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AUSTRIA, Macht der Töne [The Power of Sounds], 1911, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, robed female standing singing, seated male harpist behind, standing audience at left, 75mm (Hauser –; BDM VII, 420; cf. WAG 33, 3024). Spot by harpist’s head, otherwise very fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £70
AUSTRIA, Europa, 1912, a uniface octagonal bronze plaque by A.R. Weinberger, naked female representing Europa, seated side-saddle on a bull (Zeus), her modesty shielded by a garland of roses, 69 x 67mm (Hauser –; BDM VIII, 266; cf. DNW 49, 846). Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
BELGIUM, Le Mineur, c. 1904, a uniface bronze plaque by C. Meunier, head of miner right, wearing helmet and holding pick-axe, factory chimney in background, 133 x 100mm (cf. DNW 169, 1242). Very fine; with soldered pins on the back for suspension £60-£80
Hammer Price: £75
BELGIUM, L’Aïeule, 1906, a uniface cast bronze plaque by G. Devreese, old lady seated left by fire-place, peeling a potato, 92 x 82mm (Willenz 35). Very fine, decorative; with soldered pins on the back for suspension £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
FRANCE, Géographie, 1884, a bronze award medal by A. Dubois, un-named, 50mm (PBE 387; CGMP pp.158-9; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 56; BDM I, 631); La Science Moderne découvre l’Antiquité, 1895 [struck 1901], a bronze award medal by F.-C. V. de Vernon for the Université de Paris, un-named, 68mm (Maier 154; CGMP p.396; Coll. R. Marx 301-2; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 158; BDM VI, 238); La Musique, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet, un-named, 50mm (cf. PBE 818; BDM V, 135); Exposition...
Hammer Price: £160
FRANCE, Ballons Dirigéables, 1885, a bronze medal by H.A.J. Patey, figure of Science pointing to airship flying at Chalais-Meudon, rev. Dædalus strapping wings to Icarus, 72mm (PBE 660; CGMP p.300; BDM IV, 426; Malpas –; Button 19; cf. DNW 157, 1414). Very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £180
FRANCE, Union Franco-Américaine, 1886 [struck 1896], a bronze award medal by L.-O. Roty, winged Genius in Phrygian cap conducting a boat in which robed females representing France and America regard the Statue of Liberty, rev. bust of Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi in medallion, flanked by shields and laurel branch, tablet below, un-named, 68mm (Maier 92; Roty Compagnonnage p.94; CGMP p.358; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.271, 80; Coll. R. Marx 13; BDM V, 230; cf. Baldwin 95, 2830). Good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £260
FRANCE, La Marseillaise, 1888, a bronze award medal by H. Dubois after H. Rude, figures representing the French Republic on plinth, wall behind, rev. robed female holding palm-branch and supporting tablet, un-named, 68mm (CGMP –; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.41, 68). Very fine; an early striking by the Monnaie £50-£70
Hammer Price: £95
FRANCE, Alliance Française, 1898, a bronze award medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, un-named, 68mm (Maier 116; PBE 308; CGMP p.172; BDM I, 665; cf. DNW M2, 2672); La Céramique, 1909, a bronze award plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, un-named, 64 x 51mm (PBE 790; CGMP p.333; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.46, 132; BDM VIII, 147; cf. DNW M2, 2500) [2]. Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
FRANCE, La Source, or Chloé à la vasque, 1898, a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked girl stands drinking from an ornate fountain, rev. cherub on rock-face, right hand in water which plunges into a pool below, 66 x 36mm (Maier 120; PBE 321; Coll. R. Marx 327-8; CGMP p.175; Jones, Art of the Medal, 328; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 66; cf. DNW M11, 1803). Charming style, good very fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £190
