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Lot No 1573
France, 75th Anniversary of the Société Générale, 1939, a bronze medal by P. Turin, female bust left, caduceus in hair, rev. two cornucopiæ, legend around, 81mm (cf. DNW 46, 830). About extremely fine (£60-80)
Lot No 1574
France, Défense Passive, 1945, a bronze award medal by R. Cochet, angel protecting women and children from symbolic bombs being dropped by air, rev. warden clasping the hand of a victim reaching from the rubble of a destroyed building, named (L. Loudevig), 59mm (cf. DNW 53, 1218); Co-operation, c. 1950, a bronze...
Lot No 1575
France, Conférence de Paris, 1946, a cast bronze medal by A. Galtié, Paris standing on globe, greeting the dove of Peace, rev. Parisian monuments, 99mm, edge stamped lvii (CGMP p.773). Superb red-brown patina, extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 1576
France, Persée et Androméde, 1948, a cast bronze medal by R. Joly for the SFAM, winged Perseus preparing to slay dragon and rescue manacled naked Andromeda, rev. bird flies out of opened cage, 99mm, edge stamped 6 (cf. BDW 13, 415). Extremely fine and very rare (£120-150)
Lot No 1577
France, Ordre des Architectes, Conseil Superieur, c. 1950, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Poisson, standing robed figure holding an arched structure in her right hand, rev. owl, l’architecte est vn poete, etc, edge named (à M. Robert Knorr, Architecte, 19-7-1956), 88mm. Extremely fine; in maroon fitted case...
Lot No 1578
France, Centenary of the Banque du Crédit Industriel et Commercial, 1959, a cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, naked female figure of Fortune distributing coins from a cornucopia, rev. inscription above cornucopia and caduceus, 59mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. DNW 39, 542). Mint state, green patina; in grey card...
Lot No 1579
Germany, Centenary of the Birth of Heinrich Heine, 1897, a bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, seated figure of Heine to right, holding pen and manuscript, rev. female carrying crowns, 75 x 45mm (Coll. R. Marx 482; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 16; BDM III, 129; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.6, 31; Jones, Art of the Medal, 346; cf. DNW 46,...
Lot No 1580
Germany, Kameradschaft der Künstler München [Munich Artist’s Society], c. 1910, a bronze medal by H. Schwegerle, Mercury and Pegasos above rayed sun, rev. bewigged head on lyre, quill and paper below, 100mm (BDM –). Very fine and very rare (£60-80)
Lot No 1581
Germany, Vielgluck z Nevenjahr [Good Luck for the New Year], 1911, a uniface cast bronze medal by F. Lommel, equestrian figure to right holding banner with date, 50mm (Bernhart 247). Very fine, rare (£40-50)
Lot No 1582
Germany, Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik [International Exhibition of the Publishing and Graphics Trades], Leipzig, 1914, Österreichisches Haus, a light bronze plaque by M. Pfeiffer, naked female holding branch and supporting a star, easel-shaped backcloth behind, rev. legend, 79 x 60mm...
Lot No 1583
Germany, Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, 8th Feld Artillerie, 1915, a uniface iron plaque by J. Pohlmann, male rider, naked except for cloak, on spirited horse left, 151 x 89mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Powerful style, very fine, rare (£60-80)
Lot No 1584
Germany, Michel Lohnt dem Brabanter Kirchenschänder [Taxes on the Churches of Brabant], 1916, a cast iron medal by W. Eberbach, Devil in hat pushing religious cleric to left, rev. serpent-tailed naked male attempting to reach an offertory tray which falls from a broken pillar, 78mm (Frankenhuis –). Light...
Lot No 1585
Medals Related to Aviation, Germany, Seehund mit Zeppelin [Sea Lion and Zeppelins], c. 1916, a cast iron medal by H. Weddig, sea-lion regarding five Zeppelins in sky, rev. lord montagu ihr werdets, etc, 68mm (Frankenhuis 1516; Kaiser 426.1; BDM VIII, 255). Very fine (£60-80)
Lot No 1586
Germany, Entente-Weltrichter [The Judges of the World], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, President Wilson sat on sedan chair receiving judges, rev. German eagle on branch, pair of hands with chains at right, 58mm (K 211; Frankenhuis 1485). Very fine (£50-70)
Lot No 1587
Germany, Bismarck, 20 Jahre nach meinem Tode [20th Anniversary of the Death of Bismarck], 1918, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, head appearing from clouds, rev. figure representing a Social Democrat mounting a horse, draped figure of Germany averting her eyes, 58mm (K 216; Frankenhuis 1491). Very fine...
Lot No 1588
Germany, Der Rote Kampfflieger [Death of Capt. Baron von Richthofen, the Red Fighter], 1918, a silver medal by K. Goetz, bust facing in cap, rev. eagle left, head turned skywards, flying accoutrements and tombstone at right, 36mm (K 288); Rütlischwur in Essen [The Rütli Oath, Essen], 1923, a silver medal by K....
