Special Collections

Sold on 3 April 1998

1 part

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A Collection of Historical and Art Medals, the Property of a European Collector

Lot

№ 656

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£110

Les 4 Sergents de La Rochelle, c.1860, a uniface cast bronze medal after D. d’Angers, caduceus divides heads of Pommier, Raoulx, Goubin and Bories, 90mm (cf. BDM I, 531; cf. D’Angers Exh. Cat. 1966, 159). An early cast, extremely fine; with integral loop for suspension (£90-120)

The original by David d’Angers was executed in 1844. The subjects on the medal were executed by guillotine on 21 September 1822