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3 April 1998
Union d’Électricité, c.1935, a silver medal by H. Dropsy, naked female figure between clouds, sparks of electricity around, reverse a hydro-electric plant, 36mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat, 1964, –). About extremely fine, scarce (£20-30)
£20–£30
Poissons Exotiques, 1936, a uniface bronze plaque by R. Amandry, two fish, 55 x 37mm (CGMP p.16); Concours de Pêche, 1936, a bronze medal by C.-L. Virion, two fish, reverse legend in wreath, fishing tackle and basket below, FÉDERATION DES A.P.P. DE SEINE-ET-OISE, 50mm (CGMP p.400; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.50, 394). [2]. Very fine and better, first rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £65
France, Alexandre Dumas, 1936, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, bust right, reverse D’Artagnan and the three musketeers, 68mm (CGMP p.201). Extremely fine (£50-70)
£50–£70
Bucolique, 1937, a cast bronze medal by Aleth Guzman [-Nageotte] for the SFAM, naked male standing with bull, BVCOLICA, reverse vine, SEMIPVTATA TIBI, etc., 79mm, edge stamped 142 (cf. BDW 18, 621). Powerful style, extremely fine and rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
France, International Exposition, Paris, The Trocadero, 1937, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, workman in front of old Trocadero, reverse gardens of the Palais de Chaillot, 50mm (CGMP p.40; cf. DNW 30, 802); the same event, Travail de Verre, 1937, a bronze medal by E. Monier, glassworkers turning and blowing glass, reverse Expo pavilion, 33mm (CGMP p.261) [2]. Very fine and better (£40-50)
£40–£50
France, Congrès Internationale B.I.B.O.A., Paris, 1937, a bronze medal by C. Begeer, winged cherub holding basket with trophy, jewels, etc., reverse urn and flames, 51mm. Extremely fine; in original white card box of issue (£40-50)
Perrette et le Pot au Lait, 1940, a uniface bronze medal by J. Vernon, standing figure of Perrette with broken milk jug at feet, 41mm (CGMP p.392); Flore, 1941, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, naked female kneeling, watering plants with an urn, reverse wheelbarrow and other garden implements, 50mm (CGMP p.136; cf. BDW 5, 188) [2]. First very fine, second better (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £25
Le Rhone - Le Rhin, 1945, bronze medal by M. Renard, a mule of two obverses, naked river-god with urn, edelweiss at left and olive branch at right, reverse naked river-god with rudder, two storks in flight behind, edge named (1920 Rhin & Rhone 1940 – L. Rougerie – 1945), 59mm (cf. CGMP p.339). Extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
Médaille des Fusillés, 1946, a bronze medal by A. Galtié, body of a fusilier tied to a tree with a ball-rope, bullet holes in tree-trunk, reverse FUSILLE on a cross of Lorraine, Victory symbol behind, 70mm (CGMP p.774). Minor obverse rim nicks at 7 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, scarce (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £45
International Aviation Exposition, Frankfurt, 1909, a bronze medal by L. Eberle for Poellath of Schrobenhausen, naked male figure grasping the talons of an eagle, reverse legend in five lines, 43mm (Dräger, Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland V, p.65, 22; Gutt. 65; Slg. Wolf 58). Very fine, scarce (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Germany, Death of Otto Weddigen, 1915, a large cast bronze medal by H. Bendorff, bust three-quarters left in cap, reverse naked male figure with dagger, sun behind, 108mm, edge stamped DS13 21 (Frankenhuis 1063; BDM VII, 66). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare (£100-120)
£100–£120
Verdun, 1916, a cast iron medal by M. Götze, goddess of War hovering above Verdun, holding sword and blazing torch, reverse legend in nine lines, 106mm (Frankenhuis 1075; BDM VII, 386; cf. DW 24, 152). Very fine (£70-80)
Die Wacht am Rhein!! [The Watch on the Rhine], 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, helmeted bust of French colonial soldier right, reverse 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 of Death, 52; Art of the Medal, 399). Very fine and rare; one of the most poignant and viciously powerful medallic images of the 20th century (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £120
Occupation of the Saar and Ruhr, 1923, a silver medal or ‘Shame Thaler’, by Wittig-Friesen for Lauer, French colonial soldier holding a kneeling naked German female by the neck and threatening her with a rifle, reverse broken sword, DEUTSCHER NOT UND SCHMACH TALER, 38mm. Very fine (£40-60)
Bicentenary of the St Ingbert Ironworks, 1933, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, iron founder at the anvil with two symbolic attendants, reverse legend in four lines, 68mm. Very fine, rare (£30-40)
