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ENGLAND, Death of Horace Seymour, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, bust left, rev. crest, a phoenix, legend around and below, 29mm, 10.72g (BHM 3874; BDM VII, 217; E 1866; cf. DNW 50, 1336). Very fine, rare £30-£40
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE, Soldat grec jetant une lance [Greek Soldier with Spear], a uniface cast bronze medal by R. Scarpa, Greek soldier advancing left, holding a shield and aiming a spear, 100mm, 464.14g. Very fine; identifying label pasted on the back £40-£60
Hammer Price: £20
AUSTRIA, Martin Ritter von Cassian, 25-jährige Dienstjubiläum des Direktors der Donau-Dampfschiff-fahrtsgesellschaft [25th Anniversary of Service as Director of the Danube Steamship Company] 1877, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, bust right, rev. four female allegories of trade and shipping standing and seated, 64mm, 93.81g (Hauser 7256; Wurzb. 1228; Horsky 7226; BDM V, 360; cf. Höhn 100, 1107; cf. Noonans 275, 2264). About very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £80
GERMANY, Deutsche Kampfspiele, Garmisch-Partenkirchen [German Fighting Games], 1922, a cast bronze award medal by W. Schmarje, naked male athlete standing facing, head turned to right, holding a German standard, rev. wreath, engraved (Dem Zweiten der Rodelmeisterschaft) [Second Place in the Toboggan Championship], 68mm, 104.99g (cf. Feldman, June 2016, 30256; cf. Rauch 73, 1189). Very fine £100-£150
AUSTRIA, Enthüllung des Siebenbrünnens, Vienna [Unveiling of the Siebenbrünnen Fountain System], 1905, a uniface nickel-silver plaque by Brüder Schneider, elevation of the system, water issuing from seven fountains bearing the seal images of the seven city suburbs, figure of Vindobona enthroned on pedestal at centre above plaque bearing bust of Karl Lueger, back impressed brüder schneider wien, 80 x 60mm, 126.60g (Wurzb. 9457; cf. Frühwald 94, 251). Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £45
GERMANY, Charon, 1983, a uniface cast bronze plaque by S. Schütz, naked male figure of Charon standing facing in his boat, rowing it to the underworld, sun in upper field, 79 x 65mm, 82.00g (cf. Möller 63, 2902). Very fine, green patina £30-£40
AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Österreich auf der Weltausstellung, Paris [The Austrian Pavilion at the Universal Exposition], 1900, a bronze plaque by Prof. S. Schwartz, standing female presenting laurel branch to two kneeling artisans, rev. elevation of Expo pavilion above legend, 77 x 53mm, 96.18g (Hauser 4861; Huszár 4615; Coll. R. Marx 489; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.297, 37; Wurzb. 6927; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.9, 84; BDM V, 429; cf. DNW 192, 799). Very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £70
AUSTRIA, 70 Geburtstag von Ferdinand von Saar [70th Birthday of Ferdinand von Saar], 1903, a bronze medal by C.M. Schwerdtner, bust left, rev. semi-naked muse holding a lyre in her left hand and with her right sprinkles roses over a cityscape of Vienna, 60mm, 85.19g (Hauser 7795; Wurzb. 8088; BDM V, 439; cf. Künker e356, 8383; cf. BDW M7, 2554). Tiny spot by hair, otherwise extremely fine, attractively patinated £30-£40
Hammer Price: £50
ENGLAND, James Boswell, 2002, a bronze medal by R.W.F. Searle for Thomas Fattorini on behalf of the British Art Medal Society, bust three-quarters left, holding a quill pen in his right hand, rev. Boswell, holding a notebook, pursuing the standing figure of Samuel Johnson in a greatcoat, holding a staff in his right hand, 75mm, 210.19g (The Medal 41, p.115; E 2207a). Virtually as struck, attractive dark patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
FRANCE, Joaquín Albarrán, 1907, a uniface cast bronze medal by J.-V.-J.-A. Ségoffin, bust left, 89mm, 137.88g (Freeman, Medical Medals, 5; Storer –; Brettauer –; cf. iNumis MBS 52, 827; cf. DNW 36, 699). Very fine and a good high-relief portrait study, rare; small piercing at top for suspension £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
NETHERLANDS, Herder met Schapen [Herder with Sheep], 1972, a cast bronze medal by Christl Seth-Höfner [C.J. Begeer] for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, shepherd standing centre, flock of sheep in foreground, rev. grazing sheep, 63mm, 119.88g (VPK 1972-2; cf. Schulman 361, 2578). Extremely fine £30-£40
