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Click here to subscribeWORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, International Exhibition of Art and Technology, Paris, 1937, Bronze Medal, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), torches of Progress divided by a caduceus, hammer and olive spray, rev two standing figures of Art and Technology, head of Marianne behind, 68mm. Extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, “Scientia” / 300th Anniversary of the Collège de France, 1930, Bronze Medal, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), female head with torch, SCIENTIA, rev statue of Budé, the founder of the college, 68mm, in original card box of issue (Jones, Art of the Medal, 424). Extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Télégraphie sans Fil (telegraph without a wire), Wireless or Radio, Large Bronze Medal, 1927, by Paul Marcel Dammann (1885-1939), standing figure of Iris with winged ankles, partial Zodiac behind, rev globe encircled by an antenna emitting radio waves, TSF below, 100mm (CGMP p.116; Jones, Art of the Medal, 423). One of the classic Art Deco medallic images, extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Naumburg, Gilt-silver Anti-Papal Medal (Bischofsstreit), 1546, by Peter Flotner, mid-19th Century electrotype copy, bust of Christ right adorned by angel, rev bust of Pope left, the devil pulls at his tiara, 41mm. Museum quality, good very fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Augsburg, Religious Box Medal (Schraubmedaille), c.1720, containing 23 hand-coloured roundels, by P P Werner, bust of Christ to right, nimbate and by drapery, rev the angels climb Jacob’s ladder, WANN IACOB IM HERREN RVHT. IST VBER IHN DER ENGEL HUT, 43.5mm, roundels of King Augustus II of Saxony, the Electress Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, a cleric and 20 of biblical scenes, the text marked on each (see Goppel 1151 for reverse; Koch -; Whiting -). Medal and contents very fine, very rare. The roundels probably all designed by Gottfried Rogg and engraved by Abraham Reinshart, though their separate signatures appear on one roundel each.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Courland, Maurice, Duke of Saxony and Courland (1696-1750), Construction of his Tomb, White Metal Medal (1777), by Jean Conrad Müller, armoured bust left, rev depiction of his tomb, 55mm (Mers 4549). Very fine. The monumental tomb, the work of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, was completed in 1777 and is found in the Church of St Thomas in Strassburg.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Judaica, Nürnberg, The Flight from Egypt, Gold Medal of 2-Ducats, undated, by G F Nürnberger (1677-1721) and Daniel Sigmund Dockler (1688-1730), Moses parts the Red Sea, those who have crossed pray, BELEBET GOTTES KINDER, rev the Egyptian army, their horses and chariots swamped by the waters, 30.5mm, 6.97g (Gop -; Finkelstein -; Erl -). A decorative medal, extremely fine and very rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Germany, Josef Hilarius Eckhel (1737-1798), Jesuit priest and numismatist, Uniface Portrait Medal in Berlin Iron, by or after Leonhard Posch, bust right, name behind, IOSEPHUS ECKHEL, 73mm. Extremely fine. Echkel was admitted to the Jesuit Order at the age of fourteen, where he was to devote himself to the study of antiquities and numismatics. He was appointed keeper of the cabinet of coins at the Jesuits’ College, Vienna in 1772 and after the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773, was appointed professor of antiquities and numismatics at the University of Vienna and keeper of the imperial cabinet of coins.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Kefalonia, The creation of the Ionian State and the end of Venetian Rule, Gilt-silver Medal, 1800-1801, clasped hands hold cross above city gateway and walls, rev Venetian lion holds bundle of spears, legends in greek around, 45.5mm. Once mounted, very fine and exceptionally rare. The French occupied Kefalonia for 20 months, from July 1797, and with the blessing of Archbishop Ioannikios Anninos dismantled the Venetian administration. In October 1798 the joint fleets of Russia and Turkey occupied the Island and the Ionian State under the suzerainty of the Sultan by the Treaty of Constantinople was established on 21 March 1800. The implementation of the new regime was to cause serious rioting in 1800, 1801 and 1802. There was further unrest and regime change over the next few years till in 1815, Kefalonia became a part of a British protectorate under the name of the United States of the Ionian Islands.