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World Medals from the Collection of the Revd. John Watson

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This collection was sold on 11 June 2014.

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Lot 679, 11 Jun 14

AUSTRIA, Enthülling des Mozart-Denkmals [Erection of the Mozart Monument], Vienna, 1896, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, 57mm (Niggl 1431); ENGLAND, Mimics, 1989, a bronze medal by Nicola Moss, 48mm (The Medal 16, p.115); together with other miscellaneous World medals (10), by Goetz, Markiewicz, etc [12]. First two about extremely fine, others generally very fine £80-100

Lot 679, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £75

Lot 680, 11 Jun 14

BELGIUM, Defence of Loncin, 1914, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, 69mm (Frankenhuis 7; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.14, 40; cf. DNW M7, 2560); À l’Aube de la Victoire, 1918, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 71 x 56mm (cf. BDW 29, 722); 50th Anniversary of the Union International de Tramways, Brussels, 1935, a silver badge by Huygelin, 46 x 21mm (cf. DNW 45, 830); Dwight Eisenhower, Aid to Brabant and Ardennes, 1945, a bronze medal by E.-J. de Brémaecker...

Lot 680, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £80

Lot 681, 11 Jun 14

CANADA, Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, 1904, a silver medal by E. Fuchs, 51mm (Breton 97a; cf. Baldwin Auction 70, 585); USA, Centenary of the Birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1907, a bronze medal by B.L. Pratt, 63mm (Baxter 218) [2]. Extremely fine £120-150

Lot 681, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £120

Lot 682, 11 Jun 14

DENMARK, Theophilus Hansen, c. 1860, a uniface copper-washed lead medal by C. Radnitzky, bust right, 75mm (Eidlitz 496; Bergsøe 1053; BDM –). Extremely fine and a superb study, rare £80-100

Lot 682, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £80

Lot 683, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Battle of Marengo, 1800, a copper-washed lead cliché by B. Andrieu, 68mm (Bramsen 40; BDM I, 53); Rétablissement de la Statue de Henri IV, 1817, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 50mm (cf. CGMP p.108); La Vénus de Milo, 1822, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and A. Depaulis, 50mm (CGMP p.114); Inauguration of the Musée de Versailles, 1837, a copper medalet, 24mm; Louis-Eugène Napoleon, the Prince Imperial, 1863, a bronze award medal by J.F.A...

Lot 683, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £130

Lot 684, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Statue to General Louis Hoche Erected, Versailles, 1832, a copper medal, unsigned, bust left, rev. weissembourg quiberon pacon de la vendée côte d’irlande, etc, within wreath, 50mm. Good very fine £80-100

Lot 684, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £60

Lot 685, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Henri Giffard’s Balloon Ascent over Paris, 1878, a gilt-bronze medal by C. Trotin, balloon over a view of Paris, rev. souvenir, etc, in 6 lines, 51mm (Malpas 99; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 8; cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 55). Extremely fine; with clip, ring, original ribbon and bar suspension, an attractive example £80-100

Lot 685, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £110

Lot 686, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Hyacinthe Petit, 1885, a plated cast bronze uniface medal by M. Cazin, bust left, 60mm (BDM I, 373-4; MFC pl. 31, no. 2). About extremely fine, vibrant style, very rare £80-100

Lot 686, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £70

Lot 687, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Funeral of President Carnot, 1894, a bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, 80 x 57mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; cf. DNW M14, 1357); Marcelin Berthelot, 1901, a bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, 70 x 56mm (PBE 83; Storer 323; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW M2, 2507); La Peinture, 1901, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.L.M. Charpentier, un-named, 52 x 40mm (PBE 154; CGMP p.86; BDM...

Lot 687, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £150

Lot 688, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Université de Paris, 1895, a silver medal by J.-C. Chaplain, f68mm (PBE –; CGMP p.78; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 34; cf. DNW M7, 2594); Conférence Interparlementaire, Paris, 1900, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis and H. Dubois, 50mm [2]. Extremely fine, second toned £80-100

Lot 688, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £55

Lot 689, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Orphée, 1899, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, head of Orpheus with lyre, rev. naked winged figure seated on tablet, holding quill and trumpet, violin and bow below, named (Bois-Colombes, 25 Juin 1905, Mr Defrance), 68mm (PBE 261; CGMP p.100; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 28; Coll. R. Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41; cf. DNW M8, 2247). About extremely fine £100-150

