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FRANCE, Société Canine du Sud-Est, c. 1910, a gilt-bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin, seated female figure with hounds flanked by two men with dogs, rev. crossed rifles and hunting-horn, tablet inscribed (Expon. d’Aix-les-Bains 1931, 1er Prix), edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 54 x 40mm, 50.47g (cf. DNW M10, 1511). About extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £160
FRANCE, Le rêve d’Icare [The Dream of Icarus], c. 1930, an Art Déco electrotype bronze plaque by É.-P. Blin, bust of Icarus to left, fingers from his right hand on his chin, bird feathers at right, rev. naked winged figure of Icarus launching himself off a cliff over the sea, clouds and lightning in background, 121 x 103mm, 637.23g. A superbly powerful Art Déco image, extremely fine and patinated, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £1,300
BELGIUM, Pour l’Art, XXVe Salon, Brussels [25th Salon for Arts], 1923, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson on behalf of the Cercle littéraire et artistique, two naked youths, surrounded by bees, squeeze honey from a honeycomb into a vessel, beehive at left, edge impressed j. fonson, 61 x 44mm, 69.18g (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 11, 5; Coll. Nivaille 459; cf. Elsen 156, 1946; cf. Gärtner 30, 27064; cf. WAG 29, 2347). Removed from previous edge support, very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £55
FRANCE, Air, c. 1900, an Art Nouveau plated bronze appliqué by A. Borrel, female head right, blowing air from her mouth which supports a bird flying to right, 45mm, 19.46g. Very fine, attractive £30-£40
FRANCE, Colombophilie, or Examen militaire compétitif des pigeons voyageurs [Pigeon Racing, or Military Competitive Examination of Carrier Pigeons], 1888, a silver award medal by A. Borrel for A. Desaide, winged figure of Marianne standing to right, holding a flag, pointing to two pigeons just released from a basket by a kneeling male, rev. wreath, un-named, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 59mm, 88.03g (BDM I, 221; cf. Coll. R. Marx 461). Several minor edge and surface nicks,...
Hammer Price: £140
FRANCE, Colombophilie [Pigeon Racing], 1894, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by A. Borrel and H.-A.-A. Dubois, robed figure of Marianne standing to right, releasing a carrier pigeon, cannon and stockade at right, cityscape behind, rev. wreath, named (Concours de Dax, 1900, 2e Prix, L. Doublet), edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 50mm, 67.04g (CGMP p.58; Coll. R. Marx 461; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 35, 17; BDM I, 221). Very fine £60-£80
FRANCE, Les Sciences, 1894, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, robed figure of Science seated to right, attended by Genie, rev. sphinx looking at itself in a mirror, rising sun at left and oil-lamp below, tablet named (Société Industrielle de Rouen, 1898), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 50mm, 64.43g (PBE 28; CGMP pp.60-1; Coll. R. Marx 383; BDM I, 231; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. CNG e586, 1037; cf. WAG e81, 155; cf. DNW M10, 1503). Good very fine, toned £40-£50
FRANCE, Enseignement Primaire du Dessin, Paris [Primary School Drawing Instruction], 1895, a silver award medal by L.-A. Bottée for the Département de la Seine, female figure of Paris teaching two pupils sat at an easel, rev. legend above and around oak-wreath, central tablet named (Gaillard, 1913), edge impressed 1 argent and cornucopia, 42mm, 38.77g (Coll. R. Marx 385; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.17, 13; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 22; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 143, 179). Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £120
FRANCE, La République, 1899, a bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée adapted for the Syndicat National du Trefilage et de la Denaturation du Fil d’Acier, helmeted and winged head of La France to right, cherub holding a torch at lower centre, rev. wreath of oak and palm, tablet below, un-named, 50mm, 52.67g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 19; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.22; BDM I, 231; cf. Silich III, 927 for obv.). Partial stain on reverse, otherwise good very fine £10-£20
Hammer Price: £45
FRANCE, République Française, 1887, a plated bronze medal by L.-A. Bottee and Deleporte, adopted for the Caisse d’Épargne de Roubaix, shoulder-length portrait of Marianne to left, winged Fame blowing trumpet below, rev. arms and mural crown flanked by wreaths of oak and laurel, seated lion below, tablet named (Mr Alfred Welcomme, Administrateur, 1899-), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 124.73g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.18, 33; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 24, for obv.; BDM I, 230; cf....
