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![College of Arms, Quincentenary, [1984], a silver medal by N. Mainwaring, 63mm; Battle of Waterloo, 175th Anniversary, [1990],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/d11c1ac3-bf80-43c9-8668-af3400d7cfeb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 863
College of Arms, Quincentenary, [1984], a silver medal by N. Mainwaring, 63mm; Battle of Waterloo, 175th Anniversary, [1990], a silver medal after B. Pistrucci, 63mm (E 2166); Society of Antiquaries, 300th Anniversary, 2007, a silver medal, unsigned [by M. Holland], 58mm (E 2221); together with other medals in silver (1) and base metal (6), and a brass spoon [10]. Mostly as struck; six cased £200-£300
Lot 867
Hearts of Oak Benefit Society (Est. 1842), a silver award medal for Services by W.J. Taylor, named (Mr John Dolling), 50mm; Society of Biological Chemistry, a bronze award medal by Elkington, named (F.W. Warren, 1900), 44mm; The National Utility Poultry Society, a bronze award medal by Elkington, named (Laying Trials, 1925-26, Section VI, J.J. Berry, Rhode Island Reds, 989 Eggs, Score Value 987), 51mm; Photography, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (1930, F.G. Burroughs), 45mm; Confectioners Bakers and Allied Trades Exhibition, London, an oval silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, named (L. Hanneman & Son, London S.E. 5, 1935), hallmarked Birmingham 1935, 51 x 40mm [5]. Last very fine, others extremely fine; fourth in maroon fitted case £70-£90 --- The collection in the following 91 lots was formed by Dr Edith Greenwood (†1987), who began collecting medals while working as a doctor in Berlin in the 1950s. She became a consultant opthalmologist and moved to Zurich, where she was employed in the city’s Kantonsspital, while continuing to acquire medals. Dr Greenwood moved to England upon retirement but had ceased to collect by the late 1970s. Upon her death the collection was left to her son, who enjoyed it for many years but now sadly wishes to part with it on account of his advanced years
![Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1888 [struck 1890], a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right, rev. seated female figure of Mauritius](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/09fd5b8f-475f-4fcb-b2dc-af3400da35a5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 869
Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1888 [struck 1890], a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right, rev. seated female figure of Mauritius waving to a departing steamer, arms of Mauritius at left, 69mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; Coll. R. Marx 26; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.271, 75; BDM V, 232; BHM 3360; E 1746). Extremely fine £90-£120 --- Sir John Pope-Hennessy, KCMG (1834-91), b Ballyhennessy, co Cork; educ. Queen’s College, Dublin; MP for King’s County, 1859-65; Governor of Labuan 1867-71; Governor of the Gold Coast 1872-3; Governor of the Bahamas 1873-4; Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands 1875-6; Governor of Hong Kong 1877-83; Governor of Mauritius 1883-9; MP for North Kilkenny 1890-1
Lot 872
The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club, a bronze award medal by G.E. Oliver, named (Essay Competition, Presented to Edinburgh Institution, Robert Bruce, 1901-2), 52mm; George V, Coronation, 1911, a silver medal by A. Halliday for Elkington, 38mm (W & E 5075A.7); Forward, 1912, a specimen silver-gilt award plaque by Elkington, un-named, 54 x 38mm; Battle of Jutland, 1916, a bronze medal by Spink, 45mm (BHM 4124; E 1951a); Red Cross Long and Efficient Service, a plated award medal by P. Metcalfe, named (Minnie E.C. Scott), 38mm; together with other medals, in silver (2, for hockey and tennis) and bronze [8]. Very fine and better; first in case of issue by G.E. Oliver, Engraver & Medallist, Edinburgh £70-£90
Lot 873
