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FRANCE, Caresses Maternelle et Jeux d’enfants, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by A. Marque for the SAMF, naked buxom female balances a naked boy on her thigh, rev. two naked children stand on tip-toe and embrace each other, 70 x 44mm, edge stamped 85 (Maier 42; Coll. R. Marx 133; BDM VIII, 22; cf. BSJ 52, 457). Very fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £460
FRANCE, L’Art des Jardins, 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by F.J.A. Roques for the SAMF, gardener standing on balustrade tending a plant, rev. sculpted garden, 75 x 44mm, edge stamped 131 (Maier 43; PBE 832; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 32; Coll. R. Marx 134; BDM V, 212; cf. Schulman 350, 1636). Very fine and very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £600
FRANCE, Adolescents, or Puberté, or Naturisme, 1907 [issued 1909], a bronze medal by L. Dejean for the SAMF, naked youth standing facing, hands on his head, rev. three naked females in various poses, in a woodland setting, 57mm, edge stamped 152 (Maier 44; PBE 347-8; Coll. R. Marx 135; cf. Baldwin 90, 1950). Very fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE, L’Été, 1908 [issued 1909], a bronze plaque by F.-M. Michelet for the SAMF, naked female standing under tree, having just cast off her robe, rev. the same female, robed, reclines in rowing-boat, her hand close to an oar, 63 x 42mm, edge stamped 94 (Maier 45; PBE 603; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 24; Coll. R. Marx 137; BDM VIII, 58; cf. BSJ 52, 458). Very fine, reverse better, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, La Musique, or Soirée Musicale, 1908 [issued 1909], a bronze plaque by F. David for the SAMF, quintet, including central violinist and lady on a harp, rev. lady singing, lady pianist at right, all watched by a family of four at left, 75 x 53mm, edge stamped 113 (Maier 46; PBE 339; Coll. R. Marx 138; cf. BSJ 52, 433). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £440
FRANCE, Le Maréchal-Ferrant, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by F. Gaudissard for the SAMF, two blacksmiths shoeing a horse, rev. blacksmiths at work in a forge, 65 x 50mm, edge stamped 121 (Maier 47; Coll. R. Marx 139; cf. BSJ 52, 445). Very fine and very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £500
FRANCE, Faune et Faunesse, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by P.-L. Durousseau for the SAMF, naked female standing right, playing a double flute, rev. partial head of a male faun, 62 x 31mm, edge stamped 114 (Maier 48; Coll R. Marx 140; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.88, 7-8; BDM VII, 243; cf. Baldwin 81, 3540). Some rubbing to high points of reverse, otherwise very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Breton et Bretonne, 1908 [issued 1911], a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir for the SAMF, man seated at table with flagon and cup, rev. female standing with her knitting, grazing animals in background, 60 x 46mm, edge stamped 43 (Maier 49; Coll. R. Marx 141; BDM VII, 548; cf. BSJ 52, 456). Very fine, rare £120-£150
FRANCE, Baigneuses, or Le Bain, 1908 [struck 1910], a bronze medal by A. Lafleur, two naked females bathing, rev. trees by a river-bank, 54mm (Maier 265; CGMP p.214; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.171, 1; BDM VII, 526; cf. DNW M2, 2528). Softly modelled, very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £90
FRANCE, Mine et Métallurgie, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by C. Theunissen for the SAMF, men smelting steel in the works at Denain, rev. women load barges with coal poured from baskets, 75 x 55mm, edge stamped 80 (Maier 50; Coll. R. Marx 102; BDM VIII, 234; cf. Baldwin 101, 3796). Good very fine, very rare £200-£260
FRANCE, Printemps et Hiver, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for the SAMF, three couples walking in a wood, rev. standing female, dressed in furs and muff, in a snow-covered landscape, 80 x 69mm, edge stamped 64 (Maier 51; Coll. R. Marx 143; cf. PBE 522; cf. DNW 50, 1299). Very fine, rare £120-£150
