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FRANCE, Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1964, a cast bronze medal by S. Ponomarew for the Club français de la Médaille, St Jean concentrates his vigour in the pen with which he writes in a book, rev. the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, edge impressed 24/250 br and cornucopia, 140mm, 736.22g (CGMP p.1489; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 685). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £170
FRANCE, Jeune Femme, c. 1900, a plated bronze Art Nouveau appliqué by A. Pospisil, head of young female right, encircled by serpent, branch of oak in background, 41mm, 18.76g. Very fine, attractive £40-£60
Hammer Price: £30
ENGLAND, Calendar Medal, 1754, a brass medal by J. Powell, day table, rev. lunar cycles, 41mm, 13.88g (Ackermann, The Medal 45, p.23; Hawkins p.90). Extremely fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £120
FRANCE, Jeunesse et Sports, c. 1950, a bronze medal by P.-L. Pradeilhes, naked male athlete standing left, holding palm, symbols of art and industry below, athletic track and Olympic symbol in background, rev. athletes in various sporting poses around central legend, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 68mm, 163.81g (cf. Hess-Divo 3, 1453; cf. DNW 145, 1330). Good very fine £25-£35
NETHERLANDS, Vrede-Vrijheid [Peace-Freedom], 2006, a cast bronze medal by R. Prins for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, feather encircled by barbed-wire, rev. branch of blossom breaking through the barbed-wire, 74mm, 142.78g (VPK 2006-1; cf. Schulman 362, 594). Extremely fine; with descriptive leaflet £15-£25
Hammer Price: £25
FRANCE, La Chasse [The Hunt], 1961 [struck 1986], a bronze medal by M. Prost, stag standing left on rocks under a tree, rev. head of a stag, trumpet behind, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 181.40g (CGMP p.1510; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 693). Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £20
FRANCE, Bénédicité [Grace], 1926, a uniface bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, old woman seated in chair left, offering a prayer of thanks before eating soup from a bowl, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 94 x 72mm, 210.85g (CGMP p.331; Classens 70; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 44, 138; cf. DNW 66, 1533). Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £45
ITALY, IV Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani, Padova [Fourth Meeting of Italian Scientists], 1842, a copper medal by F. Putinati, University colonnade, rev. legend in five lines above the Palazzo del Regione, 45mm, 57.83g (Wurzb. 7048; cf. Storer 2428; BDM IV, 712). Graze in reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, patinated £30-£40
Hammer Price: £15
FRANCE, Gloria Victrix, c. 1920, a plated bronze award medal by J.F. Quillé, helmeted head of Gallia left, rev. two male rowers pulling to left, un-named, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 43.42g. Very fine £20-£30
FINLAND, Oriveden-Jamsan-rautatien valmistuminen [Completion of the Orivesi-Jämsä Railway], 1952, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Gerda Qvist], husky dog standing left, left foreleg raised, stars and roses around, rev. stylised scene of the railway construction, edge engraved keräilijäkappale, 56mm, 58.66g (cf. Spink 210, 792). Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £10
ROMANIA, 40 de ani de la domnia lui Carol I [40th Anniversary of the Reign of Carol I], 1906, a plated bronze plaque by T. Radivon, busts vis-à-vis in medallions, crowned eagle in centre, rev. horseman at left in medallion, equestrian procession watched by spectators at right, 70 x 45mm, 95.09g (Buz. p.255; cf. St James 19, 1294; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 185, 5415). Very fine, toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £550
ENGLAND, The Millennium Experience, 1999/2000, a mixed media openwork stainless steel and nanocrystalline diamond VIP medal with a central shaft in gold by Wendy Ramshaw for the New Millennium Experience Co, abstract clock-face inspired by architectural drawings for the Dome, Greenwich, the central shaft representing the Meridian line, 73mm, 35.38g (The Medal 37, pp.132-3). Mint state, very rare; in original magnetic grey plastic holder/display mount [made from recycled yoghurt pots] with...
Hammer Price: £320
FINLAND, XXII FIDEM, Helsinki [Congress of the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille] 1990, a two-part square bronze plaque by K. Räsänen [Kultateolusuus] which join together to form an 8-pointed star: on the front, two naked female figures facing each other, heads facing forward, each holding a medal in her hand, inside helsinki 1990, an eye, a flying bird, a feather and an ear in the four corners; on the back, a man kneeling on a stool and a woman kneeling with a magnifying glass,...
