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THE SILICH COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL & ART MEDALS: PART V W EDNESDAY 18 NOVEMB ER AT 12 NOO N
THE SILICH COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS (PART V)
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DAVID N I CH O L A S SIL IC H (1 944–2018)
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oonans are both proud and excited to have been chosen to sell the extremely important collection of historical and art medals formed by the late David Silich. The dispersal is taking place in a series of eight auctions between March 2024 and March 2028. The first two auctions featured work by over 900 different artists, medallists and sculptors – testament to the breadth of the collection, which numbers upwards of 3,500 pieces. The decision to catalogue it alphabetically by artist is a road infrequently travelled outside mainland Europe, but was taken in order to demonstrate the vast range of medallic sculpture available to present-day collectors and students. Here you will find medals from all corners of the globe, from Canada to New
Zealand, Chile to Japan, brought together by one man’s passion for the subject. Indeed, the cataloguer has enjoyed corresponding with, and speaking to, many of the contemporary medallists whose work features in these pages. The remaining six auctions, of which this is the third, will explore the work of many of David’s favoured artists in depth. All eight sale catalogues will feature illustrations of all the medals within them, on the lines of those in Martin Heidemann’s 1998 masterwork, Medaillenkunst in Deutschland von 1895 bis 1914 (DGMK 8), so in turn will form an invaluable record of the collection, which was always David’s aim. David Nicholas Silich (10 July 1944–12 February 2018), born in Whangarei, New Zealand, was
educated at Whangarei Boys High School. Emigrating to London in his twenties, he subsequently built an extremely successful career in the European financial sector. Attracted to fine craftsmanship, he had already formed a collection of Renaissance medals by the time he became an early member of the British Art Medal Society. Turning his attention to later and more contemporary series in the early 1980s, he subsequently amassed a huge range of pieces, all carefully organised on display trays, which those of us fortunate enough to visit him in his offices in St Moritz will always remember. Having been keen on art medals myself since the early 1990s, it was not long before Dix Noonan Webb’s links with the late Jean-Claude Baudey led to an introduction to David. By the end of that decade DNW were becoming the pre-eminent auctioneers of art medals in London and David was a keen follower of our activities, bidding either in person or on the telephone, or instructing other London-based dealers and contacts, including Martin Bonham Carter, to bid for him. Prices weren’t usually discussed; if something attracted his attention it rarely got away from him but if it did, he always found something else to acquire instead.
Apart from his many generous donations to the British Museum described by Philip Attwood, David was a donor of medals to other institutions, most notably Harvard University Art Musuem in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which received a number of gifts in the name of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr Leo Mildenberg (1913– 2001), whose personal kindness as a young numismatist I remember very well, and whose Bank Leu firm dominated commercial Greek numismatics for decades. In later years David spent six months of each year in his native New Zealand, at Papakura, a suburb of Auckland. It was here that he became a major collector of New Zealand art, both representational and abstract, which was dispersed by the International Art Centre in Parnell, Auckland, in October 2021. David is survived by his wife Corina, sons Nicholas and Alexander, and grandchildren Rosina, Richard and Eduard.
Lot 2012: Consecration of St Isaac’s Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russian legends
Peter Preston-Morley Noonans Mayfair
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n 2003 David and his wife Corina invited me to visit them at their home in St Moritz in Switzerland. Received with great kindness, I was able to spend a few very enjoyable days examining David’s collection of medals, but such was its scale I could hardly see everything in the time available. Medals seemed to be everywhere! This, however, was by no means the end of the story. As the present catalogue demonstrates, David continued to add to the collection for many years after my visit. As a private collection consisting of medals from a wide range of countries, largely but not exclusively from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and many of them by the most accomplished artists in the field, it must rank among the most comprehensive and wide-ranging of its kind. By the time of my visit to Switzerland, I had already known David for many years. A supporter of the British Art Medal Society, he had in the mid-1980s been instrumental in the society’s decision to issue large versions of a medal of Charles Dickens by the well-known caricaturist by Ronald Searle, which would be cast from the artist’s models; David proceeded to present examples of these casts to the British Museum. Many years later, in 2003, he sponsored the society’s issue of large electroformed versions of Searle’s medal of Dr Johnson’s biographer James Boswell. David’s generosity towards the museum continued in the 2000s, when I was curator of the museum’s medal collection, with donations often made jointly with Corina. An early example was a French medal of around 1853, which was followed by others dating to around the time of France’s Second Republic. A gift of several of Maurice Thenot’s animal medals from the 1930s filled a noticeable gap in the museum’s collection, but the most exciting acquisition made as a result of David’s generosity was undoubtedly a portrait medal of Louis Pasteur cast in glass in 1922 by the jeweller and glass designer René Lalique. The year after this we were the grateful recipients of eighteen medals by the important early twentieth-century Austrian medallist Stefan Schwartz.
David was always ready to help with research and other projects. Among his and Corina’s gifts to the museum was a set of Sir Edward Thomason’s medals of the Holy Scriptures, which helped me with my research into the various series issued by this extraordinary Victorian figure, ultimately resulting in an article in the British Numismatic Journal. Knowing of my interest in the British medallist Frank Bowcher, he presented the museum with a framed pair of electrotypes of that artist’s Franco-British Exhibition medal of 1908, which would appear to have been previously displayed at the White City. When I identified a gap in the museum’s collection during the preparation of the 1997 British Museum exhibition Modernism in French medal design, it was to David I turned for a loan through which to fill it (for which see The Medal, 44 (2004), p. 48). Although his principal interest as a collector was in earlier periods, David was also thoroughly engaged by contemporary medals, as indicated by the present catalogue and his involvement with the Searle medals mentioned above. Trusting in my judgement, he invited me to select a piece from an exhibition of recent medals by New Zealand artists held at London’s Simmons Gallery in 2002, which he then gave to the museum. Two years later I was allowed to choose a medal from a travelling exhibition of contemporary satirical medals, which again David donated to the collection. One of his earliest gifts had been a medal satirising Napoleon III. Although a serious collector, David also had a playful, and even irreverent, side to his character and enjoyed this sort of medal. When he discovered that the museum had a collection of modern badges, a number of protest and humorous badges were soon coming our way. My memory of David is of an enthusiastic admirer of medallic art, a tireless collector, a genial host and a warm-hearted and generous friend. Philip Attwood Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 2010–2020
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ometimes collectors act like magpies wanting shiny stuff, while others chase after the pieces not in their collection. David Silich fell into the latter category. His intention was ultimately to produce ‘the book’ on medals of the long 20th century. That book will now only materialise in this series of auctions at Noonans, as he died in 2018 at the age of 73 without realising the project. For him, collecting did not mean spending large sums of money on individual items, but on acquiring medals for their art and their historical interest. His long career in international banking, dealing at the highest level globally with firms such as UBS and managing the funds of wealthy private clients, already exercised his very acute intelligence on a daily basis. Collecting medals was amusing, tackled seriously but always fun. David originally was interested in medals of the Renaissance but, as a member of the British Art Medal Society (BAMS), he was introduced to the modern and contemporary through the vehicle of The Medal and supported the society by purchasing these exciting new pieces. He began collecting medals from the late 19th century beginning with the time of Hubert Ponscarme and continuing just into the 21st century. The collection therefore features examples from the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau through Expressionism and Art Déco to Surrealism and the anarchy of the contemporary art medal in all its forms. Themes gradually emerge; there is no deliberate pro-war propaganda, only pro-peace, recording the rebel, the outsider. So many medallists are refugees or migrants working abroad. There is a record of colonialism here and independence. Viewed as a whole, what emerges is the inter-connectedness of Europe and world, a celebration of mathematics, science and technology, and an emphasis on the art and craft of the medal. David began to collect by artist; he was only a collector of series by default. Nevertheless, here you will find medals from the London Art Union, the Wiener series of cathedrals, sports medals by the group of French artists working in the art déco
era, Jean de Vernon’s Fables as well as a host of Mariannes representing the French Republic. He collected the BAMS medals as a paid-up member but also acquired pieces issued by the medal societies of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere. He also picked up occasional pieces issued by the Société des Amis de la Médaille française (SAMF) at the beginning of the 20th century, Société Française des Amis de la Médaille (SFAM) from the 1920s onwards, and the third series of art medals published by the Monnaie de Paris from the early 1960s onwards under the Club Française de la Médaille umbrella. Moving further afield, he would buy occasional medals issued by the US Society of Medalists as well as from artists in his native New Zealand. David also bought medals from mints where the individual medallist was not known or may have been the founder, e.g. Vaughton, Pinches, Joseph Moore, Ottley, Fisch, Johnson, Desaide, Mauquoy, Canale, Arthus Bertrand, Godard, Droz and Fattorini, to name but a few. He bought many of his medals from us at Simmons Gallery, including Marian Fountain’s sensuous Te montrer, Bouchard’s Retour des champs, the late Ron Dutton’s Wye Plough Edge and Ponscarme’s superb study of the philosopher James Ferry; these four, and much more, are within the pages of this catalogue. When we hosted the New Zealand Medal group, David bought heavily and some of those pieces are in this series of auctions. Auctions were a great source over the years and he bought from the major London houses, including DNW (now Noonans) and Baldwin, as well as their continental equivalents in Münz Zentrum, Rauch and of course from other dealers in London, Monaco, Vienna and Zurich. Do read and search the catalogue carefully, and download this and the other parts to come for future reference. It is a worthy testament to a great, intelligent and enthusiastic collector. Frances Simmons Simmons Gallery, London
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V)
Adams, George Gammon (British, 1821-1898); b. Staines 1645 ENGLAND, William Etty, 1872, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. Venus and Cupid descending from the heavens, clouds behind, edge plain, 57mm, 90.06g (Beaulah 20; BHM 2938; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 70, 2; BDM I, 24; E 1621; cf. BSJ 52, 118; cf. Noonans 343, 107; cf. Silich III, 892). Brilliant, virtually as struck £150-£200 William Etty (1787-1849), artist, b. York, the !rst signi!cant British painter of nudes; the reverse of the medal derives from Etty’s Venus and Cupid Descending, painted c. 1825-35 and acquired by York Art Gallery in 1911
Adams, George Gammon (British, 1821-1898); b. Staines 1646 ENGLAND, Sir Gilbert Scott, 1884, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. façade of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, 57mm, 81.93g (Beaulah 29; BHM 3170; E 1709; cf. Baldwin 114, 548; cf. Spink 253, 509; cf. DNW 147, 1837). Extremely ne £80-£100 Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-78); b. Gawcott, Bucks; English Gothic revival architect; designer of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, the foundation stone of which was laid on 21 May 1874 and the edi!ce consecrated on 30 October 1879
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux 1647 FRANCE, Paix de Lunéville [Peace of Lunéville], 1801, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Napoléon right, legend commencing at 6h, rev. female !gure of Peace standing facing, head turned to left, holding an olive branch and cornucopia, 42mm, 37.76g (Bramsen 107; Alexander 27; Zeitz 21; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 905; cf. CNG e600, 779; cf. Baldwin 121, 771; cf. WAG e156, 92). Very ne, dusty appearance £30-£40 Provenance: St James’s Auction 19, 3 October 2011, lot 1052 (part). Forced to sue for peace after the defeats by Napoléon’s forces at Marengo and Hohenlinden in 1800, the Austrians signed the Treaty of Lunéville on 9 February 1801. The treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1648 FRANCE, Organisation de l’instruction publique [The Organization of Public Education], 1802, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Roman youth seated on a plinth to left, reading, palm frond in front and a star above his head, 40mm, 31.48g (Bramsen 214; Zeitz 25; CGMP p.36; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1086; cf. Hirsch 410, 3879; cf. Nomisma 74, 624; cf. Varesi e10, 193). Small stain above Napoléon’s forehead, otherwise extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Swiss Bank Corporation September 1997. Napoleon reorganised public education in France through a law, enacted on 1 May 1802, which replaced revolutionary central schools with statecontrolled secondary lycées. The state mandated core subjects, emphasising classical Latin and Greek, modern mathematics and physics
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Jeuffroy, Romain-Vincent (French, 1749-1826); b. Rouenand, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1649 FRANCE, Le couronnement de Napoléon [Coronation of Napoleon], 1804, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and R.-V. Jeuffroy for D.-V. Denon, after A.-D. Chaudet, laureate bust to right, rev. senator and soldier holding a shield on which Napoléon stands, book and plough at sides, 40mm, 32.53g (Bramsen 326; Zeitz 39; Alexander 46; BDM I, 53; CGMP p.52; Slg. Julius 1258; cf. Künker 445, 138; cf. Varesi 87, 1085; cf. Silich III, 895). About extremely ne £200-£260 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen July 2004. Napoléon and his wife Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress at Notre-Dame on 2 December 1804
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Jaley, Louis (French, 1763-1838); b. Charité-sur-Loire, and Denon, DominiqueVivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1650 ITALY/FRANCE, Napoléon, Incoronazione a Milano [Coronation of Napoléon at Milan], 1805, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. the iron crown of the Lombard kings, 40mm, 32.22g (Bramsen 418; Zeitz 49; Alexander 52; CGMP p.55; BDM III, 54; Slg. Julius 1380; cf. Elsen 164, 2390; cf. Rauch e44, 1257; cf. Varesi e10, 274). Good very ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch July 2004. Napoléon crowned himself king of Italy in Milan Cathedral on 26 May 1805, after his brother, Joseph, had refused the honour, not wishing to renounce his own rights to the French throne
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1651 GERMANY/FRANCE, Die ansprache auf der Lechbrücke, Augsburg [The Speech on the Lech Bridge], 1805, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon, on horseback and in Roman attire, harangues his soldiers, also in Roman attire, all positioned on a bridge, Victory above, river god holds an urn below, 40mm, 38.30g (Bramsen 432; Zeitz 55; Slg. Julius 1411; cf. Giessner 315, 1160; cf. Nomisma 74, 806; cf. WAG e158, 121). Extremely ne £90-£120 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch July 2004. In the wake of the Battle of Gunzburg on 9 October 1805, Napoléon harangued his troops in an address on the Lech Bridge on 12 October 1805 in the middle of a snowstorm, urging them on to future victories in the War of the Third Coalition
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V)
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1652 FRANCE, Colonne de la Grande armée [Column of the Grand Army], 1805, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon right, rev. erect column in the place Vendôme, !gure of Napoléon at the top in Roman attire, 40mm, 35.49g (Bramsen 463; CGMP p.59; BDM I, 53 and 274; Slg. Julius 1482; cf. Rauch 118, 1893; cf. Gadoury e18, 189; cf. Silich II, 452). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. D.-V. Denon had the initial idea of erecting a column dedicated to the Grande armée on 3 December 1805, the day after the Battle of Austerlitz. Using metal from 1,200 melted-down cannons captured from Austrian and Russian troops, the 42-metre high column was begun in August 1806 and completed in August 1810
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Jouannin, Julien-Marie (French, 1780-1830); b. Saint-Brieuc, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1653 FRANCE, Écoles de médecine [Medical Schools], 1805, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and J.-M. Jouannin for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Æsculapius standing facing, holding a serpent-entwined staff, Telesphorus standing facing at right, 40mm, 36.23g (Bramsen 467; Zeitz 53; CGMP p.59; BDM III, 88; Slg. Julius 1491; cf. Nomisma e18, 1567; cf. CNG e444, 540; cf. Rauch e21, 468). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch July 2004
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux 1654 FRANCE, L’empereur Napoléon, 1805, a uniface copper-washed lead cliché by B. Andrieu, bust right, 68mm, 53.51g (Bramsen 475; cf. NAC 115, 1557). About extremely ne £40-£60
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux 1655 FRANCE, L’impératrice Joséphine, 1805, a uniface copper-washed lead cliché by B. Andrieu, coronetted bust right, 68mm, 78.55g (Bramsen 476; cf. NAC 115, 1557). About extremely ne £40-£60
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Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1656 FRANCE/GERMANY, Mariage du prince de Bade [Wedding of the Prince of Baden], 1806, a silver medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Prince Karl Ludwig joins hands with Stéphanie de Beauharnais, N in radiant star above, 41mm, 38.47g (Bramsen 522; Zeitz 70; Alexander 70; CGMP p.60; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1566; cf. Peus 445, 2526; cf. Künker e401, 1069; cf. Sincona 59, 1390). Obverse edge bruise at 4 o’clock, otherwise very ne, toned £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen July 2004. The marriage of Karl Ludwig Friedrich (1786-1818) to Napoléon’s adopted daughter, Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789-1860), took place in Paris on 8 April 1806
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Fontaine, Pierre-François-Léonard (French, 1762-1853); b. Pontoise 1657 FRANCE, L'Arc de Triomphe commandé [The Arc de Triomphe Commissioned], 1806, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N.G.-A. Brenet after P.-F.-L. Fontaine, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. elevation of the Arc de Triomphe, 41mm, 35.07g (Bramsen 557; Zeitz 72; CGMP p.59; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1631; cf. Album 55, 841; cf. CNG e548, 899; cf. Nomisma e20, 1471). About extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik September 1997. The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoléon on 15 August 1806, but not inaugurated until 29 July 1836
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Galle, André (French, 1761-1844); b. St Etienne 1658 RUSSIA/FRANCE, Битва при Фридланде [Battle of Friedland], 1807, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and A. Galle, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon standing facing, wearing cape and Greek helmet, placing sword in sheath, dead bodies at his feet, olive tree at right, 40mm, 36.85g (Bramsen 632; Zeitz 84; Alexander 86; CGMP p.64; BDM II, 197; Slg. Julius 1737; cf. Sincona 101, 2693; cf. Album 53, 765; cf. Varesi e10, 357). Heavily lacquered, otherwise extremely ne £40-£60 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch July 2004. The Battle of Friedland, fought on 14 June 1807 between the armies of the French and Russian empires near the present-day town of Pravdinsk, witnessed Napoléon’s troops obtaining a decisive victory that routed much of the Russian army, although there were a combined 30,000 casualties on both sides
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Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1659 POLAND/FRANCE, Niepodległość Gdańska [Independence of Danzig], 1807, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. Napoléon, standing to left, placing a mural crown on a kneeling female representing the the city of Danzig, caduceus at left, acrostolium at right, 40mm, 36.32g (Bramsen 652; Zeitz 83; Alexander 84; CGMP pp.64-5; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1768; cf. Elsen 164, 2398; cf. WAG e164, 149; cf. DNW 30, 660). About extremely ne £90-£120 Following the siege of Danzig, which began on 19 March 1807 when some 27,000 French troops under Maréchal Lefebvre besieged 14,400 Prussian troops, the garrison capitulated on 24 May. Napoléon established Danzig as a free city on 9 September 1807
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1660 SPAIN/FRANCE, Entrada a Madrid [Entry to Madrid], 1808, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. elevation of the Puerta de Alcalá, 40mm, 41.48g (Bramsen 757; Zeitz 97; Alexander 96; CGMP p.68; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1947; cf. CNG e601, 769; cf. WAG e154, 130; cf. Noonans 256, 314). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. In the wake of Napoléon’s elder brother, Joseph, being crowned King of Spain in May 1808, resistance to France among the Spanish provincial armies grew and after a number of reverses Napoléon accompanied his troops to Spain, capturing and sacking Burgos and then, en route to Madrid and with the assistance of a troop of Polish light cavalry, emerged victorious in a battle in the mountains of Puerto de Somosierra on 30 November. After a three-day stand-off, Madrid capitulated on 4 December and, occupying the city, Napoléon proceeded to suppress the Inquisition and seize its property and assets
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, Dubois, Étienne-Jacques (French, . 1800-1820); b. not known, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1661 HUNGARY/FRANCE, Győri csata [Battle of Raab], 1809, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and E.-J. Dubois for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. god of Raab reclining on his urn, peasant #eeing toward mountains at right, 41mm, 34.30g (Bramsen 854; Zeitz 101; CGMP p.70 [attributed to Eugène Dubois]; Slg. Julius 2102; cf. Elsen 164, 2402; cf. Schulman 383, 908; cf. Varesi e10, 422). Extremely ne £80-£100 The Battle of Raab, or Battle of Győr, was fought on 14 June 1809 between Franco-Italian and Habsburg forces
Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1662 FRANCE, Ouverture du canal de l’Ourcq [Opening of the Canal de l’Ourcq], 1809, a copper medal by B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. robed $gure of Paris seated on her ship, holding a cornucopia, receiving on her right arm waters gushing from an urn held by a naked female, a second naked female bathes her feet with water from her own urn, 40mm, 39.13g (Bramsen 868; CGMP p.71; BDM I, 54; Slg. Julius 2122; cf. Elsen 164, 2413; cf. Varesi e10, 428; cf. Noonans 311, 690). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. The canal, part of the Paris waterway network, was begun in 1805 and completed in 1813. On 15 August 1809 the partial inauguration of the canal was celebrated when water from the River Ourcq #owed into the Bassin de la Villette in Paris
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Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1663 FRANCE/ITALY, Monument sur le Mont-Cenis décrété [Monument on Mont Cenis Decreed], 1813, a copper medal by B. Andrieu and N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. elevation of Mount Cenis, at the summit of which stands an eagle upon the imperial throne, 41mm, 37.36g (Bramsen 1233; Zeitz 134; CGMP p.81; Slg. Julius 2637; cf. WAG e155, 115; cf. Varesi e10, 520; cf. NAC 115, 1957). Extremely ne £80-£100 On 13 May 1813, following his victory over Russia and Prussia, Napoléon issued a decree ordering the construction of a monument at MontCenis. Architects from all over the empire were invited to submit designs, and a budget of 25 million francs was earmarked for the project, but it was abandoned in the wake of Napoléon’s defeat at the battle of Leipzig in October
Baetes, Jules (Belgian, 1861-1937); b. Antwerp 1664 BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle, Antwerp, 1894, a bronze medal by J. Baetes, bust of Leopold II right, rev. globe above cityscape, 61mm, 81.38g (cf. Via e19, 881; cf. Baldwin 70, 602; cf. DNW 169, 1123). About very ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt June 2016. The Expo, which attracted some 3 million visitors, opened on 5 May and closed on 5 November
Baron, Roger-Bertrand (French, 1907-1994); b. Paris 1665 FRANCE, Pygmalion and Galatea, c. 1950, a bronze medal by R.-B. Baron, head of Pygmalion to right, his left hand holding a chisel, admiring a naked female "gure standing to left, rev. easel, artist’s materials and a mask, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 60mm, 88.55g (cf. Baldwin 101, 3877). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt J. Lis July 2002. In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor from Cyprus who carved a !awless ivory woman, which he named Galatea, and fell deeply in love with her
Baudichon, René-Adrien-Anatole-Joseph (French, 1878-1963); b. Tours 1666 FRANCE, Le Semeur [The Sower], 1904, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by R.-A.-A.-J. Baudichon, farmworker scattering seed, rev. wheat and wheatsheafs, sickle in foreground, named (À Monsieur J. Nachon, Hommage du Syndicat des Horlogers Bijoutiers Détaillants de Paris, en remerciement de son active propagande [To Mr. J. Nachon, a tribute from the Paris Retail Watchmakers and Jewellers Association, in appreciation of his active promotional efforts], 11 Février 1912), edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 63 x 42mm, 70.06g (CGMP p.24; BDM VII, 55; cf. CGB June 2024, 40; cf. DNW 188, 826). Good very ne and toned, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland May 2002