Tit-Bits Magazine, 1902, a silver Award of Merit by J.A. Restall, named (W. Newman Flower for success in Competitions, June 1903), 57mm (cf. DNW 123, 539); Franco-British Exhibition, White City, 1908, a bronze award medal by F. Bowcher for Vaughton, named (Mrs Isabella Morland King), 51mm (Allen Pt 3; BHM 3960; E 1903b); Hertfordshire and North Middlesex Competitive Musical Festival, a silver award medal by Wright & Son, named (Constance K. Newell, May 6th 1909), 39mm (cf. DNW M11, 1223) [3]. Extremely fine; second in maroon gilt-blocked case of issue, last in red case of issue £70-£90 --- Sir Walter Newman Flower (1879-1964), publisher and author, Blandford Forum, Dorset; educ. Whitgift School, Croydon; joined Harmsworth Press 1896, moving to Cassell & Co, magazine publishers, 1906, of which he was later proprietor; commissioned Winston Churchill’s A History of English-Speaking Peoples and published Churchill’s The Second World War
Lot 874
The medal awarded to the winner of the world’s first massed start cycle race, September 1907 Weekly Despatch, a silver award medal by D.G. Collins for Bladon, two cyclists racing left, a third behind, railway viaduct and trees in background, rev. wreath, named (100 Miles Cycle Race at Brooklands, Sept. 7 1907, won by F. Smith), hallmarked Birmingham 1907, 40mm. Extremely fine and toned, very rare; set in an ornamental loop mount incorporating a cycle wheel, original blue ribbon and suspender bar inscribed ‘Weekly Despatch 100 Miles Cycle Race Sept. 7th. 1907’, and in red case of issue by Bladon, Masonic Jeweller, 16 Clerkenwell rd, London E.C. £100-£150 --- Brooklands, the famous 2.7 mile purpose-built banked motor racing track near Weybridge, was the brainchild of the entrepreneur Hugh Fortescue Locke King (1848-1926), who created it on his inherited estate. Opened on 17 June 1907, the track held its first race meeting on 6 July. On 7 September it witnessed the world’s first massed start cycle race, run over a distance of 100 miles. At the time cycle racing was, like car and motorcycle racing, banned from the UK’s public roads. Between the Wars several massed start cycle races were also staged at Brooklands. The 1907 event is commemorated in a present-day exhibition at the Brooklands Museum
Lot 876
Southampton Camera Club, a silver award medal, unsigned, for J.W. Wood, named (S.C.C., Dr C.P. Weekes, 1921), 44mm; Liverpool Philatelic Society, a silver award medal by Elkington, named (E.F. Payne, 1925, Sierra Leone), hallmarked Birmingham 1924, 51mm [2]. Extremely fine, toned; in cases of issue, former by J.W. Wood & Co, Medallists, 24 Portland street, Southampton £50-£70 --- E.F. Payne was a noted collector and student of British colonial stamps between the Wars
Lot 877
The Gardening Illustrated Medal, 1923, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, un-named, 44mm; The National Gardens Guild, a silver award medal by T. Fattorini, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1929, 37mm; Littleborough Agricultural Society, a silver and enamel award medal by A.C. Bloxham, named (Class F, G.N. Houthvesen, 1930), hallmarked Birmingham 1930, 32mm; Daren Bread, an oval silver award medal by A.C. Bloxham, named (Semi-National Exhibition, 2nd Prize Daren Class 24, L. Hanneman & Son, Newport, 1932), hallmarked Birmingham 1932, 41 x 33mm; Newark Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm; Amateur Gardening, a bronze award medal, unsigned, un-named, 39mm [6]. Very fine and better; first three in cases of issue £60-£80
Lot 879
London, Midland & Scottish Railway, The General Strike, 1926, a bronze medal by E. Gillick, 51mm (BHM 4210; E 2003); 10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, a plated bronze medal by C.L.J. Doman, 76mm (BHM 4132; E 2008); City of London, a uniface bronze medal by C.L.J. Doman, 63mm (BHM –; E –) [3]. About extremely fine and better; first in brown case of issue. last in green card box of issue £60-£80
Lot 881
Eastman Kodak, c. 1950, a bronze award medal for 25 Years’ Service by J.R. Pinches, named (Norman L. Ryott), 76mm (MJP p.91; cf. DNW 47, 1004); BELGIUM, The Gevaert International Photographic Competition, 1912, a bronze medal by C. Stoeving for Awes Munze, Berlin, 60mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 8; cf. DNW 250, 496) [2]. Extremely fine; first in blue fitted case and card box of issue, second in maroon card box £40-£60