FRANCE, Paysans Croates, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by R. Franges-Mihanovic for the SAMF, Croat man and woman vis-à-vis in national costumes, rev. two Croat women in regional costume walking left, carrying strings of onions, 70 x 60mm, edge stamped 63 (Maier 52; Coll. R. Marx 144; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.96, 13; cf. Baldwin 90, 1963). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
FRANCE, Helena, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by R. Grégoire for the SAMF, robed figure of Helena standing amid the ruins of a city, a dead youth at her feet, rev. Eros, naked, stands on plinth, a rich Italianate garden in background, 90 x 60mm, edge stamped 85 (Maier 53; PBE 470; Classens 42; Coll. R. Marx 145; BDM VII, 394; cf. Baldwin 46, 2306). Good very fine, rare £180-£220
Hammer Price: £700
FRANCE, Les Joyaux, or Les Parures, 1909 [issued 1912], a bronze medal by P. Grand’homme for the SAMF, two women seated, trying on jewellery, rev. two women admiring roses, 60mm, edge stamped 60 (Maier 54; Coll. R. Marx 146; cf. Baldwin 90, 1954). Very fine and very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £480
FRANCE, La Toilette, or Le Tub, 1910 [issued 1912], a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the SAMF, woman perched in bath-tub, washing her neck, screen in background, rev. woman to right, adjusting her hair in a mirror, 65 x 41mm, edge stamped 54 (Maier 55; PBE 1017; Classens 85; BDM VI, 698; cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 213). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
FRANCE, Le Vin, or Le Pressoir, 1910 [issued 1914], a bronze award plaque by P.-A. Morlon for the SAMF, a group of men working a wine press, rev. two women with baskets of grapes, tablet in centre, 100 x 58mm, edge stamped 53 (Maier 56; Coll. R. Marx 148; PBE 614; cf. DNW 35, 554). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Paysannes du Berry, or Paysanne au Panier, 1910 [issued 1914], a bronze plaque by E. Nivet for the SAMF, peasant woman tending to a calf in a stable, rev. the same woman hanging laundry on a tree-branch, 80 x 45mm, edge stamped 120 (Maier 57; PBE 632; Coll. R. Marx 149; BDM VIII, 96). Good very fine, very rare £200-£260
GERMANY, Allegorien Hora [Goddess of the New Age], 1900, a silver medal, unsigned (by C. Starck for O. Oertel), 39mm (Slg. Marienburg 7159); Ehejubiläum zu Wilhelm II und Auguste Viktoria [Silver Wedding Anniversary], 1906, a silver medal by J. Godet, 34mm (Lange 689; Heidemann 725) [2]. Very fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £70
GERMANY, Ehejubiläum zu Wilhelm II und Auguste Viktoria [Silver Wedding Anniversary], 1906, a silver medal by E. Weigand, conjoined busts right, rev. legend in 7 lines, 45mm (Lange 619; Sommer W 82). Cleaned in the past, obverse re-toned but with some surface marks, otherwise very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £55
GERMANY, Violinistin [The Violinist], c. 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by Else Fürst, female violinist standing facing, music score in exergue, 83 x 40mm. Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £95
GERMANY, 70th Birthday of Eugen Schiffer, 1930, a uniface bronze plaque by J. Tautenhayn, bust right, signature of subject in exergue, 100 x 82mm (cf. M & M Deutschland 35, 713). Light staining to back, otherwise extremely fine; in original green case of issue [side slightly damaged] £60-£80
Hammer Price: £140
BELGIUM, 25th Anniversary of the Union Intercommunale des Centrales Éléctriques du Brabant, 1953, a bronze medal by G.A. Brunet for Fonson, 70mm; City of Namur, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (A.S.E. Sir Christopher Warner, K.C.M.G., Ambassadeur de Grande Bretagne à Bruxelles, 17-3-1953), 60mm; City of Ghent, a bronze award medal by F. de Cuyper for Fonson, named (Z. Exc. Sir Christopher Warner, K.C.M.G., Ambassadeur van Groot-Brittannië 15.vii.1954), 68mm; Fraternelle des Agents...