Hammer Price: £220
POLAND, 8 Konferencja Unii Chemii Czystej, Warsaw [8th International Conference of Chemistry], 1927, an Art Déco bronze plaque by J. Raszka, robed female standing right, head turned and holding a cup, emblems of chemistry in background, rev. symbolic architecture from the cities of Krakow and Warsaw, legend in 8 lines above, edge impressed mennicapanstwowaw warszawie [Warsaw State Mint], 91 x 58mm, 146.94g (Strzalkowski 587; Wiecek 113; cf. WAG 99, 358). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £160
BELGIUM, Aigles sur un biplan [Eagles on a Biplane] c. 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by M. Rau, two eagles perched on the wing of an aeroplane, symbolic clouds and other birds in background, 67 x 60mm, 131.03g (cf. Schulman 359, 1363). Very fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £55
FRANCE, Liaison Éléctrique Paris-Cöte d’Azur, 1969, a bronze medal signed Reinois for the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, brain in left foreground, montage of faces of Marianne to left above, rev. mathematical symbols of electricity and power, connecting railway lines below, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 135.10g. Extremely fine £20-£30
FRANCE, Jeune Fille aux Colombes [Young Girl with Pigeons], 1931, a square bronze Art Déco plaque by M.F. Renard, naked female seated left regarding a pair of courting pigeons, clouds in background, rev. blank, edge impressed metal-d and cornucopia, 53mm, 124.87g (CGMP p.341; cf. Künker e356, 8535). Small nick on back of the girl’s left leg, otherwise good very fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £130
ENGLAND, Perillus Phalaris, 1985, a cast bronze medal by D. Renka for the British Art Medal Society, conjoined heads of Perillus and Phalaris, bull standing left in foreground with fire under its belly, rev. 8-line verse from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act I, Scene 7, 73mm, 195.90g (Attwood 30; The Medal 7, p.77; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.123, 47). Extremely fine £50-£70
ENGLAND, Tit-Bits Magazine, a silver Award of Merit medal by J.A. Restall, two standing females and a kneeling male representative of the arts, music and literature, rev. robed figure of Justice standing left, holding a scroll being inscribed by a winged infant, named (Awarded to Mr George Smith for Success in Competitions, October 1900), hallmarked Birmingham 1900, 57mm, 94.96g (cf. Noonans 264, 873). Extremely fine and attractively toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
FRANCE, Cinquantenaire de la Théorie de la Relativité [50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Theory of Relativity], 1955, a bronze medal by G.C. Revol, bust of Albert Einstein three-quarters right, rev. legend in four lines above spiral nebula, e=mc², edge plain, 68mm, 169.04g (CGMP p.1581; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 730; cf. Möller 69, 1178). Extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £60
FRANCE, Tête de Minerve de Chantilly [Head of Minerva of Chantilly], 1933, an Art Déco bronze medal by G. Ridet adapted for the Centenary of the Institut Historique, helmeted head of Minerva right, rev. legend, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 143.99g (CGMP p.345; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 183, 6062; cf. DNW 45, 820). Very fine, reverse better £50-£70
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Jules Ogier, 1903, a large uniface cast bronze medal by J.-D. Ringel d’Illzach for J. Rouam, bust right, 142mm, 295.74g (Storer 2640; BDM V, 131). Extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
FRANCE, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, 1930, an Art Déco plated bronze award medal by A. Rivaud, bust of a winged female right, rev. elevation of the Conservatoire, named (Cours du Soir, 1934-1935, E. Diard), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 161.80g (cf. DNW 38, 832; cf. BSJ 52, 132). Extremely fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Odilon Redon, 1950, a cast bronze medal by J. Rivière, bust facing, rev. centaur to right, treading on a serpent, 68mm, 182.46g (CGMP p.1598; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 744). Very fine £30-£40
ENGLAND, Dolphin, 1983, a cast bronze medal by M.G. Rizzello [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, dolphin above the waves, rev. similar, edge engraved Rizzello, 95mm, 585.59g (Attwood 12; The Medal 4, p.29; Jones, CBM p.55, no.1; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.85, 175). Extremely fine, as made £80-£100
Hammer Price: £340
FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, Pavillon de Tabacs, 1931, an Art Déco bronze medal by G. Robin after R.C.H. Boudier, apparatus for striking coins and medals, rev. elevation of the pavilion, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 50mm, 54.70g (Ruedas p.253, 34; CGMP p.356; cf. MDC e5, 706). Reverse rim bruise at 10 o’clock and other minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
FRANCE/CAMEROUN, Exposition Coloniale de Paris, Femme Mangbetu, 1931, a cast bronze Art Déco maquette by P. Rocchi [Fonderies Pericaud], bust of a Sudanic female right in traditional head-dress, 146mm, 881.40g (Ruedas 44 var; cf. Münzen Gut-Lynt 11, 1870; cf. DNW 47, 945). Extremely fine, signed by the artist; set on a circular wooden mount, with hook for suspension £100-£150
