Auction Catalogue

31 May 1995

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 741

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31 May 1995

Hammer Price:
£25

Belgium, 1885. Leopold II, Universal Exposition, Antwerp, gilt bronze medal by Charles Weiner, bust of king to right, reverse semi nude female figure seated on a globe holding a horn, cherub to right, amid symbols of the arts, industry and agriculture, city view in the distance, 60mm (BDM VI, p. 483); Leopold I, Agricutural Exhibition, 1848, bronze medal by Leopold Weiner [2]. First extremely fine, a few trivial spots of discolouration on obverse, second about extremely fine (£20-30)