Baudichon, René-Adrien-Anatole-Joseph (French, 1878-1963); b. Tours 1667 FRANCE, L’Amitié [Friendship], 1909, a bronze plaque by R.-A.-A.-J. Baudichon, young woman and a teenage girl, accompanied by a greyhound, standing under a tree, rev. !owers and trees on a terrace beside a body of water, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 67 x 56mm, 130.28g (Maier 263 [= Sale, lot 1090]; CGMP pp.22-3; cf. DNW 188, 815). Obverse extremely ne, reverse very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons
Baudichon, René-Adrien-Anatole-Joseph (French, 1878-1963); b. Tours 1668 FRANCE, 50e anniversaire du Association Amicale des Postes, des Télégraphes et des Téléphones, 1928, a bronze medal by R.-A.-A.-J. Baudichon, robed female seated to left on plinth, holding fasces and cornucopia, regarding a coastal landscape, rev. Eiffel Tower and symbols of communication, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 52.37g (cf. Höhn 96, 396; cf. DNW M4, 477). Good very ne £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2004. The French PTT, founded by decree in 1878 and established at 103 rue Grenelle, Paris 7, in 1879, remained there until 1939
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Bazor, Lucien-Georges (French, 1889-1974); b. Paris 1669 FRANCE, 25ème anniversaire de la banque de l'Union Parisienne [25th Anniversary of the Banque de l’Union Parisienne], 1929, an Art Déco bronze award medal by L.-G. Bazor, robed female representing Prévoyance seated left in the clouds, holding a cornucopia which she pours over an industrial landscape, rev. caduceus, cogwheel and anvil, sheaves of wheat in background, central tablet un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 138.16g (cf. MDC e5, 700; cf. iNumis MBS 33, 1494; cf. Noonans 324, 228). Good very ne £60-£80 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 114 (Solingen), 8 January 2003, lot 6423. The Banque de l’Union Parisienne, founded on 5 January 1904, merged with Crédit du Nord in September 1973
Bazor, Lucien-Georges (French, 1889-1974); b. Paris 1670 FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, an Art Déco silver medal by L.-G. Bazor, Marianne greets !gures representing North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Indo-China under the leaves of a chestnut tree, rev. plan of the Expo in the Bois de Vincennes, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 68mm, 151.02g (Maier 330 [Sale, lot 249]; Ruedas 24; CGMP p.30; cf. Spink 228, 291; cf. Album 43, 2236; cf. DNW M14, 1275). Minor marks on edge, otherwise good very ne, very rare in silver; in original red gilt-blocked case of issue, lid in gilt ‘Commission de Contrôle de la Circulation Monétaire’ £240-£300 The primary goal of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale was to bring peoples from the wide French colonial empire together in the capital city in order to educate the French nation as to the importance of their colonies. The exposition, occupying 500 acres in the Bois de Vincennes, opened on 6 May 1931 and by the time it closed in November some 8 million people had visited it
Beadle, Paul John (British, 1917-1992); b. Hungerford, emigrated to Australia 1950, moved to New Zealand 1961 1671 NEW ZEALAND, British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, Dunedin, 1974, a bronze award medal by P. Beadle, futuristic image of an archer taking aim to right, kiwi at right above waves, rev. legend, un-named, 39mm, 23.82g (cf. Silich I, 28). Brilliant mint state; in blue box of issue £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons October 2005. The Games, opened by Sir Denis Blundell (1907-84), Governor-General of New Zealand, ran from 13 to 19 January 1974
Beck, Fülöp Ötvös (Hungarian, 1873-1945); b. Pápa 1672 HUNGARY, 80. születésnapja Pál Gyulai [80th Birthday of Pál Gyulai], 1906, a uniface bronze plaque by F.O. Beck for A Műbarátok Köre [The Circle of Art Lovers], robed female standing to right, speaking to two children seated on a bench, a third child seated on a stool with his head in his hands,, 77 x 75mm, 194.38g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.96, 2; BDM VII, 59; cf. Darabanth 43, 30230; cf. Pesek 9, 1387). About very ne, rare £40-£60 Pál Gyulai (1826-1909), b. Kolozsvár; journalist, poet and schoolmaster; professor at the University of Budapest
Becker, Edmund-Henri (French, 1871-1971); b. Mulhouse 1673 FRANCE, L’Office National Météorologique [The National Meteorological Office], 1935, a uniface bronze award plaque by E.H. Becker, female wearing headphones, sat at table to right, looking at cloud formations out of a window, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 81 x 59mm, 126.62g (cf. DNW 49, 950). Extremely ne £30-£40 The Office National Météorologique was established in 1920 as the successor organisation to the Bureau Central Météorologique de France, itself founded in 1878
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Bel Geddes, Norman (American, 1893-1958); b. Adrian, MI, and Chambellan, René Paul (American, 1893-1955); b. West Hoboken, NJ, and Medallic Art Co (Dayton, OH, then Danbury, CT, Sioux Falls, SD, and Dayton, NV, . 1903-2018) 1674 U.S.A., 25th Anniversary of General Motors, Detroit, 1933, an Art Déco plated bronze medal by N. Bel Geddes and R.P. Chambellan for Medallic Art Co, iconic streamlined car speeding right, elevation of futuristic building behind, rev. revolving piston, edge stamped MEDALLIC ART CO N.Y., 76mm, 188.74g (MACO 1933-024; cf. BSJ 8, 501; cf. Noonans 324, 236; cf. Silich I, 33). Very ne, an iconic medal £300-£400 General Motors was founded as a holding company for Buick on 16 September 1908 by motor industry pioneer William Crapo Durant (1861 -1947) who, after he was ousted in a power struggle, went on to co-found Chevrolet in November 1911
Belmondo, Paul (Algerian, 1898-1982); b. Algiers, moved to France 1920 1675 FRANCE, Alliance Française, c. 1960, a gilt-bronze award medal by P. Belmondo, young female head to left, rev. legend, unnamed, 41mm, 28.82g (cf. iNumis MBS 26, 1295, for obv.). About extremely ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2013. Alliance Française, created in Paris in 1883 by a group which included Louis Pasteur (1822-95) and Jules Verne (1828-1905), is an international organisation that aims to promote the French language and francophone culture around the world. Headquartered in the city’s boulevard Raspail, its primary goal is teaching French as a second language
Belmondo, Paul (Algerian, 1898-1982); b. Algiers, moved to France 1920 1676 FRANCE, L’Été [The Summer], 1965 [struck 1977], an octagonal restrike bronze medal by P. Belmondo, group of naked young people and a baby swimming in a river, tree in background, rev. two verses from the poem Le Soleil by C. Baudelaire, edge impressed 1977 BRONZE and cornucopia, 84mm, 330.85g (CGMP p.146; cf. iNumis Dec. 2018, 351). Obverse good very ne, reverse about very ne £50-£70 Provenance: DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2693 (part). Charles Baudelaire (1821-67), poet, essayist and art critic, published Le Soleil in Les Fleurs du mal in 1857
Bénard, Raoul-René-Alphonse (French, 1881-1961); b. Elbeuf 1677 FRANCE, Chambre de Commerce de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales, 1927, an Art Déco silver award medal by R.R.-A. Bénard, Mercury seated holding a sailing ship in one hand, bunches of grapes and fruit on either side, city behind, rev. kneeling naked !gure of a young woman squeezing grapes into a cup held aloft by a young boy, foothills of the Pyrénées in distance, unnamed, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 41mm, 36.17g (Maier 288; cf. Künker e356, 8369; cf. Baldwin 101, 3821; cf. DNW M7, 2628). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2005
Bénard, Raoul-René-Alphonse (French, 1881-1961); b. Elbeuf 1678 FRANCE, 50e anniversaire de la Compagnie de l'Assurances l'Union Incendie Accidents [50th Anniversary of the Compagnie de l'Assurances l'Union Incendie Accidents], 1933, an Art Déco bronze medal by R.-R.-A. Bénard, bust of Armand Pottier left, rev. helmeted and robed !gure of Minerva standing facing, holding a inscribed banner, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 146.79g (cf. CGB June 2024, 79; cf. Nomisma e6, 610). Extremely ne; in red card box of issue £20-£30
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Bénard, Raoul-René-Alphonse (French, 1881-1961); b. Elbeuf 1679 MOROCCO, Société Canine du Maroc, c. 1935, a plated bronze award medal by R.-R.-A. Bénard, head of a female to right, wearing a large bonnet and holding a Pekinese dog, rev. legend within wreath, tablet below un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 59.68g (Ruedas 57; cf. SJA 65, 1582, for rev.). Good very ne, toned £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland May 2002. The Société Canine du Maroc, Casablanca, founded 1934
Bezombes, Roger (French, 1913-1994); b. Paris 1680 FRANCE, Histoire naturelle [Natural History], 1970, a uniface silver medal by R. Bezombes, facing half-length female torso, surrounded by elements of the natural world, including molluscs, a sea-horse, a horse’s head, a serpent and a crab, edge impressed 1970 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 78mm, 308.82g (CGMP p.202). Obverse extremely ne, back very ne, very rare £240-£300
Bianchi, Ignazio (Italian, . 1848-1869); b. Rome, but now attributed to Bianchi, Giuseppe (Italian, 1808-1877); b. Rome 1681 ITALY, Ricostruzione della Basilica di San Paulo fuori le mura, Rome [Reconstruction of the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls], 1854, a copper medal signed I. Bianchi, bust of Pius IX left in skull cap, rev. internal view of the basilica, 82mm, 249.71g (Bertuzzi 380; Bartolotti 7; Mazio 731; Molinari 216; Istituto Poligra!co Exh. Cat. 1980, 279-80; cf. Münz Zentrum 103, 6934-5; cf. Tkalec 2008, 844; cf. BSJ 43, 711; cf. Silich I, 41). Extremely ne £200-£260 A !re in July 1823 led to the near-total destruction of the original basilica, which was rebuilt over the next 30 years and reconsecrated by Pius IX on 4 December 1854. The attribution of the medallist responsible was corrected from Ignazio Bianchi to Giuseppe Bianchi by Giancarlo Alteri, the then Director of the Vatican Collection, in March 2012
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Blin, Édouard-Pierre (French, 1877-1946); b. Chartres 1682 BELGIUM/FRANCE, Aero-Club de Belgique, c. 1920, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award medal by E.-P. Blin, winged !gure of Icarus clasping a rock in rough seas and regarding a biplane in the sky, rev. three robed females reclining on a globe, tablet below named (L. Closset, Juillet 1920), edge impressed CUIVRE and cornucopia, 68mm, 138.09g (cf. Davisson e52, 307, for obv.; cf. Noonans 176, 380 for obv.). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003
Blin, Édouard-Pierre (French, 1877-1946); b. Chartres 1683 FRANCE, Jean Mermoz, 1936, an Art Déco bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, bust right, rev. archangel "ying above the waves, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 59mm, 124.09g (CGMP p.44; cf. SJA 108, 1392; cf. Höhn e20, 4612; cf. DNW M8, 2307). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: A Collection of French and other Medals of the Belle Époque, Art Nouveau and Art Déco, Baldwin Auction 74, 9 May 2012, lot 1834. Jean Mermoz (1901-36), aviator, disappeared while "ying his hydroplane, La Croix du Sud, from Dakar to Natal, Brazil, on 7 December 1936. The archangel device is taken from Mermoz’ surname
Blin, Édouard-Pierre (French, 1877-1946); b. Chartres 1684 FRANCE, L’Aurore, 1942, an Art Déco silver medal by É.-P. Blin, winged !gure of Aurora seated to right on a rock with waves around, rev. standing !gure "anked by four horses from Aurora’s quadriga, exergue named (M. Goetze, Algérie, 1949, Commission des Valeurs en Douane), edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 77mm, 293.18g (CGMP p.47; cf. Kölner 116, 1656; cf. MDC e5, 738; cf. DNW M14, 1381). Good very ne, very rare in silver £240-£300 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1428; bt J. Lis October 2008
Bonnetain, Armand (Belgian, 1883-1973); b. Brussels, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1685 BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle et Internationale, Brussels, 1935, a bronze award plaque by A. Bonnetain for Fonson, four winged !gures over city view, rev. robed female holding wreath of "owers over a globe, tablet below un-named, edge impressed J. FONSON, 79 x 64mm, 182.39g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.12, 10; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 195, 5160; cf. Silich II, 484). Brilliant, virtually as struck £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Baldwin February 2006. The exposition, staged on a 370-acre site at Heysel between 27 April and 6 November 1935, attracted some 20 million visitors. The major theme was colonisation, as it partly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Congo Free state
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Booth, Philip (British, 1949-present); b. Hudderseld, moved to Japan 2002, returned to England 2010 1686 ENGLAND, The Lizard’s Tale, 2011, a two-part cast bronze medal by P. Booth [Zahra Modern Art Foundries] for the British Art Medal Society, lizards emerging from holes, rev. Haiku, 85mm, 333.43g (The Medal 59, p.74, and 60, pp.73-4; cf. Silich I, 46) [2]. Extremely ne and as made; in original black box of issue £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2014. Edition of 27. The subject matter relates to a visit by the artist to southern Italy in 2010
Borgeaud-Strenz, Jeanne-Charlotte-Eugénie, formerly Jeanne Aumont-Strenz (French, 1873-1962); b. Paris 1687 FRANCE, Femme au billard [Woman Playing Billiards], 1906, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by Jeanne Borgeaud-Strenz for La Compagnie Brunswick Française, female playing billiards, rev. winged female to right, holding a sprig of oak and leaning on two tablets, named (H. Antoine, Caissier, Chef-Comptable, 1909-1922), edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 68mm, 129.31g (BDM VII, 96; cf. BDW 5, 51). Good very ne, rare; in maroon tted case of issue £120-£150 Provenance: DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 1004; bt P & D Medals April 2000
Borrel, Alfred (French, 1836-1927); b. Paris 1688 FRANCE, Ligue Française de l’Enseignement [The French Educational League], c. 1890, a bronze award plaque by A. Borrel, Marianne walking to left, holding an open book in her left hand, leading a group of men, women and children, rev. portrait medal of Jean Macé on central plinth, two seated females at sides, one instructing a young naked pupil who holds a book, tablet below, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 63 x 50mm, 99.82g (Maier 173; BDM I, 221; cf. MDC e12, 1450; cf. Peus e13, 12; cf. DNW 190, 1254). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003. Jean-François Macé (1815-94), educator, journalist, freemason and politician, founded the Ligue de l'enseignement in 1866 to promote free, universal and secular education in France All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Borrel, Alfred (French, 1836-1927); b. Paris 1689 FRANCE, Centenaire de l’École des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris [Centenary of the School of Modern Oriental Languages], 1895, an Art Nouveau plated bronze plaque by A. Borrel, standing !gure of France indicating oriental characters on an easel to a male student in 18th century period costume, watched by an Indian, a Chinese, a Malay and an Indian, rev. Fame "ying to left above a bust of the founder Lakanal on a column from which a parchment lists the school directors, female seated reading a book at left, mosque and pagoda in background, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 67 x 61mm, 100.93g (Maier 174; CGMP p.54; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 32, 10; Coll. R. Marx 462; BDM I, 221; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.24, 83; cf. iNumis MBS 34, 1230; cf. Baldwin 57, 784; cf. Silich III, 924). Very ne £80-£100 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 135 (Solingen), 12 January 2007, lot 6365. The École was founded on 30 March 1795, following a report made to the Convention by Joseph Lakanal (1762-1845), clergyman and politician, an arch anti-monarchist who, following the restoration of the monarchy in 1815, spent several years in Alabama and Louisiana
Bosselt, Rudolf (German, 1871-1938); b. Perleberg, and Hitl, Georg (German, 1863-1923); b. Schrobenhausen, and Carl Poëllath, Schrobenhausen (1778-present) 1690 GERMANY, Viel Glück [Good Luck], 1906, an octagonal bronze plaque by Prof. R. Bosselt for G. Hilt [Carl Poëllath], seated robed !gure, arms outstretched on cornucopiæ, rev. signs of the Zodiac around radiated sun, 52mm, 60.45g (Losse 61; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.242, 7; cf. Auctiones GmbH e81, 216; cf. WAG 60, 2399). About extremely ne, rare £50-£70 Provenance: H.-P. Wip"er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2590
Bottée, Louis-Alexandre (French, 1852-1941); b. Paris 1691 FRANCE, Inauguration du port de Calais [Opening of Calais Harbour], 1889, an Art Nouveau bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, standing robed !gure of France showing the seated !gure of Calais the new docks, rev. legend in 16 lines, tablet above unnamed, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 72mm, 174.06g (Maier 132 [Sale, lot 1501]; PBE 8; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.18, 29; BDM I, 230; cf. Elsen 112, 2274; cf. Höhn 64, 1190; cf. DNW 132, 1652). Very ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2004. The Calais Chamber of Commerce and Industry took over the running of Calais harbour in 1883, and construction of a dry dock at the end of the Bassin Carnot began in September of that year. Work was completed in the spring of 1889 and the new harbour was officially opened by the president, Sadi Carnot, on 3 June 1889
Bottée, Louis-Alexandre (French, 1852-1941); b. Paris 1692 FRANCE, Comité Français des Expositions à l’Étranger [French Committee for Exhibitions Abroad], 1899, a bronze award plaque by L.-A. Bottée, robed female seated left above implements of agriculture and industry, factories in background, rev. "owering tree, named (P. Hadrot), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 64 x 42mm, 53.93g (PBE 19; Coll. R. Marx 386; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 18; BDM I, 232; cf. MDC e17, 689; cf. Kölner 116, 1661; cf. Noonans 260, 1990). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland
Bottée, Louis-Alexandre (French, 1852-1941); b. Paris, and Rivet, Léonard-Adolphe (French, 1855-1925); b. Périgueux 1693 FRANCE, France, 1899, an Art Nouveau bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée and L.-A. Rivet, helmeted and cuirassed head of Gallia to right, rooster crest above, rev. palm frond and allegorical !gure surrounding a central tablet, un-named, edge impressed CUIVRE and cornucopia, 68mm, 141.46g (BDM VII, 103; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 24; cf. iNumis Dec. 2018, 128; cf. Höhn 45, 2077). Extremely ne £20-£30
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Bottée, Louis-Alexandre (French, 1852-1941); b. Paris 1694 U.S.A./FRANCE, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, an Art Nouveau bronze award plaque by L.A. Bottée for the Comité Français des Expositions à l’Etranger, allegory of France seated in a boat steered by Progress towards the Expo site, rev. tree and implements of industry at left, legend at right, tablet below un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 72 x 62mm, 148.92g (PBE 27; Baxter 112; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.17, 18; cf. MDC e17, 867; cf. Stack/s/Bowers Aug. 2021, 46327; cf. Baldwin 101, 3843; cf. DNW 49, 1041). About extremely ne £90-£120 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003. Originally intended as a centenary celebration marking the purchase of the state of Louisiana from France in 1803, the exposition opened on 30 April 1904 and closed on 1 December, by which time it had received 19.7 million visitors
Bottée, Louis-Alexandre (French, 1852-1941); b. Paris 1695 U.S.A., Exposition Universelle Internationale, San Francisco [Panama-Paci!c International Exposition], 1915, a pair of uniface gilt-bronze plaques by L.-A. Bottée for the Comité Français des Expositions à l’Etranger, robed female standing amongst ruins symbolic of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the city itself beyond, rev. map of the Americas, the location of the canal symbolized by a radiant torch, above a view of the French exhibition building, each 149 x 108mm, 137.68g and 134.46g (Maier 140 [Sale, lot 2013]; cf. MDC 18, 2079; cf. Silich I, 49) [2]. Extremely ne, an attractive and decorative pair £200-£300 The exposition was held in San Francisco from 20 February to 4 December 1915. The French exhibition building was a copy of the Palais de la Légion d’honneur in Paris All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Bouchard, Louis-Henri (French, 1875-1960); b. Dijon 1696 FRANCE, Retour des champs, or Cheval de trait [Returning from the Fields, or Draft Horse], c. 1930, a cast bronze maquette by H. Bouchard, farmworker seated side-saddle on horse to left, 198mm, 1,528.40g (Bouchard Exh. Cat. 1965, 17). About extremely ne, very rare; mounted on a wooden frame with free-standing base £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons
Bourgeois, Louis-Maximilien (French, 1839-1901); b. Paris 1697 FRANCE, Centenaire de l'installation de la Chambre des Députés au Palais-Bourbon [Centenary of the Installation of the Chambre des Députés at the Palais-Bourbon], 1898, a bronze award medal by L.-M. Bourgeois, troops on parade at the inauguration ceremony, rev. view of the Palais, medallions at left, tablet in foreground, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 72mm, 169.92g (BDM I, 240; cf. CGB Feb. 2024, 460; cf. DNW 48, 829). Good very ne £40-£50 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1485 (part). The inaugural legislative session at the Palais Bourbon was held on 21 January 1798
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Bovy, Jean-François-Antoine (Swiss, 1795-1877); b. Geneva, moved to France 1830 1698 FRANCE, République Française, 1848 [struck 1881], a silver-gilt award medal after J.-F.-A. Bovy adapted for the Comice Agricole de l’Arrondissement de Rouen, robed !gure of Marianne seated facing on throne, holding a sceptre and a laurel wreath, Gallic cock at left, rev. wreath, named (Offert par Mr. Legras, Boos, 1881), edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 57mm, 91.51g (cf. CGB Nov. 2023, 445, for obv.; cf. iNumis MBS 28, 1725, for obv.; cf. DNW 49, 819, for obv.). Good very ne £80-£100 The obverse was originally executed for a medal to commemorate the declaration of the Second Republic in 1848. Boos, dép. Seine-Maritime
Bowcher, Frank (British, 1864-1938); b. London, and Spink & Son (London, 1885-present) 1699 SOUTH AFRICA, Defence of Mafeking, 1900, a bronze medal, unsigned [by F. Bowcher] for Spink, facing bust of Baden-Powell, rev. Baden-Powell on horseback to right, accompanied by soldiers and a !eld-gun, 45mm, 42.60g (Hern 106; AM Cat. 44; BHM 3677; BDM I, 256; E 1843a; cf. SJA 109, 1355; cf. DNW 187, 823); together with a bronze miniature of the same medal, 22mm, 7.79g, and Siege of Kimberley, 1899-1900, a base metal locket, 4.27g [3]. First about extremely ne, others ne to very ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer November 2015. Medal only illustrated. The defence of the town of Mafeking, which lasted from 13 October 1899 to 17 May 1900, involved some 2,000 troops, including those raised by Col. Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) from the Protectorate Regiment, the Bechuanaland Ri#es and the Cape Police. With few soldiers, no modern artillery and little risk, the defenders kept as many as 8,000 Boers from deploying to other war fronts in Natal and the Orange Free State. The siege was !nally lifted when a #ying column of some 2,000 British soldiers, including Canadians and South African volunteers from Kimberley, relieved the town after !ghting their way in
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Brem, Rolf (Swiss, 1926-2014); b. Lucerne 1700 SWITZERLAND, Mutter mit Kind [Mother and Child], 1971, a uniface cast bronze medal by R. Brem, mother to left, holding a young boy against her left shoulder, 195mm, 2,131g. Very ne, partial green patina, a substantial work £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Galerie Fischer
Brenet, Nicolas Guy Antoine (1773-1846); b. Paris, and Auguste, Henri (French, 1759-1816); b. Paris 1701 ITALY/FRANCE, Battaglia di Marengo e morte del generale Desaix [Battle of Marengo and Death of General Desaix], AN 8 [1800], a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and H. Auguste, bust of Desaix right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm, 60.30g (Bramsen 44; Zeitz 14; BDM I, 88; Slg. Julius 807; cf. WAG e164, 145; cf. Varesi e10, 129; cf. Silich I, 60). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Swiss Bank Corporation September 1997. Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux (1768-1800) had served on the Rhine and distinguished himself in the Egyptian campaign; he was killed by a musket ball on the verge of the battle of Marengo, in Piedmont, being won on 14 June 1800
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Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (French, 1773-1846); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1702 FRANCE, Le Code Civil, 1804, a bronze medal by N.-G.-A. Brenet for D.-V. Devon, statue of Napoléon in Roman costume, head to left, rev. statue of Minerva de Velletri, holding sceptre and scroll, 41mm, 38.57g (Bramsen 291; Zeitz 37; Alexander 45; CGMP p.38; BDM I, 274; Slg. Julius 1207; cf. Nomisma 74, 702; cf. WAG e155, 106; cf. DNW 37, 1029). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. The Civil, or Napoléonic, Code, established on 21 March 1804, gave all male citizens equal rights, ended feudal privileges and protected private property and wealth. A copy of the statue of Napoléon, by Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810), is currently in the ballroom of the Château de Compiègne. The statue of Minerva de Velletri, dated to the 1st century AD, was found at the end of the 18th century in a vineyard in Velletri, near some ruins of a Roman villa. Captured by French troops, it arrived in Paris on 7 December 1803 and is now in the Louvre
Brenet, Nicolas-Guy-Antoine (1773-1846); b. Paris, and Depaulis, Alexis-Joseph (French, 1790-1867); b. Paris, and Mudie, James Grieg (Scottish, 1779-1852); b. Montrose, moved to Australia 1822, then between Australia and England from 1837 1703 AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Erklärung des Wiener Kongresses [Declaration of the Congress of Vienna], 1815 [struck 1820], a copper medal by N.-G.-A. Brenet and A.-J. Depaulis for J.G. Mudie, French eagle clasping a thunderbolt approaches the coast of the Isle of Elba, temple in left foreground, rev. Mercury !ying over a globe and displaying a scroll, 41mm, 39.34g (Bramsen 1597; BHM 869; E 1064; cf. CNG e600, 983; cf. Varesi e10, 576; cf. WAG e137, 1023). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch November 1997. The Congress of Vienna was a series of international diplomatic meetings, held between September 1814 and June 1815, to agree European political and constitutional order after the downfall of Napoléon. The Congress was chaired by Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859), Austria’s foreign minister. Napoléon escaped from Elba on 26 February, but on 13 March Congress declared him an outlaw
