1895-1970); b. Wakefield ENGLAND, British Empire Exhibition, 1924, a bronze award medal by B. Mackennal and P. Metcalfe [Royal Mint], crowned bust of George V left, rev. stylised lion to left in front of the twin towers of Wembley Stadium, 51mm, 66.83g (Eimer, BNJ 1985, 5; BHM 4193; E 1987; cf. Spink 18006, 1534; cf. Baldwin 90, 1897; cf. DNW 194, 1392). Mint state, original dark patina; in red gilt-blocked case of issue [this somewhat scuffed] £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt Irene Allen March 2002. The British Empire Exhibition, staged on a 200-acre site at Wembley, was opened by George V and Queen Mary on St George’s Day, 23 April 1924; it closed during the winter months but by the time of its final closure on 31 October 1925 had attracted over 25 million visitors. Metcalfe’s medal won the competition for an official medallic award, sponsored by the Goldsmiths’ Company, to be given to exhibitors

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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 520

Charpentier-Mio, Félix-Maurice (French, 1881-1976); b. Paris FRANCE, Isadore Duncan: Ode à la Pologne [Isadore Duncan: Ode to Poland], c. 1912, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F.-M. Charpentier-Mio, Isadore Duncan in four poses; fully robed with back to the viewer, seated discarding robe, seated with arms raised, robe at left, and standing facing in negligé, right arm raised, signed, stamped 3 in upper right corner, back stamped p55, 230 x 119mm, 560.10g. Extremely fine and attractively patinated, with loop for suspension; a stunning plaque of extreme rarity £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt Yates June 2017. Angela Isadore Duncan (1877-1927), b San Francisco, dancer and choreographer, pioneer of modern contemporary dance, moved to New York in 1896, then London and, by 1900, was in Paris; in 1904 she moved to Berlin, but was back in Paris by 1912 where she established a dance school that had to close at the outbreak of the Great War. By the close of 1914 she was back in New York, but opened a dance school in Moscow in 1921 before spending what were to be her last years in France. In 1924 she composed a dance routine, Varshavianka, to the tune of Warszawianka, a Polish socialist revolutionary song written in the early 1880s but which became the anthem of worker protests during the revolution in Poland, when 30 workers were shot during the May Day demonstrations in Warsaw in 1905

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Lot 800

Salomon, Harald (Norwegian, 1900-1990); b. Oslo, moved to Denmark 1922 DENMARK, 125-året for HC Andersens død [125th Anniversary of the Death of Hans Christian Andersen], 1930, a bronze medal by H. Salomon, bust right, rev. scene from Den Grimme Aelling [The Ugly Duckling], single duck swimming left, lilies in foreground, leaves and foliage behind, 55mm, 78.13g (Rasmussen 1; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 195, 4312). Extremely fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Irene Allen October 2005. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75), Danish master of the literary fairy tale; his Den Grimme Aelling was published in 1844

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Lot 651

Karp, Natan (Israeli, 1934-2008); b. not known, and Chagall, Marc (Russian, 1887-1985); b. Liozna, moved to France 1910, returned to Russia 1914, then France 1923, U.S.A. 1941 and France 1948 ISRAEL, King David, 5751 [1991], a bronze medal with coloured lithograph insert by N. Karp after M. Chagall [Israel State Mint], David dancing and playing his harp in centre, other figures around, rev. menorah, edge impressed bronze state of israel 1344, 70mm, 143.31g (cf. Goldberg 135, 2346). Extremely fine £30-£40 --- Edition of 3,000. Chagall portrayed David and the dancing procession of Chassidim and pioneers in the Land of Israel in his work The Entry into Jerusalem, which was created for a mural tapestry in the Knesset, installed in June 1969