Hammer Price: £220
FRANCE, Bénédiction Nuptiale [Nuptial Blessing], 1892, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by L.-A. Bottée for Le Médaillier, couple positioned either side of an altar bearing a flame and decorated with a garland while being blessed by a veiled man under an archway, rev. five angels scattering flowers above a central tablet, un-named, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 49mm, 60.63g (PBE 7; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.18, 30; BDM I, p.231; cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 233; cf. Möller 80, 925; cf....
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE, Vive Bourgogne [Long Live Burgundy], 1929, a cast bronze medal by L.-H. Bouchard for the Société française des Amis de la Médaille, male sommelier to left, tasting wine, rev. artisans tending the grape harvest, edge impressed 96 and with foundry mark of the SFAM, 110mm, 455.71g (Maier 310; cf. iNumis MBS 43, 1516; cf. BSJ 8, 469; cf. Elsen 97, 2031; cf. BDW 13, 293). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène à Napoléon [St Helena Memorial to Napoléon], 1840, a copper medal by J.-F.-A. Bovy, uniformed bust left, rev. tomb in memorial garden, sentry standing guard at the gate, 41mm, 41.09g (Bramsen 1990; Alexander 172; CGMP p.151; Slg. Julius 4009; BDM I, 246; cf. Nomisma e41, 4598; cf. Noble 139, 3026; cf. Noonans 256, 330). About extremely fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £70
GERMANY, Allegorie auf die Hoffnung [Allegory of Hope], c. 1955, a cast bronze medal by A. Breker for Buderus, semi-naked female running to left, holding a cloth banner, back stamped with Buderus logo, 143mm, 468.55g (Buderus Cat. 3055; Strothotte 1955, 2; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 182, 5253). Extremely fine; with hook for suspension on the back £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
BELGIUM/U.S.A./ENGLAND, À la gloire de la Télégraphie sans fil [To the Glory of Wireless Telegraphy (on the S.S. Republic, Ohio and R.M.S. Titanic)], 1912, a bronze plaque by E.-J. de Brémaecker for Fisch on behalf of the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Médaille, diaphanous female figure seated on telegraph wires above ship’s rigging over an expanse of sea, one hand to her mouth and the other to her ear, rev. legends divided by smoking torch, 66 x 53mm, 85.58g...
Hammer Price: £280
FRANCE, Fêtes du couronnement de Napoléon et Joséphine à l’Hôtel de Ville de Paris [Celebrations for the coronation of Napoléon and Joséphine at City Hall], 1804, a copper medal by N.-G.-A. Brenet, conjoined busts of Napoléon and Joséphine to right, rev. eagle standing on a wreath perched on a mountain top, 35mm, 18.66g (Bramsen 359; Alexander 48; CGMP p.53; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1297; cf. CNG e564, 868; cf. Elsen 151, 1974; cf. Noonans 311, 673). Some spotting and surface...