FRANCE, Jeunesse, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois for the SAMF, bust of a girl right, rev. irises, edge stamped 283, 60 x 47mm (Maier 1; PBE 529; Classens 60; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 21; Coll. R. Marx 89; BDM III, 372; cf. Baldwin 81, 3520). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £480
FRANCE, Junon et Psyché, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze medal by F. Levillain for the SAMF, robed figure of Juno holding the severed head of Argus, dripping blood, peacock at right, rev. naked female representing Psyche seated under tree at the entrance to the underworld, head in her hands, the dog Cerberus barking at right, 47mm, edge stamped 283 (Maier 2; PBE 565; Coll. R. Marx 91; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 22; BDM III, 426; cf. Baldwin 90, 1960). Softly worked, very fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE, Maternité, 1899 [issued 1900], a bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for the SAMF, mother seated left on chair breast-feeding her baby, rev. bust of Charpentier’s daughter, Thérèse, right, 80 x 52mm, edge stamped 283 (Maier 3; PBE 150; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 5; Coll. R. Marx 92; BDM I, 411; cf. Baldwin 90, 1946). Good very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £500
FRANCE, Salut au Soleil, 1899, a bronze plaque by G. Dupré, 64 x 50mm (Maier 188; PBE 424; CGMP p.169; Jones, Art of the Medal, 337; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 173, 495); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310; cf. DNW 147, 1890) [2]. Very fine, first with loop for suspension, second with remains of inked inscription on obverse £30-£50
FRANCE, L’Horticulture, 1899 [issued 1901], a bronze plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, female figure teaching another to prune a plant in a flower-pot, rev. naked young girl sat under tree, making a posy, 62 x 48mm (Maier 122; PBE 304; CGMP p.175; Coll. R. Marx 306; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 41, 72; BDM I, 664; cf. Baldwin 101, 3786). Very fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Méditation, 1899 [struck 1902], a bronze plaque by G. Dupré, 62 x 50mm (Maier 189; PBE 421; CGMP p.168; Coll. R. Marx 332; BDM I, 652); Élégie, 1904 [struck 1907], a bronze plaque by P.-V. Dautel, 65 x 45mm (Maier 255; PBE 331; CGMP p.121; Classens 51; BDM VII, 210; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 36, 44; cf. DNW M5, 1525); Mutualité, 1906, a bronze award plaque by M.-A.-L. Coudray, un-named, 71 x 55mm (PBE 264; CGMP p.101; BDM VII, 194; cf. DNW 176, 375); L’Infini, 1907, a bronze plaque...
FRANCE, L’Automobile, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by C.-P. Pillet for Desaide, un-named, 46mm (PBE 723; BDM IV, 537); Cours Cyclistique, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet, un-named, 50mm (PBE 821; BDM V, 135); La Cours à Pied, or Cours Antique, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet for the Racing Club de France, un-named, 48mm (PBE 810; BDM V, 135); Le Salut des Armes, 1909, a bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, 86 x 51mm (CGMP p.355; BDM VIII, 161; cf. DNW 60, 1597)...
Hammer Price: £120
FRANCE, Horticulture, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by C.-P. Pillet for Desaide, un-named, 59mm (BDM IV, 537; cf. DNW 66, 1367); Horticulture, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet, un-named, 49mm (PBE 804; BDM V, 135); Agriculture, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet, un-named, 49mm; Agriculture, c. 1900, a bronze medal, unsigned, for A. Bescher, 50mm; Au Village, la Couture, 1906, a bronze plaque by Blanche-Adèle Moria, 63 x 44mm (PBE 608; CGMP p.265; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.43, 99;...