FRANCE, Centenaire du Caisse d’Épargne d’Abbeville, 1935, a plated bronze Art Déco medal by J. Sgard, robed female standing left, her hands on the shoulders of a girl dropping a coin into a vase, rev. cityscape, the Collégiale Saint Vulfran at centre, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 57.29g. Good very fine £30-£40
U.S.A., My Face, My Name, My Tools, My Craft, a cupro-nickel medalet by A. Shagin, self-portrait right, legend around, rev. head of Liberty to left, a reproduction of the 1878 Dollar by G.T. Morgan, 21mm, 4.98g. Brilliant, virtually mint state £10-£20
Hammer Price: £35
ALGERIA, Gaston Thomson, 1927, a bronze plaque by F.-L. Sicard, bust left, rev. legend in 11 lines, edge impressed bronze and with cornucopia, 99 x 75mm, 416.63g (Ruedas 253; Escande 3253; cf. Elsen 91, 2284). About very fine £30-£40
POLAND, Arena, 1979, a uniface cast iron medal by S. Sikora, horse and rider prancing right in an arena, spherical object under its front hooves, 11 figures stood at right playing musical instruments, lamps descending from roof of auditorium and audience in background, 3 in rectangle at left, 152mm, 592.53g (Kozamanis-Schauenburg, Die Bildnismedaille, pp.107, 109). Very fine and much as made, probably very rare; title of medal inked on the back £80-£100
ENGLAND, The Fourth Service 1939-1945, 2002, a cast bronze medal by Mary Ann Simmons [Crucible Foundry] for the British Art Medal Society, concentric radiating waves, rev. map of the Western Atlantic approaches and the Rockall Trough, site of the first vessel to be sunk by a U-boat on the first day of World War II, edge highlight-impressed the fourth service 1939-1945 between the points of the compass, highlight notches on upper reverse edge, 90mm, 545.65g (The Medal 41, pp.118-19)....
Hammer Price: £130
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 150 let železnice na území Československa [150th Anniversary of Railways in Czechoslovakia], 1989, a silver medal by L. Šindelář, steam locomotive pulling train over a viaduct, rev. standing figures waving at an electric locomotive, obv. foundry-marked mk 900, 40mm, 34.41g (cf. Höhn 101, 351; cf. Macho & Chlapovič e22, 3001). Brilliant mint state £50-£70
NETHERLANDS, Maecenas Penning, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, 1965, a cast bronze medal by J. Snoeck [Koninklijke Begeer], abstract design of stacked squares with central depressions, rev. legend in five lines, 90mm, 382.40g (Die Geuzenpenning July 1965, p.88; cf. Schulman 366, 1041). Extremely fine, as made £40-£50
Hammer Price: £30
ITALY, Francesco Redi, 1684, a cast bronze medal by M. Soldani-Benzi, draped bust right, rev. several figures engaged in a Bacchic revelry, canebam in exergue, 86mm, 196.50g (Bargello 7839; V. & T 36; Johnson 126; Brettauer 952; Börner 1487; BDM V, 566; Clifford 297; cf. Teutoburger 155, 4190). Very fine and softly worked in the baroque style, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE/SPAIN, Exposition de la Médaille Espagnole Actuelle à la Monnaie de Paris [Exhibition of Modern Spanish Medals at the Paris Mint], 1964, a bronze medal by F. Somoza for the Club français de la Médaille, two symbolic heads vis-à-vis, rev. Gallic cock and Spanish lion rampant face each other across a divided field, edge impressed br 15/250 and cornucopia, 81mm, 309.40g (CGMP p.1760). Extremely fine, rare £60-£80
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Otevření Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava [Opening of the Comenius University], 1919, a bronze medal by O. Španiel, bust of John Comenius right, rev. shield above Bratislava cityscape, 80mm, 197.19g (cf. Macho & Chlapovič 29, 1733). Extremely fine; in original maroon card box £40-£60
WALES, Opening of the Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, 1907, a bronze medal by Spiridion & Son, conjoined crowned busts of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra right, rev. City arms and supporters, 51mm, 54.84g (W & E 4921A.1; BHM 3945; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.65, 92; E 1900). Good fine £10-£15
GERMANY, 100 Todestag von Immanuel Kant [Centenary of the Death of Immanuel Kant], 1904 [struck 1908], a bronze plaque by Luise Staudinger for Poellath, head three-quarters right, face lowered, rev. naked male kneeling to right, arms and outsretched and hands clasped, legend in 5 lines below, edge impressed c. poellath schrobenh, 61 x 44mm, 86.49g (DGMK 8, 253; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.246, 91; Heidemann 253; BDM V, 668; cf. Grün 84, 1572; cf. WAG 67, 4045; cf. BDW 30, 729). Very fine, reverse...