Briquemont, Jean-Auguste (French, 1879-1951); b. Paris, and Maison Canale (Paris, 1827-present), specically Victor Canale (1883 -1959); b. Neuilly-sur-Seine 1704 FRANCE, Le Couple [The Couple], c. 1927, an Art Nouveau uniface bronze plaque by J.-A. Briquemont for Canale, young couple in close embrace, back engraved (13/150, Briquemont), 87 x 55mm, 173.16g (Classens 124; Canale 23; cf. MDC 11, 1231; cf. iNumis Dec. 2017, 200). Some corrosion on edge, otherwise extremely ne, very rare £300-£500 Provenance: C. Christensen Collection, DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 727. Edition of 150 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Brunet, Georges-André (Belgian, 1902-1986); b. Brussels, and Fisch & Cie (Brussels, 1853-present) 1705 BELGIAN CONGO, Société Internationale Forestière et Minière du Congo, 1956, a bronze medal by G.-A. Brunet, four Congolese workers engaged in mining and foresting, scenes divided by arms of Katanga cross, rev. two mothers and their children beneath a palm tree, edge impressed FISCH, 86mm, 216.39g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 150; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.8, 2; cf. Gärtner 62, 1237; cf. Höhn e21, 4089; cf. DNW M1, 1614). Extremely ne; in red card box of issue stamped ‘Ets. Fibru-Fisch s.a., 59 Rue Edmond Rostand, Bruxelles’ £40-£50 The Société was founded by Jean Jadot (1862-1932) in 1906, and began its diamond mining operations in Kasai in 1913
Burger, Laurent-Marcel (French, 1898-1969); b. Le Havre 1706 FRANCE, Association Générale des Syndicats Pharmaceutiques de France et des Colonies [General Association of Pharmaceutical Unions of France and the Colonies], c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze plaque by L.-M. Burger, female seated left, holding urn and branch, rev. pestle and mortar on plinth, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 130.89g (cf. Baldwin 101, 3820; cf. Silich I, 67). Very ne £50-£70 Provenance: DNW Auction 37, 8 September 1998, lot 1294; DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 1398
Caqué, Armand-Auguste (French, 1793-1881); b. Saintes, and Massonnet, Charles et ls (Paris, . 1852-1931) 1707 FRANCE/ENGLAND, République Française/Siège de Paris, 1834, a silver-gilt medal by A.-A. Caqué for Massonnet, adapted for the Comune de St Maur, 1871, female head of Gallia to left, rev. legend around and within wreath, inscribed (À La Société des Amis de Londres, Avril 1871), 52mm, 69.61g (cf. MDC e19, 1185, for obv.). Extremely ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 7 June 2003, lot 406. XRF analysis, sold with the medal, shows that the metallic composition is 80.74% silver, 15.09% gold, 3.73% copper. In April 1871 the Société des Amis de Londres (Society of Friends of London) was honoured by the municipality of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (dép. Val-de-Marne) thanking the British-based group for their humanitarian aid and relief efforts, following which many residents of the municipality settled in London permanently
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Castiglioni, Giannino (Italian, 1884-1971); b. Milan, and Farè, Enrico (Italian, . 1898-1930), b. not known, and Stabilimento SpA Stefano Johnson (Milan, 1836-present) 1708 ITALY, Gabriele d'Annunzio, 1921, a light bronze plaque by G. Castiglioni and E. Farè for Johnson, bust left in cap, rev. naked !gure of Hercules standing facing, holding a knife in his right hand, defending a naked female seated on a rock behind him from a group of serpents, edge impressed BRONZO, 82 x 60mm, 196.19g (Casolari I, 11; cf. Nomisma 72, 1551). About extremely ne, very rare £150-£200 Gabriele d'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso (1863-1938), poet, playwright, orator, journalist, politician and aristocrat; b. Pescara; during World War I he served with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian army and as a !ghter pilot in the latter months of the War, him having !rst "own with Wilbur Wright in 1908. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, he set up the short-lived Italian regency of Carnaro in Fiume, with himself as Duce, until he was removed from power in December 1920. Although d'Annunzio later preached nationalism and never called himself a fascist, he has been credited with partially inventing Italian fascism as his ideas and aesthetics were an in"uence upon Benito Mussolini, whom he later unsuccessfully attempted not to fall under the in"uence of Adolf Hitler
Chabaud, Louis-Félix (French, 1824-1902); b. Venelles, and Dubois, Henri-Alfred-Auguste (French, 1859-1943); b. Rome, moved to France by 1863 1709 FRANCE, L’Industrie, 1886 [struck 1967], a silver-gilt award medal by L.-F. Chabaud and H.-A.-A. Dubois, robed female seated left on cog-wheel, holding hammer and compass, rev. wreath, named (É. Gintz, 5 Juillet 1968), edge impressed 1967 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 50mm, 64.42g (CGMP p.73; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 29; cf. MDC 16, 2017; cf. Silich III, 939 [same recipient]). Some spotting and a small reverse edge knock, otherwise extremely ne; in maroon tted case of issue £50-£70 Provenance: R. Hayat Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1361 (part)
Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1710 FRANCE, Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, Président de la République, 1873 [struck 1880+], a plated bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. batons, sword and ducal crown, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70mm, 164.42g (PBE 47; CGMP p.75; Beistegui 1196; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 27; BDM I, 402; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.14, 15; cf. MDC e19, 1272; cf. Rauch e38, 1086; cf. DNW M13, 1492). Extremely ne £40-£60 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 111 (Solingen), 29 June 2002, lot 6494. Marie-Edmé-Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-93) headed the army that crushed the Paris Comune in 1871. A monarchist, he was elected second President of the Third Republic in 1873, but resigned in 1879
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Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1711 FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [International Commission on the Metric System and its Diffusion], 1874 [struck 1937], a bronze medal after J.-C. Chaplain adapted for the Première Conference de Métrologie Pratique, seated female representing Science seated at front centre, surrounded by other robed females representing Europe, Asia and America, measuring instruments at sides, rev. legends, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 100mm, 455.27g (cf. Maier 64; cf. Mazerolle 10; cf. BDM 1, 402; cf. Coll. R. Marx 180; cf. MDC e13, 955; cf. DNW 169, 1140). Extremely ne £150-£200 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 90, 24 September 2014, lot 1940. The Commission internationale du mètre was established in 1869 to determine a new standard metre. A competition to design a medal for the members of the Commission was held and Chaplain declared the victor in February 1873, winning 5,000 francs in the process. The original dies, however, were not !nished until 1875. The conference commemorated on the medal took place in Paris on 4 July 1937
Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche, and Dubois, Henri-Alfred-Auguste (French, 1859-1943); b. Rome, moved to France by 1863 1712 FRANCE/BELGIUM, Minerve, or Au Mérite [Minerva, or For Merit], 1880, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain and H.-A.-A. Dubois, Minerva seated half-right, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm-branch in her left, attended by cherubs, rev. wreath, named (Hommages des Électriciens à Zenobe Gramme, Inventeur de la Dynamo Industrielle, Bruxelles, 27 Mars 1898), edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 68mm, 149.91g (CGMP p.78; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 30; BDM I, 404; cf. CGB June 2024, 88; cf. Stack’s/Bowers June 2019, 71342; cf. Silich III, 941). Extremely ne, toned £150-£200 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2004. Zenobé-Théophile Gramme (1826-1901), electrical engineer, b. Jehay-Bodegnée, Liège; moved to Paris 1856; inventor of the gramme in 1869, a type of direct continuous current dynamo (DC) capable of generating much higher voltages than the extant alternating dynamos (AC) of the time
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Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1713 FRANCE, Tribunal de commerce de Lyon [Commercial Court of Lyon], 1884, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, robed !gure of Justice seated on a throne, holding the symbolic hand of Justice and an olive branch, rev. arms of Lyon within laurel wreath, tablet named (Romain Regaud, Juge 1920-1928), edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 72mm, 180.83g (BDM I, 402; cf. iNumis May 2016, 163). Good very ne, very rare £150-£200 Francisque-Romain Regaud (1871-1928), lawyer, administrator of the Caisse d'Épargne du Rhône, appointed city councillor of Lyon 1908; député for the Rhône département, 1919-24
Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1714 FRANCE, 70e anniversaire de Charles Hermite [70th Birthday of Charles Hermite], 1892, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust right, rev. legend in 15 lines, palm branch to left, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 99mm, 172.33g (PBE 56; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 31; BDM I, 403; cf. Numisbalt 16, 694; cf. Höhn 94, 275; cf. DNW M14, 1259). Extremely ne, patinated £60-80 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2009. Charles Hermite (1822-1901), mathematician; b. Dieuze, dép. Moselle; professor of mathematics at the École Polytechnique, 1869-76, and at the University of Paris from 1876 until his death
Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1715 FRANCE, Louis Liard, 1899, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. robed female !gure of Science seated to left on a globe, holding a torch and book, legends and dates at sides, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 70 x 54mm, 109.69g (Maier 78; Mazerolle 125; PBE 72; CGMP p.78; Coll. R. Marx 195; Baxter 15; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 37; BDM I, 404; Gaz. Num. 1900, p.193, 129; cf. MDC e5, 679; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 185, 6394; cf. DNW 47, 870). Extremely ne, rare £90-£120 Provenance: WAG Auktion 42 (Arnsberg), 2 March 2007, lot 5739; bt A.C. Eimer March 2007. Louis Liard (1846-1917), philosopher, director of the universities within the Ministry of Public Education, 1884-1902
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche 1716 FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Marianne to right under the bough of a tree, rev. male !gure holding torch above a winged female !gure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (E. Pelissier), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 64mm, 101.90g (Maier 79; PBE 82; GV 47.4; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. Silich IV, 1341). About extremely ne £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The exposition, staged between 14 April and 12 November at the esplanade of Les Invalides, the Champ de Mars, the Trocadéro and on the neighbouring banks of the Seine, was visited by more than 50 million people
Charles, Charles (French, . 1905-1930); b. Paris 1717 FRANCE, Sports Nautique [Nautical Sports], c. 1928, a plated bronze award plaque by C. Charles, reclining nude !gure of Neptune with trident to left, surveying a maritime scene, swimmer, rowers and a yacht in background, rev. olive branch, centre tablet inscribed (Club Nautique de la Croisette), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 73 x 49mm, 98.31g (cf. DNW 47, 1132). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt J. Lis June 2003. Club Nautique de la Croisette, Cannes, dép. Alpes-Maritimes, founded 19 June 1910
Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie (French, 1856-1909); b. Paris 1718 FRANCE, Jean et Pierre [John and Peter], c. 1895, a uniface cast bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, busts of the infants visà-vis, birth dates at sides, 260 x 82mm, 454.94g (Orsay Exh. Cat. 253; Marx, MFC pl.26; BDM I, 411; cf. MDC 15, 1516; cf. iNumis Dec. 2020, 105; cf. Spink 203, 917; cf. DNW 45, 734). Softly modelled, very ne with hints of aged green patina, very rare £200-£300 The subjects are Jean Charpentier, eldest son of the artist, and his cousin, Pierre Joly, son of Emma Charpentier, the artist’s sister
Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie (French, 1856-1909); b. Paris 1719 FRANCE, Ernest Besnier, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, bust right, rev. elevation of the Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 60 x 44mm, 57.27g (Storer 341; Brettauer 100; Coll. R. Marx 263; BDM I, 411; cf. Hirsch e6, 925; cf. iNumis MBS 32, 1465). About extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 83 (Brussels), 12 March 2005, lot 2669. Ernest-Henri Besnier (1831-1909), b. Hon"eur, dermatologist and medical director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris
Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie (French, 1856-1909); b. Paris, and Duval-Janvier (Paris, . 1892-1902), especially Victor Janvier (1851-1911); b. Paris 1720 FRANCE, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for Duval-Janvier, male !gure working a coining press, rev. reduced vignettes of the obverse design, edge impressed BRONZE 44 and with foundry mark, 60 x 52mm, 81.97g (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. Höhn 110, 578; cf. Kölner 120, 1611; cf. Noonans 264, 909). About extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland. Duval-Janvier, later Janvier-Berchot, at 22 rue de Montmorency, Paris, had a reputation as the best technicians for the reducing and striking of medals in Paris in the !rst decade of the 20th century All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Charpentier-Mio, Félix-Maurice (French, 1881-1976); b. Paris 1721 FRANCE, Croquis de gestes dansés [Sketches of Dance Movements], 1913, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F.-M. CharpentierMio, three male and two female dancers adopt differing movements, date 26.5.1913 and number 2 stamped at lower right, back lightly stamped P.26, 164 x 122mm, 296.73g. Extremely ne with partial underlying green patina, a stunning plaque of extreme rarity £800-£1,000 Provenance: Bt Yates June 2017. Charpentier-Mio’s oeuvre was dedicated almost entirely to dance. He was inspired by live performances in Paris, such as those of Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) and Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), the stars of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, and of the American dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927). His series of plaquettes titled ‘croquis de gestes dansés’, begun in 1910, originated with sketches quickly drawn during live dance performances and later transformed into sculptural reliefs in the studio (ex. inf. David Yates)
Chéron, Charles-Jean-François (French, 1635-1698); b. Lunéville 1722 ITALY, Carlo Silvestro, 1670, a uniface cast bronze medal by C.-J.-F. Chéron, bust right, 64mm, 72.26g. Very ne; pierced at top for suspension £60-£80 Provenance: C. Avery Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 31, 11-12 June 2008, lot 475 (part)
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Chéron, Charles-Jean-François (French, 1635-1698); b. Lunéville 1723 ITALY, Giovanni Paolo Oliva, 1671, a uniface cast lead medal by C.-J.-F. Chéron, bust right, 68mm, 60.68g (V & T 29; Molinari 255; BDM I, 420; cf. Baldwin 64, 578). About very ne £70-£90 Provenance: C. Avery Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 31, 11-12 June 2008, lot 473. Giovanni Paolo Oliva (1600-81), b. Genoa, elected the eleventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus, 1661; falsely named as a ringleader of the Popish Plot by Titus Oates, 1678
Clarke, Geoffrey Cyril Petts (British, 1924-2014); b. Darley Dale 1724 ENGLAND, Nature and Time, 1999, a cast bronze medal by G.C.P. Clarke [Nautilus Fine Art Foundry] for the British Art Medal Society, stylistic representation of the double trinity, man and tree, rev. man in landscape of the passage of years, 75mm, 322.95g (Attwood 143; The Medal 35, pp.134-5; cf. Noonans 311, 621). Extremely ne, as made £60-£80 Provenance: Bt British Art Medal Society. Edition of 42.
Clémencin, François-André (French, 1878-1950); b. Lyon, and Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1725 FRANCE, Ski Nautique [Water Ski-ing], 1939, an Art Déco bronze award plaque by F.-A. Clémencin and P.-A. Morlon, male water ski-ing to right, rev. tablet !anked by branches of oak and palm, un-named, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 53 x 51mm, 93.05g (CGMP p.90). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 June 2005, lot 566 (part)
Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris 1726 FRANCE, Fédération agricole d’Alsace & de Lorraine, c. 1930, a uniface cast bronze award plaque by R. Cochet, head of a bull to left in central medallion, legend around, tablet below un-named, 140 x 113mm, 373.22g. Good very ne £40-£60 The Fédération agricole d'Alsace et de Lorraine was created in 1921 to unify local agricultural mutual credit and co-operative networks following the return of these regions to France
Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris 1727 FRANCE, Entr’aide [Mutual Aid], 1933, an Art Déco uniface bronze plaque by R. Cochet, naked young man carrying a semidraped elderly man who holds a walking stick to right, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 75 x 52mm, 118.06g (CGMP p.93; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.31, 77; cf. MDC e5, 711; cf. iNumis MBS 47, 1094; cf. Silich III, 958). Extremely ne £20-£30
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Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris 1728 FRANCE, Philateliste [Philatelist], c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze award paper knife by R. Cochet, head of female to left, examining a postage stamp under a magnifying glass, rev. panels in the shape of postage stamps, un-named, 204 x 38mm, 141.60g (cf. iNumis May 2012, 313). Very ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2009
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Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris 1729 FRANCE, Source thermale de Vichy [Vichy Thermal Spring], 1943, an Art Déco plated bronze award medal by R. Cochet, nude female standing facing on a pedestal adorned with the city’s coat of arms, holding two amphorae that pour out over a man and a woman seated at sides, rev. elevation of the Célestin thermal baths, engraved (Congrès National 1960), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 161.43g (CGMP p.93; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 5583; cf. Kölner 111, 1210; cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 125). Extremely ne; in maroon card box by E. Bélot, Joaillier Orfèvre, Vichy [this distressed] £60-£80 Provenance: Bt J. Lis September 2006. The Célestin Spring, declared of public interest in 1861, is the most famous in Vichy with a history dating back to the 15th century
Cochet, Robert (French, 1903-1988); b. Paris 1730 FRANCE, Déméter, c. 1950, a bronze award medal by R. Cochet for the Ministère de l'Agriculture, goddess Demeter reclining to right, holding a cornucopia from which stalks of grain emerge, sower and sun in background, rev. central tablet, inscribed (Concours Generale Agricole, 1955, Membre du Jury), farm workers with tractor and machinery above, farmworkers with animals below, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 59.76g (cf. iNumis April 2013, 226). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2015. The 64th Concours Général Agricole was staged in the Parc des Expositions, Paris, from 1 to 6 March 1955
Contaux, Georges (French, 1881-1984); b. Vigneux-sur-Seine 1731 FRANCE, Boules [Bowls], 1930, a bronze award medal by G. Contaux for the St Raphaël Quinquina, male bowler aiming a ball, rev. male athlete with trophy, silhouettes of two waiters with bottles of St Raphaël on trays at sides, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 56.83g (cf. DNW M12, 478, for rev.). Extremely ne; in green tted case of issue, inside of lid inscribed ‘Prix Offert par le St Raphaël Quinquina’ £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2006. St Raphaël is a wine and quinquina based apéritif invented by Adémar Juppet in Lyon in 1830; several sports medals were sponsored by the drinks company to mark its centenary
Corbin, Raymond (French, 1907-2002); b. Rochefort 1732 SENEGAL, Construction, 1955, a silver medal by R. Corbin adapted for the Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, building under construction, cranes in background, rev. legend in 5 lines ending NIAMEY, DÉCEMBRE 1961, ZINDER, MARS 1962), edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 50mm, 64.71g (CGMP p.453; Paris Exh. Cat. 1965, 222; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.53, 35; DNW 134, 603). About extremely ne £50-£70 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, created in 1959 and headquartered in Dakar, is responsible for issuing the banknotes for Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, with the addition of Guinea-Bissau in 1997
Coudray, Marie-Alexander-Lucien (French, 1864-1932); b. Paris 1733 FRANCE, Agriculture, or Travaux des Champs, 1904, a bronze plaque by M.-A.-L. Coudray, peasant driving bullocks pulling a plough, being urged on by a boy, setting sun in background, rev. farmworker with scythe in a !eld of wheat, named (Offert par P. Couinaud, Député), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 100 x 62mm, 85.32g (PBE 280; CGMP p.103; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 33; cf. Kölner 116, 1675; cf. Elsen 91, 2183; cf. DNW 188, 827). Extremely ne; in maroon gilt-blocked case of issue £60-£80 Pierre-Joseph Couinaud (1891-1967), b. Nevers; politician and staunch Gaullist in Orne; served as a doctor in World War I and was a member of the Resistance in World War II; betrayed to the Germans in May 1944 he was imprisoned at Auschwitz; elected municipal councillor of Argentan, 1945, and served as mayor 1953-60; appointed Secretary of State for Health, 1953
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Coudray, Marie-Alexander-Lucien (French, 1864-1932); b. Paris 1734 FRANCE, Flore [Flora], 1905, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by M.-A.-L. Coudray, naked female standing amid branches of a rose-tree and smelling a rose, rev. !oral scene, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 75 x 35mm, 64.88g (Maier 227; PBE 287; CGMP p.102; cf. WAG e159, 268; cf. MDC e5, 680; cf. DNW 56, 790). Extremely ne, patinated £100-£150
Coudray, Marie-Alexander-Lucien (French, 1864-1932); b. Paris 1735 FRANCE, Les Maraîchers, or Trois Bécheurs [The Market Gardeners, or Three Diggers], 1907, a bronze award plaque by M.A.-L. Coudray, three market gardeners tending an allotment, rev. gardening equipment, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 65 x 46mm, 93.90g (PBE 269; CGMP p.102; cf. DNW 66, 1401). Very ne and very rare; in red gilt-blocked case of issue £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen February 2002
Coudray, Marie-Alexander-Lucien (French, 1864-1932); b. Paris 1736 FRANCE, Gallia, 1930, a bronze medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, Gaul depicted as a young woman in pro"le to left, wearing a cap adorned with oak leaves and a rooster's head crest, rev. wreath of oak and palm around central tablet, inscribed (Offert par Mr Duchesne-Fournet, Député), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 66.25g (cf. CGMP p.99 for obv.). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2013. Pierre Duchesne-Fournet (1880-1965), politician; b. Lisieux (dép. Calvados); député for Calvados, June 1932-May 1942
Crouzat, Georges (French, 1904-1976); b. Castres 1737 FRANCE, Bacchante, 1942, an Art Déco uniface bronze plaque by G. Crouzat, naked young female seated to right in front of a grape vine, head facing, squeezing a bunch of grapes into a cup, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 89 x 49mm, 160.04g (CGMP p.112; cf. Künker e356, 8098; cf. Kölner 111, 1128; cf. iNumis Dec. 2017, 208). Very ne, scarce £80-£100
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Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939), and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1738 FRANCE, Nike, 1924, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, head of Nike to right with symbols around, rev. naked male athlete standing to right, cloak hanging from his neck, holding statuette of Victory and surveying the distant landscape of Olympia, edge impressed BRONZE 72 and with foundry mark, 100mm, 400.30g (cf. Babelon, Die Frau in der Medaille, pl. vii, 68; cf. Baldwin 93, 648; cf. Noonans 324, 247). Some spotting, otherwise very ne and very rare £300-£400 Provenance: Bt J. Lis December 2012. The medal was to be adapted for the Paris Olympic Games with the addition of a rugby ball, javelin, bow and arrow, club and discus, but in the event other designs were preferred
Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939) 1739 FRANCE, Centenaire de la Banque Joire, Tourcoing, 1926, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, semi-naked female kneeling to left, carrying a large bowl of !owers, rev. two naked putti holding a large cornucopia, names of the successive directors of the bank below, edge impressed BRONZE, 68mm, 130.45g (Maier 317; cf. iNumis MBS 32, 1474; cf. Baldwin 74, 1865; cf. Noonans 324, 249). Extremely ne £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2013. Banque Joire, 49-51 rue de Lille, Tourcoing, was founded by Jean Joire in 1826; it became a public company in 1951, but was later absorbed by Crédit du Nord
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Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939), and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1740 FRANCE, Médecine, or La maladie sera vaincue [Medicine, or Disease Will Be Conquered], 1928, a uniface Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, naked female to right, !ghting a three-headed serpent with a spear, edge impressed 21 BRONZE and with foundry mark, 81mm, 176.09g (cf. Heritage/MPO 90, 9108; cf. MDC e5, 723; cf. iNumis May 2014, 324). Extremely ne, attractively patinated, rare £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2013
Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939), and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1741 FRANCE, 25e anniversaire de la Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d’Éléctricité, 1932, an Art Déco silver medal by P.M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, facing female head with "ame-like hair, rays behind, rev. female !gure in cloak and long dress standing to right, rays from her outstretched hands pouring over the city of Paris, edge impressed ARGENT and with two foundry marks, 64mm, 130.06g (Maier 319 [Sale, lot 1106]; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 54, 62; cf. Kölner 16, 1687; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1371; cf. Silich I, 101). One of the classic Art Déco medallic images, extremely ne; in original maroon card box £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland. In order to unify and simplify the development of the electricity sector and its access in Paris, an agreement was reached in September 1907 between several concessionaires, whose work was consolidated with the founding of the C.P.D.E. in January 1914. The company ceased to produce electricity in 1930 and thence focused solely on its distribution
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Dammann, Paul-Marcel (French, 1885-1939), and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1742 GERMANY/FRANCE, 200-Jahrfeier des Eisenwerks Sankt Ingbert [Bicentenary of the St Ingbert Ironworks], 1933, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, the iron founder Hephaestus at the anvil with two symbolic attendants, rev. legend in four lines, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 68mm, 129.52g (Müseler –; cf. Kölner 112, 1081; cf. WAG e40, 1537; cf. DNW 35, 706). Very ne £40-£60 Provenance: K. McGuinness Collection, DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 706; bt J. Lis June 2003. The ironworks originated from the Alte Schmelz (Old Smeltery) in St Ingbert. In 1733 the city belonged to the electorate of Trier; it was part of France from 1798 to 1814, Bavaria and Austria from 1814 to 1816, and Bavaria from 1816 to 1919; from 1919 to 1935 it was under a League of Nations mandate, economically linked to France; it has been part of France since 1944 and the Federal Republic of Germany since 1957