FRANCE, La Musique Guerrière, 1900, a bronze medal by F.-P. Niclausse for the SAMF, naked Roman warrior with sword and shield, being guided by the music, rev. young female head left, hair blown by the wind, singing a song of war, lyre in background, 60mm, edge stamped 266 (Maier 5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 25; Coll. R. Marx 94; BDM IV, 260; cf. Baldwin 90, 1964). Good very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
FRANCE, Combat de Cerfs, or Cerf et Biches, 1900 [issued 1901], a bronze plaque by G. Gardet for the SAMF, two stags fighting, other animals watching the contest, trees in background, rev. two does and two fauns rest in wooded landscape, 95 x 58mm, edge stamped 266 (Maier 9; PBE 463; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 12; Coll. R. Marx 99; BDM II, 201; cf. Baldwin 81, 3522). Very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
FRANCE, La Danse, 1901 [issued 1902], a bronze medal by F.-R. Carabin for the SAMF, female dancer, rev. two couples dancing, 50mm, edge stamped 254 (Maier 10; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.306, 3; Coll. R. Marx 100; BDM I, 345; cf. DNW 35, 544). Very fine, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £440
FRANCE, Voici Mes Bijoux, 1901 [issued 1902], a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq for the SAMF, a young mother interrupted in breast feeding, leaning forward to kiss an older child, rev. crib, doll and rocking-horse, 52mm, edge stamped 254 (Maier 13; Classens 59; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 26; Coll. R. Marx 103; BDM IV, 281; cf. BSJ 52, 464). Characteristic high rims, good very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Solidarité, 1901 [issued 1902], a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon for the SAMF, two blacksmiths at an anvil pledging their friendship one to the other, rev. young woman assisting a mother by holding her baby in a kitchen, edge stamped 254, 75 x 53mm (Maier 14; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.311, 35; Coll. R. Marx 104; BDM VI, 238, 240; cf. Baldwin 90, 1969). Very fine, rare £140-£180
FRANCE, Amphitrite, 1902, a bronze medal by J. Desbois for the SAMF, Amphitrite on sea-monster right, rev. nymph emerging from concentric ripples of water, 39mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 15; Coll. R. Marx 105; cf. BDW M2, 2510). Very fine, rare £180-£220
Hammer Price: £280
FRANCE, Cléopâtre, 1902, a bronze plaque by E. Fremiet for the SAMF, bust right, lovebirds in ac monogram at left, necklace below, rev. Cleopatra, enthroned, rides an elephant to right, lion behind, attendants riding another elephant behind her, all being led by an ibis, 83 x 66mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 16; PBE 462; Coll. R. Marx 106; cf. Baldwin 81, 3523). Very fine and a sensitive study, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
FRANCE, La Bretagne, 1902, a bronze medal by C. Dufresne for the SAMF, peasant fisher-woman in traditional costume seated by a window, rev. Breton cross Calvary on the ocean-shore, 55mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 17; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 11; Coll. R. Marx 107; BDM I, 643; cf. Baldwin 90, 1951). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, Institution des Jeunes Aveugles, 1902 [issued 1903], a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for the SAMF, group of young blind women listen to one of their number playing a sitar, rev. blind girl with dog knocking at the hospice door, 81 x 69mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 18; PBE 524; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.183, 15 and p.308, 19; Coll. R. Marx 108; BDM III, 369; cf. Baldwin 90, 1957). Good very fine, rare £240-£300
FRANCE, La Glyptique, or La Médaille, 1902 [issued 1903], a bronze medal by G. Dupré for the SAMF, self-portrait of Dupré at work at his desk, a view of the Monnaie through the window in the background, rev. two robed females left, studying a medal in its case, 64mm, edge stamped 232 (Maier 19; Coll. R. Marx 109; BDM I, 653; cf. Baldwin 90, 1952). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
FRANCE, Noces d’Argent, 1902, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, 73 x 67mm (Maier 259; CGMP p.23; Classens 61; BDM VII, 55; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.37, 6-7; cf. DNW 137, 548); L’Amitié, 1909, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, 68 x 56mm (Maier 263; CGMP pp.22-3) [2]. First good very fine, second very fine and scarce, with hook for suspension £60-£80