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Markos Botsaris (c.1788-1823), General and Hero of the Greek War of Independence, Death 1823, at the Battle of Karpenisi, Silver Medal, by Hartmann, Athena stands weeping next to urn on pedestal, legend around, rev panorama of the Battle of Karpenisi, the Turkish encampment, left attacked by the Greeks, date below, beaded border both sides, obliquely milled edge, 25mm (Spink Auction 5, 367; Erbstein 18158; Dogan 6473; Rosey 2442). Nearly extremely fine with light grey patina, extremely rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Otto (1815-1867, King 1832-1862), Accession 1832, Copper Medal, by C Voigt, bare head right, rev Greece seated left on prow, holding cornucopiæ, GRAECIA REDIVIVA, with MDCCCXXXII in exergue, 41mm (see Divo 10, fig A, for reverse). Good very fine and rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Otto (1815-1867, King 1832-1862), Accession 1832, Gilt-metal Medal, by C Voigt, bare head right, as in previous lot, with muled rev within wreath, AU NESTOR DE L’ARMÉE FRANÇAISE 1817, 42mm. Nearly extremely fine, very rare. The medal seemingly produced by the electrotypen process.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), Gilt-copper Medal, undated, by J J Barre, struck in France, bare head left, name and title vertically to either side, rev legend in three lines within wreath, beaded border both sides, 24.5mm, edge stamped CUIVRE. Matt surface, extremely fine though small test-mark on edge.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Crete, Prince George of Greece (1869-1957), High Commissioner, the Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Silver Medal, 1898, bust of each to right, either side, with Greek legend, 33.5mm (Diakov 1281.1; Spink Auction 5, 391). Struck with a matt surface and smokey grey tone, virtually mint state. In 1898 Prince George of Greece was made the High Commissioner of Crete under the suzerainty of the Sultan. Prince George was friendly with his cousin Nicholas, later Nicholas II. In 1891 he accompanied him on his voyage to Asia where, in Japan on 11 May, he was to save him from an assassination attempt in Japan in what became known as the Otsu Incident.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Crete, Prince George of Greece (1869-1957), High Commissioner, the Visit of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Silver Medal, 1898, bust of each to right, either side, with Cyrillic legend, 33.5mm (Diakov 1281.2; Spink Auction 5, 391). Struck with a matt surface and smokey grey tone, virtually mint state. In 1898 Prince George of Greece was made the High Commissioner of Crete under the suzerainty of the Sultan. Prince George was friendly with his cousin Nicholas, later Nicholas II. In 1891 he accompanied him on his voyage to Asia where, in Japan on 11 May, he was to save him from an assassination attempt in Japan in what became known as the Otsu Incident.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913) and Queen Olga (1851-1926), 40th Wedding Anniversary, Gold Medal, 1907, conjoined busts right, rev legend around conjoined wreaths, 13.72g, 27.5mm. Extremely fine. Queen Olga of the Hellenes was formerly the Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia and was married to King George at the age of 16.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), The First Balkan War, small Gold Pendant Medal, 1912-1913, signed SAMTI, uniformed bust three-quarters right, wreath below, rev symbolic naked warriors stand before battle-action, 9.13g, 28.5mm x 24mm, integral suspension loop and ring. Matt surface, extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), The First Balkan War, small Gold Medal, 1912-1913, signed (but not clear), uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev winged Godess Nike, 6.3g, 20mm. Matt surface, about very fine, reverse showing six attacment points for jewellery.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Constantine I (1868-1923, King 1913-1917, 1920-1922) and Queen Sophia, Silver Wedding 1914, Miniature Gold Medal, conjoined busts left, he in uniform, rev dates in four lines, 5.41g, 17.5mm. Matt surface, extremely fine. Queen Sophia of the Hellenes was the sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, France, World War I, the Naval Mission to Greece, 1916-1917, Bronze Medal, by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951), La France wearing winged helmet, attacks left, rev scroll on oak leaves, engraved name and legend, ADRIEN LE VERGER – SOUVENIR RECONNAISSANT DE LA MISSION NAVALE EN GRECE – 1916-1917, 63.5mm (References to the medal without legend: Frankenhuis 238; CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; V&A Exhibition Catalogue 1998, 33). Extremely fine, rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister and his Return to Power, 1928-1932, modern Gold Medal, bust right wearing cap, before Parliament building, rev legend and dates, 24ct, 11.89g, 28mm, prooflike surface, virtually mint state; with contemporary Silvered-Bronze ‘Souvenir’ Medalet of Venizelos, facing bust, rev anchor and flag, 23.5mm, suspension loop and ring, very fine. (2)