Lot 883
AUSTRIA, Anton Ritter von Schmerling, 1890, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust right, rev. Minerva crowning a bust of Maria Theresa, Schmerling and a student standing at right, 66mm (Hauser 7810; Wurzb. 8254; Horsky 7627). Light spotting and obverse surface marks, otherwise good very fine £60-£80 --- Anton Ritter von Schmerling (1805-93), Austrian statesman; the medal commemorates his 25th anniversary as curator of the Theresianischen Akademie, Vienna
Lot 884
AUSTRIA, Kaiser Jubiläums- und 5. Österr. Bundesschiessen in Wien [Kaiser’s Golden Jubilee and 5th Austrian Federal Shooting Festival], 1898, a silver medal by A. Scharff, bust of Franz Joseph I right, rev. robed female carving date onto a tree, 37mm (Hauser 5211; Wurzb. 2594; Horsky 3894). Trifling edge nicks, otherwise very fine and toned £120-£150
Lot 885
AUSTRIA, Ausstellung ‘Das Kind’ unter dem Protektorat von Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl, Wien [The Child under the Protection of Archdukes Exhibition, Vienna], 1907, a bronze medal by H. Schaefer, 60mm (Hauser 3088; Wurzb. 2107); Erste Internationale Jagdausstellung ‘Pferde’, Vienna, 1910, a bronze medal by W. Hejda for Brüder Schneider, 50mm (Hauser 3127; Wurzb. 2666), and Internationale Trophäen Concurrenz, an octagonal bronze plaque by A. Hofmann for Präge Schneider, 50mm (Hauser 3126; Wurzb. 2667); Internationale Postwertzeichen Ausstellung, Wien [International Stamp Exhibition, Vienna], 1911, a plated bronze Souvenir medal by A. Hofman, 29mm (Hauser 3136); Internationale Wintersport-Ausstellung, Wien, 1912, an octagonal bronze plaque, unsigned, 45mm [5]. Very fine and better, first lightly lacquered £70-£90
Lot 887
BELGIUM, Exposition Internationale, Brussels, 1897, a plated bronze award medal by J. Lagæ for Wolfers, un-named, 70mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.175; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.16, 79; BDM III, 267-8; cf. DNW 130, 1732); Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, a light bronze award medal by G. Devreese, un-named, 71mm (Willenz 105; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.74, 19; BDM VI, 320; cf. DNW 147, 1876); Aéro-Club de Belgique, c. 1920, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, un-named, 67 x 45mm; Union des Anciens Étudiants de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1921, a plated bronze award medal by P. Bonnetain, un-named, 35mm [4]. First extremely fine, others very fine and better £60-£80 --- The first medal has the appearance of being in silver, but in the opinion of the cataloguer probably isn’t
Lot 888
BELGIUM, 75è Anniversaire de l’Indépendance de la Belgique, 1905, a bronze medal by G. Devreese for A. Michaux, 70mm (Willenz 44; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.75, 47; BDM I, 574); Namur Attacked/Troops at Ostende, 1914, a bronze medal by P. Theunis for A. Mauquoy, 70mm (BDM VIII, 234; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.17, 19; cf. DNW M10, 1472); Inauguration des Installations Maritimes de Bruxelles, 1922, a plated bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 73 x 71mm (Willenz 242) [3]. Second extremely fine, others very fine £70-£90
Lot 889
BELGIUM, L’Armée Belge Participe à la Garde du Rhin, 1919, a bronze medal by P. Dubois for A. Mauquoy, 70mm (cf. DNW M1, 1618); Voyage au Congo du Prince Léopold, 1925, a plated bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 79 x 45mm, edge stamped 126 (Willenz 279); Amedée Begault, 1927, a bronze medal by P. Bonnetain for the 8th International Congress of Actuaries, 60mm [3]. About extremely fine, but second brightly polished £70-£90 --- Amedée Begault (1859-1949), internationally renowned actuary and mathematician; b. Tournai; co-founder of the Association des Actuaires Belges, January 1895