FRANCE, Archéologie, 1902, a bronze plaque by S.-E. Vernier, naked young woman standing amid an excavation, holding aloft a cup, rev. Thracian and Egyptian busts flank a column, 70 x 50mm (PBE 939; CGMP p.388; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.342, 3; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 154; BDM VI, 233; cf. DNW 45, 754). Very fine £90-£120
FRANCE, Le Printemps, or Confiance, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze medal by L. Dejean for the SAMF, naked couple embracing, rev. naked female in a shy pose, 60mm, edge stamped 223 (Maier 20; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 10; Coll. R. Marx 110; cf. BDW 5, 37 and Baldwin 81, 3525). Spot on obverse, otherwise good very fine, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, L’Accalmie, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by J.M.M. Cazin for the SAMF, an old woman and a man looking out to sea after a tempest, rev. wreck of a boat, 81 x 66mm, edge stamped 223 (Maier 21; PBE 42; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 4; Coll. R. Marx 111; BDM I, 375; The Medal 44, p.40; cf. Baldwin 90, 1944). A poignant rendition, extremely fine, rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £400
FRANCE, Les Forgerons, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by G. Loiseau-Bailly for the SAMF, team of ironworkers in a metal-works at Guérigny hammer links for a chain, rev. two protectively-masked ironworkers working a bellows and a hammer forge, 80 x 50mm, edge stamped 223 (Maier 22; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.309, 23; Coll. R. Marx 112; BDM –; cf. Baldwin 90, 1961). Good very fine, a very detailed and expressive study, rare £200-£260
FRANCE, Les Jeunes Enfants or Ronde Enfantine, 1903 [issued 1904], a bronze plaque by C.-P. Pillet for the SAMF, mother lying on ground with book, cuddling her daughter, rev. four children dancing in a circle, edge stamped 223, 65 x 53mm (Maier 23; PBE 715; Coll. R. Marx 113; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 28; BDM IV, 537; cf. DNW M14, 1264). Very fine, an attractive and charming plaque £150-£200
Hammer Price: £650
FRANCE, Angélus, 1903, a bronze plaque by G. Dupré, 70 x 52mm (Maier 191; PBE 422; CGMP p.167; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.86, 1; BDM VII, 239; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.41, 70; The Medal 44, p.43; cf. DNW 48, 698); Bucolique, 1904, a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, 60 x 47mm (Maier 277; PBE 543; CGMP pp.242-3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.190, 5; BDM III, 393; cf. DNW 66, 1505) [2]. Very fine, but second with mount marks on upper rim £50-£70
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Conservation des Forêts, or Terraum Decus, 1904, a bronze medal by H. Cros for the SAMF, half-length figure of naked woman, representing the Goddess of the Forest, with a wreath around her body, rev. Goddess pulling the hair of a centaur who attempts to uproot a tree, 60mm, edge stamped 213 (Maier 25; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 8; Coll. R. Marx 115; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 40, 53; cf. Baldwin 90, 1947). Very fine, rare £150-£200
FRANCE, La Moisson, or Moissonneuse, 1904, a bronze medal by J.-B.-A. Dampt for the SAMF, woman standing in a wheat field, holding a sickle, rev. ploughman in field to left, 60mm, edge stamped 96 (Maier 26; PBE 288; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.69, 2, and p.307, 9; Coll. R. Marx 116; BDM VII, 202; cf. Baldwin 90, 1948). Very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £300
FRANCE, L’Histoire enregistre les découvertes de l’Archéologie, 1904 [issued 1905], a bronze plaque by A. Lechevrel for the SAMF, classical figures in a tree-lined glade, one holding a statuette, rev. statue of a goddess by a woodland stream, trees in background, 80 x 68mm, edge stamped 206 (Maier 27; PBE 518; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.178, 26 and p.308, 18; Coll. R. Marx 117; BDM III, 362; cf. Baldwin 52, 453). Very fine, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, Lion et Taureau, 1904 [issued 1905], a bronze medal by V. Peter for the SAMF, lion savaging a bull running left, rev. panther seated in tree, observing her two cubs playing on the ground, 65mm, edge stamped 206 (Maier 29; PBE 698; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.310, 27; Coll. R. Marx 120; BDM IV, 463; cf. BDW 14, 743). Very fine, rare £140-£180
Hammer Price: £900
FRANCE, Le Semeur, 1904, a bronze plaque by R. Baudichon, 63 x 42mm (CGMP p.24; BDM VII, 55; cf. DNW 62, 1575); Naturisme, c. 1905, a bronze plaque by H. Dubois, 54 x 40mm (PBE 408) [2]. Very fine £40-£50
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