Lot No 1589
Germany, Woodrows Mausefalle [Woodrow Wilson’s Mousetrap], 1919, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, mousetrap, rev. President Wilson reclining in boat, Statue of Liberty in background, 58mm (K 227). Spot by Wilson’s chin, otherwise good very fine, rare (£60-80)
Lot No 1590
Germany, Establishment of the Epp Freikorps, 1919, a copper medal, unsigned, helmeted bust of General Ritter von Epp right, rev. lion seated left, 79mm. Very fine and patinated, rare; in maroon fitted case [this slightly distressed] (£60-80)
Lot No 1591
Germany, Einigung der Transport Deutschland [Unification of the German Transport System], 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, Dr Johannes Bell scooping up locomotives into a large sack, rev. Bavarian postilion seated right, placing accoutrements into a trunk, beer flagon by his feet, 58mm (K 254). Very fine,...
Lot No 1592
Germany, Die Wacht am Rhein!! [The Watch on the Rhine], 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, helmeted bust of French colonial soldier right, rev. naked female tied to a symbolic male penis, DIE SCHWARZE SCHANDE [The Black Shame], 58mm (K. 262; Dräger, Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland V, p.137, 63; Jones, Dance...
Lot No 1593
Germany, Pazifismus [Pacifism], 1921, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, German lamb addressing aggressive wolf in speech bubble, rev. allegorical Frenchman, German and Pole, 60mm (K 291; cf. DNW 70C, 2729). Very fine (£50-70)
Lot No 1594
Germany, Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit [Unity, Right and Freedom], 1924, a cast iron plaque by A. Feuerle for Lauchhammer, three citizens advancing right, carrying flags, 153 x 92mm. Spots in left field, otherwise extremely fine, rare; with hook on the back for suspension (£50-70)
Lot No 1595
Germany, Providentia, 1927, a cast iron plaque signed M.H., for Lauchhammer, Providentia advancing right, dispensing grapes to a following crowd with arms outstretched, robed figure of Father Time with sickle in centre background, 146 x 91mm. Extremely fine, rare; with hook on the back for suspension (£60-80)
Lot No 1596
Medals Related to Aviation, Germany, Amerikafahrt des L Z 127 ‘Graf Zeppelin’ [First Flight of the Graf Zeppelin to America], 1928, a bronze plaque by C. Stock, Zeppelin in skies above waves, being supported by Hercules and the wind being blown by Zeus, rev. wer sie nicht kennte etc., legend in 5 lines, 90 x...
Lot No 1597
Medals Related to Aviation, Germany, Internationale Luftfahrt Ausstellung [International Air Show], Berlin, 1928, a bronze medal, unsigned, for Poellath, aeroplane over globe, rev. legend in five lines, 90mm (Kaiser 986). Very fine; in maroon gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen...
Lot No 1598
Germany, 25th Anniversary of the Kuenstlervereinigung Augsburg ‘Die Ecke’ [Augsburg Artists’ Society ‘Die Ecke’], 1932, a uniface Art Déco medal, unsigned, Prussian eagle and head of Athena, 103mm. Very fine, rare (£40-50)
Lot No 1599
Germany, Wiederaufbauen [Rebuilding], 1945, a cast iron plaque by Moll for Lauchhammer, builders working on scaffolded buildings, skeleton on horseback to right in the sky, 143 x 89mm. Extremely fine, rare; with hook on the back for suspension (£60-80)
Lot No 1600
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...
Lot No 1601
Hungary, Ganz Foto Club, c. 1930, a uniface Art Déco bronze plaque by E. Deszö, seated naked female adopting a pose in front of a camera she holds with her left hand, chimneys at right, back named (Rédei György ur, 1938-39, Évi Szorgalmának, Elismerésére), 60mm (Simmons FPL 13, –). Very fine (£50-70)
Lot No 1602
Medals Related to Navigation, Italy, Quatercentenary of Christopher Columbus, 1892, a bronze medal by A. Cappuccio for Johnson, after Prof. L. Pogliaghi, bust left, allegorical figures around, rev. Virtue supported by putti, patronising the ‘Indians’, 58mm (BDM I, 341; cf. BDW 1, 728). Very fine, rare (£60-80)
Lot No 1603
Italy, Sisyphos am Isonzo [General Cadorna and the Battle Losses at the Isonzo River], 1916, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, helmeted bust right under an umbrella, rev. naked figure of Sisiphos standing astride rock, 58mm (K 171; Frankenhuis 1454; cf. DNW 68, 1520). Extremely fine, attractively patinated (£40-60)
Lot No 1604
Medals Related to Aviation, Italy, Crociera Aerea del Decennale, 1933, an Art Déco bronze medal by R. Morbiducci, head of Speed facing left into the wind, roma-chicago new-york-roma below, rev. angled bird’s eye view of the progress of the flight from the Colloseum to a Chicago skyscraper, polar bear at top,...
Lot No 1605
Lithuania, Rudnia, 1916, a uniface octagonal bronze plaque by K. Perl, girl in diaphanous dress dancing left, 63mm (BDM –). Very fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 1606
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Netherlands, National Preparations for the Olympic Games, Amsterdam, 1927, a bronze medal, unsigned, bell-tower with clock on face, rev. wreath bands, 60mm. About extremely fine, very rare (£60-80)
Lot No 1607
Romania, Rumäniens Kriegseintritt [Romania Enters the War], 1916, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, President Bratianu kneeling, balancing his crown and sword, rev. scales with documents and a bag of gold, dice below, 58mm (K 181; Frankenhuis 1449). Good very fine (£50-70)
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