Dampt, Jean-Baptiste-Auguste (French, 1854-1945); b. Venarey-les-Laumes 1743 FRANCE, Édouard Quénu, 1908, a uniface bronze plaque by J.-B.-A. Dampt, bust left, branches below, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 80 x 72mm, 177.69g (Storer 2901; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.68, 1; BDM VII, 202; cf. DNW 64, 1358). About very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 February 2006, lot 471 (part). Édouard Quénu (1852–1933), surgeon, appointed professor at the Faculté de Médecin, Paris, 1907
Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1744 FRANCE, Cardinal Bonnechose, 1883, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, draped bust right, rev. Papal arms, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70mm, 165.64g (PBE 296; BDM I, 662). Tiny reverse rim bruise at 3 o’clock, otherwise very ne, very rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003. Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose (1800-83), the last surviving cardinal to have been born in the 18th century; attorney-general for Besançon, 1830; bishop of Carcasonne, 1847; archbishop of Rouen, 1854; created cardinal by Pope Pius IX December 1863
Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1745 FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, an Art Nouveau bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, head of Marianne to right, rev. seated female to right, crowning a seated artisan, naked Genie at left, view of Eiffel Tower at right, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 63mm, 105.75g (Maier 112; Coll. R. Marx 307; BDM I, 664; cf. CGB May 2025, 657; cf. BSJ 52, 159; cf. Silich IV, 1370). Extremely ne; in original gilt-blocked leather pouch £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The Expo Universelle, 1889, staged between 6 May and 31 October 1889, attracted over 32 million visitors
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Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1746 FRANCE, Automobile-Club de France, 1895, an Art Nouveau uniface cast bronze award plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, seminaked female "gure sat on tricycle, right hand holding a torch and left hand on the tiller, legend below (Course Paris-Marseille 1896, David Salomon), 113 x 106mm, 160.58g (cf. iNumis Dec. 2017, 264; cf. DNW 35, 530). Extremely ne and superbly patinated, extremely rare and a very signicant early motoring award; only the third such plaque seen by the cataloguer £500-£700 Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, 2nd Bt, JP, DL (1851–1925), Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells; barrister, mayor of Tunbridge Wells 1894-5; engineer, scientist, photographer; a motoring pioneer, he was only the second person to import a petrol-powered car into England in October 1895; founder of the Self-Propelled Traffic Association, he "nancially supported the historic 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris automobile race organised by the Automobile-Club de France by contributing 2,500 francs and was honoured with a commemorative plaque; a founder-member of the Royal Automobile Club, August 1897. The Automobile-Club de France was founded in October 1895 by the car manufacturer Comte de Dion (1856-1946), Baron de Zuylen (1860 -1934), who became its "rst president, and the journalist Paul Meyan (1852-1938). Its "rst long-distance event, the Paris-Marseille-Paris race, staged over 1,710 km (1,062 miles) in late September 1896, was won by Émile Mayade (1853-98, Panhard-Levassor), in a total aggregate time of 67 hours 42 minutes 58 seconds; the 14 "nishers (out of 40 starters) included Émile Levassor (who was seriously injured in a crash avoiding a dog and his mechanic had to complete the race) and Marius Berliet. Panhard-Levassor cars placed "rst, second and fourth; such was their reputation that the winning car, which later competed in the "rst Emancipation Run from London to Brighton in November 1896, was bought by Charles Rolls (of Rolls-Royce fame) for £1,200, and that which "nished second was purchased by Selwyn Edge (of Napier fame)
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Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1747 FRANCE, L’Horticulture, or La Science enseigne l’Horticulture à la Jeunesse [Science Teaching Horticulture to the Young], 1899 [issued 1901], an Art Nouveau silver-gilt plaque by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, female !gure teaching another to prune a plant in a "ower-pot, rev. naked young girl sat under a tree, creating a posy, !eld engraved (Offert par La Ville de Villers s/Mer), edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 61 x 48mm, 92.88g (Maier 122; PBE 304; CGMP p.175; Coll. R. Marx 306; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 41, 72; BDM I, 664; cf. CGB Nov. 2023, 482; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 116, 1692; cf. Silich III, 979). Test marks on upper right edge of obverse, otherwise very ne, charming style £90-£120 The obverse was originally designed by Daniel-Dupuis in 1892. Villers-sur-Mer, dép. Calvados
Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1748 FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, robed female symbolising History inscribing the date on a tablet held by a naked boy, rev. naked winged Genius brandishing torch and leaning on a coining press, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 50mm, 59.66g (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; Coll. R. Marx 310; BDM I, 666; cf. Heritage Jan. 2024, 23111; cf. CGB July 2023, 638; cf. DNW 147, 1890). Very ne £60-£80 The exposition, staged between 14 April and 12 November at the esplanade of Les Invalides, the Champ de Mars, the Trocadéro and on the neighbouring banks of the Seine, was visited by more than 50 million people
Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1749 FRANCE/RUSSIA, Posé de la première pierre du pont Alexandre III, Paris [Foundation Stone of the Pont Alexandre III Laid] [Exposition Universelle], 1900, a plated bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, three standing female !gures, head of Alexander III of Russia above, backdrop of Paris behind, rev. semi-naked female holding pot from which water "ows, cherub with scroll at side, legend below, 70mm, 142.79g (Maier 119; PBE 310; Diakov 1320.1; BDM I, 662; cf. CGB June 2026, 425; cf. MDC 18, 2073; cf. DNW 132, 1724). Very ne £100-£150 Provenance: H.-P. Wip"er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2476. The foundation stone ceremony was performed by Czar Nicholas II, the Czarina Alexandra and Félix Faure, president of the Third Republic, on 7 October 1896. The bridge was opened by Émile Loubet on 14 April 1900 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1750 FRANCE, La Source or Chloé à la vasque [The Source, or Chloé at the Fountain Basin], 1900, an Art Nouveau 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, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 66 x 36mm, 54.92g (Maier 120; PBE 321; CGMP p.175; Coll. R. Marx 327-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 328; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 66; cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 252; cf. Sonntag 40, 183; cf. Kölner 116, 1695). Charming style, good very ne £90-£120 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2003
Dassier, Jean (Swiss, 1676-1763); b. Geneva, and his sons Dassier, Jacques-Antoine (1715-59); b. Geneva, and Dassier, Antoine (1718 -80); b. Geneva 1751 NETHERLANDS, Willem IV als stadhouder [Wilhelm IV, Stadtholder], 1747, a damascened bronze medal by J. Dassier et Fils, laureate and armoured bust left, rev. Willem dressed as a Roman general, urging the languid Genius of the Netherlands who reclines on a plinth, 55mm, 76.47g (Eisler 2010, 350 [version 1]; Eisler 2005 II, 322-3; Saunders/Vanhoudt 1747-234; KPK 2778; BDM I, 516; cf. Schulman 356, 1006). Good very ne, very rare £400-£500 Willem IV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, was named General Stadtholder of all seven of the United Provinces on 4 May 1747, the position being made hereditary for the !rst time. However, he died of a stroke four years later
Dautel, Pierre-Victor (French, 1873-1951); b. Valenciennes, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1752 FRANCE, Syndicat d’Initiative de Nantes et de la Région [Nantes and Region Tourist Office], 1925, an Art Déco bronze award medal by P.-V. Dautel for Arthus-Bertrand, robed female standing to right, holding symbolic ship of Nantes, cathedral in background, rev. coastal landscape, sailing boat and steam train in foreground, un-named, ropework border, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 66mm, 115.26g (Classens 48; cf. DNW 49, 945). Extremely ne, rare; in maroon tted case of issue £60-£80 Provenance: DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 670; bt Irene Allen
Dautel, Pierre-Victor (French, 1873-1951); b. Valenciennes 1753 ALGERIA/TUNISIA, André Lebon, 1928, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, bust left, rev. woman carrying water from a well, palm tree in background, Arabic legend above, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 64mm, 112.81g (Ruedas 156; Escande 154; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.54, 46; cf. MDC e18, 444; cf. Noble 109, 2629; cf. iNumis MBS 19, 2241; cf. DNW 58, 1507). Good very ne £40-£60 Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz. André Lebon (1859-1938), lawyer and politician, b. Dieppe; president of the Crédit Foncier d’Algerie et de Tunisie, 1902; Commander in the Légion d’Honneur, 1928 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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David d’Angers, Pierre-Jean (French, 1788-1856); b. Angers, and Fonderie Richard-Eck et Durand, later Eck et Durand (Paris, . 1839 -1863) 1754 FRANCE, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande, 1850, a uniface cast bronze maquette by P.-J. David d’Angers [Eck et Durand], bust left in high relief, back signed ECK ET DURAND, 167mm, 351.39g (Reinis 257; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1966, –; BDM I, 531). Good very ne, rare; with hook on the back for suspension £150-£200 Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732-1807), astronomer, b. Bourg-en-Bresse (dép. Ain); predicted the return of Halley’s Comet, 1759; held the chair of Astronomy at the Collège de France, 1762-1807
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Dejean, Louis (French, 1872-1954); b. Paris 1755 FRANCE, Exposition et Congrès International des Applications de l’Électricité, Marseille [International Exhibition and Congress of Electricity Applications], 1908, a silver award medal by L. Dejean, naked couple crouching on rocks, heads bent down, sending lightning over a village, rev. legend, named (Marius Jullien, Membre du Jury), edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 54mm, 76.30g (PBE 346; Coll. R. Marx 352; cf. iNumis MBS 49-50, 1042; cf. Silich II, 546). About very ne £60-£80 Provenance: iNumis Auction (Paris), 8 December 2015, lot 70. The exposition was staged from 14 to 19 September 1908
Delamarre, Raymond (French, 1890-1986); b. Paris, moved to Italy 1920, returned to France 1924 1756 FRANCE, Nessus et Déjanire, 1944, an Art Déco uniface silver medal by R. Delamarre, the centaur Nessus to right, lifting a semi-naked Déjanire, back named (Offert à Mr André Herbert par ses Collaborateurs en l’honneur du vingtcinquième anniversaire de la fondation de sa maison, 1936, J. Dormion, H. Gaultier, C. Msrtin, H. Joublin, J. Candau, R. Chevalier, M. Very, L. Hivet), edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 81mm, 303.14g (CGMP p.127; cf. Noonans 324, 264). Minor rim bruises, otherwise very ne, very rare in silver £300-£400 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1430. In Greek mythology, when Hercules arrived at the River Euenus with his bride Dejanira, the centaur Nessus offered to carry her across the water while Hercules swam. Having reached the other side, Nessus attempted to run off with Dejanira, but Hercules shot and fatally wounded him with a poisoned arrow
Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris 1757 FRANCE, Concours de Natation [Swimming Competition], 1924 [issued 1926], an Art Déco bronze award medal by M. Delannoy, diver above two "shes, rev. shells and algæ, named (Puys 1932, Offert par le Pavillon de la Plage), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 58.35g (CGMP p.138; cf. Arethuse 5 [Oct 1924]; cf. Noonans 324, 267). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt J. Lis December 2004. Le Pavillon de la Plage, Trébeurden, dép. Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, opened 1921
Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris, and La Gerbe d’Or (Paris, . 1890-1939) 1758 FRANCE, La Grâce [Grace], c. 1925, an Art Déco bronze repoussé by M. Delannoy for La Gerbe d’Or, heads of female and antelope to right, 60mm, 47.46g (cf. DNW 66, 1529). Mounted on brown bakelite as a calendar holder, about extremely ne; with hook for suspension on the back £20-£30
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Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris 1759 FRANCE, Cinéma, 1928 [struck 1939+], an Art Déco bronze award medal by M. Delannoy, naked "gure of Venus rising in triumph from the light emitted by a "lm projector, images behind, rev. the interior of a cinema, screen in centre, named (Cinevog St Lazare, Paris, Semaine du Cinéma 10-19 Mars 1943), edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 68mm, 148.13g (CGMP p.138; Classens 119; Jones, Art of the Medal, 425; cf. iNumis MBS 34, 1266; cf. Baldwin 95, 2728; cf. Silich III, 992). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: BDW Auction 13, 31 May 1995, lot 280. Cinévog Saint-Lazare, located near Gare Saint-Lazare, operated during the German occupation. During the period 10 to 19 March 1943, Parisian cinemas subject to the control of the COIC (Comité d'organisation des industries cinématographiques) offered regulated and censored entertainment screenings
Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris 1760 FRANCE, Fame, c. 1935, an Art Déco plated bronze award medal by M. Delannoy, head of Fame left, blowing trumpet and holding a laurel branch in her left hand, rev. wreath, named (Offert par Paul Bersez, Sénateur), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 54.53g (cf. SJA 111, 227; cf. Silich III, 995). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 February 2006, lot 441 (part). Paul Bersez (1857-1940), mayor of Cambrai 1897-1912, senator for département Nord, 1906-40
Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris, and La Gerbe d’Or (Paris, . 1890-1939) 1761 FRANCE, Harmonie, 1937, an Art Déco repoussé bronze calendar holder by M. Delannoy for La Gerbe d’Or, female "gure of Harmony standing in front of the fountains at the Trocadéro in Paris, holding a bunch of #owers in each hand, 95 x 75mm, 37.32g (cf. DNW M8, 2310). About extremely ne; with integrated holes for mounting at top and bottom £40-50 Issued as a commemorative of the Paris Expo, 1937
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Delannoy, Maurice (French, 1885-1972); b. Paris 1762 FRANCE, Le Lac [The Lake], 1942, an Art Déco uniface bronze medal by M. Delannoy, on the surface of a lake, between two swans, a naked young nymph, holding a light scarf in her right hand, !oats above water, two swans at her feet, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 68mm, 149.70g (CGMP p.138; cf. Kölner 116, 1682; cf. Künker e356, 8234; cf. BDW 5, 189). Two small rim bruises on the back, otherwise very ne, rare £100-£150 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 85, 10 September 2005, lot 2337. The medal was inspired by the ballet Swan Lake, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93) in 1875-6. The scenario, based on Russian and German folk tales, tells a story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi in Moscow on 4 March 1877
Desvignes, Louis (French, 1877-1934); b. Creusot 1763 FRANCE, Le Pain – Panis [Bread], 1933, a large bronze medal by L. Desvignes, female seated right, cutting bread, jar on shelf in background, rev. clouds above sheaves of wheat, stamped 8 at bottom, 113mm, 338.90g (cf. CGMP p.147; cf. iNumis MBS 22, 1462 for obv.). Extremely ne and very rare £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons October 2003
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Devreese, Godefroid (Belgian, 1861-1941); b. Kortrijk, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1764 BELGIUM, Centenaire de la Compagnie Belge d’Assurances Générales, 1924, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, seated mother with two young children protected by two standing robed female !gures, one holding a torch, the other a shield, rev. legend in 10 lines, edge impressed J. FONSON, 75mm, 119.96g (Willenz 255; cf. Rauch e34, 581; cf. Elsen 85, 2090; cf. DNW M10, 1472). Good very ne £40-£50 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 117 (Solingen), 10 September 2003, lot 6452. The Compagnie d'Assurances Générales sur la Vie, les Fonds Dotaux et les Survivances (AG Vie), founded by the banker Jacques Coghen (1791 -1858) in Brussels in 1824, changed its name to Compagnie d'Assurances Générales contre les Risques d'Incendie in 1830. By 1924 the company, known as AG Vie, employed 140 people
Devreese, Godefroid (Belgian, 1861-1941); b. Kortrijk, and Ochs, Jacques (French, 1883-1971); b. Nice, moved to Belgium 1893, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1765 BELGIUM, Pourquoi Pas? [Why Not], 1930, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese and J. Ochs for Fonson, conjoined busts of Léon Souguenet, Louis Dumont-Wilden and George Garnir to left, rev. caricatures of the same individuals, edge impressed J. FONSON, 73 x 66mm, 165.09g (Willenz 325; cf. CNG e591, 804; cf. Höhn e17, 4586; cf. Elsen 133, 1563). Test mark on edge at base, otherwise very ne and patinated £60-£80 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 110 (Brussels), 10 September 2011, lot 1529. Pourquoi Pas?, an A4-sized satirical political magazine, was founded in 1910 by three journalists, Léon Souguenet (1871-1938), Louis DumontWilden (1875-1963) and George Garnir (1868-1939). Publication ceased during World War I but restarted at the end of hostilities, with its front page featuring a somewhat caricatured portrait of a political or artistic celebrity, for a long time the work of the virtuoso Jacques Ochs, who later also produced a collection of drawings clandestinely executed while a prisoner at Breendonk concentration camp. The magazine’s 20th anniversary was marked by a front cover featuring caricatures of the founders, as shown on the plaque. The title was purchased by the proprietors of Le Vif/L'Express in 1989
Devreese, Godefroid (Belgian, 1861-1941); b. Kortrijk, and Matton, Arsène (Belgian, 1873-1953); b. Harelbeke, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1766 BELGIAN CONGO, Exposition de Union des Femmes Coloniales, Elisabethville, 1931, an Art Déco silver plaque by G. Devreese and A. Matton for Fonson, naked African female kneeling to left, raising a branch of laurel to acknowledge the bust of Albert I in cartouche above, rev. the Expo building, edge impressed J. FONSON and with foundry mark, 88 x 42mm, 113.66g (Vancraenbroeck 196; Willenz –; cf. Elsen 164, 2336; cf. Schulman e9, 2738; cf. BDW 5, 153). Good very ne, toned £100-£150 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 130 (Brussels), 10 September 2016, lot 1415 XRF analysis, sold with the medal, shows that the metallic composition is 95.39% silver. The Expo in Elisabethville, organised by the members of the Chamber of Commerce to commemorate the centenary of the founding of Belgium, had clear propaganda aims as the organisers needed to convince both Belgian and South African industrialists and consumers of Congo’s economic potential. They hoped the event would attract visitors from the area around Elisabethville and the Belgian government subsidised the project to the tune of 2 million francs. The subsidy was used to build access roads, construct the 2,000-square metre Belgian pavilion, a garden, pergola, sports stadium and restaurant. In the art section a series of bronze casts of ‘indigenous types’ was shown, made by the reputable Belgian artist Arsène Matton
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Domard, Joseph-François (French, 1792-1858); b. Paris, and Caqué, Armand-Auguste (French, 1793-1881); b. Saintes 1767 FRANCE, Exposition de Dijon, 1858, a copper medal by J.-F. Domard and A.-A. Caqué, bust of Napoléon III to left, rev. robed female personi!cation of Dijon seated to left, implements of commerce and industry around, buildings in background, edge impressed CUIVRE and hand, 68mm, 163.22g (Divo 356; Collignon 1780; cf. MDC 18, 2011; cf. iNumis MBS 51, 1012; cf. Sincona 26, 3168; cf. DNW 38, 604). Extremely ne, attractively patinated £80-£100 The Dijon Expo of 1858, the brainchild of the city’s mayor, Théodore-Michel Vernier (1810-92) was staged at the city’s Place d’Armes. It had been due to open on 1 June but the opening was delayed until 8 July. The Expo closed on 8 September, having attracted some 120,000 visitors
Drago, Joseph-Séraphin (French, 1883-1965); b. Nice 1768 FRANCE, Menton, c. 1935, an octagonal plated and enamelled uniface badge by J.-S. Drago for the Comité des Fêtes et Sports, view of the harbour at Menton above a background of fruiting lemons, back engraved (8. 12. III. 1948), 52mm, 64.60g (cf. Baldwin 46, 2240). Extremely ne; in original blue tted case by Drago, Nice, Paris [this somewhat scuffed] £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen July 2004. Probably issued in connection with the revival of the town’s Fête du Citron [Festival of Lemons]
Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris, and La Gerbe d’Or (Paris, . 1890-1939) 1769 FRANCE, Danseuse [Dancer], 1912 [issued c. 1930], a repoussé bronze calendar holder by H. Dropsy for La Gerbe d’Or, female dancer in #imsy antique Greek attire to right in central medallion, masks of Tragedy at upper corners, 92 x 72mm, 42.17g (cf. Maier 299; cf. Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 27; The Medal 44, p.50; cf. DNW 131, 524). Very ne £40-£60 La Gerbe d’Or, 86 rue de Rivoli, Paris, specialised in tableware, clocks, decorative objects, gold and silverware. The calendars were offered to clients purchasing items from their store. The !gure appears to be modelled on the innovative and in#uential American dancer, Isadora Duncan (1878-1927), who travelled widely in Europe, demonstrating her new style of dancing based on !gures seen on Greek vase painting, founding schools in Berlin, Vienna and elsewhere
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Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris 1770 FRANCE, Imprimerie Draeger Frès [Draeger Frères Printing House], 1925, a cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, bearded Oriental male standing to right, indicating the way forward to a tiger and an elephant, rev. elevation of the Draeger Frès factory in Montrouge, 100mm, 624.83g (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –). Very ne and very rare; mounted on a wooden base for display £150-£200 Obverse only illustrated. Draeger Frès, originally founded as Draeger & Lesieur on 13 August 1886 by Charles Draeger (1844-99), was renamed and restructured by his widow, Amélie (1849-1927), in 1899 for the bene!t of their three sons, Georges, Maurice and Robert. The business moved to Montrouge in 1908 and in 1920 merged with the American advertising agency Wallace, specialising in luxury advertising, typography and art books. Draeger collaborated with several legendary modernist masters, including Dalí, Picasso and Matisse
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Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris, and Maison Canale (Paris, 1827-present), specically Victor Canale (1883-1959); b. Neuillysur-Seine 1771 FRANCE, La Danse du Faune [The Dance of the Faun], c. 1929, a uniface Art Déco bronze medal by H. Dropsy for V. Canale, Pan and naked nymphe dancing in front of a staue of Priapus, edge impressed V. CANALE and with two foundry marks, 70mm, 131.15g (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. iNumis May 2017, 349; cf. Silich II, 562). About extremely ne £90-£120 Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz
Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris, and Maison Canale (Paris, 1827-present), specically Victor Canale (1883-1959); b. Neuillysur-Seine 1772 FRANCE, L’Électricité, 1930, an Art Déco uniface hexagonal bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, two seated !gures, their hands raised and joined by a band of electricity, edge stamped with two foundry marks, base impressed V. CANALE DÉPOSÉ MADE IN FRANCE, 60 x 52mm, 115.17g (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; Classens 118). Very ne and very rare; set onto a bronze base £80-£100 Provenance: H.-P. Wip"er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2580
Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris 1773 FRANCE, Union d’Électricité, c. 1935, a silver medal by H. Dropsy, naked female !gure between clouds, sparks of electricity around, rev. a hydro-electric plant, edge impressed ARGENT and with two foundry marks, 36mm, 22.30g (Dropsy Exh. Cat, 1964, –; cf. Möller 86, 855; cf. DNW M14, 1552). Very ne £30-£40
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Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris 1774 FRANCE, Centenaire du Banque du Crédit Industriel et Commercial, 1959, a silver medal by H. Dropsy, naked female !gure of Fortune standing facing, distributing coins from a cornucopia, rev. legend above two cornucopiæ and caduceus, edge impressed ARGENT and with foundry mark, 59mm, 132.51g (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. Baldwin 101, 3807; cf. iNumis May 2016, 274; cf. Silich III, 1016). Extremely ne, toned; in original maroon card box of issue £90-£120 The Société Générale de Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) was established on 7 May 1859
Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris 1775 FRANCE, XXVème Anniversaire, 1970, a posthumous bronze award medal by H. Dropsy, heads of ancient Greek gods and a goddess conjoined, vis-à-vis, cornucopia below, rev. legend, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE 1970 and cornucopia, 59mm, 114.18g. Extremely ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2002 A silver wedding medal of the Paris mint
Droz, Jean-Pierre (Swiss, 1746-1823); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1764, then England 1787, back to France 1791, and Jeuffroy, Romain-Vincent (French, 1749-1826); b. Rouen, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1776 FRANCE/ENGLAND, Descente en Angleterre [Proposed Invasion of England], 1804, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and after R.-V. Jeuffroy for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoleon to right, rev. Hercules holding a merman, edge COPIED FROM THE FRENCH MEDAL, 40mm, 35.69g (Bramsen 365; Slg. Julius 1312; cf. CGMP p.51; BHM 594; BDM I, 624; cf. Varesi e10, 253; cf. CNG e472, 437; cf. Noonans 256, 307). Very ne, reverse better £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Baldwin. Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, although never carried out, was a major in"uence on British naval strategy in the early years of the 19th century. His army, said to be up to 200,000 strong, trained at camps at Boulogne, Bruges and Montreuil, while a large "eet of invasion barges were massed at Boulogne. Sea trials of the barges proved that they were not up to the task, while British "eets continued to blockade the French and Spanish "eets that would be needed to maintain naval superiority long enough for a crossing
