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Hungary, Hvilaua’ boru Höseinek Emlekere, 1917, an oval cast iron medal by Prof. R.A. Zutt, warrior raising sword above multi-headed dragon, seated female on rock in background, rev. legend in 10 lines between symbolic trees, 123 x 105mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Powerful style, good very fine and very rare (£200-250)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1776.

Illustration much reduced. The medallic work of Professor Zutt, the Budapest sculptor, was much praised at the time by, among others, Jacques Schulman Sr; today, it is very seldom met with