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Click here to subscribeThe Churchill Centenary Medals 1974 - a complete set of 24 silver medals issued by the Churchill Centenary Trust to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Winston Churchill each medal featuring different obv. designs depicting key events in Churchill's life from birth to death with explanatory rev. inscriptions, struck by John Pinches, London, individually encapsulated with certificate of ownership in leatherette display album.
A large collection of Commemorative coins - various mints to include Vaticana Trinitas coin set 4x Medallions In A Folder, incomplete; part set of Sacagawea Dollars in display case by Danbury Mint; Avro Vulcan XH558 limited edition commemorative medal, boxed; Donald Trump Jumbo strike coin; HMS Victory cased coin collection; Battle of Britain set, cased, together with various other commemorative coins of varying forms and a Winston Churchill paperweight. (large quantity)
The Antarctic Letters, written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904 From Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926) Letter 1.Dated 22th February 1903To: Mrs Waymouth From T V Hodgson (Marine biologist on the Discovery)Written from: Winter Quarters McMurdo Bay On Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901 headed paper, no envelope. One sheet folded into four pages, two and half pages covered in handwriting.Excerpts: “The ice is very late getting out and the Morning has been here a month and is still five miles away. As the intervening ice is dead level we have done a good deal of hob-nobbing and got in most of our stores by sledge. She will leave at the end of this month with the mails and we shall follow if and when we can.” “We have been able to work all through the winter contrary to expectation. The only thing to do is to keep out of the wind. A wind adds 20 to 40 degrees on to the perception of cold, but all the extreme low temperatures occur in almost minus 50 is then warmer than zero in a breeze. "We are just 20 miles from the crater of Mount Erebus which is constantly smoking, but it has never given us any other entertainment.”Note: Thomas Vere Hodgson was born in Birmingham on 19 February 1864. He started his career in a bank, but studied biology in his spare time and applied successfully for a job as assistant in the Marine Biological Association's laboratories in Plymouth. He joined the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery), led by Robert Falcon Scott, as biologist. He took part in several sledging journeys and collected many biological specimens during the expedition. He was awarded a Polar Medal for his part in the expedition.Hodgson returned to the laboratories in Plymouth after the expedition, becoming curator of the city's museum and art gallery. His contributions to scientific journals won him distinction and he became an expert on porcelain. He died in 1926 and is commemorated in the Antarctic with Cape Hodgson (78°07' S 166°05' E). (Biography courtesy of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) From the estate of the Lamorna artist Eleanor Hughes, née Waymouth, thence by descent.Mr & Mrs. Frederick Waymouth and their family lived in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand, in their grand home 'Karewa' now known as 'Mona Vale,' an important historic homestead. Mr Waymouth, a successful businessman, was the managing director of Canterbury Frozen Meats, and with his wife Alice, were prominent members of Christchurch society.The 'Discovery' docked in Lyttelton, the port for Christchurch, on 29th November 1901. The Waymouth family entertained members of the expedition in their beautiful home 'Karewa' and Frederick Waymouth also provisioned them with supplies. On December 21st, after a three-week stay in New Zealand, the 'Discovery' set sail and headed south for Antarctica. The correspondence that followed their visit is a testament of affection towards Alice Waymouth, and the warmth and hospitality she showed them is gratefully reflected back in the light-hearted conversational nature of these letters even when discussing the hardships of extreme cold and being locked long-term within the ice pack.In the introduction to his account of the 1901 expedition ‘The Voyage of the Discovery’ Robert F Scott writes about the kindness his team received from the people of New Zealand. He goes on to list nine men who provided particular assistance and this includes Frederick Waymouth.“In considering such general kindness it is almost invidious to mention particular names, but the following gentlemen are among those who must be especially remembered by us for the manner in which they were ever ready to assist us: His Excellency the Governor Lord Ranfurly, the Premier Mr Sedden, the Hon. C C Bowen, Captain Hutton of the Christchurch Museum, Mr Kinsey, Mr Waymouth, Mr A Rhodes, Mr Coleridge Farr of the Christchurch Observatory and Mr H J Miller of Lyttelton.”Further information in our blog
