The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

NETHERLANDS, Vrede [Peace], 2002, an openwork ceramic grey glazed medal with ceramic brown-red print on the reverse, by Heleen Levano [Norman Trapman] for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, dove with an olive branch in its beak, perched on a colander, rev. text from the poem Vrede by Leo Vroman, 140 x 130mm, 206.31g (VPK 2002-4; cf. Schulman 351, 1047). Extremely fine; in wooden box as issued, with descriptive text £20-£30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Simmons, August 2015

Leo Vroman (1915-2014) was a celebrated Dutch poet, who was also a practising hematologist.