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France, 1871, Franco-Prussian War, in Memory of the Victims, a copper medal by E. Soldi-Colbert, 70mm (BDM V, 568); together with a small copper medal, LE DRAPEAU DE LA COMMUNE DE PARIS, 41mm; The Coulmiers Monument [to those who died] Erected, copper medal, 1876, by J. Lagrange, 51mm (BDM III, 272) [3]. Last extremely fine, others very fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £45
France, The Cattle Market and Abattoir at La Villette, 1872, copper medal by L. Merley, standing figure with animals, reverse aerial view of the market and slaughterhouses, 76mm (BDM IV, 43); together with Paris, Palais de Justice, 1874, copper medal by J. Lagrange, reverse aerial view of the law courts, 75mm (BDM III, 272) [2]. Both extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, bronze prize medal by A.D. Barre, Concours d’Animaux, un-named, 50mm (BDM I, 127); together with National Rifle Competition at Lyon, 1894, copper medal by H. Dubois, 59mm (BDM I, 635); Lycée Corneille, copper medal, named (Association Amicale, Mr. le Paute (Ernest), Membre Fondateur, 1885), 50mm; and a small silver Communion medalet by E. Blondelet, named (Belle-Fontaine, 1881), 32mm [4] About extremely fine or better, first in contemporary case...
£50–£80
France, President Carnot Elected, 1887, copper medals (2), by A. Dubois, 69mm (BDM I, 631; CGMP p.156), and by J.C. Chaplain, dated 1888, 72mm (BDM I, 403; PBE 52); Funeral of Carnot, 1894, bronze plaque by O. Roty, 80 x 58mm (BDM VIII, 176; PBE 860) [3]. Second extremely fine, others very fine, last rather spotted (£60-80)
£60–£80
France, Louis Pasteur, 1888, silver medal by O. Roty for the Pasteur Institute, bust left, reverse wreath, 37mm (PBE 842, given as 1887); Franco-Russian Convention, 1893, bronze medal by L.A. Bottée, 49mm; Exposition Universelle, 1894, Lyon, silver medalet by L.A. Bottée, 26mm[3]. Second extremely fine, others very fine (£60-80)
France, Centenary of the Revolution, 1889, a bronze medal by J.B. Daniel-Dupuis, 75mm (BDM I, 662; PBE 299); Progress in the Manufacture of Coins, 1889, copper medal by L.A. Bottée, 51mm (BDM I, 231; PBE 6; cf. BDW 5, lot 5); Eiffel Tower, copper-gilt medal, 1889, named on tablet (O.P. 16 Octob), 41mm; Lille, a copper prize medal by J. Esparon, un-named, 41mm [4]. All extremely fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
France, France. President Casimir-Périer Elected, 1894, plated bronze medal by J.C. Chaplain, bust left, reverse figure of La France stands at altar, 68mm (BDM I, 403; PBE 64); together with Centenary of the Paris Polytechnic, 1894, bronze medal by L.M. Bourgeois, 68mm (BDM I, 238). First about extremely fine, second very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Ministry of Teaching and Fine Arts, Music prize, bronze medal by A. Dubois, c. 1895, naked girl seated, playing violin, reverse legend (Exemplaire de Collection), 68mm (BDM I, 632; PBE 388); together with La Madone, 1899, [Madonna and child], bronze plaque by J.B. Daniel-Dupuis, 65 x 30mm (BDM I, 664; PBE 322) [2]. About extremely fine, latter with loop for suspension (£50-70)
France, Open Exposition at Rouen, 1896, silver medal, unsigned, 42mm, about very fine; Bordeaux, 1896, Civic bronze medal issued by Arthus-Bertrand, 50mm, extremely fine; Algiers, Rifle Shooting Society, silver-gilt medal, unsigned, 40mm [3], last brilliant and practically as struck, with elaborate openwork suspension (£50-60)
France, Paris, the Opening of the Town Hall in the 10th Arrondissement, 1896 a large bronze medal by A. Dubois, 75mm (BDM I, 632; PBE 390), very fine; together with Strasbourg, 1895, a bronze medal, unsigned, reverse cityscape, DEM VERDIENSTE, 68mm [2], extremely fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Union of French Rifle Shooting Societies, a silver-plated Art Nouveau bronze plaque by G. Dupré, c.1900. 50 x 37mm (BDM I, 653); together with a bronze medal for Dancing, 1927, by C. Marey, 50mm, and a uniface bronze medal of Hercules and the lion, unsigned, 54mm [3]. Very fine, last stained on the back (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £35
