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Lot 2394

Austria, Joseph Haydn, 1818, a copper medal by J.-E. Gatteaux for Durand, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (Niggl 865b; BDM II, 207); Germany, Death of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1827, a copper medal by J.-E. Gatteaux, bust left, rev. lyre, 50mm (Niggl 137; BDM II, 207; cf. DNW 49, 825) [2]. First about very fine, second about extremely fine (£30-40)

Sold for £40

Lot 2395

Austria, Third Austrian Industrial Exhibition, 1845, a copper award medal by J.D. Boehm, bust of Ferdinand I right, rev. wreath, named (F.J. Poncelet u. Hahn in Brünn Bestanaltheile zu Kunstblumen). 57mm (BDM I, 204); Belgium, Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie Nationale, Brussels, 1841, a copper Second Class award medal, unsigned, 63mm; together with gilt clichés for Russian medals (2), 1863 and 1872 [4]. Second about very fine, others b...

Sold for £20

Lot 2396

France, Henri IV, Marie de Medici and the Dauphin, 1603, a cast brass medal by G. Dupré, conjoined busts right, rev. monarchs clasp hands, eagle holding crown over the Dauphin, 64mm, 60.12g (Jones 16). Has been pierced and plugged, otherwise good fine (£80-100)

Sold for £70

Lot 2397

France, Jean Warin, 1684, a copper medal by J.-B. Dufour, bust right, rev. three allegorical figures, 50mm (Leroux 403; CGMP p.201); together with other miscellaneous World medals (7, one in silver-gilt) [9]. First extremely fine but a restrike, others in varied state (£40-50)

Sold for £30

Lot 2398

France, Expérience Aérostatique au Champs de Mars, Paris, 1783, a bronze medal by N.M. Gatteaux, conjoined busts of Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier left, rev. balloon above clouds depositing rain over the Champ de Mars, 42mm (Malpas 3; BDM II, 210). Minor surface marks on obverse, otherwise very fine (£60-80)

Sold for £150

Lot 2399

France, Imprisonment of Louis XVIII, 1793, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, bust of the Dauphin right, rev. legend in 4 lines, 31mm (BDM III, 535); together with other contemporary French medals, miniature medalets, etc (15, some in silver), by Gayrard, Pingret, Tiolier, Gatteaux, etc [16]. Generally about very fine (£60-80)

Sold for £70

Lot 2400

France, Napoléon and Joséphine, 1809, a uniface wooden medal by Paroy, conjoined busts left, 71mm (Bramsen 892; BDM IV, 393). Fine (£30-40)

Sold for £25

Lot 2401

France, Baron de Montyon, a copper prize medal by R. Gayrard adapted for the Académie Français, bust left, rev. wreath, named (Ouvrage utile aux moeurs, Médaille, Fanny Richomme, 1841), 51mm (BDM II, 227); Opening of the Palais de l’Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a copper medal by E. Ferret, 50mm; Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a white metal medal by C. Trotin, 50mm (Divo 548); Exposition des Sciences Appliquées a l’Industrie,...

Sold for £45

Lot 2402

France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné and J. Wiener, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. exterior of the Palais de l’Industrie, 68mm (BDM VI, 489); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a bronze medal by A.A. Caqué and J. Wiener, conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Eugènie, rev. interior of the Palais, 68mm (BDM VI, 489) [2]. Very fine and better (£40-60)

Sold for £40

Lot 2403

France, Confirmation, a silver-gilt award medal by E.-A. Oudiné, Christ in portico attended by angels, rev. angels by altar, named (Auguste Jn. Barthelemy de Cambourg, Bapteme 8 7bre 1845, Prem: Communion 2 Juin 1858, Confirmation 2 Juin 1858), 69mm. Mint state, toned; in original black fitted case by Melle. Anger, rue de Babylone 1, Paris (£40-60)

Sold for £45

Lot 2404

France, Miscellaneous silver jetons (3), 1704-68 [3]. One very fine, others fine (£25-35)

Sold for £30

Lot 2405

Germany, Ora et Labora, c. 1700, a silver medal signed Refeke, gardener kneeling left, holding spade, rev. Flora seated right, holding flowers being watered from Heaven, 42mm (cf. Goppel 1171). Very fine (£40-60)