(Caroline Fox and Davies Gilbert) Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. A granderised collection of the first reports thought to be Caroline Fox's own. First annual report 1833 to the fifth annual report 1837, in one volume, with extra bound in letters, original sketches, plans, architectural drawings, etc, full pebbled red calf, rubbed to extremities and joints, 4to, gilt edge, vg, Jane Trathan, Falmouth, 1833-1837.First bound letter (MS) with the title "First Prospectus of the Falmouth Polytechnic Society, in the Spring of 1832" detailing the society's aims and objectives, with a list of lead members; this appears to be in the hand of Davies Gilbert himself, using examples from the Science Museum, the close top of the capital 'I' for instance, and the angularity of the lower case letters firmly suggest it is, without it being signed; Followed by (as a frontis) an original ink and wash portrait of Davies Gilbert and indeed flat signed by Gilbert.'Report of the Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1833,' List of Members, Laws of the Society, proceedings of the General Meeting, bound in watercolour sketch of a Cornish mine, an ink and wash sketch of 'Loss of the Prince of Wales, 1804', ink sketch 'Park of Whitby Abbey', prizes awarded, watercolour still life of flowers initialled RJ 1833, list of subscribers, watercolour plan of a greenhouse, Chart of Gothic Architecture, ink and wash sketch titled 'A Method of Ventilating Mines'.'The Second Annual Report of the Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1834,' watercolour portrait of a bearded man with a large ruby on his hat, 'A Mineralogical Sketch of the Island of Banca' (Bangka Island, Indonesia), a ground plan of Ashfield estate, engraving of a Dipping Needle Deflector, ink sketch of a Hydrostatic Lock, ink and watercolour chart on Cornwall, engravings of the 'Cheese Wring' in Bodmin, engraving of The Royal Academy Medal 1837.'The Third Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1835,' ink sketch of the Polytechnic medal, ink sketch of Laocoon and Sons, watercolour Jack Knife, , engraving of a ruined abbey, engraved portrait, watercolour coastal scene, ink sketch of capital punishment in a schoolroom, 'Lines of equal magnetic inclination' map of the Uk and Ireland, 'Two Treaties on the Natural History of the Pilchard' by Jonathan Couch, meteorological diagrams (x2) with a fold out engraved '...Register Kept at Ashfield near Falmouth...1835', a fold out engraved chart titled 'A Chronological Chart of the Wars of the British Empire, From the Revolution in 1688-9 to 1855', four architectural plans for The Royal Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth.'The Fourth Annual Report of the Royal Polytechnic Society 1836,' newspaper clipping of a general meeting, watercolour of seaweed specimens, still life of flowers x2, engraving of Queen Victoria.'The Fifth Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society,' hand drawn magnetic chart of the UK and Ireland by Robert W. Fox, hand drawn magnetic chart of the Atlantic, ink sketch of crows, ink sketch of knights, an original hand drawn map signed by Edwin Fox and titled 'Recent discoveries in the Artic Regions by Parry, Franklin, Ross and Buck', graphite sketches of models of Trewethey Stone and Dungerthis Monument, a linear map between Falmouth and Truro with detailed key, watercolor botanical sketch.The work concludes with a letter written in the same hand as the first, detailing the rise of three other 'Polytechnics' since the inception of the Falmouth Society; and a printed announcement for the 'Sunderland Polytechnic Society', 1838.This is a work of huge historical significance concerning the development of science and art, which propagated from the inception of the Falmouth Polytechnic Society and was indeed granted Royal patronage from King William IV in 1835. A singular and important work. John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Coming from London, he trained as an architect in the meticulous modernist aesthetics of the mid-century Architectural Association. He found Cornwall, moved there and never left. Active in the early years of the Trevithick Society, he was primarily responsible for the introduction of the Society’s Journal in 1973. He left mainstream architecture in the County Architects's department to pursue academic research at the newly-established, Institute of Cornish Studies, establishing himself as a generous, but authoritative lecturer on Cornish industrial archaeology along the way. He used his architectural skills to design Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum, then becoming its first Director in 1975. He moved to the National Maritime Museum in charge of their outstation at Cotehele, with the Tamar sailing barge Shamrock. During his period as President of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1984-1986, he had a major hand in the acquisition of the adjacent premises enabling the Royal Cornwall Museum to expand. He co-founded Twelveheads Press in 1978 to publish well-researched books on Cornish and other industrial history. Always generous with both skills and information, he was active in the Cornish Buildings Group for fifty years where he made a substantial contribution to the quality and protection of the built environment of his beloved Cornwall. Latterly he returned to his love of modern design, in the form of research into twentieth century Cornish architecture and architects, and produced as a last collaborative project, a visionary, affordable development in Hayle with impeccable eco credentials, where he made his home.