France, ‘Les Amours’ [Cupids], 1902, (£ a bronze plaque by A. Dubois, three cherubs surround a mirror, reverse wreath, 52 x 36mm (CGMP p.159; BDM I, 632). Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £20
France,“Le Charmeur”, an attractive bronze Art Nouveau plaquette by Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray, 1906, fairy playing a flute in a woodland setting, two figures in the background, reverse two naked children frolicking, 70 x 40mm (PBE 272; cf. BDW 825*). About extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £25
France, Agriculture, a silver medal by H. Lefebvre, c. 1910, reverse farmworkers resting under a tree, named (Syndicat des Agriculteurs de la Manche, Mme L. Regnault, 1919), 50mm (BDM VII, 543), several edge knocks but better than fine; Compagnie de Vicoigne et de Nœux, 1919, silver medal signed Magdelain, 35mm, extremely fine (£50-70)
£50–£70
France, Lorraine, a small silver medal, 1914, by G. Prud’homme, 32mm (cf. CGMP p.332 for a similar plaque); Soins aux Blessés [Nurses with Wounded], c. 1915, small silver award medal by H. Dropsy, 27mm, un-named [2]. Very fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Reconnaissance au Personnel Hospitalier, 1915, bronze medal by R. Baudichon, military doctor and nurse visit wounded soldier, reverse Red Cross, 45mm (CGMP p.21); Journée de Paris, c.1916, a silver-plated badge by A. Bargas, 37 x 36mm; On les A, 1919, a bronze plaque by E.A. Monier, soldier, reverse view of Strasbourg and Cathedral, 65 x 45mm (CGMP p.257); Georges Clemenceau and Maréchal Foch, 1918, bronze medal by H. Nocq, 50mm [4]. Third extremely fine, others very fine and...
£40–£60
France, Honte au Général Mercier, a large uniface cast bronze medal signed Tibels, c. 1918 man forcing himself on a naked girl who lies prostrate above a well and holds a shining mirror, the back signed TIBELS 2 pls Dantzig PARIS, 116mm. Very fine and rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £70
France, La France Reconnaissante, a silver-plated bronze plaque, 1918, issued by Stern, 70 x 53mm; Victory Procession in Paris, 1919, bronze medal signed Outhwaite, reverse soldiers parading in front of the Arc de Triomphe, 45mm [2]. About extremely fine (£30-40)
France, 1919, “Pour Nos Blesses” an oval bronze medal by Ovide Yencesse, nurse tying a bandage to the forehead of a wounded soldier, reverse 1914 1919 divided by the arms of Lyon, hopitaux militaires mvnicipavx la ville de lyon reconnaissante below, 50mm x 45mm, in case of issue. Extremely fine (£20-30)
France, Tercentenary of the Birth of Molière, 1922, a bronze plaque by G. Prud’homme, bust three-quarters right in cartouche, reverse standing figure of Comedy crowning a seated Molière, 92 x 68mm (CGMP p.329; cf. BDW 5, lot 110). About extremely fine (£40-60)
France, Entry of Maréchal Pétain to Metz, 1922, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, bust left, reverse Pétain on horseback among troops, 68mm (CGMP p.114), extremely fine, attractively patinated; Centenary of the Birth of Louis Pasteur, 1922, silver portrait medalet by G. Prud’homme, 27mm [2], last very fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
France, 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Caisse Générale de Reports et des Depots, 1924, ( silver medal by Jenny Lorrain, frontal view of the bank, reverse buildings, 64mm. Obverse rim knock at 7 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
France, Paris, Union Bank, 1925, a small Art Deco silver medal by L. Bazor, cloaked figure pouring coins from cornucopia, 36mm; Limoges, Exposition Nationale, 1924, silver-plated bronze medal after O. Roty for A. Desaide, 46mm; Ministry of Commerce and Industry, small silver prize medal by A. Borrel, named (M.T.C. Kerwyn, 1926), 27mm [2]. Second extremely fine, others very fine (£40-50)
France, “Aurora”, undated uniface bronze medallion, circa 1930, female figure astride chariot, aurora below, 69mm. Extremely fine (£15-20)