Droz, Jean-Pierre (Swiss, 1746-1823); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1764, then England 1787, back to France 1791, and Jaley, Louis (French, 1763-1838); b. Charité-sur-Loire, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1777 AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Schlacht bei Austerlitz [Battle of Austerlitz], 1805, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and L. Jaley for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. winged thunderbolt surmounted by a statue of Napoléon holding a sceptre and a globe, 40mm, 36.83g (Bramsen 445; Zeitz 59; Alexander 59; CGMP p.57; BDM III, 54; Slg. Julius 1447; cf. Schulman 383, 910; cf. WAG e158, 123; cf. Varesi e10, 294). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik October 1977. The Battle of Austerlitz, fought on 2 December 1805, saw the Grande Armée under the command of Napoléon defeat the combined Russian and Austrian armies, under the commands of Alexander I and Francis II. France and Austria agreed to an immediate armistice, which was rati!ed by the Treaty of Pressburg, signed on 26 December All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Droz, Jean-Pierre (Swiss, 1746-1823); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1764, then England 1787, back to France 1791, and Andrieu, Bertrand (French, 1761-1822); b. Bordeaux, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1778 AUSTRIA/FRANCE, Te Deum im Wiener Stephansdom [Te Deum in Vienna Cathedral], 1805, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz and B. Andrieu for D.-V. Denon, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. elevation of the cathedral Saint-Étienne, Vienna, 40mm, 35.16g (Bramsen 461 var.; Zeitz 64 var.; Alexander 65; CGMP p.58; BDM I, 53; Slg. Julius 1476; cf. NAC 115, 1546). Light die crack on truncation, about extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik September 1997. In the wake of his victory at Austerlitz, Napoléon ordered a Te Deum thanksgiving service to take place at the cathedral Saint-Étienne in Vienna on 18 December 1805
Droz, Jean-Pierre (Swiss, 1746-1823); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1764, then England 1787, back to France 1791 1779 FRANCE, Strasbourg et le paix de Schönbrun [Strasbourg and the Peace of Schönbrunn], 1809, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz, laureate bust of Napoléon to right, rev. robed female !gure of Strasbourg standing to right, burning incense on an altar, the front of which is adorned with a winged caduceus, 68mm, 142.58g (Bramsen 880; CGMP p.72; BDM I, 625; Slg. Julius 2155; cf. WAG e158, 129; cf. Künker e77, 2821; cf. Gadoury e39, 451). Extremely ne £90-£120 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch July 2004. The Treaty of Schönbrunn was signed between France and Austria at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna on 14 October 1809. Ten days later the city of Strasbourg staged a formal public tribute to commemorate the peace
Dubois, Alphée (French, 1831-1905); b. Paris 1780 FRANCE, Mort de Urbain Jean-Joseph le Verrier [Death of Urbain Jean-Joseph le Verrier], 1878 [struck 1884], a bronze medal by A. Dubois, bust left, rev. the planets of the solar system, personi!ed by their corresponding deities, orbit a circular cartouche in the form of a symbol of the sun evoked by Apollo’s quadriga, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 164.96g (PBE 382; CGMP p.157; BDM I, 631; cf. Höhn 102, 650; cf. Elsen 139, 1416). Extremely ne £40-£50 Provenance: Tietjen Auktion 42 (Hamburg), 29 November 1982, lot 881; Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 114 (Solingen), 8 January 2003, lot 6641. Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-77), astronomer and mathematician who specialised in celestial mechanics, b. Saint-Lô; best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune in 1846, using only mathematics
Dubois, Émile-Fernand (Belgian, 1861-1939); b. Renaix 1781 BELGIUM, Association Belge de Photographie, Exposition Internationale, 1896, an Art Nouveau bronze award plaque by É.-F. Dubois, naked female seated to left, re"ecting light through a prism, rev. robed female standing to left, developing a picture, named (G.E. Thompson), 60 x 45mm, 82.14g (BDM I, 634; cf. Haynault Apr. 2022, 232; cf. Möller 62, 1002). Extremely ne, bright patina £40-£60 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2003. George E. Thompson, photographer, 70 The Borough, Canterbury, Kent. The Association Belge de Photographie staged its second international exhibition of photographic art at the Musée Moderne, Brussels, from 4-15 April 1896
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Dubois, Henri-Alfred-Auguste (French, 1859-1943); b. Rome, moved to France by 1863, and Rude, François (French, 1784-1855); b. Dijon, moved to Belgium 1817, returned to France 1826, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1782 FRANCE, La Marseillaise, c. 1900, an Art Nouveau uniface bronze award plaque by H.-A.-A. Dubois after F. Rude for ArthusBertrand, !gures representing the Republic being urged into battle by a winged female Genie against the background of a brick wall, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 67 x 50mm, 189.23g (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 38, 58; cf. DNW 134, 593). Very ne £40-£60 The Départ des volontaires de 1792 (Departure of the Volunteers of 1792), also known as La Marseillaise, was completed by Rude in 1836 for the Arc de Triomphe and is his most famous work. It depicts a French revolutionary army preparing to !ght against a coalition of royalist forces at the Battle of Valmy in 1792. Sophie Fremiet, Rude's wife, posed for the principal !gure, the génie de la guerre (Genius of the War), urging troops to battle
Dupagne, Arthur (Belgian, 1895-1961), b. Liège, worked in Africa 1927-1935, returned to Belgium 1935, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973) 1783 BELGIAN CONGO, Pierre Ryckmans, 1950, a bronze medal by A. Dupagne, bust left, rev. male Congolese artisan to right, working the ground, two rocks behind him, edge impressed J. FONSON, 70mm, 138.04g (Vancraenbroeck 126; cf. Heritage/MPO 86, 7561; cf. Elsen 126, 1602; cf. Noonans 311, 722). About extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 83 (Brussels), 12 March 2005, lot 2536. Pierre Ryckmans (1891-1959), b. Antwerp: lawyer, served as Governor-General of Belgian Congo from September 1934 to December 1946
Dupré, Georges (French, 1869-1909); b. St Etienne 1784 FRANCE, Cinquantenaire des Mines de Bruay [50th anniversary of the Bruay Mines], 1905, a silver plaque by G. Dupré, bust of H. Marmottan left, rev. rear view of miners walking right across a !eld towards mines in distance, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 68 x 50mm, 102.08g (PBE 426; Müseler –; BDM VII, 239; cf. iNumis May 2015, 112; cf. Silich II, 569). Very ne, rare in this metal £100-£150 Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 761. By a statute dated 29 December 1855, a concession was granted to the Compagnie des Mines de Bruay at Bruay-la-Bussière (dép. Pas-de-Calais). The business faced !nancial problems in the early 1860s, but was saved by its new president, Jules-Jean-Baptiste Marmottan (1829-83), the French politician. As his son Paul (1856-1932) was a civil servant and art collector who is not known to have had any direct connection with the business, is presumed that the bust on the plaque is of a family relative, who was president of the company in 1905. By the time of its 50th anniversary the mine employed over 4,500 men, 200 women and some 900 children. After nationalisation in 1946, the Groupe de Bruay took over the boundaries of the mines’ former concessions
Dupuis, Toon, aka Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus (Belgian, 1877-1937); b. Antwerp, moved to Holland 1898, and Koninklijk Begeer (Utrecht, 1878-present) 1785 NETHERLANDS, Henri-Jean de Dompierre de Chaufepié, 1908, a bronze medal by T. Dupuis for Begeer on behalf of the Nederlandsche-Belgische Vereeniging der Vrienden van der Medaille, bust left, rev. seated semi-nude female !gure with inscription, 67mm, 135.23g (Begeer 801; Zw. 880; Schmidt 391; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 1; BDM VII, 241; Slg. Julius 187; cf. Silich I, 130). Extremely ne, usual dark patina £40-£50 Henri-Jean Dompierre de Chaufepié (1861-1911), director of the Koninklijk Penningkabinet in Amsterdam and a promoter of the contemporary art medal
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Dutton, Ron (British, 1935-2026); b. Nantwich 1786 ENGLAND, British Museum, 1979, a bronze medal by R. Dutton for British Museum Publications Ltd, stylised elevation of the Museum, rev. bowl of fruit, 75mm, 236.74g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.82, 58). Mint state; in original blue tted case of issue £30-£40 Provenance: Bt British Museum October 2003. The British Museum, established in 1753 and opened in 1759, is the UK’s second most popular visitor attraction
Dutton, Ron (British, 1935-2026); b. Nantwich 1787 ENGLAND/WALES, Wye Plough Edge, 1980, a heavy cast bronze medal by R. Dutton, plough furrows at edge of river dusted with snow, rev. bend of the River Wye highlighted, edge impressed RD WPE 6 - 50, 99mm, 1,042.34g (Dutton Exh. Cat. 2017, p.9; Jones, CBM p.30, 6). Extremely ne, as made, very rare £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Simmons. Edition of 50. The River Wye forms part of the border between England and Wales, rising in Plynlimon (Ceredigion) and !owing into the Bristol Channel at Chepstow
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Dutton, Ron (British, 1935-2026); b. Nantwich 1788 ENGLAND, Icarus Tries, 1991, a cast bronze medal by R. Dutton for the British Art Medal Society, Icarus !ying towards a rayed sun watched by sheep, rev. storm clouds over a mountainous seascape, 90mm, 328.64g (Attwood 83; The Medal 20, p.120). Extremely ne £100-£150 Edition of 27
Dutton, Ron (British, 1935-2026); b. Nantwich 1789 ENGLAND, Small Blue Preener, 2004, a cast bronze medal by R. Dutton, bird to left, rev. bird to right, edge impressed 2-25S RD and foundry mark, 130 x 100mm, 332.51g. Extremely ne, as made, aged green-blue patina, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt R. Dutton November 2005. Edition of 25
Eisenloeffel, Jan (Dutch, 1876-1957); b. Amsterdam 1790 NETHERLANDS, Koninklijke Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek [Royal Dutch Cocoa Factory], 1928, an Art Déco uniface square silver and polychrome enamel plaque by J. Eisenloeffel, bust of Coenraad van Houten three-quarters left, legends and dates around, foundry mark at base, 77mm, 56.82g (Krekel-Aalberse, Eisenloeffel, p.215, no. 189). About extremely ne, unusual £50-£70 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer April 2004. Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801-87), chemist and chocolate maker. In 1828 his father, Casparus van Houten (1770-1858) patented a hydraulic method for pressing the fat from roasted cocoa beans, creating both cocoa powder and pure cocoa butter, which became the basis of the modern chocolate industry
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Encke, Fedor Eberhard (German, 1881-1936); b. Berlin, moved to Italy 1906, returned to Germany 1908 1791 GERMANY, Unser 80 jähriger Hindenburg [80th Birthday of Paul von Hindenburg], 1927, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F.E. Encke, bust left, 158 x 107mm, 252.21g (cf. Fischer 9, 1409; cf. Möller 67, 1433; cf. WAG 67, 3752). Extremely ne; with hook on the back for suspension £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2005. Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (1847-1934), military officer and statesman, leader of the Imperial German army in World War I, President of Germany from 1925 until his death; appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor, 1933
Exbrayat, Étienne-Victor-Stephen (French, 1879-1914); b. Saint-Étienne, and J. Chobillon (Paris, . 1840-1979), specically Adrien Chobillon (1880-1956); b. Paris 1792 FRANCE, Association des Petits Fabricants et Inventeurs Français, [Association of Small French Manufacturers and Inventors], 1901, a plated bronze medal by E.-V. Exbrayat for A. Chobillon, female #gure of Fame at right, holding a laurel branch over a precision mechanic working on an electrical object, rev. legend around olive branches, central tablet inscribed (Concours Lépine), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 52.70g (cf. MDC e18, 1362; cf. Kölner 116, 1713; cf. DW 24, 122), Extremely ne £30-£40 To combat the crisis affecting small Parisian toy and hardware manufacturers at the turn of the 20th century, Louis Jean-Baptiste Lépine (1846 -1933), the prefect of the Paris police force, founded the Association in September 1901. Since then the Concours Lépine has become the benchmark for invention competitions in France and it continues to be held each year. The artist was killed in action defending the Château de Bains in Boulogne-la-Grasse (dép. Oise), 24 October 1914
Favre-Bertin, Charles-Maurice (French, 1887-1960); b. Paris 1793 FRANCE, La Savoyarde, 1939, a bronze plaque by C.-M. Favre-Bertin, bust of a lady of Savoy in traditional head-dress, rev. Lake Bourget, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 59 x 48mm, 104.08g (CGMP p.178; cf. SJA 85, 243; cf. Baldwin 113, 856; cf. DNW 145, 1327). Good very ne £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 907 (part)
Fountain, Marian (New Zealander, 1960-present); b Papatoetoe, emigrated to England 1984, moved to Italy 1985, then France 1990 1794 FRANCE, Te montrer [To Show You], 1989, a uniface bronze medal by Marian Fountain, upper torso of naked female embraces another human #gure, back with signature MF in circle, 95mm, 307.12g. Extremely ne and as made, rare £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons February 2002. Edition of 25
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Fountain, Marian (New Zealander, 1960-present); b Papatoetoe, emigrated to England 1984, moved to Italy 1985, then France 1990 1795 FRANCE, Gencod GS1, 2003, a green patinated bronze medal by Marian Fountain, barcode sigilligraphy, rev. faces springing from the branches of a tree, 95mm, 213.74g (The Medal 44, p.91). Extremely ne, as made £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Marian Fountain 2004. Edition of 80 in this size. Barcodes, !rst invented in the US in 1949 and patented in 1952, were not widely used commercially until the mid-1970s. Gencod (Groupement d'Études de Normes de Codi!cation) was the former name for the GS1 barcode standard. The words comprising the reverse legend, paradoxalement les standards donnent à l'homme la liberté de choix [paradoxically, standards give man the freedom of choice] are those of Thérèse Angué, who retired as director-general of Gencod in 2003
Fraisse, Édouard-Charles (French, 1880-1945); b. Beaune 1796 FRANCE, Aviation, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by É.-C. Fraisse, pilot in aeroplane to right, rev. rayed sun above tablet on wreath, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 55.05g (cf. Höhn 95, 508; cf. Silich III, 1040, for obv.; cf. DNW 156, 1419, for rev.). Very ne; in red card holder, front gilt-blocked ‘F. Demey-Paris Déposé’ £20-£30 Fraisse, Édouard-Charles (French, 1880-1945); b. Beaune, and Demey, Henri (French, 1888-1966); b. not known 1797 FRANCE, Ange [Angel], c. 1930, an Art Déco bronze award plaque by É.-C. Fraisse and H. Demey for the Société Canine du Midi, winged angel kneeling to right, inscribing a tablet, rev. palm leaves in cartouche, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE, 64 x 53mm, 99.19g (cf. Album 52, 2561). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen October 2005
Fraisse, Édouard-Charles (French, 1880-1945); b. Beaune, and Demey, Henri (French, 1888-1966); b. not known 1798 FRANCE, Athlète au Stade [Athlete at the Stadium], 1930, an Art Déco uniface square plated bronze award plaque by É.-C. Fraisse and H. Demey, naked male seated left, regarding a modern athletic stadium, 70mm, 94.69g (CGMP p.185; cf. Noonans 324, 292). Tiny test mark on edge, otherwise good very ne, toned £30-£40 XRF analysis, sold with the medal, shows that the metallic composition is 46.95% copper, 28.07% zinc, 24.9% silver and other trace elements
Fraisse, Édouard-Charles (French, 1880-1945); b. Beaune, and Demey, Henri (French, 1888-1966); b. not known 1799 FRANCE, Automobile Club de Marseille, c. 1930, a uniface octagonal Art Déco plated bronze award plaque by É-C. Fraisse and H. Demey, part of globe surmounted by car, sun and rays, engraved (1931, Km. Lancé - Bd. Michelet), edge impressed BRONZE and with a foundry mark, 75 x 45mm, 84.73g (Cat. Fraisse 525; cf. iNumis MBS 30, 1292; cf. MDC e4, 1276). About extremely ne, scarce £60-£80 Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1328; DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 1387. The Automobile Club de Marseille, now known as the Automobile Club de Provence, was founded on 28 February 1899
Fraisse, Édouard-Charles (French, 1880-1945); b. Beaune, and Demey, Henri (French, 1888-1966); b. not known 1800 FRANCE, Aviron [Rowing], 1930, a plated bronze award plaque by É.-C. Fraisse and H. Demey for the Comité des Régates Internationales de Paris, male rower in boat to left, rev. close-cropped wreath, circular tablet in centre, engraved (F.S.A.R.P., Championnats 7-vii-29), 61 x 55mm, 93.16g (CGMP p.185; cf. DNW 49, 1076). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen. The Comité des Régates Internationales de Paris was founded in 1889 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) France, Jacques, aka Lecreux, Paul-Edmond-Henri (French, 1826-1894); b. Lille, and Tasset, Ernest-Paulin (French, 1839-1921); b. Paris 1801 FRANCE, Souvenir des Tuileries, 1871 [struck 1883], a bronze medal by J. France and E.-P. Tasset, bust of Marianne to right, rev. legend in 7 lines, tablet below engraved (No. 2219), signed by A. Picart, 71mm, 178.19g (Carnavalet ND 5409; BDM VI, 21; cf. MDC 18, 1993; cf. CGB Feb. 2025, 393; cf. iNumis MBS 44, 1413). Obverse extremely ne, reverse nearly so but with some spotting; clip, ring and laurel branch for suspension £30-£40 The Tuileries Palace, building of which commenced in 1564, was the historic Parisian residence of most French kings until, during the Paris Comune, it was destroyed by arsonists led by Jules Bergeret (1831-1905) on 23 May 1871. The ensuing !re was not extinguished for four days and the ruins were left for 11 years before a decision was taken to demolish the structure in early 1883, with stone, marble and other metals sold by the demolition contractor, Achille Picart (1847-90), as souvenirs
Galle, André (French, 1761-1844); b. St Etienne, and Jeuffroy, Romain-Vincent (French, 1749-1826); b. Rouen, and Prud’hon, Pierre-Paul (French, 1758-1823); b. Cluny 1802 FRANCE, Fêtes du couronnement [Coronation Celebrations], AN 13 [1804], a copper medal by A. Galle, R.-V. Jeuffroy and P.P. Prud’hon, laureate bust of Napoléon to left, rev. Napoléon seated to right on curule chair, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving turret-crowned !gure of Paris who stands before him, radiant star emblazoned N above, ship helmed by Cupid at right, 68mm, 145.16g (Bramsen 358; Zeitz 43; Alexander 49; CGMP p.53; BDM III, 73; Slg. Julius 1296; cf. Hamburg 111, 725; cf. CNG e598, 931; cf. Elsen 152, 2129). Some surface and rim marks, otherwise very ne £60-£80 The coronation ceremony was held on 2 December 1804
Galle, André (French, 1761-1844); b. St Etienne 1803 ITALY/FRANCE, Gli abitanti di Montone a Felix ed Elisa [The Inhabitants of Montone to Felix and Elisa], 1811, a copper medal by A. Galle, bust of Elisa Bonaparte to right, rev. monumental column topped by an orb, 36mm, 25.50g (Bramsen 1139; BDM II, 197; Slg. Julius 2482; cf. Album 55, 842; cf. Varesi e10, 495; cf. Sincona 69, 669). Very ne £50-£70 Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820), sister of Napoléon, and her husband, Félix Bacciochi (1762-1841), ruled Lucca and Piombino. She developed alum mines in Montone and played a major part in the walled town’s development
Galtié, André-Léon (French, 1908-1983); b. Toulouse 1804 FRANCE, Numismatique, 1931, an Art Déco octagonal bronze medal or jeton by A.-L. Galtié for the Société française de Numismatique, female !gure representing History standing to left, holding a Greek medallion, ruins of an iconic column behind her, rev. ancient coins and a quill pen #anked by letters of the Greek alphabet, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 31mm, 12.77g (CGMP p.190; cf. BDW 13, 318). Extremely ne £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2002
Galtié, André-Léon (French, 1908-1983); b. Toulouse 1805 FRANCE, Conférence de Paris, 1946, a bronze medal by A.-L. Galtié, robed female representing Paris standing on globe, greeting doves of Peace, rev. Arc de Triomphe #anked by the Panthéon, Val-de-Grâce, Institute de France, Tour Eiffel, Pont-Neuf, chevaux de Marly, Notre-Dame, Vendôme and Sacré-Coeur, olive-branch above, edge impressed LXII, 99mm, 483.32g (CGMP p.773; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1106; cf. DNW M5, 1575). Superb red-brown patina, extremely ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: DNW Auction 46, 31 May 2000, lot 832. Edition of 200. The Paris Peace Conference of 1946 was rati!ed on 10 February 1947 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Galtié, André-Léon (French, 1908-1983); b. Toulouse 1806 FRANCE, Conquête de l’espace intersidéral [Conquest of Interstellar Space], 1959, an electrotype bronze medal by A.-L. Galtié, a human !gure strides across the space between the Earth and the Moon, being a !rst step into a sky sown with stars and celestial bodies, where the sun radiates, Luna 1 at upper right, rev. rockets from the Earth reaching an unknown planet, 100mm, 197.04g (cf. CGMP p.781; cf. Heritage/MPO 90, 9111). Small stain in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely ne £30-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2005. Luna 1, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 2 January 1959, was the !rst spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon and the !rst spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit. It remains in orbit around the Sun, between the orbits of Earth and Mars, completing a circuit every 450 days
Gatteaux, Jacques-Édouard (French, 1788-1881); b. Paris, and Denon, Dominique-Vivant (French, 1747-1825); b. Chalons-sur-Saône 1807 ITALY/FRANCE, Capitolazione di Mantova [Surrender of Mantua], 1797 [struck 1808], a copper medal by J.-E. Gatteaux for D.-V. Denon, diademed head of Virgil to right, rev. mural crown, swan swimming to left below, 35mm, 23.11g (Zeitz 5; Hennin 782; CGMP p.24; BDM I, 207; Slg. Julius 532; d’Essling 702; cf. CNG e598, 911; cf. Nomisma 6, 904; cf. Noonans 311, 642). Extremely ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer February 2006. The city of Mantua, under siege from French troops commanded by Napoléon from June 1796, surrendered on 2 February 1797 after four unsuccessful relief attempts
Gayrard, Raymond (French, 1777-1858); b. Rodez, and Gavedell-Geanny, David (French, . 1790-1825) 1808 FRANCE, La mort de Lazare Hoche [The Death of Lazare Hoche], 1797, a copper medal by R. Gayrard for D. GavedellGeanny, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 41mm, 37.43g (Hennin 794; Slg. Julius 562; d’Essling 2789; cf. Künker e67, 1229; cf. Frankfurter 154, 821; cf. Ranieri 7, 254). Very ne £30-£40 Louis-Lazare Hoche (1768-97), soldier and general; commanded the French army in the Ardennes, and later organised the defence of Dunkirk; commanded the armies in Brest and Cherbourg, then subsequently the troops in a failed attempt to invade Ireland in 1796;he died of tuberculosis in September 1797
Gibert, Lucien (French, 1904-1988); b. Saint Étienne 1809 FRANCE, Amour Maternel [Maternal Love], 1942, a uniface Art Déco bronze plaque by L. Gibert, naked female kneeling left, supporting a young naked boy, dove at upper right, edge engravd (P. Duluc), 79 x 75mm, 264.29g (CGMP p.192; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 5877; cf. iNumis May 2016, 193; cf. Silich II, 604). About extremely ne, dark patina, scarce £100-£150 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 74, 9 May 2012, lot 1872 (part); bt A.C. Eimer
Gibert, Lucien (French, 1904-1988); b. Saint Étienne 1810 FRENCH GUIANA/FRANCE, Arianspace-Kourou, Ariane 4, 1988, a bronze medal by L. Gibert, Ariane 4 rocket launches into space, map of Europe in background, rev. elevation of the Kourou launch pad, edge impressed BRONZE 1988 and cornucopia, 68mm, 170.74g (Ruedas 146). Extremely ne; perhaps the last medal executed by this artist £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Baldwin September 2015. Ariane 4 was a European Space Agency civil launch vehicle designed to place satellites into orbit, with Aérospatiale acting as the industrial architect. The three-stage launcher was launched 116 times (113 successes and three failures) between 1988 and 2003
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V)
Gilbert, Sir Alfred (British, 1854-1934); b. London 1811 ENGLAND, Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Sir A. Gilbert], for the Art Union of London, crowned and veiled bust right, rev. ship of state, winged !gure standing on the stern testing the direction of the wind, 63mm, 127.06g (Beaulah 30; W & E 2150A.2; BHM 3246; BDM II, 263; E 1735; cf. SJA 109, 1339; cf. Noonans 283, 1314; cf. Silich I, 164). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare, a wonderfully sculpted medal £800-£1,000 The last of the 30 medals issued in the Art Union of London series
Gilbert, Walter (British, 1871-1946); b. Rugby 1812 ENGLAND, Bromsgrove Guild, c. 1900, an Arts and Crafts bronze medallic roundel, unsigned [by W. Gilbert], semi-draped female !gure representing the Arts enthroned, cherubs at sides placing a helmet upon her, 77mm, 535.30g. Very ne; set within a removable square of white onyx £90-£120 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 75, 26 September 2012, lot 1787. The Guild was established by Gilbert, Bromsgrove School’s headmaster, in 1898; he was associated with it until 1918. For more details of its medallic activities, see Attwood, The Medal 8, pp.16-19
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Girardet, Augusto Giorgio (Italian, 1855-1955); b. Rome, emigrated to Brazil 1892 1813 BRAZIL, Associaçao Commercial do Rio de Janeiro, 1906, a silver medal by A.G. Girardet, Mercury and Commerce seated facing each other and jointly holding a sheaf, two putti supporting an emblem above, crowned arms below, rev. elevation of the Chamber of Commerce building, edge impressed ARGENT, 50mm, 64.44g (cf. Sincona 73, 1042; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 189, 5093). Very ne, rare in silver £70-£90 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2008. The headquarters of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated on 7 September 1906, construction having started as far back as 1880. In the 1920s the Banco de Brasil acquired the building for its own headquarters; today it is the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center museum, opened in 1989
Greco, Emilio (Italian, 1913-1995); b. Catania, and Stabilimento SpA Stefano Johnson (Milan, 1836-present) 1814 ITALY, Centenario di Roma Capitale [Centenary of Rome as the Capital], 1970, a bronze medal by E. Greco for Johnson, female bust right, hand holding an olive branch, rev. mural crown above arms of the city, 50mm, 89.45g (Johnson p.68, 75; cf. Nomisma e38, 1628; cf. Ferrarese e30, 2102; cf. InAsta 88, 2417). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons September 2016. Rome became the capital of a uni!ed Italy on 20 September 20, 1870, and officially replaced Florence as the country’s capital the following year
Grégoire, René (French, 1871-1945); b. Saumur 1815 FRANCE/ENGLAND, Entente Cordiale, 1903, a silver plaque by R. Grégoire for Le Siècle, female !gures of France and Britain, a crown perched upon the latter’s head, embrace one another, hands clasped over a pedestal inscribed PAX, ships moored at quayside to left, rev. scroll, named (Le Siècle à E.A. Brotherton), edge impressed ARGENT and with two foundry marks, 61 x 47mm, 93.60g (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 39, 68; BDM VII, 394; cf. SJA 46, 317; cf. Stack’s/Bowers 182, 2113; cf. DNW M7, 2608). Very ne, rare £90-£120 Provenance: DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 854, recté 1903. Edward Allen Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, JP, DL (1856-1930), chemical manufacturer and philanthropist; b. Ardwick; established Brotherton & Co, manufacturers of ammonium sulphate, in Wake!eld in 1881; mayor of Wake!eld 1902-3, and Leeds 1913-14; Unionist MP for Wake!eld 1902-10 and 1918-22; raised and equipped the 15th battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, known as ‘The Leeds Pals’, 1914, and became its honorary colonel; raised to the peerage 1929; donated his library to Leeds and !nanced the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds, opened in 1936. In the wake of the royal visit to Paris by Edward VII in May 1903, the Entente Cordiale, a series of agreements between the UK and France was signed on 8 April 1904. The plaque was sponsored by Le Siècle, the French daily newspaper founded in 1836 which ceased publication in 1932