NETHERLANDS/ENGLAND, Gay van der Meer, 1991, a cast bronze medal by G.H. Steyn for the British Art Medal Society, bust right, rev. Veritas standing facing, holding wreath and palm branch, legend on central foreground, 86mm, 430.04g (Attwood 74; The Medal 19, p.114). Extremely fine, green patina, as made, scarce £80-£100
ENGLAND, Joshua Reynolds, 1845, a silver medal by A.J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. the infant Hercules strangling snakes while seated on a lion-skin, being detail from Reynolds’ painting The Infant Hercules, 58mm, 107.81g (Beaulah 2; BHM 2207; BDM VIII, 225; E 1399). Lightly cleaned in the past, otherwise extremely fine and very rare; perhaps only 30 struck and awarded as prizes by the Union in 1846 £240-£300
Hammer Price: £650
GERMANY, Internationale Metallaustellung, Nuremberg [International Metal Exhibition], 1885, a bronze medal by H. Ströbel for Lauer, Nuremberg cityscape, arms above, rev. Peter Vischer in working attire, standing under a Renaissance arch, flanked by busts of Jamnitzer and Cellini in medallions, 50mm, 70.85g (Erlanger 164; BDM V, 701; cf. Wurzb. 6882; cf. Emporium Hamburg 100, 1920; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 198, 4369). Extremely fine, attractive reflective patina £50-£70
Hammer Price: £95
POLAND/VATICAN, John Paul II, 1978, a plated bronze maquette by R. Stryjecki for the Pontificio Consiglio Operatori Sanitari [Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers], bust three-quarters left set against an abstract elevation of the cupola of St Peter’s Basilica, rev. satinised crucifix, signature of the sitter at bottom, 207mm, 1,151.62g (LaMoneta.it CRW 1442; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 189, 5062). Very fine, scarce £80-£100
BOHEMIA, Nový Rok [New Year’s Eve], 1914, a uniface bronze plaque by Prof. S. Sucharda for F. Anýž, winged male figure next to a tree, 77 x 42mm, 93.74g (Paris Exh. Cat. 1974, 809; cf. Aurea e23, 1688; cf. DNW 35, 655). Scratched on obverse, otherwise very fine, but the back engraved with the portrait of a man in a hat, smoking £50-£70
Hammer Price: £190
NEW ZEALAND, The Arrival of the Singing Cuckoo, 1996, a cast bronze plaque in the shape of a bird’s wing by W.J.E. Sutherland, bird flying left towards mountains, the land reflected in waves and sea water, rev. detail from the bird’s wing, 100 x 54mm, 49.86g. Extremely fine, partial green patina, as made £40-£60
HUNGARY, Medal Store, 1996, a cast bronze assemblage of 20 ‘medals’ by Enikő Szöllőssy, some bearing legends, including ‘Gate’, ‘Largus’, ‘Awake’, ‘Roadless’, ‘Hopi’, ‘Opus’ (2, different), ‘Ensions’, ‘Remember’, ‘The Mystic Spiral’, ‘Medal’, ’The Rocq’, etc, all contained in a square cast bronze box, hinged lid decorated with a pastoral scene, this 117mm, total wt. 1,715.40g [Lot]. (The Medal 29, pp.106-7). As made, whimsical;...