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Lot 577

Elstrøm, Harry-Arnold (Danish, 1906-1993); b. Berlin, moved to Belgium BELGIUM, Opening van de J.F.Kennedytunnel en de E3, Antwerp [Opening of the J.F. Kennedy Tunnel and the E3 Motorway], 1969, a bronze medal by H.-A. Elstrøm, four tunnel openings, river in background, rev. arms of the communes linked by the tunnel and motorway, 70mm, 178.24g (Johnson & Johnson 23, 748). Very fine £15-£25 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2014. The Kennedytunnel, an important four-tunnel transport link under the River Scheldt, south of Antwerp, was opened to road traffic on 31 May 1969, and to rail transport on 1 February 1970. Construction began in 1963 and the tunnel was named for President Kennedy, assassinated on 22 November that year

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Lot 578

Encke, Fedor Eberhard (German, 1881-1936); b. Berlin, moved to Italy 1906, returned to Germany 1908, and Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck (Berlin, fl. 1851-1926) GERMANY, Dem lebenden Geiste unserer Toten 1914 1924 [To the Living Spirit of Our Dead], a cast bronze medal by F.E. Encke, in a ray-like composition tapering upwards, a naked man ascends into the imaginary sky with a dead youth lying across his knees, rev. legend in recessed triangle, edge impressed akt. ges. gladenbeck., 87mm, 317.74g (DGMK 14, 186; cf. Höhn 81, 855; cf. WAG 67, 3751). Very fine; with small piercing at top for suspension £50-£70

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Lot 755

Peters, Camilla (British, fl. 2000+), b. not known, and Wood, Robert (British, fl. 1975-present), b. Toronto, moved to Switzerland 2011, then to Denmark ENGLAND, Not a Day without a Line, 2005, a freestanding bronze, alabaster and white ink medal by Camilla Peters and R. Wood for the British Art Medal Society, a series of six short texts relating to the central legends affixed to either side as speech bubbles, 122 x 80mm, 189.28g (Attwood 186; Kavanagh, The Medal 43, pp.84-5; The Medal 48, pp.93-4). Extremely fine, as made, very rare £150-£200 --- Edition of 11. This work, which began as a conversation between two friends, takes the line from Pliny, nulla dies since linea, and reproduces text on speech bubbles, somewhat reminiscent of those on Gillray cartoons. Exhibited at FIDEM in 2004, BAMS then commissioned the artists to make a small number of medals, each of which incorporates differing texts on the speech bubbles, the texts being contributed by Society members

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Lot 753

Pedéry-Hunt, Dora de (Hungarian, 1913-2008); b. Budapest, moved to Germany 1944, then Canada 1948 ENGLAND, Sir Winston Churchill, 1967, a uniface cast bronze plaque by Dora de Pédery-Hunt [Industrial Fine Castings Ltd, Toronto], seated figure of Churchill viewed from the rear, back with the signature of the artist, 102 x 90mm, 320.91g (Frey –; Engstrom 75). Extremely fine and as made, a powerful and iconic image, extremely rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2006. Edition of 8. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), statesman and military officer, Prime Minister 1940-5 and 1951-5; the image is copied from a photograph taken in 1953 in the gardens at Chartwell House, Churchill’s private residence in Kent, which he acquired in 1922

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Lot 889

Artist unknown; and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, fl. 1848-1973) BELGIUM, Exposition des Applications de la Mécanique et de l'Électricité, Ghent [Exhibition of Applications of Mechanics and Electricity], 1923, a bronze medal, unsigned [for Fonson], three robed females personifying Pax, Ghent and Minerva standing, regarding each other, rev. legend in 13 lines, 70mm, 108.62g (cf. Elsen 159, 1782; cf. Kölner Munzkabinett e7, 629; cf. DNW 132, 1691). Very fine £25-£35 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin. The exposition ran from 23 June to 16 September 1923

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Lot 738

Niermann, Werner (German, 1939-present); b. Marbeck, now living in Colombia ENGLAND, Epidauros, 1991, a uniface oval cast bronze medal by W. Niermann for the British Art Medal Society, olive-tree at right dominating view of the ancient theatre of Epidauros, 110 x 95mm, 279.09g (Attwood 85; The Medal 21, p.123). Extremely fine, as made, aged green patina £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2004. Edition of 37