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Annual reports. A continuous run from 1834 to 1926. Mostly in a uniform half polished calf with marble boards, compartmentalised spines with gilt tooled lettering, some slight variations to two of the works, one being a 1882 Coronation presentation copy (presented to Miss Fox from Father Rogers, President); 1900-1926 being a sympathetic rebind, backstrips to early vols with some chipping, many maps, plans diagrams, plates, &c. &c.The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society focused on the progression of technology, science and the arts and "to elicit the ingenuity of a community distinguished for its mechanical skill" (Our History - The Poly at Falmouth). The society's hall was later imagined and executed to cater for the proliferation of new ideas, research and inventions. This collection contains wide academic and cultural content. It also played a prominent role in industrial development in the 19th century, being instrumental in the development of the “Man engine” in mines, improved drilling machinery, mine ventilation, the health and welfare of fishermen and miners – and explosives. At the 1865 Exhibition, a first Silver Medal was awarded for Nobel’s nitro-glycerine, following a demonstration at Falmouth docks. Prentice's gun cotton was also demonstrated. In 1858 the Society founded The Miners Association to better aid the mining industry. A very good early set. John Stengelhofen (1939-2020). Please see lot 1 for provenance.
AUSTRALIA CASED 1901-1951 JUBILEE OF THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL, awarded to Evelyn M. Tildesley, along with a 1788-1938 150th Anniversary of Australia medal.NB: Evelyn M. Tildesley 1882 - 1976 was born in Willenhall, after moving to Australia in 1913 she became a committee member of The National Council of Women and was employed by the Australia National Trust and Australia Red Cross and was a founder member of The British Drama League in 1937
AN ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANCIS CHARLES TROLLOPE (1857-1913) AN EARLY PIONEER OF MILITARY BALLOONING AND AVIATION., The archive contains a small quantity of photographs (including an early example of a maned balloon) and numerous hand written and printed documents relating to ballooning, including papers on balloon equipment 1884, military ballooning by H.B. Jones LT.R.E., Military Ballooning by Lt. Baden Powell Scots Guards, there are also some small artefacts relating to ballooning, including a small numbered metal medal / tag from the Royal Engineers used in Bechunanaland, various small balloon fabric fragments and a selection of mounted chord samples. Other times of note include a confidential document dated 20/1/1896 on the subject of a successful expedition against the slave trader Chief Zarafi in Central Africa, there are also rank commission documents and various early programmes for early aviation exhibitions
A Cambridge University silver athletics medal for Inter University Cross Country Race, 1895, won by W W Gibberd of Trinity College, L and F Cole, together with a bronze George Frederic Handel Centenary Commemoration Medal, Crystal Palace 1859, awarded to T Fisher, Performer, 5.1cm diameter (2)
Second World War Medal group, awarded to 2,614,179 Frank Cox, Grenadier Guards, 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with miniature set, Grenadier Guards brass bed plate, with maker’s stamp ‘F. Narborough, Birmingham' on reverse, ribbon and clasp for Royal Life Saving Society, and ARP whistle by J. Hudson & Co
Schwerdtner, Carl Maria (Austrian, 1874-1916); b. Vienna AUSTRIA, 70 Geburtstag von Ferdinand von Saar [70th Birthday of Ferdinand von Saar], 1903, a bronze medal by C.M. Schwerdtner, bust left, rev. semi-naked muse holding a lyre in her left hand and with her right sprinkles roses over a cityscape of Vienna, 60mm, 85.19g (Hauser 7795; Wurzb. 8088; BDM V, 439; cf. Künker e356, 8383; cf. BDW M7, 2554). Tiny spot by hair, otherwise extremely fine, attractively patinated £30-£40 --- Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 124 (Cologne), 12 January 2005, lot 5745 Ferdinand Ludwig Adam von Saar (1833-1906) was a novelist, playwright and poet.
Vauthier-Galle, André (French, 1818-1899); b. Paris, and Fonderie Richard-Eck et Durand, later Eck et Durand (Paris, fl. 1839-1863) FRANCE, Tête d’un Homme, 18[–]2, a uniface bronze medal by A. Vauthier-Galle [Eck et Durand], bust right with a cleft lip, back signed eck et durand, 148mm, 239.10g. Very fine £60-£80 --- The identity of the sitter, whose name appears to end in ...ck, and possibly the vestiges of a second date, appear in the field below the truncation.
Hamel, Alfred (Paris, fl. 1879-1930) FRANCE, Académie des Sciences Industrielles, Arts et Manufactures, Paris, a gilt-bronze award medal by and for A. Hamel, artefacts of science and industry, train on railway viaduct in background, rev. tablet on palm-wreath, un-named, edge impressed cuivre and cornucopia, 68mm, 152.29g. Very fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: bt E. Preiswerk, July 2004
Kesseler, Rob (British, 1951-present); b. Solihull ENGLAND, A Book of Leaves, 1991, a cast bronze medal by R. Kesseler for the British Art Medal Society, two leaves sandwiching a book with gilt edges, 78 x 70mm, 182.75g (Attwood 76; The Medal 19, pp.116-17). Extremely fine, green patina £40-£50 --- Edition of 24.