France, International Colonial Exposition, Paris, 1931, a large bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, busts of three French subjects conjoined, reverse two robed elephants, 68mm, very fine, patinated; together with a set of the four yellow-brass medalets for the same event by Desvignes, Bazor, Mouroux and Morlon, each 31mm (cf. BDW 9, lot 760) [5], last very fine, in original fitted blue card case (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £129
France, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the Launching of the Normandie, 1935, Art Deco bronze medal by J. Vernon, sea-goddess freeing sea-horse, reverse liner under steam, 68mm. (cf. BDW 3, 207, and 13, 347) Good very fine (£50-60)
France, New Code of Commerce Established, octagonal silver jeton, by Borrel, head of savant to left, reverse open book, legend above and below, 36mm (Bramsen --). Good very fine, toned, a leter re-strike but of early date (£20-30)
£20–£30
France, miscellaneous award medals (6), including Ministry of Works, Medal of the Family, etc., in silver (1) and base metal (5), some named [6]. All with ribbons, very fine and better (£40-60)
France, miscellaneous agricultural show award medals (8), mostly 1919-29, all with farmyard scenes, including several for Angers. Very fine and better (£30-40)
France (?), a brass frame in Art Deco style, a semi-clothed classical beauty to left of centre, to right of centre an oval hole (for a photograph of picture), above which the beauty holds a laurel wreath, 88mm. Breasts a little rubbed, otherwise very fine, attractive (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
France and Belgium, a group of commemorative medals and badges (23), mostly in bronze, relating to the First World War, including portrait medallions of Marshall Foch (2), Clemenceau, and General Epain, commemoratives for the Defence of Liege, the Deliverance of Lille, and the Battle of the Marne, etc, some later re-strikes [23]. Generally very fine or better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £65
Germany, Baden, Gustavus Adolphus Society, Celebrations, Karlsruhe, 1880, cast gilt oval medal, bust right, reverse Swedish lion among military trophies, deo et victricibvs armis around, 50mm x 45mm in box of issue. Extremely fine, rare and interesting (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Germany, Cycling, an unusual small silvered base metal badge or prize, c. 1900, figures on a ‘Penny-Farthing’ and a bicycle of conventional design, reverse all heil within wreath, integral loop for suspension. Very fine, of crude work but not unattractive (£15-20)
Germany, Fieldmarshall Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, portrait medal, 1914, by Scholz, bust right, reverse view of Teschen, 55mm. Very fine, nick to reverse rim (£40-60)
Germany, General von Klück, “Nach Paris”, silver medal, 1914-15, by Loewental, bust three-quarters, reverse mounted emaciated female figure holding torch, nach paris to left, 35mm; “Vierbund”, 1916, silver medal, eagle astride a globe, reverse mounted figures of Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph, Ferdinand I, and Muhammad V, 34mm [2]. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Germany, General von Klück, “Nach Paris”, silver medal, 1914-15, by Loewental, bust three-quarters, reverse mounted emaciated female figure holding torch, nach paris to left, 35mm. About extremely fine (£15-20)
Germany, Quatercentenary of the Reformation, 1917, an octagonal bronze medal by E. Lange, bust of Luther right, reverse view of buildings in central cartouche, 48mm (Schnell. 361). Good very fine (£15-20)
Germany, World War One, “Artillery”, uniface bronze medal, by Ludwig Gies, 62mm. Good very fine, and a powerful design typical of the Munich school of medallists working during the Great War (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £140
Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, Ministry of the Marine and Colonies, 1865, copper medal after J.J. Barre, bust of Napoleon III right, reverse legend, named (Mr. Jeoffroy, Médecin Hospitalier aux Trois Rivières, Épidémie Cholérique), 60mm. Extremely fine, attractive patina (£30-40)
Hungary, silver prize medal for riding (?), Budapest, 1929, horseman in national costume, reverse legend, 45mm, with suspender.Good very fine (£10-15)
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