MALTA, Election of Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein as Grand Master, 1905, a bronze medal by P. Tailetti for E. Polledri, bust left, rev. crowned arms, 46mm, 58.98g (cf. Schembri p.226; cf. NAC 58, 451; cf. Sincona 47, 1953; cf. DNW 64, 1452). Extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £65
ENGLAND/IRAN, Hands and Grille I, 2006, a cast gilt-bronze openwork plaque by P. Tanavoli [Sarber Jewellers, Vancouver] for the British Art Medal Society, hands clinging to a grille, rev. tips of fingers on grille bars, 91 x 63mm, 146.10g (The Medal 50, p.95, and illustrated on the covers; Leavitt Bourne, The Medal 50, p.66, 2; cf. Baxter Coll., Ewbank’s, 23 June 2022, 3158A; cf. Lodge & Thomas 1 Sept. 2023, 17). Brilliant, as made, very rare; an extremely significant modern sculptural...
Hammer Price: £2,000
AUSTRIA, Durchschlag des Arlbergtunnels [Opening of the Arlberg Tunnel], 1883, a gilt-bronze medal by J.H. Tautenhayn for the Direktion für Staat-Eisenbahnbauten gewidmet [Directorate of State Railway Construction], seated female figures personifying Tirol and Vorarlberg in greeting above a view of the tunnel entrance, rev. legend in and around wreath, 70mm, 117.87g (Hauser 2362; Döry/Kubinsky 176; Moyaux 290; Wurzb. 384; BDM VI, 38; cf. WAG 137, 1003; cf. DNW 48, 796). Good very fine,...
POLAND/ENGLAND, Quatercentenary of the Birth of William Shakespeare, 1964, a uniface cast bronze asmymetrical hexagonal three-dimensional sculpted relief by K. Tchorek, featuring sculpted shaped holes, back with signature of the artist etched on, description and price, 170 x 150mm, 615.30g (cf. Ashmolean Museum HCR 95037). As made, dark patina £50-£70
PORTUGAL, Rouge et Noir, 2002, a coloured plexiglass and stainless steel sculptural triptych in the shape of playing cards by J.M. da S. Teixeira, the Ace of Hearts, Two of Diamonds and Six of Clubs, each set in a coloured acrylic base with imprinted legend 2/5, each 100 x 71mm, total wt. 494.58g [3]. As new, very rare £80-£100
FRANCE, Club Alpin Français, c. 1930, a light bronze Art Déco award medal by R. Templier, symbolic bust left, regarding a rock-face, rev. pick-axe and support rope, tablet below, named (Jean Karcher), 70mm, 162.26g (cf. DNW 49, 1073). Extremely fine; in original maroon case of issue £30-£40
ITALY, Medalia Calendario [Calendar Medal], 1986, a bronze medal by G. Tesi for the Food & Agriculture Organisation Food Security Assistance Scheme, farmer driving a bullock-cart, other artisans scything corn and carrying bags of produce, rev. 1986 calendar, edge impressed 146, 80mm, 215.10g. Mint state; in black case of issue, with descriptive leaflet £25-£35
Hammer Price: £10
FRANCE, Faune à l’Antilope, 1936, a uniface Art Déco bronze medal by M. Thénot, young faun holding head of a young antelope which he encircles in a wreath of leaves, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 113mm, 628.34g (CGMP p.372; cf. Elsen 90, 2127; cf. DNW 64, 1401). Very fine £120-£150
FRANCE, Chambre de Commerce, Valenciennes, 1897, a silver jeton de présence by C.H. Theunissen, foreman overseeing two artisans by a coal-truck in a mining setting, rev. instruments of industry and commerce, including a locomotive, anvil and a press, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 40 x 33mm, 25.79g (Müseler 18.96; PBE 917; BDM VI, 60; cf. Hirsch 384, 4596; cf. iNumis MBS 12, 1725). Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £170
ENGLAND, The Royal Institute of British Architects, 1919, a silver award medal by C.W. Thomas, decorated column supported by two lions, rev. named (Board of Architectural Education, Awarded to Elie Mayorcas, School of Architecture, Architectural Association, London, 1932), 89mm, 296.66g (cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.87, 156). Extremely fine; in green fitted case of issue by Cecil Thomas, 7 Gloucester Terrace, Sth. Kensington, S.W. £200-£300
Hammer Price: £280
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