Weigall, Henry (British, 1800-1882); b. London, emigrated to Australia 1856 ENGLAND, John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury supporting Pandora flying left, edge impressed art-union of london 1854, 56mm, 76.33g (Beaulah 6; BHM 2530; BDM VI, 423; E 1479). About extremely fine£100-£150 --- John Flaxman (1755-1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman.
Baron, Roger Bertrand (French, 1907-1994); b. Paris FRANCE, Cinquantième anniversaire du Cinéma [50th Anniversary of the Cinema], 1945 [struck 1946], a bronze medal by R.B. Baron, bust of Louis-Jean Lumière left, rev. roll of cine film, edge impressed bronze and cornuocopia, 63mm, 142.62g (CGMP p.89; cf. DNW 38, 854). About extremely fine £30-£50 --- Auguste Marie Lumière (1862-1954) and his brother Louis-Jean (1864-1948) were the inventors of an early motion-picture projector and pioneer filmmakers. Louis-Jean developed the cinematograph at his father’s factory in Lyons. It was first demonstrated before a paying audience in Paris on 28 December 1895, when ten of the Lumière brothers’ films were shown, including a comic sequence, L’Arroseur Arose.
Hejda, Wilhelm (Austrian, 1868-1942); b. Vienna AUSTRIA, Untersee [Submarine Warfare], 1914-15, an iron medal by W. Hejda for the Rotes Kreuze Kriegs Hilfsbüro Kriegsfürsorge [Red Cross War Relief Office War Welfare], sea-monster with two sea-bombs, rev. legend in six lines, 45mm, 31.93g (Hauser 1404; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 70, 39, rev.; BDM VII, 433; cf. Baldwin 70, 858; cf. Rauch e32, 678; cf. DNW 130, 1741). Very fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: bt in Vienna
Monnehay & Godard (Paris, fl. 1863-1899) FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Restaurateurs et Limonadiers, Probité-Travail, a silver-gilt award medal after Monnehay & Godard, Athena seated left, holding a wreath in her right hand, rev. legend in six lines, named (Mr Auguste Zanetti, 1954), edge impressed argent 950 m/m and two foundry marks, 50mm, 57.96g (cf. Stack’s Bowers Jan. 2021, 20174). Extremely fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: R. Hayat Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1351 (part)
Vocke, Alfred (Polish, 1886-1944); b. Breslau, moved to Germany 1917, returned to Poland 1937 GERMANY, Rein-Nickel, 1936, a nickel medal by A. Vocke for the Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG, kneeling male miner, hands clasped on an axe, surrounded by seven bearded dwarves, rev. map of the Eastern hemisphere, edge impressed preuss. staatsmünze 1936 ni. 99,5% [Berlin mint], 56mm, 74.74g (cf. Teutoburger 134, 2002; cf. WAG 67, 3607). Extremely fine £40-£50 --- Provenance: bt A.C. Eimer, August 2013 Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG (VDM), created in 1930, removed to Frankfurt in 1934 and by the outbreak of World War II employed 21,000 people. The medal names Basse & Selve, the Altena-based manufacturer of engines for cars, motorcycles, boats and aeroplanes which, though founded in 1908, had closed in 1932, four years before this medal was issued; VDM took over their site in Altena and ran it as one of their eight factories.
Duarte, João (Portuguese, 1952-present); b. Lisbon ENGLAND, Domus, Domus, 2012, a fabricated bronze and stainless steel medal by J. Duarte [Indugrave] for the British Art Medal Society, raised house, rev. stairway to a fenced-off area, 80mm, 390.86g (The Medal 60, p.69). Mint state; in black box of issue £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt BAMS, July 2014 Edition of 54.
Beck, Vilmos Fémes (Hungarian, 1885-1918); b. Budapest HUNGARY, TérdelÅ‘ nÅ‘ [Kneeling Nude], 1911, a uniface bronze medal by V.F. Beck, muscular naked female on bended knee to right, holding a bird in her right hand, edge impressed éke 1911 134, 53mm, 57.20g (Huszár 1035). Very fine and very rare £100-£150
Brown, Cecil Hew (British, 1868-1926); b. Ayr ENGLAND, XVII International Medical Congress, London, 1913, Exhibition Award, a gilt-bronze electrotype medal by C.H. Brown, bust of Hippocrates right, rev. robed female seated right, contemplating sun rising over the sea, 98mm, 336.38g (Storer –; Brettauer –). Very fine and extremely rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: bt A.C. Eimer, June 2012 The 17th International Medical Congress, the last in a series which commenced in 1867, was staged at the Royal Albert Hall, London, from 6 to 12 August 1913.