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Patriarch and Archbishop Athenagoras I (1886-1972), Meets with Pope Paul VI, 1964, Italian Gold Medal of John XXIII, bust of the Pope left, rev Athenagoras and Paul VI embrace, 26mm, 10g, stamped 900. Extremely fine. The Greek born Athenagoras I became Patriarch in 1948 and met Paul VI on the Mount of Olives on 5 January, 1964, for him “To say ‘Good Morning’ to my beloved brother the Pope. You must remember that it is five hundred years since we have spoken to each other!”.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, India, Francis Rawdon, Marquis of Hastings (1754-1826), British Victories in India, 1818, Copper Medal, for Mudie’s Series of National Medals, by W Wyon (after P Rouw) and H Howard (reverse), head left, rev Victory in chariot drawn by winged lions, PINDAREE AND MAHRATTA CONFEDERACY DEFEATED 1818, 41mm (BHM 974; Eimer 1108; Jones, Art of the Medal, 276; Pud 818.1). Extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, India, Sir Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), The Treaty of Lahore, Frosted Silver and Glazed Medal, 1846, by G G Adams, bare head left, his name behind, rev Victory receives olive branch from kneeling warrior, MENS AEQUA REBUS IN ARDUIS, 58mm, glazed and within silver outer edge, in fitted case of issue (BHM 2228; Eimer 1404; Pudd 846.1, R2). Choice mint state and excessively rare. Harding, a career soldier, had fought in the Peninsula. He was appointed Governor-General of India in 1844 and signed the Treaty of Lahore, ending the first Sikh War on 9 March 1846. Brown [BHM] records that Hardinge sat for the portait in London with the last sitting on the day that he sailed to take up his appointment as Governor-General. The medal is recorded in silver though, to the cataloguers knowledge, no glazed specimens have been noted.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Iran (Persia), Louis Coetermans, Persian Consul-General in Paris, Rectangular Bronze Plaquette, 1905, with arched top, by Godefroid Devreese, bust left in uniform and wearing sheepskin hat, legend in exergue, rev legend in seven lines, 77.5mm x 52.5mm (BDM VI, 319; ANS New York, 1910, Devreese 30). Extremely fine. The medal commissioned by his friend
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Matteo di Andrea de’ Pasti (active from 1441, died 1467/8), Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417-1432-1468), Bronze Medal, bust of Sigismondo left, wearing cuirass and surcoat, SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS, rev view of the Castle of Rimini, CATELLVM SISMONDVM ARIMINENSE M CCCC XLVI, 82mm (Hill, Corpus 174; Kress 60; Pollard 27). A high quality contemporary cast, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010 lot 36
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan and Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), 5th Duke of Milan, cast Bronze Medal, 1459, bust of Francesco, rev bust of Galeazzo Maria, 42mm (Hill, Corpus 284; Arm I, 44/7; Kress 93; Pollard 136). A very fine contemporary cast with traces of acquisition number on obverse. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010, lot 76
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius, struck Bronze Medal, c. mid-1550s, bust right, FAVSTINA.AVG.ANTONINI.AVG.PII.FIL., rev the six Vestal Virgins, one accompanied by a child, sacrificing at an altar in front of the Temple of Vesta, SC, 30.46g, 36mm (Klawans 2; Kress 407; Lawrence 59; Johnson/Martini 1729ff). An original striking, extremely fine and very rare. ex Morton & Eden auction, 27 June 2006, lot 395 (part)
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Giovanni I Cornaro (1551-1625-1629), 96th Doge of Venice, cast Lead Memorial Medal, 1647, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani (active 1634-1675), bust left, wearing ermine cope and Doge’s cap, IO CORNELIVS DVX VENET OBIIT A D MDCXXIX, below truncation ÆT S 78, rev legend in nine lines, ÆTERNAE IN PATREM OPTIMVM …, 47.5mm (Voltolina 937; Serenissima II, lot 39; V&T, Bargello, II/501). Good fine. The medal was commissioned by the Doge’s son, Cardinal (1626) Federico Corner (1579-1653), who was to be the Patriarch of Venice from 1631-1644; his brother was Francesco Corner, who had the shortest rule of any Doge (19 days, 17 May to 5 June 1656).