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Lot 575

Eley, Annabel Louise Cracroft, now Jones (British, 1961-present); b. Lincoln ENGLAND, 80th Birthday of Christopher Blunt, 1984, a cast bronze medal by Annabel Eley [Lunts Castings], bust right, emblems from an Anglo-Saxon penny of Offa, moneyer Ibba, behind, rev. legend around a cascade of coins, 50mm, 103.40g (Withers 3011; BNJ 1983, pp.189-90; The Medal 5, p.62; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 82, 100; cf. DNW 191, 1092). Extremely fine; in green fitted case of issue £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2002. Christopher Evelyn Blunt (1904-87), Ramsbury, merchant banker; president of the British Numismatic Society 1946-50, and of the Royal Numismatic Society 1956-61; the foremost student of British numismatics in the 20th century, he celebrated his 80th birthday on 16 July 1984. A total of 195 medals were distributed to subscribers

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Lot 720

Mincheva, Ivanka (Bulgarian, 1948-present); b. Popova, moved to U.S.A. 1993 ENGLAND, The Cruel Ocean, 1988, a cast bronze medal by Ivanka Mincheva for the British Art Medal Society, half-length female at left, her hair in a plait, regarding a paper ship on the sea, rev. legend divides clouds from the sea, 96mm, 332.42g (Attwood 57; The Medal 14, p.93). Extremely fine and as made, patinated £70-£90 --- Edition of 22. The couplet on the reverse is from a ballad by John Gay (1685-1732); the figure of the female appears inspired by the artist’s much-admired The Visitor (The Medal 13, p.94)

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Lot 715

Meunier, Constantine (Belgian, 1831-1905); b. Etterbeek BELGIUM, Le Mineur, c. 1920, a large uniface cast bronze plaque after C. Meunier, head of miner right, wearing helmet and holding pick-axe, factory chimney in background, back engraved with a birthday dedication (À mon Cyprien bien aimé pour sa fête, Héléne, 3 Octobre 1922), 197 x 150mm, 1,142.09g (cf. Müseler 15.5.6/21; cf. Elsen 123, 1572; cf. DNW 188, 789). Extremely fine and patinated; with means of suspension £60-£80

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Soete, Pierre de (Belgian, 1886-1948); b. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, fl. 1848-1973) FRANCE, Pour la paix de l’humanité [For the Peace of Humanity], 1939, a plated bronze medal by P. de Soete for Fonson, bust of Édouard Daladier right, regarding a faceless head with a target at its centre, bolts of lightning around, rev. flowering tree rising from sun, rays behind, edge impressed j. fonson, 70mm, 132.85g. About extremely fine, scarce £40-£60 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1538. Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), radical socialist prime minister of France, signatory to the Munich Agreement, 1938

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Rebatet, Robert (French, 1928-1995); b. Paris, and Maison FIA [Fabrique d’Insignes Artistiques] (Lyon, 1928-present) FRANCE, Louis Pasteur, c. 1970, a uniface bronze medal by R. Rebatet for Maison FIA, bust three-quarters right, edge impressed bronze fia ed, 73mm, 160.12g. Extremely fine £15-£25 --- Louis Pasteur (1822-95), chemist, pharmacist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination

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Häiväoja, Heikki (Finnish, 1929-2019); b. Jämsä FINLAND, Helsingin Puhelinyhdistys 100 Vuotta [Centenary of the Helsinki Telephone Association], 1982, an openwork bronze medal by H. Häiväoja, buildings and factories connected by telephone wires, rev. people seated and standing in various poses, edge impressed kultateollisuus, 70mm, 253.65g. Extremely fine, as made £15-£25 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2011. The Helsingin Puhelinyhdistys (HPY), now better known as Elisa Oyj, was founded in January 1882 by an electrical engineer, Daniel Johannes Wadén (1850-1930); it opened for business in June 1882 with 56 subscribers

