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

№ 719

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£30

Centenary of the Birth of Adam Mickiewicz, 1898, a bronze medal by M. Wactaw, bust right, reverse robed female figure lifting another female, watched by seated man, 60mm (BDM VI, 337). Good very fine (£30-40)

Struck at the French mint; exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1898. Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Polish poet