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Minerva, a spear in her left hand, uncovering Nature, before a temple, FRANCISCVS REDI PATRITIVS ARETINVS, 88mm (V&T 37; Bargello 7838; Clifford 298 Johnson 140, fig.127; Lankheit 121; M&E Lankheit 711). Good very fine with dark patination.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust right with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, rev Eternity, seated with foot on a globe, welcomes Minerva into temple, Time lies between columns from which hangs a snake swallowing its own tail, ÆRE PEREMNIVS, 87.5mm (V&T 38; Johnson 140, fig.128; Clifford 299; Lankheit 121; M&E, Lankheit 712). Good very fine with dark patination.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vittoria Della Rovere (1622-1694), uniface Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, 1685, bust right, in the costume of an oblate of the Congregazione di Montalve, with a pendant cross, VICTORIA MAG DVC ETR, 87mm (V&T 43). Sharply cast, extremely fine with light patination, rare. ex Benjamin Weiss Collection ex Baldwin’s Auction 63, 30 September 2009, lot 1347 Vittoria della Rovere was the daughter of Claudia de’ Medici and Federico Ubaldo of Rovere. She was promised at the age of one to her cousin Ferdinand II de’ Medici and the promise was formalised in 1634. She was married three years later in 1637 and widowed in 1670. She became patroness of the Congregazione di Montalve in 1680
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Vicenzo da Filicaia (1642-1707), poet and politician, Florentine cast Bronze Medal, by Antonio Montauti (? - c.1740), bewigged bust right, VICENTIVS A FILICAIA SENATOR FLORENTIVS, rev eagle flying above the clouds, SPERNIT HVMVM, 91mm (V&T 93). Good very fine, dark patination, pierced and two minor flaws to outer rim, rare. ex Michael Hall Collection (Part I), Baldwin’s Auction 64, 4 May 2010, lot 466
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Caterina Sansedoni Marsili (wife of Alfonso Marsili, married 1707), Florentine cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1720, by Giovanni Francesco Pieri (1699-1773), bust right in high relief, her hair tied up, rev Time, watched by winged Victory, brandishes staff over anguished figures, 92mm (V&T 115). Good very fine, minute piercing in the outer rim, rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, World War I, Peace, Gilt-bronze Medal, 1920, by S Johnson (Milan), Italia stands proud on prow of a boat, supported by naked figures and fames, CMXV MCMXX, rev bust of Peace right, placed before a field of grazing sheep, below lines by Giovanni Bertacchi, PAX PER QVANTI EROI S’IMMOLARONO ..., 69.5mm. A handsome medal, a little marked, otherwise about extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands, Satirical Medal, undated (1592), soldiers and priests reach for plaque in palm tree, ADVERSVS. INNIXVM VLTRO SESE ERIGIT PONDVS, rev shepherds seated by tree, one playing flute, FISTVLA. DVLCE. CANENS NOSTRVM NON DECIPTA ARGVM around, NON TEMERE CREDENDVM in exergue, 58mm (vL I, 428; Pax 29; Fieweger 755). About extremely fine, rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Poland, Danzig, Silver Nativity Medal, 1631, by Sebastian Dadler, Visit of the Three Kings, with Joseph left and Mary holding the infant Christ in centre, legend around in two lines, EIN REINER GLAVB …, rev date above legend in seven lines, the first letter of each of the first five lines spelling IESVS, 55.5mm, contemporary wide suspension loop (Wiecek 78; Maué 106). Very fine, has been cleaned.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Sviatoslav I, Igorevich (945-972 AD), the Visit of (Saint) Olga to Greece, 955 AD, large Copper Medal, number 60 from the Historical Series, by T Ivanov and (reverse) I C Jaeger, struck during the reign of Catherine II, armoured bust of Sviatoslav right, holding shield before him, rev Olga, with three male attendants about to board a ship, 79mmm (Diakov 1727; Smirnov 122). Slightest of edge bruises, extremely fine. Olga (or Helga), born in about 890 AD, was the wife of Prince Igor of Russia and after his death in 945 AD she was regent for their son. In 957 AD (not 955 AD as on the medal) she visited Constantinople. She either then, or earlier, became a Christian though she did not succeed in converting her son.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Count M Platov, Bronze Medal, by Joseph Mainèrt(?), uniformed bust left, HETMAN PLATOFF, rev ACRI MILITIA VEXAVIT GALLOS EQUES METUENDUS HASTA, 48mm (Diakov -). About extremely fine and very rare. Count Matvei Ivanovich Platoff, Ataman of the Don Cossacks and a Russian commander in the Napoleonic wars