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Artist unknown; and Sir Edward Thomason (British, 1769-1849); b. Birmingham ENGLAND, The Thomason Metallic Vase, 1821, a copper medal, unsigned, for E. Thomason, decorative vase on a pedestal, rev. a view of the base of the vase from a different angle, 54mm, 73.59g (BHM 1176; E 1160; cf. DNW M11, 1146). Very fine £20-£30 --- The original marble ‘Warwick’ vase, dating from the time of the emperor Hadrian and weighing some 3.5 tons, was excavated c. 1770. In 1788 the Earl of Warwick installed it in a special greenhouse at Warwick Castle, where it remained until 1979 and its purchase by Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries. Completed in 1821, Thomason’s copy was cast in iron with brass handles and a decorative finish; the medal records that work on it had begun in 1814. Following further work on the decorative finish of his vase, Thomason issued two more medals in bronze and white metal in 1829. END OF SALE

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Mauquoy, Alphonse (Belgian, 1880-1954); b. Antwerp BELGIUM, Wereldtentoonstelling, Antwerp [International Exhibition], 1930, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy, aeroplane flying over the city, cathedral at left, rev. negress in boat, river-god and robed figure of Belgium at right, exhibition palace at left, 70mm, 115.78g (Vandamme/Bernier 163; cf. Heritage/MPO 80, 7076; cf. DNW M2, 2458). Very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003. The exhibition was held from 26 April to 4 November 1930

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Jovine, Marcel (Italian, 1921-2003); b. Castellammare di Stabia, moved to the U.S.A. 1945 U.S.A., 125th Anniversary of the American Numismatic Society, 1983, a bronze plaque by M. Jovine, moneyer hand-hammering a coin, surrounded by images of coins of differing periods from the Society’s collection, rev. screw press above central inscribed panel, Lincoln cent and Janvier reducing machine below, 110 x 92mm, 577.87g (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.122, 28-9; cf. Felzmann 176, 1418; cf. DNW 191, 1011). Extremely fine, a most handsome plaque; in original green and gilt card box [this slightly distressed], with descriptive leaflet £300-£400 --- The American Numismatic Society was formed by a group of collectors who met in New York City in March 1858, and constituted on 6 April 1858

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Vardanega, Gregorio (Italian, 1923-2007); b. Possagno, moved to Argentina 1926, then to France 1959 FRANCE, Les Arts, c. 2005, a uniface light bronze medal by G. Vardanega [Monnaie de Paris], allegory of the arts, back named (Quincy 2007), 68mm, 285.90g. Extremely fine £15-£25 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin September 2015

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Artist unknown; and J. Balme (Saumur, fl. 1833-1999), now Pichard-Balme MEXICO, Piedra del Sol [Aztec Sun Stone], a uniface plated bronze medal, unsigned, symbols of Aztec art, ideology and mythology around central facing head, edge impressed j. balme, 114mm, 436.83g. Very fine, detailed work £30-£40 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1580. The Aztec sun stone, a basalt object created in the early 16th century and discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City, in December 1790, is housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. An image of it first occurred numismatically on the Mexican gold 20 pesos, 1917-21

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Bremaecker, Eugène-Jean de (Belgian, 1879-1963); b. Brussels, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, fl. 1848-1973), specifically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels BELGIAN CONGO, Inauguration du Chemin de Fer Bas Congo-Katanga [Inauguration of the Lower Congo-Katanga Railway], 1928, a bronze plaque by E.-J. de Bremaecker for Fonson, figures of Belgium and the Congo, the first diaphanous, the second naked and kneeling, their fingers indicating the route of the railway on a map, rev. soldier seated holding a rock at right, native breaks the ground at left, edge impressed j. fonson, 65 x 56mm, 104.32g (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.12, 19; cf. Künker e356, 8302; cf. DNW M2, 2445). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £60-£80 --- The railway, from Port-Francqui to Elisabethville, was opened by Albert I and Queen Elisabeth on 12 July 1928

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Jekel, Juliette de (Hungarian, 1936-2003); b. Budapest FRANCE, Dans la tendresse [In Tenderness], 1974, a heavy cast bronze sculptural medal by Juliette de Jekel for the Club française de la Médaille, abstract shapes both sides, edge impressed br 1974 no. 1/75 and cornucopia, 139 x 120mm, 1,940.65g (CFM 255). Extremely fine and as made; the first medal cast of the issue £80-£100 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons. Edition of 75