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, copper medals by J. Dassier (4) [struck c. 1723-4], viz. Louis XIV, Denis Petau, Jean-François Sarrasin, François Mansart, all 28mm (Eisler 64, 79, 86, 95) [4]. Good very fine or better £150-£200
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], bust right, rev. tomb, 28mm (Eisler 72). Minor edge damage, otherwise very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £40
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Jean de Gassion, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], bust right, rev. tomb, 28mm (Eisler 75). Good very fine, some toning £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Pompone de Bellièvre, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], bust right, rev. tomb, 28mm (Eisler 85). Good very fine, some toning £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Nicolas Malebranche, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], similar, 28mm (Eisler 131). Edge flaw, otherwise good very fine, some toning £80-£100
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Nicolas Malebranche, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], bust left, rev. tomb, 28mm (Eisler 131). About extremely fine, toned £100-£120
FRANCE, Illustrious Men of the Reign of Louis XIV, Marquis d’Argenson, a silver medal by J. Dassier [struck c. 1723-4], bust right, rev. tomb, 28mm (Eisler 134). Minor edge flaws, otherwise good very fine, some toning £80-£100
FRANCE, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler and N. Ponthon, busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, rev. execution scene, 51mm (Pollard 2). Good very fine £80-£100
FRANCE, Execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793, a white metal medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. Queen rides towards her execution in an open cart, crowd of onlookers behind, 48mm (Pollard 4; BDM III, 239). Good very fine, rare in this metal £150-£180
Hammer Price: £200
FRANCE, Louis Pasteur, 1910, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, 73 x 51mm (Maier 240; PBE 774; CGMP p.327; BDM VIII, 147); ENGLAND, International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1874, a bronze award medal by G.T. Morgan, named (Mrs Anne Jane Hyett, Catalogue No. 5092), 52mm (BHM 2992; E 1633); ITALY: PAPAL STATES, Alexander VI, Opening of the Holy Door, a later bronze medal, unsigned, 42mm (Mazio 28; Lincoln 414) [3]. Second extremely fine, others very fine; first...
Hammer Price: £100
FRANCE, Charles Tellier, 1912, a bronze plaque by L.B. Bernstamm, bust left, rev. steam vessel Le Frigorifique under sail to left, 65 x 49mm (BDM –; cf. DNW 61, 1363). Very fine and very rare £80-£100
FRANCE, First French Aerial Crossing of the North Atlantic from East to West, 1930, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, conjoined busts of Costes and Bellonte left, rev. Breguet biplane Le Point d’Interrogation rising over an aerial view of Paris, view of the Manhattan skyline above, 68mm (CGMP p.284; cf. DNW 157, 1424). Very fine, scarce £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
FRANCE, miscellaneous base metal uniface strikings (5), clichés (3), of medals by Andrieu, Brenet, Galle and Manfredini [8]. Varied state £100-£150
GERMAN COLONIES, a plated bronze badge for Services, elephant left, südsee afrika kiautschou above, 39 x 34mm (Nimmergut 4576). Very fine; pin back £60-£80
GERMAN EAST AFRICA, ‘Die Deutsche Emin Pasha Expedition’, 1890, medals by O. Oertel (3), in silver, bronze and white metal, bust of Dr Carl Peters three-quarters right in hat, revs. robed female holding German flag over a flat landscape, trees and radiant sun at left, all 38mm (BDM IV, 303; cf. Künker e63, 1085) [3]. White metal with trifling rim nicks, otherwise all extremely fine, an attractive and very rare group £500-£700
GERMAN EAST AFRICA, The Establishment of German East Africa, 1890, medals by O. Oertel (3), in silver, bronze and white metal, bust of Major Hermann von Wissmann three-quarters left in hat, revs. robed female holding German flag over a flat landscape, trees and radiant sun at left, all 38mm (BDM IV, 303; cf. Baldwin St James’s 40, 549) [3]. All extremely fine, an attractive and very rare group £500-£600
Hammer Price: £650
GERMAN EAST AFRICA, Death of Hermann von Wissmann, 1905, a bronze medal by A.M. Wolff, bust left in military uniform, rev. Askari soldier holding lowered flag, sarcophagus behind, 60mm (Heidemann 588). Very fine £100-£150
GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA, Order of the Lion and Sun, a plated silver In Memoriam badge, lion reclining above crossed weapons, palm-tree in background, 47mm (Niemann 2.02). Extremely fine; pin back £70-£90
Hammer Price: £180
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