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Nicholas I, Imperial St Petersburg Academy of Arts, Silver Award Medal for Success in Drawing, 1830, by P Utkin, lyre atop column, palette behind at right, classical male bust at left, signed below exergue at right, rev four line legend on raised medallion within wreath, 46.3mm (Diakov 492.5 (R1); Reichel -; Sm -). About extremely fine, toned over contact marks.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, 100th Anniversary of the Alexandrovsky Ordnance Factory, 1874, Bronze Medal, by Mescheryakov and Griliches, oval portraits of Catherine II and Alexander II, rev monument to Peter I in Petrozavodsk, the ordnance factory beyond, 79mm (Diakov 805.1). Good very fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Russia, Marie Alexandrowna (1853-1920) and and Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), Marriage in St Petersburg, Copper Medal, 1874, by Christian Schnitzspahn, conjoined busts right, an angel, wings spread, supports crowned shields of arms, 63mm, in fitted case by Wyon of Regent Street, London (Diakov 809.1; Eimer 1632). Extremely fine. Maria Alexandrowna was the only daughter of Alexander II of Russia. The Wyons produced their own smaller medal to commemorate the marriage (BHM 2978)
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, President Paul Kruger, the Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, Bronze Medal, by J P M Menger, bust of Kruger left, rev winged wheel within legend, 44mm. (Hern 16; Moyaux 52; BM Acq 1983-1987, pl 107, 3; Swan 405-406; BDM IV, 26). Extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, The Peace Treaty for the South African War, 1902, Silver Medal, by Emil Fuchs for Messrs Elkington & Co, Britannia stands at a harbour, sheathing her sword, behind her a column of troops board ships for home, rev angel with laurel branch attends to fallen soldier, TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, and in tablet SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899 - 1900, 52mm (BHM 3876; Eimer 1850; Jones, Art of the Medal, 382). A softly modelled medal, extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, South Africa, The Peace Treaty for the South African War, 1902, Bronze Medals (2), by Emil Fuchs for Messrs Elkington & Co, Britannia stands at a harbour, sheathing her sword, behind her a column of troops board ships for home, rev angel with laurel branch attends to fallen soldier, TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, and in tablet SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899 - 1900, 70mm and 49mm (BHM 3876; Eimer 1850a, c; Jones, Art of the Medal, 382). The larger extremely fine, the smaller very fine with dappled patina. (2)
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them France / England, The Crimean War, Napoleon II and Queen Victoria, Victories of the Allies on the Black Sea and the Danube, Copper Medal, 1854, by Laurent Joseph Hart, conjoined busts left of the monarch and emperor, a display of Turkish trophies with dome of mosque beyond, 72mm (Divo 214; Dogan 6541). Nearly extremely fine, very rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, England, Anne (1665-1702-1714), Battle of Vigo Bay, Brass Jeton, 1702, by J G Lauffer, copying Croker’s medal, bust left, rev view of Vigo with ships attacking, ANGLOR ET BATAV VIRTVTE, 25mm (MI 239/23; Betts 95; Ford XIII, 793-98, second bust type). An unusually sharp specimen, good very fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, France, American Interest, The Régiment de la Calotte, Gilt-bronze Medal, c.1723, by Joseph Charles Roettiers, Folly enthroned amid clouds, holding sceptre with jester’s head, RIDERE REGNARE EST, rev coat of arms, shield emblazoned with the moon in three phases above a jester’s head on a field of bees, jester’s cap with cat and weather-vane above, supported by monkeys in livery holding smoking cornucopiæ, LUNA DUCE AUSPICE MOMO, 44mm (Adams S-3; Betts 66-70, note 3). Gilding rubbed on high spots, very fine, scarce. A satirical medal on the banking methods of John Law and satirising the Mississippi System he promoted with other money-making ventures (B. Betts, Descriptive List of Medals Relating to John Law and the Mississippi System, Boston 1907).
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