![CZECHOSLOVAKIA, VinaÅ™ské slavnosti Bratislava [Wine Festival, Bratislava], 1931, a bronze medal, unsigned, 70mm (Macho & Chl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/774f7596-6f66-450d-9a85-af3400e16f21/468x382.jpg)
![DENMARK, Centenary of the Dyrenes Beskyttelse [Animal Protection League], 1975, a bronze medal by H. Salomon, 70mm (BM Acq. 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/2f5b2cd8-9319-48a3-87d2-af3400dc8c0c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 892
DENMARK, Centenary of the Dyrenes Beskyttelse [Animal Protection League], 1975, a bronze medal by H. Salomon, 70mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.111, 9); FINLAND, Centenary of the Birth of Johann Snellman, 1906, a bronze medal by E. Wikström [struck 1905], 56mm (BDM VIII, 275; cf. Kölner Münz. 108, 1293); Suomen Suurkisat [Finnish Athletics Championships], 1966, a plated iron medal, 51mm; SWEDEN, Allmänna Konst- och Industriutställningen i Stockholm [General Art and Industry Exhibition, Stockholm], 1897, a bronze medal by A. Lindberg, 60mm [4]. Very fine; second contained in display holder £40-£60
Lot 894
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Ceres left, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, cherub below holding tablet, named (W. Singer and Son), 68mm (Maier 65; PBE 48; BDM I, 402; Jones, Art of the Medal, 313; cf. DNW 169, 1130). Good very fine and toned £90-£120
Lot 895
FRANCE, Ministère de l’Agriculture, Valence, 1885, a bronze medal by H. Ponscarme, 52mm; Union Nationale des Sociétés de Tir de France, 1900, a bronze award medal by H. Dubois and C. Marey, un-named, 44mm (BDM I, 635; cf. DNW M1, 1582); Ministère de l’Instruction Publique, award medals by A. Dubois (2), silver, named (1910, Cours d’Adultes François Neyron, Inspecteur Primaire à Tournon, Ardèche), bronze, named (1906, Concours d’Adultes, Mlle. Marie Deschâtres, Institutrice à Châtillon, Seine), both 51mm; Association des Petits Fabricants et Inventeurs Français, Concours Lépine, c. 1910, a plated bronze medal by E.-V. Exbrayat, 49mm (cf. DW 24, 122); Société Centrale d’Agriculture de la Seine-Inférieure, 1929, a bronze medal after L.-A. Bottée, 41mm [6]. Very fine and better £60-£80
Lot 896
FRANCE, The French Youth to Michel Chevreul on his 100th Birthday, 1886, a bronze trial striking of the obv. of the medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right with wavy hair, 69mm (Maier 93; Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 14; PBE 840; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 231; Baxter 32; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.135, 12; cf. DNW 49, 879). Extremely fine; foundry markings on the back £40-£60
Lot 897
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, named (Maissin), 63mm (Maier 131; PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 199, 1200); Progrès dans la Fabrication des Monnaies, 1889, a copper medal by L.-A. Bottée and L.-F. Chabaud, 50mm (PBE 6; BDM I, 231; CGMP p.60; cf. DNW 193, 1238); Sommet de la Tour Eiffel, 1889, plated bronze medals by A.-L.-M. Charpentier (2), both 41mm (PBE 145; Coll. R. Marx 245; cf. DNW 135, 1424); Exposition Internationale du Mans, 1899, a plated bronze award medal by Massonnet, un-named, 50mm; Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310; cf. DNW 147, 1890); together with other related bronze medals (2) [8]. Generally very fine £70-£90
Lot 898
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 63mm (Maier 182; Coll. R. Marx 307; BDM I, 664; cf. DNW 193, 1238); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, bronze award medals by J.-C. Chaplain (3), named (H. Christiansen; F.A. Rowland; Linoleum Manufacturing Co Ltd), all 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 173, 490) [4]. About extremely fine; last in remains of an original maroon card box £80-£100
Lot 899