Hammer Price: £30
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 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, 239.20g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 148; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 19, 1; cf. Schulman e10, 1374; cf. Silich I, 65). Extremely fine £40-£60
FRANCE, Le Poudrier [The Powder Box], c. 1930, a bronze plaque by L.-M. Burger for the Association Amicale des Officiers de Reserve du Service des Poudres, male artisan to left, compacting gunpowder with a trowel, machinery behind, rev. still, 70 x 50mm, 125.01g. Minor edge bruises on top corners, otherwise very fine, rare £40-£60
FRANCE, Ville de Vichy, c. 1930, an Art Déco bronze award medal by J.-M. Camus, laureate head of a male athlete to right, rev. tablet on oak-leaves, un-named, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 41mm, 32.06g. Good very fine £10-£15
Hammer Price: £15
ENGLAND, Inigo Jones, 1849 [struck 1852], a silver 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, 76.28g (Beaulah 5; Eidlitz 101; BHM 2348; Taylor 34a; BDM I, 356; E 1437; cf. Spink 15007, 1075; cf. Noonans 343, 90). About extremely fine and toned, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £700
JAPAN/U.S.A., For Conquer We Must, 1945, a bronze medal by R.P. Chambellan for the Society of Medalists, American soldiers raise the U.S. flag on Mt Suribachi in Iwo Jima, rev. truncated sword, palm of victory behind, edge impressed the society of medalists thirty-first issue 1945 rene p. chambellan, sculptor, medallic art co.n.y., 73mm, 156.77g (Alexander 31.1; cf. DNW 51, 1236). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £200
FRANCE, Conservatoire National de musique et de déclamation, 1877, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated figure of Music to right with lyre, contemplating standing figure of Tragedy holding a mask and a sword, bird in tree behind, rev. legend and olive branch, named (Mr. Fournier, 1er Prix de Violoncelle, 1901), edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 68mm, 153.35g (CGMP p.79; Coll. R. Marx 182; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 11; BDM I, 402; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.14, 14; cf. ICE e5, 125-6;...
Hammer Price: £420
FRANCE, 60me anniversaire de l’ordination de Louis Legrand [60th Anniversary of the Ordination of Louis Legrand], 1891, an Art Nouveau plated bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, rev. elevation of the Église Germain l’Auxerrois, 98mm, 232.24g (BDM I, 403; cf. iNumis Dec. 2020, 95). About extremely fine, very rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Hélène Bibesco, 1893, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, wearing a sun-dress, rev. winged putto holding a branch above a grand piano, lyre below, 91 x 78mm, 177.85g (Maier 75; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.53, 42; BDM I, 404; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 183, 6025). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £500
FRANCE, Joseph Bertrand, 1894, an Art Nouveau bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. legend in 13 lines, oak wreath at left, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 147.39g (PBE 61; BDM I, 403; cf. DNW 50, 1198). Extremely fine and patinated, rare £60-£80
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Marianne to right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (Sucrerie Krassilovky), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 64mm, 92.84g (Maier 79; PBE 82; GV 47.4; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. Silich I, 79). Good very fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £95
FRANCE, Odilon Lannelongue, 1901, an Art Nouveau plated bronze electrotype plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. nurse standing to left, holding a hand-drill, tending to a mother and child and an injured man with arm in a sling, 98 x 79mm, 199.99g (Maier 81 [Sale, lot 1510]; PBE 84; Coll R. Marx 206; Storer 1999; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 15; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 37, 39; BDM I, 404; cf. WAG e154, 173; cf. Baldwin 90, 2144; cf. DNW M2, 2508). About extremely fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £170
FRANCE, Charles Bouchard, 1902 [struck 1903], an Art Nouveau silver plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. female seated to right in a hospital ward, considering the prescription for a patient in bed, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 70 x 59mm, 151.93g (Maier 83 [Sale, lot 1512]; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 38, 41; Storer 434a; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 12; cf. WAG e138, 1588; cf. Sonntag 30, 1231; cf. DNW M7, 2606). Very fine and very rare £120-£150
FRANCE, Alfred Cornu, 1905, a plated bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, rev. legends, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 138.42g (cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 4860; cf. iNumis MBS 15, 2695). Extremely fine, rare; in maroon case of issue £60-£80
FRANCE, Jules Favre, 1873, a uniface cast bronze maquette by H.-M.-A. Chapu, bust three-quarters right, 159mm, 315.71g (BDM I, 408). A powerful image, extremely fine and very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £900
FRANCE, Société des Amis de la Médaille française, 1899 [struck 1901], an Art Nouveau octagonal bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, naked female standing to left, in the act of engraving, rev. half-length figures of four naked males studying a medal, edge impressed bronze 159, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 71 x 65mm, 138.77g (Maier 11; PBE 151; BM Acq. 178-82, pl. 39, 46; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 7; BDM I, 411; cf. MDC 16, 1894; cf. Künker e356, 8392; cf. iNumis May...