Dumarest, Rambert (French, 1760-1806); b. Saint-Étienne, moved to England 1790, then France 1791 FRANCE, Paix d’Amiens [Treaty of Amiens], 1802, a copper medal by R. Dumarest, laureate bust of Napoléon left, rev. Napoléon standing naked in imitation of Mars, holding a statue of Victory and offering an olive-branch to a semi-naked female representing England who rests her back against a lion, 50mm, 63.82g (Bramsen 195; CGMP p.35; BDM I, 644; Pax 719; Slg. Julius 1053; cf. BSJ 1, 188). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100 --- Under the terms of the treaty, signed by Joseph Bonaparte and Marquis Cornwallis on 25 March 1802, Britain recognised the French Republic but, increasingly angered by Napoleon's subsequent re-ordering of the international system in Western Europe, declared war on France in May 1803.
Gayrard, Raymond (French, 1777-1858); b. Rodez FRANCE, Chambre de députés, 1876, a silver-gilt award medal after R. Gayrard, head of Marianne right wearing lion-skin head-dress, rev. wreath, centre named (Ferrouillat 1876), edge impressed argent and bee, 51mm, 67.15g (cf. iNumis MBS 53, 728). Good very fine £80-£100 --- Jean-Baptiste Ferrouillat (1820-1903), b. Lyon, graduated in law in 1843, later becoming deputy of the Rhône in 1848-9, and of the Var from 1871 to 1876; he was elected senator of the Var on 30 January 1876, and served until 1891.
Hellegers, Guus (Dutch, 1937-2019); b. Teteringen NETHERLANDS, Women’s Island, 1995, a cast bronze three-dimensional medal by G. Hellegers, abstract design both sides, 97 x 80 x 37mm, 253.06g (The Medal 29, p.138). Extremely fine, as made £60-£80 --- This medal is an expression of freedom. During the depression of the 1930s, Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882-1945), owner of a printing press in Groningen, printed more and more free compositions for lack of commissions. During the war years, while making many forged documents for the underground movement, he sought refuge in his stencil prints, of which one of the most famous series is Women’s Island: idyllic pictures with women, horses and palms, the inspiration for this piece. Werkman himself was executed by a Gestapo firing squad on 29 April 1945, three days before Groningen was liberated.
Müller, Niels (presumed German) GERMANY, Homo Superior, 2002, a cast bronze medal by N. Müller [Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle], Devil and a baby supported by umbilical cords, rev. baby with its stomach connected to two cords, 3 in lower field, 110mm, 460.74g (The Medal 41, p.100). Extremely fine, vestiges of dusty grey patina, rare £70-£90 --- Provenance: bt from the artist, November 2002 Edition of 10.
Samuel, Charles (Belgian, 1862-1938); b. Brussels, and Fisch & Cie (Brussels, 1853-present) BELGIAN CONGO, Première liaison aérienne Belgique-Congo [First Flight from Belgium to Belgian Congo], 1925 [struck 1937], a bronze medal by C. Samuel for Fisch on behalf of the Amis de la Médaille d’art, standing Congolese and Belgian females clasping hands, maps of the Congo and Belgium behind, aeroplane in clouds above, rev. juxtaposed views of huts, palm trees and a radio pylon at left, Brussels cityscape, the Town Hall, Sts-Michel-et-Gudule, the Palace of Justice and a radio pylon at right, edge impressed fisch & cie, 70mm, 151.86g (Vancraenbroeck 130; cf. Elsen 154, 2157; cf. Schulman 374, 723). Very fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland, January 2003 The first flight between Brussels and Léopoldville was made by Edmond Thieffry (1892-1929), a Belgian air ace in World War I; a flight which should have taken a week, but because of bad weather and mechanical problems, lasted from 12 February to 3 April 1925. The reverse signifies the first radio link established between the two countries.
Saulles, George William de (British, 1862-1903); b. Birmingham ENGLAND, Death of Horace Seymour, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, bust left, rev. crest, a phoenix, legend around and below, 29mm, 10.72g (BHM 3874; BDM VII, 217; E 1866; cf. DNW 50, 1336). Very fine, rare £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt A.C. Eimer, April 2002 Horace Seymour (1843-1902) was the deputy master of the Royal Mint from 1894 until his death.