FRANCE, IIIme Congrès International des Architectes, Paris, 1889, a bronze award medal by E.-A. Oudiné, named (Comité de Patronage, Mr le Bon de Geymüller, Membre de l’Institut), 45mm; Orphée, 1899, a bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, un-named, 68mm (Maier 223; PBE 261; CGMP p.100; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. DNW M8, 2247); Patria, 1910, a bronze award medal by F. Rasumny, named (Tournoi des Corporations, Paris 1910, Droit, 2e Prix), 80mm [3]. First brilliant and virtually as struck, in maroon case of issue, others very fine and better £80-£100 --- Heinrich von Geymüller (1839-1909), b. Vienna, student of Italian renaissance architecture under Jacob Burckhardt
Lot 900
FRANCE, Association Française Pour l’Avancement des Sciences, 1890, a silver award medal by L.-O. Roty, female seated under tree reading a book, plaque below named (Mme L. Grove), rev. figures of France and Science in greeting, the latter blessing an industrial town, 68mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; Coll. R. Marx 25; PBE 834; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.47, 165; BDM V, 232; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.140, 28; cf. DNW 47, 851). About extremely fine and toned, rare £90-£120
Lot 901
FRANCE, Association Française Pour l’Avancement des Sciences, 1890, a plated bronze award medal by L.-O. Roty, named (Louis Bernheim, 1896), 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; Coll. R. Marx 25; PBE 834; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.47, 165; BDM V, 232; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.140, 28; cf. DNW M2, 2467); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 32mm, and a uniface plated bronze medal by I.L. Blanchot, 28mm; Préparation Militaire, 1911, a bronze medal by P. Grandhomme for the Ministre de la Guerre, 50mm (BDM VII, 389; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 1; cf. DNW 193, 1240); Force Adresse, c. 1915, a plated bronze medal by R. Lamourdedieu for Le Petit Journal, 36mm; together with other base metal medals (6), by Contaux, F. Vernon, H. Dropsy, Matteï, A. Dubois and H. Dubois [11]. Very fine and better; one in case of issue £80-£100 --- Louis Bernheim, CB (1861-1931), Belgian career soldier and general; b. Brussels; taught at the Royal Military Academy, Brussels; commanded the 3rd brigade during the siege of Antwerp, September 1914, and served throughout World War I; promoted to Major-General and later Lieutenant-General; appointed Inspector-General of Infantry, 1919; retired 1926
Lot 902
FRANCE, Jules Méline, 1892, a bronze medal by H. Ponscarme, 68mm (PBE 752; CGMP p.319; Coll. R. Marx 210; cf. DNW 143, 174); Prof. Joseph Grasset, 1911, a bronze medal by A. Ingalbert, 68mm (BDM VII, 31; cf. DNW 57, 1336); Alfred de Foville, 1916, a bronze medal by C.P. Pillet, 55mm; Georges Clemenceau, 1918, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois [struck 1929], 68mm (CGMP p.233; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.21, 82; cf. DNW 127, 3245) [4]. Very fine and better £60-£80
Lot 903
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 (Coupe Gordon-Bennett 1904, Clarke), 68mm (PBE 305; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.39, 63; cf. DNW M7, 2595). About extremely fine; in contemporary maroon holder £100-£150 --- The 1904 Gordon-Bennett Cup, the fifth running of this annual motor race, was staged on 17 June 1904 over four laps of closed roads in Bad Homburg, Germany, a distance of 527km (327 miles), and organised by the Automobilclub von Deutschland. The event attracted 18 starters and was won by Michelin employee Léon Théry, who defeated the former land speed record holder Camille Jenatzy by just over 11 minutes. The event was overseen by officials from France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Great Britain and it is presumed that the recipient of the medal was one such individual from England
![FRANCE, Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum [International Union Against Cancer], 1898, a uniface silver medal by V. Canale,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/d8d173a3-fbd1-4e9e-8c7e-af3400d267f6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 905
FRANCE, Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum [International Union Against Cancer], 1898, a uniface silver medal by V. Canale, busts of Pierre and Marie Curie, he facing, she to left, 50mm. Extremely fine and toned, rare; in maroon fitted case by L. Donio, Graveur, 13 quai St Michel, Paris £80-£100