Grün, Samuel (Russian, 1869-1947); b. Tallinn, moved to France 1890, then England by 1901, back to France 1905 1816 FRANCE, Ceres, c. 1930, an Art Déco gilt-bronze medal by S. Grün for the Chambre d’Agriculture des Alpes-Maritimes, head of Ceres left, holding scythe, harvesting scene in cartouche below, rev. agricultural produce #anking tablet, ploughing scene above, tablet in centre, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 60.10g (cf. DNW M2, 2567). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt J. Lis June 2003. The Chambre d’Agriculture des Alpes-Maritimes, headquartered in Nice, was established in January 1924
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Grün, Samuel (Russian, 1869-1947); b. Tallinn, moved to France 1890, then England by 1901, back to France 1905 1817 FRANCE, Société Corporative d’approvisionnement Général des Charcutiers de France [Co-operative Supply Company for French Butchers], c. 1930, a bronze award plaque by S. Grün, female standing facing, holding a tray of produce, other produce spilling from the horns of an animal arranged as cornucopiæ, rev. tree, tablet in foreground named (Syndicat de Sens, Robert Riche, 1938), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 62 x 46mm, 89.16g (cf. DNW 130, 1736). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2010. The Société was a co-operative active in the 20th century, specialising in the wholesale supply of food products for pork butchers and delicatessen specialists
Guiraud, Georges (French, 1901-1989); b. Toulouse 1818 FRANCE, Jeux Universitaires de Paris [Paris University Games], 1957, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, male and female athletes running to left, ship of Paris behind, rev. stadium, citadel at upper right, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 66mm, 139.19g. About extremely ne, scarce £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2003. The 1957 World University Games were organised under the direction of Jean Petitjean by the Paris University Club at the city’s Charléty stadium and held between 31 August and 8 September. Athletes from 38 nations were represented and it was the !rst time eastern and western bloc student sports federations had participated together since the end of World War II
Hartig, Arnold (Bohemian, 1878-1972); b. Brand-bei-Tannwald, moved to Austria by 1900 1819 AUSTRIA, Den durchschlag des Karawankentunnels [Completion of the Karawanken Tunnel], 1905, a silver plaque by A. Hartig, miner standing facing in front of the tunnel entrance, his left foot on a dragon emerging from the tunnel, rev. three men operating a Siemens & Halske drilling rig, 40 x 31mm, 23.07g (Hauser 2596; Müseler 54/34; Döry/Kuninszky 192; Horsky 6479; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.5, 5; cf. Rauch e40, 1036; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 193, 6627; cf. Spink 11023, 771). Very ne £80-£100 Provenance: H.-D. Rauch Auktion e6, 4 October 2002 (1232). At just over 5 miles in length, the Karawanks Tunnel is the fourth longest railway tunnel in Austria and the longest in Slovenia. From the start in 1901 its construction was challenging due to the local geology, and as many as 6,000 men worked in the tunnel's vicinity at the peak of activity. The official opening, on 1 October 1906, was performed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand, later to be assassinated at Sarajevo
Hartig, Arnold (Bohemian, 1878-1972); b. Brand-bei-Tannwald, moved to Austria by 1900 1820 AUSTRIA, Arbeiter [Worker], 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Hartig, head of male artisan to left, holding a hammer over his right shoulder, 49 x 47mm, 71.87g (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 2, 4 [recté 5]; cf. Giessener e308, 4263; cf. Frühwald 113, 491; cf. WAG 67, 3782). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland May 2003
Hébert-Coëffin, Josette (French, 1906-1973); b. Rouen 1821 FRANCE/POLAND, Centenaire de la naissance de Marie Curie [Centenary of the Birth of Marie Curie], 1967, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coëffin, bust facing, rev. a luminescent crucible containing radium in solution, edge impressed 1967 BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 176.38g (CGMP p.422; cf. Schulman 354, 1497). Extremely ne £30-£40 Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, aka Marie Curie (1867-1934), b. Warsaw; shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, Pierre Curie (1859-1906), and subsequently won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, which she and her husband had published in two papers in July and December 1898
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Hejda, Wilhelm (Austrian, 1868-1942); b. Vienna, and Brüder Schneider (Vienna, . 1900-1945) 1822 AUSTRIA, Erste Internationale Jagdausstellung, Vienna [First International Hunting Exhibition], 1910, a gilt-bronze plaque by W. Hejda for Brüder Schneider, three Stone Age male hunters under a tree, one with a bow, the others dissecting animals, hunting dogs in background, rev. legend between two circular wreaths, edge with foundry mark, 79 x 49mm, 85.66g (Hauser 3125; Wurzb. –; cf. Dorotheum May 2024, 385). Very ne, scarce £80-£100 The exhibition, staged in the rotunda of the Vienna Prater between 7 May and 16 October, celebrated the 80th birthday of Franz Joseph I, whose titles included Supreme Hunting Master and Patron of Hunting. An elaborate official opening ceremony was hastily cancelled in the wake of the death of King Edward VII the previous day, but the emperor attended in person on 10 May and some 2.7 million people visited the exhibition before it closed
Heller, Florent-Antoine (French, 1840-1904); b. Saverne, moved to U.S.A. by 1873, returned to France 1896 1823 FRANCE, Licence, Luxure, Ignorance [Licentiousness, Lust, Ignorance], c. 1900, a uniface plated cast bronze plaque by F.-A. Heller, a Bacchanalian procession of seven people, two children and animals moving to left, 212 x 80mm, 109.09g. Very ne, detailed workmanship, rare £90-£120 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 152 (Solingen), 2 September 2009, lot 5369
Herbemont, Auguste-Albert (French, 1874-1953); b. Paris 1824 FRANCE, Marthe Hyolin, c. 1904, a uniface cast bronze medal by A.-A. Herbemont, bust left with prominent ear-ring, 88mm, 106.69g (BDM VII, 440). Softly executed, about extremely ne, very rare £60-£80 Hercule, Benoît-Lucien (French, 1846-1913); b. Toulon, and Massonnet, Charles et ls (Paris, . 1852-1931) 1825 FRANCE, Marianne, c. 1905, a silver-gilt award medal by B.-L. Hercule for A. Massonnet, adapted for the Musée du travail et de la Mutualité, Paris, head of Marianne left, rev. city arms "anked by wreath of oak and palm, tablet below, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and with foundry mark, 57mm, 78.88g (Gailhouste 1408; cf. CGB June 2024, 149). Good very ne £60-£80 Hoef, Christiaan Johannes van der (Dutch, 1875-1933); b. Amsterdam, and Koninklijke Begeer (Utrecht, 1878-present) 1826 NETHERLANDS, 'Boefje' 100 maal opgevoerd in de Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam [The 100th Performance of 'Boefje' at the Stadsschouwburg], 1924, a bronze plaque by C.J. van der Hoef for Begeer, female in evening dress standing left, rev. the same person in the role of 'Boefje', author's bust at lower right, rabbit in the background at left, 61 x 41mm, 70.35g (Jintes/PolTyszkiewicz 119; Begeer 408; Zwierzina 408; cf. Schulman e7, 1541; cf. Heritage/MPO 60, 1979; cf. DW 18, 794). About extremely ne £30-£40 Boefje was a role played by the actress Annie van der Lugt Meisert-van Ees (1893-1970). Marie Joseph Brusse (1873-1941), an author and journalist for the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant wrote the story of the juvenile delinquent Boefje (1903), which was later adapted for the stage. The plaque was sold for the bene#t of Pro Juventute, an organisation dedicated to combating and preventing juvenile delinquency All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Hofmann, Alfred (Austrian, 1879-1958); b. Vienna 1827 AUSTRIA, Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Hofmann, view of the Rundbassin [Round Pool], and its central sculpture of a Naiad and a sea creature, trees and elevation of the Schloss in background, back engraved (10. Oktober 50, Unser Schicksalstag, R. u. F.), 60 x 38mm, 51.24g (cf. Künker e356, 8282; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 1222; cf. Möller 64, 1819). Good very ne £40-£50 The Schönbrunn Palace, the principal summer residence of the Hapsburg rulers, has its origins in the late 16th century but was rebuilt by Maria Theresia in the mid-18th century. It was a favourite retreat of Franz Joseph I, who died there in November 1916. The Rundbassin was the work of Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732-1811), created as part of the garden sculpture works overseen by Johnann Wilhelm Beyer (1725-96) between 1773 and 1780
Huguenin, later Huguenin Frère et Cie SA and Huguenin Médailleurs SA (Le Locle, . 1868-2002) 1828 SWITZERLAND, 100-jährige Bestehen der Schweizerischen Offiziersgesellschaft [Centenary of the Swiss Officers Society], 1933, a bronze medal by Huguenin, soldier standing to left, holding the reins of a horse rearing to left, rev. legend above shield of arms, 60mm, 107.04g (cf. CGB Apr. 2025, 680; cf. Möller 79, 691; cf. Noonans 271, 1201). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt H.-D. Rauch June 2013. The Schweizerischen Offiziersgesellschaft comprises 24 cantonal and 13 specialist societies, with a total of approximately 18,000 members. It was founded in Winterthur in 1833
Hujer, Ludwig (Bohemian, 1872-1968); b. Jizerka, moved to Austria 1889, then Belgium, France and England 1895-8, returned to Austria 1898 1829 AUSTRIA, Niederösterreichischen Landes-Gewerbeförderung [Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce], 1909, a bronze award medal by L. Hujer, crowned robed female showing a scroll to a group of three artisans, rev. crowned arms above tablet, palm branches around, un-named, 75mm, 138.25g (Hauser 3370; Wurzb. 6810; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.141, 5). Good very ne £50-£70 Provenance: H.-P. Wip"er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2428
Huster, Victor (German, 1955-present); b. Baden-Baden 1830 GERMANY, Westfälischer Friede [Peace of Westphalia], Münzmotivprobe [Coin Motif Proof for 10 Deutschemarks], 1998, a tombac medal by V. Huster, spiral representing chaos, pages of the Treaty above with #gure at right, rev. standing bird amid "oral arrangement, 34mm, 23.69g (Huster 1998.02). Mint state £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland May 2002. Edition of 100. The Peace of Westphalia, signed in October 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster, ended the Thirty Years' War and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire
Iché, René (French, 1897-1954); b. Sallèles d’Aude 1831 FRANCE, Jean Cavaillès, 1949, a cast bronze medal by R. Iché, bust right "anked by dates of birth and death, rev. Theseus wrestling with the Minotaur, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 74mm, 146.42g (CGMP p.955; Paris Exh. Cat. 1965, 485; cf. Schulman 387, 1616). About extremely ne £40-£60 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007. Jean Cavaillès (1903-44), specialist in the philosophy of mathematics and science, working in Amiens and Strasbourg; served with the 43rd Regiment but was captured in June 1940. A month later he escaped and "ed to Clermont Ferrand, where the University of Strasbourg was reorganised. Appointed professor at the Sorbonne, at the same time he helped to found what was to become the newspaper Libération. Interned at Montpellier in 1942, he escaped once again to England, where he became a con#dante of Charles de Gaulle. Back in France in April 1943, he resigned from the management committee of the Libération movement in order to dedicate himself entirely to direct action. He was in charge of the sabotage of the stores of the Kriegsmarine in Brittany but, betrayed by one of his liaison officers, he was arrested on 28 August 1943 in Paris with his sister and brother-in-law. Tortured, imprisoned in Frèsnes then in Compiègne, he was sentenced to death and executed on 4 April 1944. The Greek legend on the reverse translates as “And he wrestled until dawn” (Genesis 32:25)
Jacquemin, André (French, 1904-1992); b. Épinal, and Maison Canale (Paris, 1827-present), specically Victor Canale (1883-1959); b. Neuilly-sur-Seine 1832 FRANCE, Ville de Bois-Colombes, c. 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Jacquemin for V. Canale, standing robed female #gure, bird and nest to left, church to right, back named (Sapeur M. Joly, 16 Ans de Services), edge impressed V. CANALE BRONZE and with foundry mark, 75 x 49mm, 160.50g (cf. DNW 38, 800). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1527 (part); bt Simmons October 2007
Joly, Raymond (French, 1911-2006); b. Paris 1833 FRANCE, La Caravelle, 1957, a bronze medal by R. Joly for the Union Syndicale des Industries Aéronautiques, aeroplane "ying to left, Gallic cock on signpost below, setting sun at right, rev. map of the Atlantic with "ying routes to cities in North and South America marked, Neptune with trident on triple-headed sea-horse at centre, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 81mm, 193.39g (cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 194, 5539). Extremely ne; in original maroon card box £40-£60 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The Caravelle, built by Sud-Aviation, was the #rst jet airliner to feature rear-mounted engines. Altogether 282 were made between 1957 and 1972, and the last one "ew in 2004 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Jourdain, Jules (Belgian, 1873-1957); b. Namur 1834 BELGIUM, Congrès international de Numismatique et d'art de la médaille contemporaine, Brussels [International Congress of Numismatics and Contemporary Medallic Art], 1910, a silver medal by J. Jourdain for the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la médaille d'Art, robed female seated to right, contemplating an ancient coin, artisan in foreground has just unearthed a coin hoard, rev. male artist standing to left, modelling a wax portrait of Leopold II on an easel, 65mm, 94.41g (Maier p.138, !g. 56; Buchet/Toussaint 24; BDM VII, 491; cf. MDC 16, 2022; cf. Künker e91, 6340). A light stain on lower reverse, otherwise very ne £150-£200 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 114 (Brussels), 15 September 2012, lot 1810 (part). Edition of 56 in silver. To coincide with the 1910 International Exhibition in Brussels, the Société Royale de Numismatique and the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la médaille d’Art jointly organised the third International Numismatic Congress, which was staged from 25 to 29 June
Kalmár, János (Hungarian, 1952-present); b. Budapest 1835 HUNGARY, Távolságok [Distances], 1984, an oval-shaped cast bronze medal by J. Kalmár, abstract perspective of two !gures separated by a central division, back with artist’s initials, 114 x 105mm, 915.40g. Extremely ne, as made, very rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons. Edition of 7, of which this said to be no. 3, but there is no visible proof of this on the medal
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Kautsch, Heinrich (Bohemian, 1859-1943); b. Prague, moved to France 1889, then Austria 1914 1836 GERMANY, Hundertster Geburtstag von Heinrich Heine [Centenary of the Birth of Heinrich Heine], 1897, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, seated !gure of Heine to right, holding pen and manuscript, rev. robed female holding wreaths "ying to left, 75 x 45mm, 105.61g (Coll. R. Marx 482; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 16; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.6, 31; BDM III, 129; Wurzb. 3633; Jones, Art of the Medal, 346; cf. Rauch e35, 896; cf. Peus 415, 1221; cf. DNW M8, 2210). Very ne £40-£50 Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), controversial Jewish-born German writer, satirist and poet, b. Düsseldorf, moved to Paris 1831
Kautsch, Heinrich (Bohemian, 1859-1943); b. Prague, moved to France 1889, then Austria 1914 1837 FRANCE, Labor Improbus Omnia Vincit [Relentless Toil Conquers All], c. 1900, an Art Nouveau plated bronze plaque by H. Kautsch adapted for the Chambre Syndicale des Fabricants d’Accessoires et de Piécés Détachées d’Automobiles, de Cycles et d’Appareils Aériens, blacksmith and standing female offered palm and wreath by Victory, rev. palm wreath, named (Carburateur Zenith, C. Gorin, 1930-1950), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 68 x 45mm, 84.28g (cf. Gadoury e8, 503; cf. Baldwin 75, 1906; cf. DNW 143, 181). Very ne £40-£50 Provenance: H.-P. Wip"er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2495 (part). Zenith carburettors were !tted to many popular makes of cars in the inter-War and immediate post-War years
Kautsch, Heinrich (Bohemian, 1859-1943); b. Prague, moved to France 1889, then Austria 1914 1838 FRANCE/CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Alfons Mucha, 1903, a bronze medal by H. Kautsch, bust left, rev. shield on "oral setting, 40mm, 32.61g (BDM III, 130; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.158, 7; cf. WAG 67, 4732; cf. Baldwin 39, 2107). About extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer October 2006. Alfons Maria Mucha (1860-1939), Czech-born painter, illustrator and graphic artist; moved to Paris in 1888 and worked extensively with the actress Sarah Bernhardt in the last years of the 19th century; returned to Prague in 1910
Kögler, Andreas (Austrian, 1878-1956); b. Graz 1839 SWITZERLAND, Internationaler Freiballonwettbewerb um den Pokal der 4. Schweizer Landesausstellung [International Free Balloon Competition for the 4th Swiss National Exhibition Cup], 1939, a bronze medal by A. Kögler, naked male standing to right, laurel wreath in his right hand and a palm branch in his left, four balloons in the background, rev. emblems of Swiss sports organisations, 60mm, 104.26g (cf. Malpas 261; Slg. Joos 991; cf. GmbH e76, 693; cf. Höhn e15, 4236). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The competition was staged on 14 May 1939
Köttenstorfer, Hans (Austrian, 1911-1995); b. Steyr 1840 AUSTRIA, Kalendermedaille 1961 [Calendar Medal], a silver medal by H. Köttenstorfer, Sol driving quadriga to left, rev. Sundays of the month, edge impressed (A) 900, 40mm, 25.53g (Hauser 4120; cf. Rauch e35, 877; cf. Höhn e9, 4116). Good very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch May 2003
Köttenstorfer, Hans (Austrian, 1911-1995); b. Steyr 1841 AUSTRIA, Kalendermedaille 1967 [Calendar Medal], a silver medal by H. Köttenstorfer, Mars and Venus divided by legend, rev. Sundays of the month, edge impressed (A) 900, 40mm, 25.44g (Strothotte 9; cf. WAG e42, 1381). Extremely ne and attractively toned £30-£40 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch May 2003
Kounitzky, Franz (Austrian, 1880-1928); b. Vienna 1842 BOHEMIA, Anton Dvořák, 1905, a uniface cast bronze medal by F. Kounitzky, bust half-left, 66mm, 55.82g (Niggl 585; cf. WAG 42, 5597). Extremely ne, scarce £60-£80 Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904), composer, b Nelahozeves, travelled widely, director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York, 1892-5
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Kounitzky, Franz (Austrian, 1880-1928); b. Vienna 1843 SPAIN, Pablo de Sarasate, 1905, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F. Kounitzky, bust right, head facing, holding a violin bow with his left hand and a sprig of !owers with his right, 85 x 77mm, 96.53g (Niggl 1755). About very ne, very rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2003. Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (1844-1908), violin virtuoso, b. Pamplona
Lagriffoul, Henri-Albert (French, 1907-1981); b. Paris 1844 FRANCE, Pensée Français [French Thought], c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze award medal by H.-A. Lagriffoul, naked winged male Genius advancing to left, holding a Gallic cock in his right hand, clouds and lightning below, rev. legend above incense burner, unnamed, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 60mm, 98.87g. Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2015
Lamourdedieu, Raoul-Eugène (French, 1877-1953); b. Fauguerolles, and Magdelaine, F. (Paris, . 1890-1925) 1845 FRANCE, L’Union fait la force [Unity is strength], c. 1910, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award plaque by R.-E. Lamourdedieu for F. Magdelaine on behalf of the Société de Secours aux Sapeurs Pompiers de Gennevilliers [Fire#ghters' Relief Society], seminaked female seated to right with balls of wool, spinning, rev. clasped hands above clouds, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 57 x 39mm, 61.53g (cf. CGB June 2024, 167). Extremely ne, toned; in maroon card box of issue £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2672 (part). Gennevilliers (dép. Hauts-de-Seine)
Lamourdedieu, Raoul-Eugène (French, 1877-1953); b. Fauguerolles 1846 FRANCE, Victor Hugo, 1935, an Art Déco bronze medal by R.-E. Lamourdedieu, bust left, rev. Muse seated right, leaning on a lyre and reading a book, masks of tragedy and comedy at her feet, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 148.41g (CGMP p.221; cf. BSJ 52, 156; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 168, 6449; cf. Noonans 359, 1211). Good very ne £20-£30 Victor Hugo (1802-85), novelist, poet, dramatist and politician, b. Besançon
Lancelot-Croce, Marcelle Renée, formerly Marcelle Renée Lancelot (French, 1863-1946); b. Paris, moved to Italy 1890, returned to France 1905 1847 FRANCE, Adolphe Pinard, c. 1905, a silver plaque by Marcelle Lancelot-Croce, bust left above the elevation of a building, rev. mother seated to right, holding her baby, plan of the Baudelocque Maternité above, edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 60 x 38mm, 67.29g (Storer 2837; cf. Coll. R. Marx 586; cf. Baldwin June 2009, 566). Good very ne, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer October 2006. Adolphe Pinard (1844-1934), obstetrician, b. Méry-sur-Seine (dép. Aube); pioneer of modern perinatal care and the ‘puériculture movement’ – the teaching of infant care to expectant mothers; clinical chair at the Baudelocque Maternité, where he remained until 1914
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Lantéri, Édouard (French, 1848-1917); b. Auxerre, moved to England 1872 1848 ENGLAND, Robert Glassby, 1888, a uniface cast bronze medal by É. Lantéri [Broad], bust left wearing soft cap, 98mm, 149.03g (Attwood 21; BDM III, 302). Good very ne and as made, very rare £150-£200 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 75, 26 September 2012, lot 1794. Robert Glassby (1835-92), sculptor and stonemason, b. Mexborough; principal studio assistant to Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-90)
Lavrillier, Gaston-Albert (French, 1890-1969); b. Paris, and Séassal, Roger (French, 1885-1967); b. Nice, and Janniot, Alfred-Auguste (French, 1889-1969); b. Paris, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1849 FRANCE, Monument aux Morts de Rauba-Capeù, Nice [Rauba Capeau War Memorial], 1928, an Art Déco bronze medal by G.-A. Lavrillier after R. Séassal and A.-A. Janniot for Arthus-Bertrand, head of male warrior to right, clasping sword, head of wild boar behind, rev. elevation of the memorial, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 72mm, 176.36g (Maier 315; Classens 104; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 53; cf. MDC e15, 775; cf. SJA 108, 1397; cf. Noonans 360, 652). Minor edge bruising, otherwise good very ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Lis July 2012. The monument in Nice, 32 metres tall, was officially inaugurated on 29 January 1928 by Maréchal Ferdinand Foch. It bears the names of 3,665 Niçois who lost their lives in World War I
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Lavrillier, Gaston-Albert (French, 1890-1969); b. Paris 1850 FRANCE, Constantin Levaditi, 1945, a bronze medal by G.-A. Lavrillier, bust left, rev. standing robed !gure of Medicine holding a winged Victory, serpent and caduceus at sides, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 81mm, 309.59g (cf. WAG e154, 179; cf. iNumis May 2016, 198; cf. Höhn 73, 556). Some light scratches behind bust, otherwise good very ne, rare £50-£70 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1564. Constantin Levaditi (1874-1953), Romanian-born immunologist and bacteriologist at the Pasteur Institute, co-discoverer of the polio virus and the treatment of syphilis by bismuth
Lecroart, Jean (Belgian, 1883-1967); b. Laeken, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973) 1851 BELGIUM, Jubilé administratif de l’école de tir, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode [Administrative Jubilee of the Shooting School], 1909, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J. Lecroart for Fonson, robed female seated at desk to right, indicating Gallic cock on a medallion held by another robed female, rev. legend in 13 lines, 78 x 51mm, 105.66g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.181, 5; BDM VII, 542; cf. DNW M1, 1616). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2694 (part). The plaque was commissioned by Henri Charles Frick (1850-1930), lawyer and politician, the town’s burgomaster
Lecroart, Jean (Belgian, 1883-1967); b. Laeken 1852 GERMANY, Die Walküre [The Valkyrie], c. 1915, a uniface octagonal bronze plaque by J. Lecroart, the naked warrior-daughter Brünnhilde seated on a cloud to left, holding a shield and spear, horseman galloping to left at side, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 95mm, 334.49g (Niggl –). Extremely ne and extremely rare £150-£200 Provenance: Bt J. Lis. In Richard Wagner’s epic four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle), the shield and spear are the de!ning attributes of Brünnhilde, his chief Valkyrie
Ledel, Dolf (Belgian, 1893-1976); b. Schaerbeek, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1853 BELGIUM, Décès de Joseph Wauters [Death of Joseph Wauters], 1929, a bronze plaque by D. Ledel for Fonson, bust left, rev. hand holding open the pages of the Le Peuple newspaper being read by three people, edge impressed J. FONSON, 84 x 63mm, 213.32g (cf. Elsen 157, 1498; cf. DNW M5, 1506). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 114 (Solingen), 8 January 2003, lot 6348. Joseph Wauters (1875-1929), politician, b. Rosoux-Crenwick; Minister of Industry, Labour and Social Welfare, 1918-21, and introduced pensions for the elderly; political director of the Socialist newspaper Le Peuple All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Lefebvre, Hippolyte-Jules (French, 1863-1935); b. Lille 1854 FRANCE, Comité de Patronage des Écoles Professionnelles, Paris [Patronage Committee for Vocational Schools], c. 1910, an Art Nouveau silver award plaque by H.-J. Lefebvre, arms of the city of Paris above a central tablet with legend in six lines, !anked by, at left, a turreted female allegory of the city speaking to a young man holding a portfolio under his arm, and at right, a young woman sat at an embroidery table being overseen by a teacher, rev. symbols of learning in medallions around a central tablet, un-named, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 69 x 57mm, 139.79g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.43, 90; cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 466). Very ne and very rare £120-£150 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1403.