Giovanni Labresca and Donato Vidari, c.1882, a large cast bronze medal, unsigned [by A. Legros), bearded bust of Labresca, reverse bearded bust of Vidari, 117mm (Attwood, The Medal 5, p.7, no.22; BDM III, 378). Extremely fine, a most attractive cast with light, even patination, very rare (£150-200)
Alfred, Lord Northcliffe, 1914, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, half-length figure right holding a quill, reverse flames rising from the top of a globe, newspapers at right, DER BEARBEITER DER ENGLISCH VOLKS SEELE [The Moulder of English Public Opinion], 58mm (K. 150). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £110
Medals Related to Navigation, Germany, The Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915, an English copy of the cast iron medal by K. Goetz, liner sinking, 5 MAY etc., reverse passengers buying tickets from a skeleton at the Cunard booth, 55mm (K. 156; E. 1941A, type a); together with a later cast of the same medal, 55mm. [2]. Later cast very fine, first better (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
Medals Related to Railways, Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1925, a bronze medal by G. Bayes for Pinches, conjoined busts of Edward Pease and George Stephenson left, reverse Vulcan holding a model of the original engine, Locomotion No.1, with a ‘Pacific’ class locomotive in the background, 76mm (BHM 4205; E. 2001; Moyaux 74A; cf. DNW 34, 543). Minor rim nicks, about extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Iceland, Millennium, 1930, an Art Deco bronze medal by A. Svenson, naked Viking warrior brandishing sword, reverse crowned arms and symbolic supporters, 68mm (CGMP p.369; cf. BDW 13, 306). Good very fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £40
Mermaid, c.1905, a uniface cast bronze medal by H.S. Lerche, mermaid with long flowing hair and tail, 61mm. About extremely fine and virtually as made, signed by the artist on the back; unique (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £90
Memorial to Antonio Canova Erected, 1827, a copper medal by A. Fabris, bust of Canova right, reverse the pyramidal memorial stone, 52mm (BDM II, 64). Bust in high relief, very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
She Wolf of Rome, c.1905, a large uniface cast bronze palette-shaped plaque by H.S. Lerche, clown milking a grinning she-wolf, 117 x 99mm. About extremely fine and virtually as made; unique (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £250
Dance of Death, c.1905, a uniface cast bronze plaque by H.S. Lerche, skeletal figure with arms raised, 56 x 40mm. Very fine and virtually as made, signed by the artist on the back; unique (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £50
Mother and Child, c.1905, a cast bronze medal by H.S. Lerche, female bust right, reverse smiling face of a boy three-quarters left, 60mm. Very fine and virtually as made, a piece full of character and very much in the style of the antique; unique (£50-80)
£50–£80
International Exposition, Milan, 1906, a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Comité Française, naked boy seated, decorating a vase, reverse Italian female with baskets stood in front of the Italian entrance to the Simplon Tunnel, 71 x 52mm (cf. PBE 1030; Coll. R. Marx 163; BDM VI, 695; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.51, 201). Extremely fine ( £150-£180)
Hammer Price: £70
International Exposition, Milan, 1906, a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Comité Française, naked boy seated, decorating a vase, reverse Italian female with baskets stood in front of the Italian entrance to the Simplon Tunnel, 71 x 52mm (cf. PBE 1030; Coll. R. Marx 163; BDM VI, 695; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.51, 201). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Death of Henrik Ibsen, 1906, a large cast bronze medal by H.S. Lerche, bust left, wearing spectacles, reverse naked couple standing within horseshoe-shaped lyra, 86mm. A powerful rendition, very fine and extremely rare (£120-150)
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)
Johann Karl Hedlinger, c.1850, a bronze cliché by A.A. Caque, bust left, 42mm. Good very fine, patinated (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
France, Shooting Festival, Basle, 1906, a bronze medal by H. Frei, reverse battle scene, 42mm; Belgian Congo, Semaine du Katanga, 1953, a plated bronze medal by M. Rau, with symbolic bust of African female, 70mm; France, First Junction of the Eurotunnel, 1990, bronze medal, 72mm; Sweden, Centenary of the Frimärket, Stockholm, 1955, a cast silver medal by C. Milles, named on edge (E.J. Reinhardt). 57mm. [4]. Last very fine and pierced, others extremely fine, first two attractive (£30-40)
United States of America, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, a bronze medal by H. Mitchell, seated figure holding wreath, reverse AWARDED BY UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, 76mm (Julian p.283, AM10; BDM VIII, 67; cf. DW 24, 30). Extremely fine and attractively patinated (£60-80)
£60–£80
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