Lot 689, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £140

Lot 690, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Avant la Bataille, 1899, a bronze medal by L.-E. Mouchon, 80mm (BDM IV, 175); Villes Martyres, 1918, a bronze medal by G.H. Prud’homme, 50mm; Comité d’Alimentation du Nord, CRB, 1919, a bronze award medal by E.V. Prouvé, un-named, 68mm; Charles de Gaulle, 1940, a bronze medal by A. de Jaeger, 68mm (CGMP IV, p.966) [4]. Last extremely fine, others very fine and better £80-100

Lot 690, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £120

Lot 691, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, rev. réduction et frappe de médailles, reduced vignettes of the obverse design, 60 x 52mm (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. DNW M10, 1508). Extremely fine £90-120

Lot 691, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £80

Lot 692, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Hubert Yencesse, 1902, a uniface cast bronze medal by O. Yencesse, bust of young boy left, 78mm (PBE 1028; ANS Exh. Cat 1912, 13; BDM VI, 695, and 699, no.13; cf. BDW 5, 32). A portrait medal full of feeling, extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £150-200

Lot 692, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £290

Lot 693, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Baiser d’Enfant, or Tendresse Maternel, 1903, a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse, infant kissing the nose of its adoring mother, rev. branch of oak leaves, 53 x 39mm (PBE 1015; Coll. R. Marx 154; Classens 83; BDM VI, 693; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 3; cf. DNW 48, 702). Softly executed, very fine, rare £80-100

Lot 693, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £260

Lot 694, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Eve, 1906, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, naked figure of Eve standing in floral archway, rev. serpent coiled around tree trunk, 78 x 30mm (PBE 985; CGMP p.396; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.26, 160; Jones, Art of the Medal, 330; BDM VI, 243; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.348, 18; cf. DNW 45, 771). About extremely fine £90-120

Lot 694, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £110

Lot 695, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Joaquin Albarran, 1907, a uniface cast bronze medal by A.J.J.V. Ségoffin, bust right, 89mm (Freeman, Medical Medals, 5). Very fine and a good high-relief portrait study, rare £80-100

Lot 695, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £50

Lot 696, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Le Pere Coq, c. 1908, a uniface cast bronze medal by F.-P. Niclausse, 88mm. Extremely fine and rare, a powerful portrait medal skilfully executed and full of character £120-150

Lot 696, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £80

Lot 697, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Croix-Rouge [1909], a uniface répousse bronze plaque by R. Lalique, kneeling nurse dressing a soldier's wounded head, overall size 58 x 50mm (cf. BDW 3, 189). Extremely fine, rare £90-120

Lot 697, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £140

Lot 698, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Theophile Steinlen, c. 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by C. Lefèvre, bust right, 80 x 73mm (cf. DNW 40, 764). Good very fine, rare £80-100

Lot 698, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £50

Lot 699, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Centenary of the Birth of Claude Bernard, 1913, an aluminium plaque by A. Borrel for Deschiens, 110 x 79mm (Storer 313; BDM VII, 99; cf. DNW M14, 1554); Une Seule Famille, 1920, a bronze medal by G.H. Prud’homme, 60mm; H.M. Magne Elected President of the Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, 1939, a pressed coal medal by P. Turin, 67mm; Fédération Nationale des Entreprises à Commerces Multiples, 1950, a bronze med...

Lot 699, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £50

Lot 700, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, La Laitière, or Laitière Normande, 1913, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, woman pouring milk from a bucket into a mug, 89 x 51mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 32; BDM VII, 234; cf. BDW 48, 714). Softly modelled, extremely fine and attractively patinated, a rare early work by the artist £80-100

Lot 700, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £95

Lot 701, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Télégraphie sans Fil, 1927, a bronze Art Déco medal by P.-M. Dammann, standing figure of Iris with signs of the Zodiac behind, reverse globe encircled by an antenna emitting radio waves, tsf around tablet below, 68mm (CGMP p.116; Jones, Art of the Medal, 423; cf. DNW 56, 810). One of the classic Art Déco medallic images, about extremely fine £150-200

Lot 701, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £150

Lot 702, 11 Jun 14

FRANCE, Aviation, 1931, a uniface Art Déco bronze plaque by R. Delamarre, naked female with flock of birds in flight, 70 x 51mm (CGMP p.127; cf. DNW M5, 1556). Extremely fine £100-150

Lot 702, 11 Jun 14

Sold for £200

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