Lot 906
FRANCE, Salut au Soleil, 1899, a silver Art Nouveau plaque by G. Dupré, old man and child kneeling at sea-side, eyes towards the rising sun on the horizon, rev. birds above landscape, 64 x 50mm (Maier 188; PBE 424; CGMP p.169; Jones, Art of the Medal, 337; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 196, 1652). Virtually as struck, toned; in original green fitted case of issue [this somewhat scuffed] £80-£100
Lot 907
FRANCE, Salut au Soleil, 1899, a silver Art Nouveau plaque by G. Dupré, 64 x 50mm (Maier 188; PBE 424; CGMP p.169; Jones, Art of the Medal, 337; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 196, 1652); Union des Sociétés de Tir, c. 1900, a plated bronze award plaque by G. Dupré, 51 x 38mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 41, 71; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 190, 1252); Banquet des Maires, 1900, a bronze award plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, named (V. Augagneur, Lyon), 63 x 46mm (PBE 971; CGMP p.394; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 192; BDM VI, 243; cf. DNW 128, 706); Patria, 1900, a plated bronze medal by A. Rivet, adapted for the Denier des Écoles de la ville de Lyon, named (A Mr Victor Augagneur, Maire de Lyon, Membre d’Honneur), 56mm [4]. Very fine and better, first partly toned £80-£100 --- Victor Augagneur (1855-1931), b. Lyon; Mayor of Lyon, 1900-5; member of the Chamber of Deputies 1904-5, 1910-19, 1928-31; Governor of Madagascar 1905-10; Governor of French Equatorial Africa 1920-3
Lot 912
FRANCE, Courses Pédestres, c. 1905, a bronze plaque by G. Loiseau-Bailly, 50 x 31mm (BDM III, 456); Commerce, a bronze award medal by R. Lamourdedieu, un-named, 50mm (PBE –; CGMP p.221; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.21, 73; cf. DNW 147, 1887); Patinage, c. 1910, a bronze award medal by C. Charles, 45mm; together with other bronze sporting medals (10), for athletics, swimming, etc, by Matteï, Drago, Fraisse, etc [13]. Very fine and better, first rare £80-£100
Lot 918
FRANCE, La Musique, c. 1930, a uniface Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, nude female seated right on column, playing a double-flute, 80mm (cf. iNumis May 2012, 314). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£260 --- This medal is normally found paired with a reverse by Dammann depicting a grasshopper
Lot 926
FRANCE, Aux Héros et Martyrs de la Déportation, la France Reconnaissante, c. 1950, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coëffin for the National Committee for the Memorial of the Natzweiler-Struthof Deportation, half-length facing portrait of a concentration camp victim, legend around, rev. flames around a monument, body of emaciated prisoner lying in foreground, 67mm. Extremely fine and rare, a poignant study £60-£80 --- The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, a Nazi facility located high in the Vosges mountains on territory annexed from France in 1940, operated from May 1941 to September 1944. Some 22,000 prisoners died there, either from exhaustion or execution, including 86 Jews murdered on the orders of the anatomist August Hirt
Lot 927
FRANCE, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the Launch of the Liberté, c. 1950, a bronze medal by J. Vernon for Le Medaillier, 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.61, 144; cf. DNW 137, 568); Centenaire du Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1955, a bronze medal by M. Renard, 68mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.60, 119; cf. DNW 173, 491) [2]. Very fine and better; second in black card box of issue [this slightly distressed] £40-£60
Lot 928