Lefèvre, Camille (French, 1853-1933); b. Issy-les-Moulineaux, and Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois 1855 FRANCE, Chambre Syndicale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie et Orfèvrerie de Paris [Paris Trade Association for Costume Jewellery, Fine Jewellery and Goldsmithing], 1901, an Art Nouveau silver award plaque by C. Lefèvre [after J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis], two females admiring jewellery, goddess Juno and her peacock in background, rev. legend above tablet, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 62 x 54mm, 67.80g (Maier 220; PBE 318; cf. iNumis May 2017, 370, cf. DNW 49, 908). Obverse partially toned, otherwise very ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The Chambre, founded in 1864, was created to train future artisan jewellers but, as the trade did not have its own facilities, design courses were taught at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. The original design for this plaque was by Daniel-Dupuis but, after his tragic murder in November 1899, a number of his outstanding works were completed by other artists, including Camille Lefèvre
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Legastelois, Julien-Prosper-Joseph-Marie (French, 1885-1931); b. Paris 1856 FRANCE, Maternité, or Fileuse allaitant [Motherhood, or Nursing Spinner], 1902, an Art Nouveau silver award plaque by J.-P.J.-M. Legastelois, a Breton woman brie!y sets aside her spinning wheel to nurse her newborn child, at left, in a window recess, a few !owers stand in a pitcher, rev. distaff resting on a book, surrounded by oak and laurel branches, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 63 x 52mm, 80.53g (Maier 230 [Sale, lot 1997]; PBE 535; CGMP p.236; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 43, 96; BDM III, 372; cf. CNG e466, 616; cf. DNW 40, 757). Some light staining, otherwise about very ne, rare £90-£120 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen October 2004
Lenoir, Pierre-Charles (French, 1879-1953); b. Paris 1857 FRANCE, Bucolique [Bucolic], 1904, an Art Nouveau bronze award plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, naked boy seated under tree playing a !ute, sheep, goats and a dog around, rev. agricultural implements, engraved in #eld (4 Février 1944), edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 60 x 46mm, 80.43g (Maier 277; PBE 543; CGMP pp.242-3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.190, 5; BDM III, 393; cf. Höhn 101, 401; cf. DNW 188, 821). About extremely ne; in original maroon tted case of issue £40-£60 Provenance: DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 1354 (part); DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1505 (part); bt Irene Allen October 2005
Lenoir, Pierre-Charles (French, 1879-1953); b. Paris 1858 FRANCE, Les Potiers/Tournage des Pots [Potters/Pot Throwing], 1915, a bronze award plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, workers at the three stages of pottery-making shown as a triptych, rev. an old woman seated outside a building with pots for sale, tablet above un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 100 x 41mm, 140.52g (PBE 557; CGMP p.242; BDM VII, 549; cf. DNW M11, 1814). About extremely ne £80-£100 Forrer, writing just after the First World War, says of this piece: “The triptych of potters, representing the history of pottery as it is still practised in a little hamlet in Brittany called La Poterie, near Lamballe”
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Leontovyčová-Lošáková, Marie (Czechoslovakian, 1927-2020); b. Prague 1859 CZECH REPUBLIC, Jeřáb [Crane], 1995, a uniface cast pewter plaque by Marie Leontovyčová-Lošáková, bird standing to right, 120 x 58mm, 357.77g. Very ne; as made £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2015
Levillain, Ferdinand (French, 1837-1905); b. Paris 1860 FRANCE, La Terre [The Earth], 1887, an Art Nouveau pair of uniface trials for the obv. and rev. of the award medal by F. Levillain, intended for display, robed #gure of Cybèle to left, surrounded by clouds, presents wheat and grapes, rev. an allegorical representation of the earth's produce over the four seasons accompanied by signs of the Zodiac, centre tablet un-named, both edges impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70mm, 150.27g (Maier 127; CGMP p.245; BDM III, 427; Coll. R. Marx 426-7; cf. iNumis MBS 32, 1504; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 168, 7369) [2]. Extremely ne, rare £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2002
Lindauer, Edmond-Eugène-Émile (French, 1869-1942); b. Paris, and Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1827-1875); b. Valenciennes 1861 FRANCE, Cinquantième Bal de l’École Polytechnique, Paris [50th École Polytechnique Ball], 1933, a silver medal by E.-E.-É. Lindauer after J.-B. Carpeau, legend above elevation of the École, rev. the sculpture ‘La Danse’ in front of the Paris Opera House, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 41mm, 36.47g (cf. CGMP p.247 for rev.; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1381, for rev.; cf. Noonans 282, 289, for rev.). Very ne and toned, rare £50-£70 The 50th annual charity ball of the École Polytechnique took place on 14 February 1933. Carpeaux’s best-known work, La Danse, was executed between 1865 and 1869 for Charles Garnier’s Paris Opera House; it is now in the Louvre
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Maas, Geert (Dutch, 1944-present); b. Nijmegen, emigrated to Canada 1979 1862 CANADA, Timeless Inscriptions, 2004, a uniface cast bronze medal by G. Maas, hand in centre, faces at right looking at a variety of letters and symbols, back engraved G Maas © 13/24, 117mm, 513.53g. Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Mackie. Edition of 24; sold with certi!cate of authenticity dated 29 November 2004, signed by Geert Maas
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Maas, Geert (Dutch, 1944-present); b. Nijmegen, emigrated to Canada 1979 1863 CANADA, Bookworm, 2006, a uniface cast bronze medal by G. Maas, female walking to right, carrying a pile of books, bookshelves in background, back engraved G Maas © 14/24, 118mm, 374.82g. Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Mackie. Obverse only illustrated. Edition of 24; sold with certi!cate of authenticity dated 1 May 2006, signed by Geert Maas
McWhannell, Richard (New Zealander, 1952-present); b. Akaroa 1864 NEW ZEALAND, Canny, 1989, a uniface cast bronze medal by R. McWhannell, head of the artist almost facing, 82mm, 201.94g (MANZ Exhibition, 2015, p.53, 2). Very ne and as made, back with green patina £50-£70 Provenance: Bt F. McWhannell
Maillard, Auguste (French, 1864-1944); b. Paris 1865 FRANCE, Fernand Widal, c. 1925, a bronze medal by A. Maillard, bust left, rev. !gure of Science holds torch aloft, books and medical equipment on central shelves, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 68mm, 139.36g (cf. CGB Aug. 2025, 482; cf. SJA 108, 1382; cf. Peus 415, 1269). Very ne £30-£40 Georges-Fernand-Isidor Widal (1862-1929); b. Dellys, Algeria; a physician and bacteriologist at the Hôpital Cochin, Paris, he developed a vaccine against typhoid fever which reduced the spread of disease in French and allied troops in World War I
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MaloneBeach, James, aka James Beach (American, 1947-present); b. St Paul, MN 1866 U.S.A., Help, c. 2002, an openwork multi-rayed cast bronze plaque, unsigned [by J. MaloneBeach], SEXISM, ARROGNANCE (sic), RACISM, GUNS, rev. DRUGS, MASS CONSUMPTION, ENERGY, VIOLENCE, 145 x 125mm, 288.40g. Extremely ne, as made; together with a pair of steel mesh gloves featuring coloured ags of ve Asian nations £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons. Obverse only illustrated
Manfredini, Luigi (Italian, 1771-1840); b. Bologna 1867 FRANCE/ITALY, Mariage de Napoléon et Marie-Louise, Paris [Marriage of Napoléon and Marie-Louise of Austria in Paris], 1810, a copper medal by L. Manfredini, conjoined crowned busts right, rev. Hymen, torch in hand, drives Mars before him, 43mm, 40.45g (Bramsen 961; Alexander 121; BDM III, 554; Slg. Julius 2272; cf. Vinchon May 2025, 255; cf. Varesi e10, 462; cf. Noonans 311, 693). Extremely ne, dark glossy patina £90-£120 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch September 2003. Napoléon married his second wife, Marie-Louise, eldest daughter of the Emperor Francis II of Austria, in Paris at a civil ceremony on 1 April 1810; the religious ceremony, at the Tuileries, took place the following day
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Marschall, Rudolph Ferdinand (Austrian, 1873-1967); b. Vienna 1868 AUSTRIA/ITALY, 60. jähr. Dienstjubil. Franz Joseph und Erinnerung an die Schlacht von San Martino 1859 [Franz Joseph's 60th Anniversary and in Memory of the Battle of San Martino], 1911, a bronze medal by Prof. R.F. Marschall, bust threequarters left in military uniform, head facing, rev. battle scene, artillery in right foreground, 90mm, 226.69g (Wurzb. 1991; cf. Dorotheum May 2022, 407; cf. Rauch 94, 4466). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2004. The Battle of Solferino, referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino, fought on 24 June 1859, resulted in victory for the allied French army under Napoleon III and the Piedmont-Sardinian army under Victor Emmanuel II, against the Austrian army under Emperor Franz Joseph I. It was the last major battle in which all the armies were under the personal command of their monarchs
Martel, Jan or Joël (French twin brothers, 1896-1966); b. Nantes 1869 FRANCE, Centenaire de l’Industrie de l’Aluminium, Paris, 1954, an aluminium medal by J. Martel, bust of Henri Sainte-Claire Deville right, rev. symbolic factory and vessel, Eiffel Tower in background, edge impressed ALUMINIUM and cornucopia, 60mm, 36.55g. Extremely ne; in original green case of issue £50-£70 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1576; bt Simmons August 2005. Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818-81), chemist; b. St Thomas, W. Indies; known primarily for his industrial production of aluminium in 1854, he also discovered toluene and nitrogen pentoxide. By 1954 aluminium had become the most produced non-ferrous metal, surpassing copper, and the medal commemorates Aluminium français, an exhibition to mark the centenary, staged at the Pont des Invalides in Paris in June and July of that year
Mascaux, Claude-Léon (French, 1882-1965); b. St Germain-en-Laye, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1870 FRANCE, Femme jouant de l'aulos [Female Playing the Aulos], 1924, a two-part Art Déco uniface bronze award medal by C.L.-L. Mascaux, naked female seated on plinth to right, playing a double-reed pipe, wreath at right, hinged back, 50mm, 43.50g (cf. MDC e5, 691; cf. DNW 324, 312). Very ne £20-£30
Mascaux, Claude-Léon-Lucien (French, 1882-1965); b. St Germain-en-Laye, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1871 FRANCE, La Danseuse, 1924, an Art Déco bronze award medal by C.-L.-L. Mascaux for Arthus-Bertrand, nude female dancing to left with veil, rev. wreath, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 56.06g (cf. Album 52, 2562; cf. MDC e5, 692; cf. DNW M11, 1818). Very ne £60-£80 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2008. The dancer is said to represent a likeness of Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Mascaux, Claude-Léon-Lucien (French, 1882-1965); b. St Germain-en-Laye, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1872 FRANCE, Le Tennis, 1924, an Art Déco bronze award medal by C.-L.-L. Mascaux for Arthus-Bertrand, male player standing to right, holding tennis bat, being crowned by Victory at left, rev. wreath, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 54.60g. Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2008. Issued for the Olympic Art Exhibition, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1924 (Aréthuse, October 1924, p.72)
Mauquoy, Alphonse (Belgian, 1880-1954); b. Antwerp, and Fisch & Cie (Brussels, 1853-present) 1873 BELGIUM, Reconnaissance, 1936, an Art Déco plated bronze award plaque by A. Mauquoy for Fisch, semi-naked female seated on the edge of a column, arms oustretched, offering "owers, tablet below named (M. Beaurain-Ruelle Fr.), rev. wreath, legend (Club Royal Philathélique Bruxellois, 1902-1937), 79 x 62mm, 145.67g (Vandamme/Bernier 215; cf. Noonans 324, 317). Very ne; in maroon case of issue, inside gilt-blocked ‘Fisch & Cie, Bruxelles’ £30-£40
Mayer, Rudolph (Austrian, 1846-1916); b. Niedeck, and Mayer, Bernhard Heinrich (German, 1843-1911); b. Bretten im Kraichgau, later B.H. Mayer Kunstprägeanstalt (Pforzheim, 1871-present) 1874 FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze medal by R. Mayer for B.H. Mayer, seated #gure of France at left, welcoming a robed #gure of Germany and two children to the Expo, rev. standing male nude extinguishing a torch held in his right hand and greeting a rising sun, 81mm, 173.24g (DGMK V, p.61, 105; Strothotte 13; BDM III, 634; cf. Grün 86, 529; cf. Höhn 95, 483). Good very ne, scarce £120-£150 Provenance: DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 539; A Small Group of Medals Featuring Allegorical Male Nudes, DNW Auction M1, 15 December 2005, lot 1585. The exposition, staged between 14 April and 12 November at the esplanade of Les Invalides, the Champ de Mars, the Trocadéro and on the neighbouring banks of the Seine, was visited by more than 50 million people
Mazzoni (presumed Italian), and Alphonse Augis (French, . 1894-1929); b. Lyon 1875 FRANCE, Femme avec couronne [Female with Wreath], c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze award medal by Mazzoni for A. Augis, adapted for the Chambre des Metiers du Rhône, robed female seated left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand, rev. conjoined arms, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 62mm, 119.48g (cf. Silich II, 710). Extremely ne; in red card box of issue £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons March 2003. The Chambre des Metiers du Rhône, which brought together the three elements of the Mouvement Artisanal Lyonnais, was established in 1934
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Meszaros, Michael Victor (Australian, 1945-present); b. Melbourne 1876 AUSTRALIA, Erosion, 1992, a uniface cast bronze medal by M.V. Meszaros [Meridian Sculpture], tributaries of a river !owing into an eroded land mass, 122mm, 530.89g. Extremely ne, as made, rare; back with identifying label (no. 3] and attachments for wall mounting £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2002. Edition of 25
Metcalfe, Percy (British, 1895-1970); b. Wakeeld 1877 ENGLAND, National Ri!e Association, King’s Trophy [1925], a silver medal by P. Metcalfe [Royal Mint], archer kneeling right, rev. legend on target, 51mm, 53.40g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.85, 109; E 2002; cf. Spink 341, 314; cf. DNW 193, 1228). A small obverse edge knock at 1 o’clock, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, toned £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Lis. The National Ri!e Association, founded in 1859, moved from Wimbledon to Bisley in 1890. Its King’s Trophy was established in 1925 to encourage youth marksmanship during the inter-War years
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Michel, Émile (Belgian, 1870-1945); b. Brussels 1878 BELGIUM, Lutte libre [Freestyle Wrestling], 1930, a heptagonal bronze plaque by É. Michel, two male wrestlers, rev. legend in 9 lines, 70 x 60mm, 101.39g. Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt J. Lis October 2008. The freestyle element of the 1930 European Wrestling Championships were held in Brussels from 8 to 10 May 1930; the gold medallists at the different weights included two Belgians, two Hungarians and two Swedes
Miklos, Gustave (Hungarian, 1888-1967); b. Budapest, moved to France 1909 1879 FRANCE, Inauguration de la Raffinerie Standard Franco-Americaine, Port Jérôme, 1934, a cast bronze Art Déco award plaque by G. Miklos, standing helmeted female "gure appearing out of the #ame, rev. view of the oil re"nery, named (J. Durand), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 115 x 64mm, 409.51g (cf. MDC 15, 1580; cf. iNumis MBS 43, 1559, cf. Silich I, 273). An astoundingly powerful Art Déco work, about extremely ne, very rare £600-£800 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1551; bt J. Lis October 2006. The Port Jérôme oil re"nery on the banks of the river Seine at Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, completed in May 1933 and inaugurated in 1934, was the "rst in Europe to employ the process of purifying lubricating oils using phenol. The re"nery was linked to the port of Le Havre, where oil tankers landed, by a 35km pipeline. In 1940 the re"nery was partly destroyed, but it was rebuilt after the War
Monier, Émile-Adolphe (French, 1883-1970); b. Paris 1880 FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, Travail du Verre [Glass Working], an Art Déco giltbronze medal by É.-A. Monier, two glass-workers forming and blowing glass, rev. front elevation of the Expo pavilion, edge impressed BR and cornucopia, 32mm, 16.70g (CGMP p.261; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.44, 284; cf. Silich I, 277). Brilliant, practically mint state £30-£40 The 1937 Expo was staged between 25 May and 25 November, during which time it had over 31 million visitors. The preparation and construction of the exhibits were plagued by delays. On the opening day of the exhibition, only the German and the Soviet pavilions had been completed; other pavilions, including those of Italy, Finland, Great Britain and Spain, were "nished during the month of June
Monier, Émile-Adolphe (French, 1883-1970); b. Paris, and Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1881 FRANCE, Rugby, 1941, an Art Déco bronze award plaque by E.-A. Monier and P.-A. Morlon, two rugby players in a tackle, rev. tablet #anked by branches of oak and palm, un-named, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 53 x 51mm, 92.67g (CGMP p.262; cf. DNW M10, 1551). About extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 June 2005, lot 566 (part)
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Morgan, George Thomas (British, 1845-1925); b. Birmingham, emigrated to the United States of America 1876, and Boehm, Joseph Edgar (Austrian, 1834-1890); b. Vienna, moved to England 1848, returned to Austria 1851, then Italy and France, returned to England 1862, and Gamble, James (British, 1837-1911); b. Sheffield 1882 ENGLAND, International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, London, 1874, a bronze medal by G.T. Morgan after J.E. Boehm and J. Gamble, bust of the Prince of Wales left, rev. façade of the Albert Hall, edge named (J. von KorwinMilewski, Catalogue No. 341 etc), 52mm, 76.71g (BHM 2992; Taylor 180b; E 1633). Extremely ne £60-£80 Ignacy Karol Milewski, later Korwin-Milewski (1846-1926), Polish collector and art patron, philanthropist, landowner from Vilnius; graduated from the Lycée impérial Bonaparte in Paris and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1871 to 1875. An exhibition to mark the centenary of his death has recently concluded at the National Museum, Warsaw. The 1874 exhibition, based largely at the Albert Hall, which opened on 6 April, was the last of a series of annual events at the dedicated exhibition buildings in South Kensington held under the direction of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1883 FRANCE, République, 1930, a silver award plaque by P.-A. Morlon, wreathed head of Marianne left, rev. tablet, un-named, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 64 x 55mm, 55.30g (CGMP p.267; cf. DNW 187, 797). Very ne £50-£70 Provenance: Bt J. Lis November 2001
Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1884 FRANCE, Commerce, 1935, a uniface Art Déco bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, female facing left, wearing Mercury's winged helmet and holding a model locomotive in her hands, port and smoke from factory chimneys in background, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 59mm, 82.37g (CGMP p.274). Good very ne, rare £40-£60 Provenance: Bt J. Lis July 2007
Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1885 FRANCE, Joueuse de Golf, 1936, a bronze award plaque by P.-A. Morlon, female golfer having just taken a swing with her club, rev. golf club, ball and a sprig of laurel, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 69 x 40mm, 83.43g (CGMP p.277; cf. Baldwin 52, 974; cf. DNW 38, 842). Extremely ne £40-£50 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2006
Morlon, Pierre-Alexander (French, 1878-1951); b. Mâcon 1886 FRANCE, Gymnastique, 1939, an Art Déco bronze award plaque by P.-A. Morlon, three male athletes exercising on parallel bars, rings and a pommel horse, rev. tablet !anked by branches of oak and palm, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 53 x 51mm, 107.78g (CGMP p.277). Extremely ne £30-£40
Mouchon, Louis-Eugène (French, 1843-1914); b. Paris 1887 FRANCE, Souvenir, 1901, an Art Nouveau silver award plaque by L.-E. Mouchon, naked female Genius leaning on column, inscribing a tablet, rev. branch, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 53 x 29mm, 32.13g (PBE 624; CGMP p.278; Coll. R. Marx 458; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 100; BDM IV, 177; cf. CGB Nov. 2025, 436; cf. Kölner 116, 1731; cf. DNW 132, 1710). Some minor obverse discolouration, otherwise very ne £60-£80
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Mouroux, Anie, aka Melanie Anaïs Émilie Mouroux (French, 1887-1978); b. Paris 1888 FRANCE, Première traversée aérienne française de l'Atlantique Nord d'ouest en est [First French Aerial Crossing of the North Atlantic from West to East], a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, conjoined busts of Jean Assollant, René Lefèvre and Armand Lotti to right, rev. aircraft in clouds above a map of the globe showing the route from the USA to Spain, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 172.89g (CGMP p.283; cf. SJA 112, 1235; cf. Áureo & Calicó 395, 399; cf. DNW 53, 1197). Extremely ne; in original maroon tted case of issue £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2003. Jean Assollant (1905-42), the pilot, together with Rene Lefèvre (1903-72), his navigator, and Armand Lotti (1897-1993), sponsor of the trip, left Old Orchard, Maine, on 13 June 1929 in their Bernard monoplane, L'Oiseau Canari [Yellow Bird], landing at Comillas in northern Spain after a journey of 5,500km in 29 hours 20 minutes. The original intention was to !y to Paris, but in making this, the fourth ever successful transatlantic !ight, the crew overcame several initial difficulties in the #rst hour, including dealing with a stowaway, which led to a change of course for Spain
Muller, Jean-Désiré-Louis (French, 1902-1957); b. Vénissieux 1889 BELGIUM/FRANCE, Exposition Internationale de la Technique de l’Eau, Liège, 1939, an Art Déco bronze award medal by J.-D.-L. Muller for the Section Française, standing robed female holding model of the façade of a building, kneeling water nymphs at sides, rev. legend above tablet, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 139.32g (Muller Exh. Cat. 1958, –; cf. Elsen 164, 2317; cf. DNW M8, 2222). About extremely ne £30-£40 The Expo, opened by Léopold III on 20 May 1939, also commemorated the opening of the Albert Canal. Although it was scheduled to end in November, the exhibition closed on 2 September following the outbreak of War and the accidental explosion of the Val-Benoît and Ougrée bridges, which had been mined by the Belgian army and which resulted in 20 civilian deaths
Muller, Jean-Désiré-Louis (French, 1902-1957); b. Vénissieux 1890 FRANCE, Henry le Chatelier, 1949, an Art Déco bronze award medal by J.-D.-L. Muller for the Société française de métallurgie, bust right, rev. six males in loin-cloths holding spears at the base of a central !ame, tablet below, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 90mm, 308.22g (Muller Exh. Cat. 1958, –). Extremely ne and very rare £50-£70 Provenance: Bt Simmons February 2002. Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850-1936), chemist at the Collège de France. The Société française de métallurgie was created in January 1945, and its premier award, the Large or Chatelier medal, has since 1949 been presented annually to the person who accomplished a work deemed to be of primary importance in the #eld of metallurgy or materials
Niclausse, Paul-François (French, 1879-1958); b. Metz 1891 FRANCE, Industrie Textile, 1929, a uniface bronze medal by F.-P. Niclausse, naked female weaving cloth on a loom, back engraved (Tel. Roubaix 72-10-30), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 129.70g (CGMP p.291; cf. DNW 40, 785). Minor edge nicks, otherwise better than very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt J. Lis October 2006
Nocq, Henri-Eugène (French, 1868-1944); b. Paris 1892 FRANCE/ENGLAND, Artemis, 1898, a silver award medal by H.-E. Nocq for Le Fusil de Chasse [The Shotgun], Diana walking to right with hunting-dog, holding an arrow, tree in background, rev. ri!e and spray of !owers, named (Ryde, 15 Juin 1905, P. Craven Hall), edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 41mm, 37.73g (Coll. R. Marx 350; BDM IV, 280). Very ne; in original maroon tted case £30-£50 Provenance: H.-P. Wip!er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2481. Percy Craven Hall, Beldornie Towers, Ryde, I.o.W.