Korski, Witold (Polish, 1918-2003); b. Tarnobrzeg POLAND, Wystawa Francuskiej Sztuki Medalierskiej, Wroclaw [Exhibition of French Medallic Art], 1971, a cast bronze medal by W. Korski, head of a Gallic warrior right, helmeted and with long hair, owl and part of the sun at right, rev. legend in nine lines, Gallic cock at right, edge impressed w korski, 92mm, 234.32g (Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1971-2, 228). Extremely fine, rare £50-£70 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, May 2007
Pastorino y Sala (Buenos Aires, fl. 1910-25), and Ferrari, Juan Manuel (Uruguayan, 1874-1919); b. Montevideo, emigrated to Italy 1890, returned to Uruguay 1896, moved to Argentina 1905 ARGENTINA, Monumento al Ejercito de los Andes, Mendoza [Monument to the Army of the Andes], 1914, a plated bronze medal by Pastorino y Sala after J.M. Ferrari, statue of winged figure of Freedom with broken chains in her hands urging a group of charging cavalry to left, rev. landscape with mountains in background, edge impressed cobre, 50mm, 71.96g. Very fine, dark tone£30-£40 --- Provenance: bt J. Elsen, September 2004 The foundation stone for the statue, located in Parque General San Martin, Mendoza, was laid in 1911 and the work inaugurated on 12 February 1914, the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Chacabuco.
Schmarje, Walter (German, 1872-1921); b. Flensburg GERMANY, Deutsche Kampfspiele, Garmisch-Partenkirchen [German Fighting Games], 1922, a cast bronze award medal by W. Schmarje, naked male athlete standing facing, head turned to right, holding a German standard, rev. wreath, engraved (Dem Zweiten der Rodelmeisterschaft) [Second Place in the Toboggan Championship], 68mm, 104.99g (cf. Feldman, June 2016, 30256; cf. Rauch 73, 1189). Very fine £100-£150 --- The Deutsche Kampfspiele, organised by the Deutschen Reichsausschusses für Leibesübungen (Physical Exercise), was a movement which had its roots in the exclusion of German athletes from the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 as an indirect result of World War I. Summer and Winter games were organised in intervening Olympic years – 1922, 1926 and 1930 – and even after Olympic Games organisers started to re-admit German athletes, it continued under the Nazi regime until the outbreak of World War II. The 1922 Winter Games were staged from 23 to 29 January.
Volti, Antoniucci, aka Voltigero (Italian, 1915-1989); b. Albano, moved to France 1920 FRANCE, Tout est Accompli, or La Crucifixion, 1969 [struck 1970], a bronze medal by A. Volti, Christ on the Cross, inclining his face towards God, flanked by two thieves being crucified whose faces are bowed towards the earth, rev. Virgin Mary seated with the body of Christ across her lap, her neck and head bent in pain, edge impressed bronze 1970 and cornucopia, 77mm, 190.50g (CGMP p.1891; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.107, 60; cf. DNW 45, 869). Extremely fine £50-£70
Rizzello, Michael Gaspard (British, 1926-2004); b. London ENGLAND, Dolphin, 1983, a cast bronze medal by M.G. Rizzello [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, dolphin above the waves, rev. similar, edge engraved Rizzello, 95mm, 585.59g (Attwood 12; The Medal 4, p.29; Jones, CBM p.55, no.1; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.85, 175). Extremely fine, as made £80-£100 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, December 2014 Edition of 71.
Pistrucci, Benedetto (Italian, 1784-1855); b. Rome, moved to England 1815 ENGLAND, Battle of Waterloo, [1815], an original filled copper electrotype copy of the proposed medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate busts of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia conjoined left, mythological scenes around, rev. Wellington and Blücher in Roman dress on horseback left, guided by Victory, Jupiter in quadriga above, frieze depicting the battle of the giants below, 133mm, 680.40g (Eimer 57; BHM 870; BDM IV, 593-6; E 1067a; cf. Noonans 271, 885). Extremely fine, rare £500-£700 --- William Wellesley Pole (1763-1845), Master of the Mint and the Duke of Wellington’s elder brother, invited designs from the Royal Academy for a gold medal intended to be given to the rulers of the Alliance, their generals and senior ministers. The Prince Regent, however, approved the design submitted by Pistrucci, an engraver at the Mint. Pistrucci was much involved with the new coinage of 1816 and it was not until 1819 that preparatory wax models were submitted for approval. Amazingly, thirty years were to elapse before the dies were completed, by which time all of the intended recipients of the medal, with the sole exception of Wellington, had died. Electrotype copies, the majority with obverse and reverse not united as this specimen is, were eventually produced in 1852.