A medal awarded to one of the founders of the Australian Foreign Service FRANCE, 150th Anniversary of the Banque de France, 1950, a silver medal after R. Dumarest, standing figure of France greeting Moneta, who pours coins from a cornucopia, rev. seated figures, named (Son Excellence Sir Keith Officer), 68mm (cf. DNW 66, 1433). About extremely fine and toned, rare in silver; in maroon gilt-blocked case of issue £90-£120 --- Sir Frank Keith Officer, OBE, MC (1889-1969), b. Toorak, Melbourne; educ. Melbourne University; served with Australian Imperial Force in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium, MC 1917, OBE 1919; in British colonial service, Nigeria, 1919-23; Australian charge d’affaires in Tokyo, 1941; Australian ambassador to the Netherlands, 1946-8, China 1948-9, and France 1950-5; died in Southampton June 1969
Lot 934
GERMANY, 50-Jahrfeier des ersten Deutschen Handelstages in Heidelberg [50th Anniversary of the First German Trade Day, Heidelberg], 1911, a bronze medal by M. Klinger, busts of David Hansemann and Johannes Kaempfs, rev. naked male figure of Mercury, holding caduceus, above the Neckar valley, regarding Heidelberg Castle, 75mm (Heidemann 196; cf. WAG 67, 3807). Very fine £60-£80
![GERMANY, XVII Deutsche Bundesschiessen, Frankfurt [17th Federal Shooting Festival, Frankfurt], 1912, a silver medal by H. Wir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/f75c1b56-c90d-4c72-aba9-af3400ddb55a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 935
GERMANY, XVII Deutsche Bundesschiessen, Frankfurt [17th Federal Shooting Festival, Frankfurt], 1912, a silver medal by H. Wirsing, Cathedral flanked by two cornucopiæ, rev. stag standing left, 48mm (Slg. Pelzer 1155; cf. Hirsch 340, 3178). Virtually as struck and richly toned; in original green gilt-lined case of issue £90-£120
![GERMANY, Deutscher Luftfahrt Verband [German Aviation Association], a bronze award medal by K. Korschann, three semi-robed ma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8571202a-1d8e-4517-bdc5-aeb000ae36fc/f2c08522-9856-49a6-a59a-af3400e1d337/468x382.jpg)
Lot 936
GERMANY, Deutscher Luftfahrt Verband [German Aviation Association], a bronze award medal by K. Korschann, three semi-robed male figures imitating flight, regarded by an eagle below, rev. wreath, engraved (Höchste Auszeichnung Röhn-Segelflug Wettbewerb [Highest Award at the Röhn Gliding Competition], 1923), 60mm (cf. Kaiser 395 [= Leipziger/Höhn 92, 583). Extremely fine, rare; in original maroon fitted case [this somewhat distressed] £80-£100
Lot 940
ITALY, Kennel Club Italiano, a plated bronze award medal by G.B. Quadrone, engraved (Aprile 1901, 2 Premio, ‘Chula’), 37mm; Opening of the Simplon Tunnel, 1905, a bronze medal by S. Johnson, 34mm (Döry-Kubinzky 179); Armed Victory, 1918, a plated bronze medal by S. Johnson, 32mm; 12th International Gymastics Festival, Florence, 1924, a plated bronze medal signed Ricci, 32mm [4]. Very fine and better; third with clip, ring and original ribbon £40-£50
Lot 942
ITALY, 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy, 1911, a bronze plaque by M. Nellie, 80 x 53mm; Centenary of the Death of Alessandro Volta, 1927, a bronze medal by E. Boninsegna and R. Castelli for Lorioli and Castelli, Milan, 60mm (cf. DNW 64, 1446) [2]. Extremely fine £50-£70
Lot 948
SWITZERLAND, Fête des Vignerons, Vevey, 1889, a silver medal, unsigned, 28mm (cf. DNW 58, 1530); Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, a silver award medal by A. Meyer and G. Mantz, engraved (Révue Horticole & Viticole de la Suisse Romande), 45mm (BDM IV, 55); Eidgnossen Turnfest, Berne [Gymnastics Festival, Berne], 1906, a bronze medal by E. Stiefel for Huguenin, 35mm; Exposition Nationale Suisse, Berne, 1914, a bronze plaque by Huguenin, 31 x 26mm; Noël sous les Armes, 1914, a bronze medal by Huguenin, 40mm (cf. Sincona 77, 4958); Kant Kunstturnertag Thalwil [Artistic Gymnastics Day, Thalwil], 1933, a bronze medal by C. Ruttimann for Huguenin, 50mm; 8 Zentralschweiz Jodlerfest, Altdorf, [8th Central Swiss Yodelling Festival], 1937, a uniface plated bronze plaque by P. Kramer, 40 x 22mm; together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (5), from Zurich, Berne, Grasse, Ticino and Cassel [12]. Very fine and better; fifth with clip, ring and original dark blue ribbon £90-£120
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