Sold for £55

Lot 2406

Germany, Grosser Sieg der Deutschen über die Danen bei Eckernforde [Victory of Germans over the Danes], 1849, a white metal medal by S. Drentwett, two warships engaged in battle, rev. shield in centre of elaborate background, 38mm (BDM I, 615); together with other miscellaneous World medals, etc (10, two in silver), by Bergmann, Weigand, Ahlborn, Birnbock, etc [11]. First very fine, others in varied state (£30-40)

Sold for £35

Lot 2407

Germany, Allgemeine Ausstellung Deutscher Industrie und Gewerbs Erzeugnisse, Munich, 1854, a white metal medal, unsigned, elevation of the Expo building, rev. detailed view of the interior, 41mm. Small obverse rim knock, otherwise extremely fine and a very detailed architectural medal; in original red and gilt box of issue (£25-35)

Sold for £20

Lot 2408

Germany, Coronation of William I and Augusta, Königsberg, 1861, a silver medal by C. Pfeuffer, conjoined busts right, rev. crowned shield of Prussia, other shields around, 42mm (BDM IV, 475); Reconciliation of William II and Otto von Bismarck, 1894, a silver medal by L.C. Lauer, 33mm (BDM III, 321); Netherlands, International Colonial and Overseas Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1883, a bronze award medal by A. Fisch, un-named, 70mm; International Exhibi...

Sold for £50

Lot 2409

Italy, Antonio Maresciallo, a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned, bust right, 85 x 59mm. Very fine (£60-80)

Unsold

Lot 2410

Italy, Ponti Sospesi, Florence, 1836, a silver medal by A. Fabris, bust of Leopold II right, rev. the suspension bridge over the Arno, 30mm (BDM –). Good fine (£20-30)

Sold for £15

Lot 2411

Italy: Papal States, Opening of the First Vatican Council, 1869, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, bust of Pius IX left, rev. Christ receiving disciples, 73mm (Bart. 8; Lincoln –). Light scuffing and rim bruises at lower obverse, otherwise very fine (£120-150)

Sold for £160

Lot 2412

Switzerland, L’Industrie aux Beaux-Arts, Geneva, c. 1850, a silver award medal by J.F.A. Bovy, Helvetia seated, preparing to crown two infant boys, rev. wreath, un-named, 46mm (BDM I, 246); France, Société des Agriculteurs de la Drôme, Concours Agricole, a silver award medal, unsigned, 36mm [2]. Better than very fine, but first with minor marks and rim bruises (£40-50)

Sold for £35

Lot 2413

United States of America, The Eight Presidents, c. 1865, a white metal medal by W.H. Bridgens, busts of Washington, J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J.Q. Adams, Jackson and van Buren in medallions, rev. legend in wreath, 46mm (Baker 221; cf. Garrett 1819). About extremely fine; in original wooden box (£300-400)

Sold for £250

Lot 2414

Miscellaneous, Ceylon, France, Germany, etc, medals (19, two in silver), by Voigt, Morikofer, Weigand, Gayrard, etc [19]. Varied state (£40-60)

Sold for £70

Lot 2415

Miscellaneous, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, etc, medals (12, one in silver), by Johnson, Andrieu, Goetz, etc [12]. Varied state; one in distressed box of issue (£40-60)

Sold for £85

Lot 2416

Argentina, Inauguración de Cunica Obstetrica y Ginecologica, Buenos Aires [Opening of the Obstetric and Gynaecological Clinic], 1908, a plated bronze plaque by J. Gottuzzo, frontal elevation of the building, tree at right, rev. mother reclining on bed, infant preparing to feed from her breast, standing figure of Science behind, 52 x 41mm; together with other miscellaneous World plaques, etc (3) [4]. About very fine and better (£30-40)

Sold for £35

Lot 2417

Austria, Universal Exposition, Vienna, 1873, a bronze medal by J. Tautenhayn and K. Schwenzer, bust of Franz Joseph right, rev. male and female artisans, 70mm (BDM V, 437 and VI, 37; BM Acq. 1983-6, pl.1, 1). Virtually as struck; in maroon fitted case of issue (£40-50)

Sold for £25

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