Begeer, Carel Josef (Dutch, 1896-1946); b. Utrecht FRANCE, Congrès Internationale B.I.B.O.A., Paris, 1937, a bronze medal, unsigned [by C.J. Begeer], winged cherub holding basket with trophy and jewels, rev. urn and flames, 51mm, 46.63g (cf. DNW 35, 696). Extremely fine £30-£40 --- BIBOA, the International Jewellery Congress, was held from 4 to 8 July 1937.
Truedsson, Folke (Swedish, 1913-1989); b. Kristianstad, moved to Switzerland 1970, and Nyborg, Anders (Danish, 1934-present); b. Copenhagen NORWAY, Norge 1976, a bronze medal by F. Truedsson for A. Nyborg [Kultateollisuus Finland] as part of the Nordisk Kunstmedalje Serie [Nordic Art Medal series], fishes, rev. oil pipelines, edge impressed kultateollisuus finland udgivet af anders nyborg a/s nordiskkunstmedalje serie den 1/976 nr. 2173/5000, 70mm, 297.00g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.119, 11). Extremely fine; in white case of issue by Anders Nyborg A/S £10-£20 --- Edition of 5,000. For further background to the series, see The Medal 62, pp.18-39.
Carter, Charles Frederick (British, 1805-1894); b. Birmingham ENGLAND, Inigo Jones, 1849 [struck 1852], a copper medal by C.F. Carter for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. front elevation of Banqueting House, Whitehall, edge impressed art-union of london 1849, 54mm, 91.23g (Beaulah 5; Eidlitz 101; BHM 2348; Taylor 34a; BDM I, 356; E 1437). About extremely fine £70-£90 --- Inigo Jones (1573-1652), a significant architect of the early modern period.
Harris, Julian Hoke (American, 1906-1987); b. Carrollton, TX U.S.A., Perpetuating the Ancient Art of Medallic Sculpture, 1970, a light bronze lozenge-shaped medal by J.H. Harris for the 40th anniversary of the Medallic Art Co, 40 superimposed on representations of the first and 80th medals in the Society series, rev. contrasting relief and intaglio impressions of owls of Athens, edge impressed julian h. harris. sc. medallic art co. n.y., 64mm, 152.38g (Alexander SP2.1, edge A; cf. Coin Galleries Oct. 2010, 2735). Mint state £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, December 2002 Edition of 657. The competition to design a diamond-shaped 40th anniversary medal attracted over 200 entries from 77 different sculptors. The 7-person judging panel, including Elvira Clain-Stefanelli of the Smithsonian Institution, chose Mr Harris’ design and the result was announced on 15 November 1970. Mr Harris won $1,500 for his efforts and the medals, in silver and bronze, were all struck in December 1970.
Quillé, J.F. (presumed French) FRANCE, Gloria Victrix, c. 1920, a plated bronze award medal by J.F. Quillé, helmeted head of Gallia left, rev. two male rowers pulling to left, un-named, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 43.42g. Very fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, June 2004
Carasso, Federico Antonio (Italian, 1899-1969); b. Carignano, moved to Holland 1934 NETHERLANDS, Delta Plan, 1958, a bronze medal by F.A. Carasso for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, five male workmen at a dyke, rev. two swallows flying past a bare tree-trunk, rising sun behind, 60mm, 88.54g (VPK 1958-1; KB 2414; HS 259-61; cf. Schulman 371, 2702). Extremely fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, November 2002 The Delta Plan was conceived following the major North Sea flooding disaster in 1953. The IJssel storm barrier at Randstad, completed in 1958, was the first of a series of flood defences that were not finished until 1997.
Dupuis, Toon, aka Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus (Belgian, 1877-1937); b. Antwerp, moved to Holland 1898, and Koninklijk Begeer (Utrecht, 1878-present) NETHERLANDS, Henri-Jean de Dompierre de Chaufepié, 1908, a bronze medal by T. Dupuis for Begeer on behalf of the Nederlandsche-Belgische Vereeniging der Vrienden van der Medaille, bust left, rev. seated semi-nude female figure with inscription, 67mm, 132.97g (Begeer 801; Zw. 880; Schmidt 391; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 1; BDM VII, 241; Slg. Julius 187; cf. BDW 17, 664). Extremely fine, usual dark patina £40-£50 --- Henri-Jean Dompierre de Chaufepié (1861-1911) was director of the Koninklijk Penningkabinet in Amsterdam and a promoter of the contemporary art medal.