GERMANY, XV Deutsches Bundesschiessen, Munich [Federal Shooting Competition], 1906, a silver medal by G. Roemer, naked male archer kneeling to right, rev. crown in rectangle, 38mm, 29.95g (Steulmann XV, 2; Peltzer 1489; BDM V, 149; cf. WAG e138, 1701). Good very fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £40
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a silver plaque by J.-E. Roiné after P.-A. Besnard for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, La France welcoming and crowning Genius of the Old and New Worlds, rev. city view of Paris from the Pont Alexandre III to the Eiffel Tower, edge stamped 12 argent, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 69 x 55mm, 111.99g (Maier 6; Coll. R. Marx 97; PBE 829; Baxter 98; BDM V, 196; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.263, 9; cf. MDC 10, 811; cf. BSJ 52,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
HUNGARY, 50 éves a Országos Magyar Képzőművészeti Társulat [50th Anniversary of the National Art Society of Hungary], 1911, a uniface bronze plaque by J. Róna, partly robed female kneeling against plinth and watering a potted plant, 88 x 60mm, 168.45g (cf. Möller 80, 626). Very fine £30-£40
FRANCE/MALI, Les Dogon, 1972, a bronze medal by M. Rossigneux, on an attic door with a carved pivot, between a double row of rafters evoking water, three ancestors protect the primordial ancestors of the Dogon people, rev. a traditional wooden mask stands proud against the woven pattern of a blanket of the dead, symbolic of the cultivated land, edge impressed 1972 cuivre and cornucopia, 77mm, 340.65g (Ruedas p.360, 55; CGMP p.1619). Very fine, dark patina £25-£35
Hammer Price: £35
FRANCE, Claude Monet, 1965 [struck 1967], a cast bronze medal by E. Rousseau for the Club français de la Médaille, bust left in hat, rev. water lilies, edge impressed 1967 br no. 32/200 and cornucopia, 132mm, 953.16g (CGMP p.1627; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 752; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.48, 353; cf. MPO 66, 9701). Extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
ITALY, Medalia Calendario [Calendar Medal], 2002, a bronze medal with polished centre by Roberta Rubegni for the Food & Agriculture Organisation, International Year of Mountains, mountainous scene with bear and ram flanking a waterfall, human hand in foreground, rev. 2002 calendar, edge impressed 46, 80mm, 209.15g. Mint state; in black case of issue with descriptive leaflet and table mount £25-£35
NETHERLANDS, 70e verjaardag van Johan Wagenaar [70th Birthday of Johann Wagenaar], 1932, a bronze medal by Gerharda Rueb [Begeer] for the Vereninging voor Penningkunst, bust left, rev. eagle flying over lyre, 60mm, 70.96g (VPK 1932-2; Til. 95; Niggl 3954; cf. MPO 66, 2748). About extremely fine £20-£30
ENGLAND, Round in Circles – Millennium Medal, 1999, a cast light bronze medal by P. Ryan [Niagara Falls Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, human fingerprint, rev. solar system with the planets arranged as at midnight on 31 December 1999, 90mm, 293.65g (Attwood 148; The Medal 36, p.124). Extremely fine, as made; with original card holder certifying that this is medal No.26 of the issue, signed by the artist £80-£100
ALGERIA, Exposition Générale, Oran, 1930, a bronze plaque by G. Salgé for Arthus-Bertrand, aerial view of the city and port, colonnades at sides, rev. central water fountain flanked by artisans and implements of industry and agriculture, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark of Arthus-Bertrand, 68 x 50mm, 96.39g (Ruedas p.459, 302; cf. MDC 11, 454; cf. DNW 37, 1181). Very fine £90-£120
BELGIUM, Olympe Gilbart, 1937, a bronze medal by A. Salle for Les Amis de la Médaille d’Art, bust right, rev. naked legionnaire seated to right on a stone, edge stamped fisch cie, 70mm, 138.43g (cf. Elsen 153, 1853). Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £200
FRANCE, Photo-Club de Paris, 1898, a uniface Art Nouveau pewter plaque signed Sam, two flowering daffodils, sun behind, scroll at lower left named (P. Ritter von Schoeller), 100 x 67mm, 76.66g (cf. Bonhams Boston, June 2018, 45). Very fine, rare £80-£100
BELGIAN CONGO, Première liaison aérienne Belgique-Congo [First Flight from Belgium to Belgian Congo], 1925 [struck 1937], a bronze medal by C. Samuel for Fisch on behalf of the Amis de la Médaille d’art, standing Congolese and Belgian females clasping hands, maps of the Congo and Belgium behind, aeroplane in clouds above, rev. juxtaposed views of huts, palm trees and a radio pylon at left, Brussels cityscape, the Town Hall, Sts-Michel-et-Gudule, the Palace of Justice and a radio pylon...
Hammer Price: £65
FRANCE, Inauguration de la Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice, 1929, a plated bronze Art Déco medal by A. Sartorio after C.M. Dalmas, semi-robed female standing facing, two seahorses behind her to left, chased by two seagulls, rev. frontal elevation of the Palais, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 69mm, 116.56g. Extremely fine and toned, very rare; in original brown fitted case [this somewhat scuffed] £90-£120
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