Hammer Price: £1,000
FRANCE, Science Bonté [Science Kindness], 1901, a uniface cast bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, three patients lying in hospital beds, the nearest one being examined by Dr Pierre Potain, 213 x 103mm, 499.36g (Maier 151; Storer 2866; cf. BDM I, 411; cf. DNW 150, 3155). Extremely fine and very rare £700-£900
FRANCE, Paul Segond, 1905, a bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, bust left, rev. Segond with three assistants and a nurse preparing to deliver a baby on an operating table, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 81 x 62mm, 178.18g (Maier 152; PBE 160; Storer 3337; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 39, 47; BDM VII, 176; cf. Arethuse 19 [1928], pl.xvi, 4; cf. DNW M2, 2518). About extremely fine, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £60
FRANCE, Joyeux Diplôme, c. 1930, an Art Déco uniface cast bronze award plaque by F.-M. Charpentier-Mio, two naked female dancers to left, their right hands holding the legend on a riband, named (de licence es science, Dédié à Mlle. Myziety de Kerland, Juin 1945), 103 x 70mm, 100.04g. About extremely fine, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £300
FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, Fontaines Lumineuses [Luminous Fountains], 1937, an Art Déco bronze medal by R. Cochet, naked female personifying La Source standing facing, holding an upturned amphora from which water flows, a light shining on her face, rev. the illuminated fountains at the Palais de Chaillot, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 50mm, 60.65g (CGMP p.92; cf. iNumis MBS 32, 1469; cf. ICE 7, 596; cf. Noonans 324, 245). Extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £240
FRANCE, Philatélie, 1938, an Art Déco uniface silver award plaque in the shape of a postage stamp by R. Cochet, young woman examines a page of stamps with a magnifying-glass, post-mark at upper left, edge impressed 1 argent and cornucopia, 60 x 40mm, 57.29g (CGMP p.94; cf. MDC e5, 745-6; cf. Silich I, 89 and III, 959). About extremely fine; in maroon fitted case of issue £80-£100
FRANCE, Conférence de Paris, 1946, a large plated bronze medal by R. Cochet, standing robed female turning her back on the horrors of war, which include a vampire bat, tanks and howitzers, while holding a dove of Peace in her right hand and regarding a naked baby lying in a Moses basket, rev. ship of Paris surrounded by the flags of the U.S. France, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, edge impressed lxix, bronze and cornucopia, 99mm, 465.55g (CGMP p.410; Paris Exh. Cat....
FRANCE, Lanceuse de disques féminine [Female Disc Thrower], c. 1935, an Art Déco plated bronze award medal by G. Contaux, female preparing to throw a disc, rev. foliage decoration, central tablet un-named, 50mm, 57.99g (cf. MDC 9, 1120 for rev.). Very fine £10-£15
Hammer Price: £20
FRANCE, Education Nationale, c. 1935, a cast silver award medal by R. Corbin, laureate head of Marianne to left, rev. female teacher standing to right, her arms around three children, exergue named (M. Mazieres, 1964), edge impressed 1 argent and cornucopia, 45mm, 43.05g (cf. Rzeszowski Dom 17, 2629; cf. iNumis MBS 46, 934; cf. DNW 143, 177). Extremely fine £40-£60
FRANCE, Orphée, 1899, an Art Nouveau bronze award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus to left, holding lyre, rev. naked winged figure of Fame seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, central tablet un-named, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 155.97g (Maier 223 [Sale, lot 1976]; PBE 261; CGMP p.100; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. MDC e14, 1479; cf. CNG e559, 836; cf. Silich I, 94). Good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £130
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