Reinois (untraced, presumed French) FRANCE, Liaison Éléctrique Paris-Cöte d’Azur, 1969, a bronze medal signed Reinois for the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, brain in left foreground, montage of faces of Marianne to left above, rev. mathematical symbols of electricity and power, connecting railway lines below, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 135.10g. Extremely fine £20-£30 --- Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 101 (Cologne), 15 December 1999, lot 6686 The complete electrification of the railway between Paris and Ventimiglia on the Italian border began in 1963 and was completed on 28 January 1969; the line opened for passengers in February 1969.
Broër, Hilde (German, 1904-1987); b. Witten an der Ruhr GERMANY, Sonnenmaske [Sun Mask], 1972, a cast bronze medal by Hilde Broër, sun-like face surrounded by quartered border segments with the four elements, fire, water, earth and air, rev. rings representing a partially obscured sun, 57mm, 121.69g (Steguweit 354). Extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 151 (Cologne), 21 April 2009, lot 6341
Gerwen-Beudel, Maria van (Dutch, 1951-present); b. Dinther NETHERLANDS, Go, 2014, an oval cast bronze medal by Maria van Gerwen-Beudel [Hans Steylaert] for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, two lovers on a cloud which resembles a dragon, rev. inspired by churned-up earth, the wings of the dragon symbolising the release of pure energy, 90 x 80mm, 240.11g (The Medal 66, p.70). Extremely fine; with descriptive leaflet £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, August 2015 Edition of 350.
McAdam Freud, Jane (British, 1958-2022); b. London ENGLAND, Centenary of the Birth of Pablo Picasso, 1981, a cast bronze medal by Jane McAdam Freud [Royal Mint] for the British Art Medal Society, bust left, rev. head of female, 89 x 76mm, 192.93g (Attwood 1; The Medal 1, p.3; Jones, CBM p.45, 1; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 85, 102). Mint state, rare £120-£150 --- Edition of 35. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), a painter, sculptor, and printmaker - who also worked with ceramics and theatre design - was one of the pioneers of the Cubist movement, an early twentieth-century avant-garde art movement. Although Spanish by birth, he spent most of his adult life in France.
Brunet, Georges-André (Belgian, 1902-1986); b. Brussels, and Fonson, Jean, later Jules (Brussels, 1848-present) BELGIAN CONGO, Cinquantième Anniversaire de l’Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, 1956, a bronze medal by G.-A. Brunet for Fonson, crucible from which metal flows above a map of the Belgian Congo, rev. male engineer demonstrating a cogwheel and a surveying instrument to three male youths, open book on table in foreground, edge impressed fonson, 85mm, 238.10g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 148; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 19, 1; cf. DNW 60, 1566). Extremely fine; in original maroon card case [base of case in need of minor repair] £30-£40
Tesi, G. (presumed Italian) ITALY, Medalia Calendario [Calendar Medal], 1986, a bronze medal by G. Tesi for the Food & Agriculture Organisation Food Security Assistance Scheme, farmer driving a bullock-cart, other artisans scything corn and carrying bags of produce, rev. 1986 calendar, edge impressed 146, 80mm, 215.10g. Mint state; in black case of issue, with descriptive leaflet £25-£35 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, November 2002
Feu’u, Fatu Akelei (Western Samoan, 1946-present); b. Poutasi, emigrated to New Zealand 1966 NEW ZEALAND, Pao Pao, c. 2000, a cast bronze and partially gilt medal by F.A. Feu’u, representation of a small fishing boat with a sail, rev. an open paw paw fruit, 102mm, 373.77g. Extremely fine, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, April 2002 Edition of 7.
Lovy, Pierre (French, 1935-present); b. Paris, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) FRANCE, Cemenelum [Cimiez], 2000, a bronze medal by P. Lovy for Arthus-Bertrand on behalf of the Musée Archéologiques de Nice-Cimiez, view of the ruins of an amphitheatre, rev. semi-robed male imitating a sun-god standing facing, holding a disc over an inscribed tablet, edge with foundry mark of Arthus-Bertrand, 68mm, 171.67g. Mint state; in blue gilt-blocked box of issue£10-£20 --- Provenance: bt Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice, December 2005 Cemenelum was the Roman capital of the Alpes-Maritime province, an important rival to the city of Nice. Located in the present-day Nice suburb of Cimiez is the Musée archéologique de Nice-Cemenelum and the well-preserved remains of the town, which includes an amphitheatre, baths and an early Christian basilica.
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