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Saulles, George William de (British, 1862-1903); b. Birmingham, and John Pinches (London, fl. 1840-1969) ENGLAND, Death of John Pinches, 1905, a small oval bronze medal, unsigned [after G.W. de Saulles, presumably for J. Pinches], bust right, rev. legend within ornamental device, 32mm x 25mm, 12.15g (BHM 3920; E 1885; cf. BSJ 58, 325; cf. Noonans 288, 1276). Good very fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: Bt Irene Allen March 2002. John Pinches (1825-1905), founder of the family firm of medallists; the bust of Pinches was executed by de Saulles in 1900

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Bulling, Hans (German), fl. 1890-1910; and M.H. Wilkens & Söhn (Bremen, fl. 1810-2024) GERMANY, Bremen Phililogentag [Bremen Philology Day], 1899, a cast bronze maquette by H. Bulling [M.H. Wilkens & Söhne, Bremen], half-length portrait of Theodor Mommsen left, head tilted and facing, arms of Bremen below, 198mm, 311.03g (DGMK 8, 359; BDM VII, 135). Extremely fine, attractive fresh patina, very rare, an expressive likeness of the subject; with loop for suspension £150-£200 --- Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), classical scholar, historian, politician and archaeologist; b Garding, Schleswig; studied law at Kiel, 1838-43; professor of law at Leipzig, 1848, Zurich 1852, Breslau 1854; professor of Roman history at Berlin, 1861-87; awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 1902. The portrait on the medal is based on a painting of Mommsen by Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910)

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Dittrich, C. or G. (presumed Austrian); and Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (French, 1825-1905); b. La Rochelle AUSTRIA, Nymphen und Satyr [Nymphes and Satyr], c. 1900, a uniface light bronze medal signed C. [or G.] Dittrich after W.-A. Bouguereau, satyr being pulled to the right into cold water by two nymphs, foliage around, cd monogram at right, 82mm, 93.55g. Very fine and very rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna. This medal copies one part of Nymphes et Satyre, an oil painting by William-Adophe Bouguereau (1825-1905), first exhibited at the Paris Salon in May 1873. Called by one critic “the greatest painting of our generation”, it is currently held by the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

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Desvignes, Louis (French, 1877-1934); b. Creusot FRANCE, Apollon et sa Muse, c. 1908, a uniface cast bronze medal by L. Desvignes, Apollo seated right on rock, lyre at his feet, standing robed female behind him, back engraved 1, 117mm, 248.52g. Very fine and patinated, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons February 2002

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Pagliari, Franco Antonio (Scottish, 1967-present); b. not known ENGLAND, Turning Tide, 2002, a cast bronze medal by F.A. Pagliari [Falmouth College of Art] for the British Art Medal Society, wave breaking on a sandy beach, rev. worm cast on the sand, 80mm, edge stamped fap 7 2002, 196.76g (Attwood 167; The Medal 41, p.120, recté 2002; cf. Noonans 311, 623). Extremely fine £40-£60 --- Edition of 29

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Manzù, Giacomo (Italian, 1908-1991); b. Bergamo AUSTRIA, 200. geburtstag Wolfgang Mozart [Bicentenary of the Birth of Wolfgang Mozart], 1956, an oval cast bronze medal by G. Manzù for Galerie Welz, Salzburg, bust left, rev. naked male with legs crossed, leaning against a tree and playing a flute, 50 x 47mm, 47.40g (Niggl 1417; cf. Frühwald 129, 1390). Extremely fine, as made; in original maroon fitted case £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2001. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), one of the greatest and most prolific composers in the history of Western music

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Bourgouin, Marie-Joseph-Eugène (French, 1880-1924); b. Reims FRANCE, Maurice Letulle, 1923, a bronze plaque by M.-J.-E. Bourgouin, bust right, rev. physician holding torch over a male corpse lying on a slab, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70 x 56mm, 183.46g (Storer –; Freeman 317; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 36, 25; cf. Kölner Munzkabinett 112, 1021; cf. DNW 57, 1341). Good very fine £50-£70 --- Maurice-Eléonore-Joseph-Lucien Letulle (1853-1929), physician specializing in pathological anatomy, associate professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine

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Thiede, Oskar (Austrian, 1879-1961); b. Vienna AUSTRIA, Genossenschaft der bildenden Künstler, Vienna [Co-operative of Visual Artists], 1917, a uniface bronze award medal by O. Thiede, tall youth guiding another walking left, fence and foliage in background, 71mm, 121.93g (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.5, 44; cf. Rauch e42, 4311). Very fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna. The co-operative was founded in 1861, and moved into the purpose-built Künstlerhaus, on Karlsplatz, in 1868

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Harris, Natalie Jane (British, 1980-present); b. Stirling ENGLAND, How do I Look?, 2001, a pair of cast bronze freestanding sculptural medals by Natalie Harris [Loughborough University School of Art and Design], female and male torsos before surgery, and female and male torsos after surgery for breast cancer, bases stamped njh 2001, 71 x 53mm and 69 x 54mm, 439.65g [before], 397.85g [after] (The Medal 39, p.113) [2]. About extremely fine, exceptionally rare and poignant £200-£300 --- Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2014. The artist confirms that only two pairs of medals were cast; one was submitted to the BAMS Student Medal Project in 2001, which won for her a Pangolin Editions prize, the other was commissioned by a gentleman in Cambridge in the wake of the 2001 Project

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Oertel, Otto (Berlin, fl. 1887-1892), then Berliner Medaillen-Münze Otto Oertel (fl. 1893-1941) GERMANY, Für Hervorragende Leistungen Mastvieh-Ausstellung, Berlin [For Outstanding Achievements at the Berlin Fattening Cattle Exhibition], c. 1920, a bronze award medal by O. Oertel, ox, cow, sheep and pig, rev. legend in wreath, engraved (1932), 50mm, 59.61g (cf. Sonntag 22, 818; cf. Höhn 55, 395). About extremely fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch June 2014

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Lallement, Jean-Charles (French, 1914-1970); b. Paris FRANCE, Pétrole [Oil], 1957, a bronze medal by J.-C. Lallement, naked man standing left, warming his hands on flame emanating from a shell on the ground, rev. flame emerging from the centre of a spiral, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81mm, 251.67g (CGMP p.1134, rev. A; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 560 obv.). Extremely fine, dark patina £50-£70

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Sato, I. (Japanese, fl. 1900-1925) JAPAN, Key Coin Bureau, Osaka, c. 1900, a bronze plaque by I. Sato, view of the Mint buildings from the bay, rev. intaglio pastoral scene with young trees, a fence and shrine in the background, central panel with legend in 10 lines relating to Guanchuan, edge impressed in Japanese characters [Made at the Japanese Mint], 85 x 54mm, 116.11g (cf. Ranieri 13, 117; cf. Stack’s Bowers Macau, Dec. 2014, 40267). Minor spotting in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Irene Allen. The opening of the new mint at Osaka took place on 4 April 1871 in celebrations led by the new Japanese Prime Minister, Sanjo Sanetomi (1837-91). The decision to construct the facility and reform the coinage was originally taken in 1866, but after a plan to acquire equipment from France fell through, authorities purchased the entire Hong Kong mint from the British government and engaged those officials running it to establish the new facility at Osaka, a two-storey red brick building constructed by Irish architect and engineer Thomas James Waters (1843-98)

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Pieters, Ian Jacob (Dutch, 1925-2020); b. Rotterdam NETHERLANDS, Dijkherstel na de Watersnood [Dyke Restoration after the Flood], 1953, a cast bronze medal by I.J. Pieters, house being submerged beneath flood water, rev. two men laying the final stone in a dyke wall, 108mm, 656.72g (De Geuzenpenning April 1954, pp. 20-1; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 110, 12; cf. Schulman 364, 1123). Extremely fine and as made, dark patina, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer October 2005. The 1953 North Sea flood was caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland during the night of 31 January and 1 February 1953. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, resulting in extensive flooding. In the Netherlands over 1,800 lives were lost, as well as those of over 30,000 animals. Repairs to the system of dykes was not completed until November 1953

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