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Noufflard, Berthe (French, 1886-1971), née Langweil; b. Paris 1893 FRANCE, Geneviève, 1924, a uniface cast bronze medal by Berthe Noufflard, bust of a young girl to right in high relief, 68mm, 69.72g. Extremely ne and extremely rare £80-£100 Geneviève Noufflard (1920-2016), b. 19 July 1920, was the younger daughter of André and Berthe Noufflard, both of them famous impressionist painters. She studied "ute at the Conservatoire in Paris while acting as a courier for the Resistance movement during the German occupation, working with Albert Camus (1913-60) and the future Nobel prizewinner Jacques Monod (1910-76). After a period in the US lecturing, she founded the Paris-based chamber music ensemble Le Rondeau, giving concerts all over Europe. She died on 28 December 2016
Ott, Karl (German, . 1910-1940), and Carl Poëllath, Schrobenhausen (1778-present) 1894 GERMANY, Gott mit uns [God With Us], 1914, a uniface bronze medal by K. Ott for C. Poellath, knight on horseback to left, standing in stirrups and looking up to heaven, the horse trampling a slain hydra, edge impressed C POELLATH SCHROBENH., 75mm, 68.66g (Frankenhuis 601; Klose 9.1; cf. Höhn 110, 393). Extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2010
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Oudiné, Eugène-André (French, 1810-1887); b. Paris 1895 FRANCE, Le couple impérial visite la ville de Reims [Visit of the Imperial Couple to Rheims], 1858, a copper medal by E.-A. Oudiné, conjoined busts of Napoléon III and Eugenie to left, rev. robed !gure of Rheims standing at left, welcoming the standing !gures of Napoléon III and Eugenie at right, elevation of the cathedral in background, edge impressed CUIVRE and hand, 72mm, 198.31g (Divo 362; Slg. d’Essling 2276; cf. Künker e401, 1090; cf. CNG e395, 525). Brilliant mint state £150-£200 The visit of the royal couple to Rheims took place on 11 and 12 October 1858
Patey, Henri-Auguste-Jules (French, 1855-1930); b. Paris 1896 FRENCH INDO-CHINA, Exposition de Hanoï, 1902-3, a plated bronze award medal by H.-A.-J. Patey, Marianne standing to right, holding "ag over seated robed !gure of Indo-China, artisans working in background, rev. elevation of the exhibition building above wreath, tablet below, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 59.19g (Ruedas 60; CGMP pp.299-300; BDM IV, 428; cf. MDC e17, 227; cf. Album 49, 2466; cf. DNW M12, 424). Good very ne £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2002. The Expo was staged in the new capital city of Hanoi between 3 November 1902 and 26 February 1903
Patriarche, Louis (French, 1872-1955); b. Bastia, Corsica 1897 FRANCE, Corsica, 1928, a bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, woman in regional costume standing to left and holding a container, shaking chestnuts from a tree, mountains and rocky cliffs in background, rev. ibex standing on a rock at right, map of Corsica at left, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 130.23g (Classens 73; CGMP p.305; cf. CGB June 2026, 472; cf. iNumis MBS 52, 778; cf. DNW 64, 1375). Extremely ne £40-£60 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen
Pawlik, Franz Xaver (Austrian, 1865-1906); b. Vienna 1898 AUSTRIA, Äsop erzählt Fabeln [Æsop Telling Fables], 1902, a uniface bronze Art Nouveau plaque by F.X. Pawlik, Æsop seated to left, arms outstretched towards three seated robed females, 90 x 37mm, 94.38g (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 8, 53; BDM IV, 438). Very ne, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna. Æsop's Fables, a collection of short stories credited to a slave who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Pelletier, Raymond (French, 1907-1958); b. Paris, emigrated to Peru 1950 1899 FRANCE, Syndicat Général de la Construction Electrique [General Trade Union of Electrical Engineering], c. 1930, an Art Déco bronze medal by R. Pelletier, semi-naked female representing Electricity seated to right on globe, rev. workers with turbines, named (François Eberle, 1955), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 164.45g (cf. Rauch e9, 2382; cf. Noonans 355, 5166). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 119, 14 January 2004, lot 6410. The Syndicat Général de la Construction Electrique, the French industry federation for electrical equipment manufacturers founded in 1925, evolved into the Groupe des syndicats de constructeurs de Matériels d'Equipement Electrique in 1950
Perl, Karl (Austrian, 1876-1965); b. Liezen 1900 AUSTRIA, Segelsport [Sailing], 1910, an Art Nouveau uniface octagonal bronze plaque by K. Perl, a female at right blows wind into a sail held by a naked female standing in a conch-shell and a naked child seated at the stern of the shell, waves below, 57mm, 93.81g. Very ne, rare £40-£60
Perl, Karl (Austrian, 1876-1965); b. Liezen 1901 AUSTRIA/GERMANY, Hänsel und Gretel [Hansel and Gretel], 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by K. Perl, hooded witch at left luring Hansel and Gretel into a gingerbread house, 55 x 43mm, 52.63g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.8, 61; BDM VIII, 121; cf. Naumann 95, 418; cf. Rauch e34, 540; cf. WAG 47, 2095). Removed from prior backing mount, very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna. Hänsel and Gretel, a German fairy tale by the brothers Grimm published in 1812, centres on siblings abandoned in a forest, who fall into the hands of a witch living in a house made of gingerbread. With cannibalistic intentions, the witch intended to fatten Hänsel before eating him, but Gretel saved her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing her
Perl, Karl (Austrian, 1876-1965); b. Liezen 1902 AUSTRIA, Sneewittchen [Snow White], 1920, a uniface bronze plaque by K. Perl, Snow White ‘asleep’, seven dwarves in mourning in various poses, 67 x 46mm, 69.71g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.8, 63). Removed from prior backing mount, very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna. Snow White, a German fairy tale by the brothers Grimm !rst published in 1812 and revised in several versions until 1857
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Peter, Charles-Victor (French, 1840-1918); b. Paris 1903 FRANCE, La chèvre et son chevreau [Goat and Her Kid], 1908, a uniface cast bronze plaque by C.-V. Peter, goat standing to left on a rock, her kid standing to right, looking up at its mother, 147 x 130mm, 383.91g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.231, 4; BDM VIII, 122). Extremely ne and attractively patinated, rare £100-£150 Provenance: DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 901
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Pillet, Charles-Philippe Germain-Aristide (French, 1869-1960); b. Paris 1904 FRANCE, Inauguration de la nouvelle Sorbonne, Paris [Opening of the New Sorbonne], 1889, a bronze medal by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, the old Sorbonne, personi"ed by a seated woman to right, welcomes the new Sorbonne, personi"ed by a young girl holding a sealed parchment in her left hand and, in her right, a laurel branch and a plaque engraved with an inscription, the scene witnessed by a third robed female representing Paris, elevation of the new Sorbonne in the background, rev. a young girl draped in classical style, with her bosom bared, sits reading under a tree, a view of the Latin Quarter in Paris, showing the site of the new Sorbonne buildings by her feet, arms of the Republic and of Paris framed in oak and laurel above, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 80mm, 273.75g (CGMP p.314; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.23, 109; BDM VIII, 132; cf. MDC 15, 1596). Extremely ne, dark patina, scarce £100-£150 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 114 (Solingen), 8 January 2003, lot 6768. The new Sorbonne was officially inaugurated on 5 August 1889 by President Sadi Carnot, as part of the centenary celebrations of the French revolution. The reconstruction of the cramped 17th century buildings was carried out at the instigation of the Minister of Public Instruction, Jules Ferry (see Lot 1909). This task was given to the architect Henri-Paul Nénot (1853-1934) and the foundation stone of the new building was laid in 1885. That part of the building opened in 1889 centred around the monumental Grand Amphithéâtre; the entire structure was not completed until 1901
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Pillet, Charles-Philippe Germain-Aristide (French, 1869-1960); b. Paris 1905 FRANCE, Primavera [Spring], 1895, an Art Nouveau uniface cast bronze electrotype plaque by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, a naked young couple under trees, he standing to right, touching her chin and looking into her eyes, she seated to left with her left arm on his right, 208 x 145mm, 812.64g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.237, 8; BDM IV, 537). Extremely ne and very rare; mounted on a fashioned wooden board, with hook on the back for suspension £200-£300
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Pillet, Charles-Philippe Germain-Aristide (French, 1869-1960); b. Paris 1906 FRANCE, Association Léopold Bellan, c. 1900, an Art Nouveau bronze Concours de Chansons [Song Contest] award plaque by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, standing robed female singing, head turned to right, peasants and farm workers in background, rev. river and trees, named (Monsieur Charles Rodriguez), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 86 x 80mm, 236.60g (cf. DNW M2, 2674). About extremely ne £50-£70 Léopold Bellan (1857-1936), entrepreneur and politician, one of the pioneers of public welfare in the Third Republic, founded the Association named after him in 1884; today it employs some 2,700 people
Pillet, Charles-Philippe Germain-Aristide (French, 1869-1960); b. Paris 1907 FRANCE, Aux Héros de Verdun [To the Heros of Verdun], 1916 [struck 1917], a bronze medal by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, female "gures of France and Verdun standing on rocky rampart defending city from a Prussian eagle, ivy branches below, rev. busts of Philippe Pétain, Robert Nivelle and Édouard de Castlenau in medallions, wreath below surrounding legend in "ve lines, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 144.18g (Frankenhuis 138; CGMP p.313; BDM VII, 133; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 7; cf. SJA 109, 1363; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Aug. 2025, 46566; cf. DNW 42, 1478). About extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2010. The Battle of Verdun, fought between 21 February and 18 December 1916 and centred on the hills north of the city, was the longest engagement of World War I and witnessed a series of attacks and counter-attacks by both sides, the French under Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), Robert Nivelle (1856-1924) and Édouard de Castlenau (1851-1944). After 302 days of "ghting, both sides suffered a cumulative total of over 700,000 casualties
Poisson, August-Pierre-Marie (French, 1876-1953); b. Niort 1908 ALGERIA, Centenaire de l’Algerie, 1930, an Art Déco bronze medal by A.-P.-M. Poisson, a young indigenous woman standing to right, holding a fruit basket, offering a bunch of grapes to a semi-robed female standing to left, rev. a domed tomb beneath palm trees, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 68mm, 144.27g (Ruedas 293; CGMP p.318; cf. MDC 18, 343; cf. Palombo 24, 229; cf. DNW 35, 482). Very ne £60-£80 France commemorated the centenary of its occupation of Algeria during the "rst six months of 1930, with prominent public edi"ces being erected, principally in Algiers, Oran and Constantine
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Ponscarme, François-Joseph-Hubert (French, 1827-1903); b. Belmont-lès-Monthureux 1909 FRANCE, Jules Ferry, 1888, a large uniface bronze maquette by F.-J.-H. Ponscarme, bust right, 152mm, 264.17g (BDM IV, 660). Very ne and very rare; with small piercing at top for suspension £200-£260 Provenance: Bt Simmons October 2004. Jules-François-Camille Ferry (1832-93), statesman and philosopher, committed Republican; elected deputé for Paris, 1869, and administered the city during the Franco-Prussian war; Prime Minister 1880-1 and 1883-5; ensured the state made primary education free, 1882; favoured colonial expansion in Tunisia, Madagascar and Algeria; survived an assassination attempt by Louis-Alphonse Aubertin in the Chamber of Deputies, 10 December 1887, but his early death has been partially attributed to shotgun wounds suffered in the attack
Prinz, Josef (Austrian, 1876-1960); b. Vienna 1910 AUSTRIA, Kalendermedaille 1934 [Calendar Medal], a silver medal by J. Prinz, Janiform head encircled by the Sundays of the month, rev. chart with "rst and last quarters, full and new moons, signs of the Zodiac around, edge impressed MUNZAMT WIEN (A) 900, 41mm, 19.30g (cf. Stack’s/Bowers Feb. 2025, 74337-8; cf. Heritage/MPO 54, 1717). About extremely ne, toned £30-£40 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch May 2003
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Prud’homme, Georges-Henri (French, 1873-1947); b. Cap Breton 1911 MONACO, Les congrès scienti!que de Monaco [The Scienti!c Congresses in Monaco], 1920, a pair of uniface gilt-bronze display plaques by G.-H. Prud’homme for the Institut océanographique de Monaco, seven females in a country setting, river in central foreground, rev. elevation of the Institute on the waterfront, arms and supporters at upper right, both 91 x 58mm, 224.27g (Musée d’Orsay 237-8; cf. MDC 15 [Maier], 1983; cf. iNumis MBS 8, 1389; cf. Silich III, 1139) [2]. Obverse extremely ne, reverse very ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2005. In April and May 1920 six congresses were held at the Oceanographic Museum. They were devoted to hydrology and hydromineral geology, hygiene and climatology, spa towns, sea bathing and climatic resorts, tourism, mountaineering, and thalassotherapy (using sea-water). These congresses are represented on this medal in the form of female allegories accompanied by attributes such as a pick for geology, a caduceus for hygiene and a shell for sea bathing
Prud’homme, Georges-Henri (French, 1873-1947); b. Cap Breton 1912 FRANCE, Pierre Ménétrier, 1923, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust right, rev. Ménétrier seated with colleagues at the microscopy table, façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral in the background, edge impressed CUIVRE and cornucopia, 70 x 55mm, 128.47g (Storer –; cf. Rauch e43, 2344; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 1025; cf. DNW 42, 1412). Extremely ne £30-£40 Pierre-Eugène Ménétrier (1859-1935), Parisian pathologist
Prud’homme, Georges-Henri (French, 1873-1947); b. Cap Breton 1913 FRANCE, Pierre Teissier, 1932, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust right, rev. legend in 6 lines above a cluster of "owers, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 75 x 52mm, 134.64g (Storer –; cf. DNW 60, 1613). Good very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 February 2006, lot 470 (part). Pierre-Joseph Teissier (1864-1932), professor of internal pathology and then of the clinic of childhood diseases at the Faculté de médecine, Paris
Prud’homme, Georges-Henri (French, 1873-1947); b. Cap Breton 1914 FRANCE, Spes, 1944, an Art Déco uniface bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, half-length !gure of a young woman, veiled, to left, resting her face in her hands in an attitude of waiting and hope, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 96 x 70mm, 307.45g (CGMP p.330; cf. CGB May 2025, 702). Very ne and very rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003
Quérolle, Madeleine-Pierre, aka Madeleine-Pierre Quérolle-Sylvain (French, 1914-2014); b. Paris 1915 FRANCE, Cross-Country, 1964, a bronze award medal by Madeleine-Pierre Quérolle, a group of male runners advancing to right past denuded trees, rev. runners overcoming obstacles on rough terrain, irregularly-shaped tablet below, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 157.89g (CGMP p.1530; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 706; cf. CGB Aug. 2026, 1031). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2002
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Rank-Broadley, Ian (British, 1952-present); b. Walton-on-Thames 1916 ENGLAND, 150th Anniversary of the London Library, 1991, a cast silver medal by I. Rank-Broadley, bust of Thomas Carlyle to right, rev. architectural design of the main entrance doorway, typographical legend in and around, edge hallmarked London 1991 and impressed ADG [Anthony David Garrett, Chief Executive, Royal Mint], 80mm, 368.96g (The Medal 18, p.120; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Aug. 2024, 48048). Extremely ne, as made £200-£260 Edition of 100. The London Library, 14 St James’s square, was founded in 1841 on the initiative of the historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle (1795 -1881). The obverse portrait is modelled from a photograph of Carlyle, taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867
Rasumny, Félix (Russian, 1869-1940); b. Sevastopol, moved to France by 1885, and Adolphe Duseaux (Paris, 1830-present) 1917 FRANCE, Horticulture, c. 1900, an Art Nouveau gilt-bronze award plaque by F. Rasumny for A. Duseaux on behalf of the Association Française Pomologique, female seated to left under tree, holding a bunch of roses, gardeners at work in background, rev. tablet on oak-wreath, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 61 x 45mm, 66.80g (BDM V, 34; cf. DNW 54, 827). About extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2675 (part). The Association, founded in November 1872, was disbanded in 1946
Rasumny, Félix (Russian, 1869-1940); b. Sevastopol, moved to France by 1885, and Adolphe Duseaux (Paris, 1830-present) 1918 FRANCE, Comité Republicain du Commerce, de l’Industrie et de l’Agriculture, 1910, an Art Nouveau plated bronze triptych plaque by F. Rasumny for A. Duseaux, head of Marianne left, legends at sides, rev. male and female !gures in scenes representing commerce, industry and agriculture, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 92 x 45mm, 156.19g (BDM VIII, 151; cf. Noonans 260, 1989). Extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2003. The Comité, popularly known as the ‘Mascuraud Comité’ after the industrialist and costume jeweller Alfred Mascuraud (1848-1926), was created in 1899 to serve as a link between Parisian and provincial business leaders, and centre-left politicians
Rasumny, Félix (Russian, 1869-1940); b. Sevastopol, moved to France by 1885, and Adolphe Duseaux (Paris, 1830-present) 1919 FRANCE, Ceres, c. 1925, a bronze award medal by F. Rasumny for A. Duseaux, adapted for the Comice Agricole de Conches [Conches Agricultural Show], female head of Ceres to left, surrounded by crops and farming equipment, rev. central tablet surrounded by crops and farming equipment, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 50mm, 59.12g (cf. Noonans 325, 303-5, for rev.). Good very ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt J. Lis December 2004. Conches-en-Ouche, dép. Eure, has hosted an annual agricultural show every May for over 150 years
Rau, Marcel (Belgian, 1886-1966); b. Brussels 1920 BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG, Electri!cation de la liaison ferroviaire Bruxelles-Luxembourg [Electri!cation of the BrusselsLuxembourg Railway], 1956, a bronze medal by M. Rau, Mercury, kneeling to right on a railway track, prepares to hurl a thunderbolt with his right arm, logo of the SNCB below, rev. electric locomotive "anked by the arms of Brussels and Luxembourg, 80mm, 264.84g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 166; cf. Elsen 138, 1696; cf. DNW 192, 792). Extremely ne; in maroon card box of issue £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Simmons. The formal inauguration of the new electric line from Brussels-Midi to Luxembourg City, via Namur, took place on 29 September 1956 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Rau, Marcel (Belgian, 1886-1966); b. Brussels 1921 BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle & Internationale, Brussels, 1958, a bronze award medal by M. Rau, facing head of a female holding an ear of grain and displaying the emblem of the World's Fair, rev. two naked men walking to the left and holding hands, stars and moon in the background, un-named, 80mm, 194.05g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 243; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.8, 8; cf. Haynault Oct. 2025, 204; cf. SJA 108, 1419; cf. Rauch 110, 536). Very ne £30-£40 Expo 58, better known as the Brussels World Fair, opened on 17 April 1958 and closed on 19 October, by which time it had attracted over 41 million visitors, second only in numbers to the Paris Expo of 1900
Ravel, J. (presumed French), and Alphonse Augis (Lyon, 1830-present) 1922 FRANCE, Avant avant lion le melhor [Lion is the Best], Lyon, c. 1925, a bronze medal by J. Ravel for A. Augis adapted for the Institut Mérieux, lion rampant to left !anked by bees, rev. legend in 4 lines, edge impressed AUGIS-LYON BRONZE, 59mm, 103.86g (cf. Gailhouste 143; cf. CGB June 2024, 17). Extremely ne £10-£20 Awarded to blood donors at the Institut Mérieux, founded in 1897 and known as Mérieux Alliance until 2009
Renard, Marcel-François (French, 1892-1974); b. Lyon 1923 FRANCE, Échange [Exchange], 1931, an Art Déco uniface bronze plaque by M.-F. Renard, two robed females, representing Agriculture and Industry, facing each other and exchanging their produce, sheep grazes to left below, back named (Trentenaire Maison Debled, 23 Mai 1955), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 70 x 42mm, 108.40g (CGMP p.341). Very ne, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2003. Maison Debled, a coastal property in Plounévez-Lochrist, dép. Finistère
Renard, Marcel-François (French, 1892-1974); b. Lyon 1924 FRANCE, Paris, 1947, an Art Déco bronze award medal by M.-F. Renard, partially robed female kneeling to left, head facing, ship of Paris at lower right, rev. the Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre, Notre-Dame de Paris, the Opéra and a fountain in the Place de la Concorde featuring the Luxor obelisk, all surrounding a quadrilobe, named (Lions Club, Paris-Nord & Frankfürt, 13-5-1961), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 158.03g (CGMP p.1559; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 1235). Good very ne £30-£40 Commemorates the twinning agreement signed between Lions Club Paris-Nord and the Lions Club Frankfurt-am-Main on 13 May 1961
Revol, Guy-Charles (French, 1912-1991); b. Paris 1925 U.S.A./FRANCE, Les premiers pas de l’homme sur la lune [Man’s First Steps on the Moon], 1969 [struck 1970], a bronze medal by G.-C. Revol, helmet of one of the cosmonauts, the transparent part of the visor re!ecting the silhouette of the other cosmonaut planting the American !ag on the lunar surface, rev. boot prints on the lunar surface marking where the cosmonauts walked during their "rst stay on the Moon, dates and times of the moonwalks above and below, edge impressed 1970 BRONZE and cornucopia, 63mm, 187.49g (CGMP p.1586). Extremely ne £50-£70 Apollo XI, launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 16 July 1969 and crewed by Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Michael Collins (1930-2021), and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin (b. 1930), reached the moon after three days and Armstrong and Aldrin were the "rst and second humans to walk on the planet on 21 July, spending a total of eight hours planting an American !ag, speaking with President Richard Nixon in the White House, deploying scienti"c instruments and collecting lunar material. The crew returned to Earth on 24 July
Rispal, Noël-Jean-Gabriel (French, 1892-1970); b. Bordeaux 1926 FRANCE, Société de Radiologie Medicale de France [French Society of Medical Radiology], a bronze medal by N.-J.-G. Rispal, a Ruhmkorff coil, legend below, rev. early devices for generating and monitoring electrical discharges, named (À son Président, le Dr Cassou, 1954), edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 59mm, 106.27g. Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction 123, 11-12 June 2014, lot 727 (part); bt Simmons June 2015. The Société was founded in 1909. A Ruhmkorff, or induction coil, is an early type of electrical transformer, using a mechanical breaker to turn low-voltage direct current into high-voltage sparks
Rivet, Léonard-Adolphe (French, 1855-1925); b. Périgueux 1927 FRANCE, Agriculture, c. 1895, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Rivet, couple harvesting in a "eld, haycart and horses in background, rev. female holding rake and leaning on circular tablet, sheaves of wheat at right, farmer ploughing above, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 60.63g (BDM V, 135-6; cf. Stack’s/Bowers May 2023, 72127; cf. DNW 188, 804). Good very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 111 (Solingen), 29 June 2002, lot 6656 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Rivet, Léonard-Adolphe (French, 1855-1925); b. Périgueux 1928 FRANCE, Concours Canine [Dog Show], c. 1895, a bronze award medal by L.-A. Rivet, !ve dogs in foreground, show-ring with dogs and judges in background, rev. winged female Victory to right above tablet, engraved (Société Canine du Sud-Ouest, 3e Prix, Courteil), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 50mm, 56.55g (BDM V, 135; cf. PBE 815; cf. DNW 54, 855). Very ne; with clip and ring for suspension £20-£30 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 February 2006, lot 427 (part). The Société Canine du Sud-Ouest was primarily centred in Toulouse
Rivet, Léonard-Adolphe (French, 1855-1925); b. Périgueux 1929 FRANCE, La Musique, c. 1895, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Rivet, half-length female !gure to right, holding a lyre, olivebranch behind her, rev. winged female Victory to right above tablet, engraved (Ville de Vitteaux, Fêtes des 14 et 15 Sepbre. 1924), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 57mm, 81.17g (BDM V, 135; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, 153; cf. DNW 41, 829). Very ne; with clip and ring for suspension £20-£30 Provenance: DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 771 (part); bt Irene Allen. Vitteaux, dép. Côte-d'Or
Rivet, Léonard-Adolphe (French, 1855-1925); b. Périgueux 1930 FRANCE, Association génerale des tissus et matières textiles [General Association of Fabrics and Textile Materials Manufacturers], 1900, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Rivet, male textile worker at loom, rev. winged female Victory to right above tablet, named (G. Secordel, 1947), 67mm, 103.07g (PBE 820; BDM V, 137; cf. DNW 49, 909; cf. Silich III, 1155, for obv.). Very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2008. XRF analysis, sold with the medal, shows that the metallic composition is 51% copper, 24% silver and 24% zinc
Robert-Mérignac, Ernesta, formerly Robert, Ernestine-Léonie (French, 1849-1933); b. Saint-Omer 1931 FRANCE, Émile Mérignac, c. 1910, a uniface cast bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, bust right, crossed fencing swords behind, 116 x 95mm, 230.58g. Very ne and very rare £100-£150 Émile Merignac (1858-1940), fencing master and historian, married the artist in 1886
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Rocchi, Pierre (presumed French) 1932 FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale de Paris, Afrique, 1931, an Art Déco uniface cast bronze maquette by P. Rocchi [Fonderies Pericaud], bust of a young African male to left, 146mm, 847.25g (Ruedas 41; cf. Münzen Gut-Lynt 11, 1871; cf. BDW 13, 322). Extremely ne, signed by the artist; set on a circular wooden mount, with hook for suspension £100-£150
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Roques, Jules-François-Alexandre (French, 1882-1932); b. Aurillac 1933 ARGENTINA/FRANCE, Expositions internationales du centenaire de l’indépendence de la République argentine [International Exhibitions for the Centenary of Argentina’s Independence], 1910, a pair of uniface light bronze display plaques for the official version by J.-F.-A. Roques for the Comité français des expositions à l’étranger, rearing horseman to right by a paddock containing bulls, pig carcasess piled up in right foreground, rev. naked artisan to left, proffering an olive branch to a robed female standing to right, both 150 x 129mm, total wt. 874.40g (Maier 276; PBE 833; cf. Rio de la Plate e12, 993; cf. iNumis MBS 30, 1310; cf. Silich II, 792). Very ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Lis July 2005. Obverse only illustrated. The Exposición Internacional del Centenario Argentino, commemorating the centenary of the May Revolution in 1810, was staged from May to November 1910 in 35 pavilions erected in Buenos Aires
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1934 FRANCE, Hygeia, c. 1875, a uniface light bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, Hygeia standing facing, head turned to right, holding a serpent in her right hand and a bowl in her left, 83mm, 50.11g (Roty Compagnonnage p.91). Softy executed, some light spotting, otherwise good very ne, very rare and a very early work by the artist £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2013
Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1935 FRANCE, Art Appliqué à l’Industrie [Art Applied to Industry], 1884, a silver award medal by L.-O. Roty for the Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts [Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts], Vulcan standing to left, showing his work to Minerva standing right, rev. tablet on a large palm with branches at sides, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 80mm, 279.43g (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; Coll. R. Marx 7; CGMP p.360; BDM V, 230; cf. DNW 52, 661). About extremely ne and toned, rare in silver £200-£260 After being attached to various ministries since its creation in 1800, the Fine Arts Directorate came under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Instruction in September 1870. However, the Historical Monuments division and the Fine Arts Directorate were temporarily transferred to the Ministry of Arts. The latter was abolished and from 30 January 1882 responsibility for Fine Arts reverted to the Ministry of Public Instruction
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1936 FRANCE, Georges Duplessis, 1886, an Art Nouveau cast bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, bust left, rev. robed female allegory of Engraving standing to right, surrounded by folios of drawings, 130 x 90mm, 445.27g (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 60; BDM V, 240-1; cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 173). Extremely ne and very rare £300-£400 Georges-Victor-Antoine Duplessis (1834-99), b. Chartres; art historian and specialist in the history of engraving; curator of the Print Room at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1937 FRANCE, La Jeunesse française à Michel Chevreul pour son 100e anniversaire [The French Youth to Michel Chevreul on his 100th Birthday], 1886, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust right, rev. robed female student presents seated !gure of Chevreul with a palm-wreath, 68mm, 159.38g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Maier 93; Storer 621; Brettauer 216; Coll. R. Marx 14; PBE 840; CGMP p.359; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 65; BDM V, 231; Baxter 32; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.135, 12; cf. Rauch e44, 1302; cf. Möller 82, 807; cf. Silich III, 1159). Minor reverse rim knock at 5 o’clock, otherwise about extremely ne £40-£60 Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), chemist, regarded by many as the founder of organic chemistry; b Angers; appointed professor of chemistry at the Lycée Charlemagne, 1813; director of the dye works at the Gobelins tapestry factory, 1824-85; member of the Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society of London, 1826; professor of organic chemistry at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, 1830, and director of it from 1863-79. Chevreul was still teaching until shortly before his death at the age of 102
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1938 FRANCE, Stéphane Dervillé, 1894, an Art Nouveau silver award plaque by L.-O. Roty, seated female !gure to right, greeting Dervillé and a male colleague who shake hands, rev. view of a domed building and bridge over the River Seine, named (Stéphane Dervillé, President du Tribunal de Commerce, à Mr Troullier), 59 x 42mm, 60.18g (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.271, 77; BDM V, 235; cf. DNW 38, 725). Good very ne, very rare £80-£100 Albert-Aimé-François Troullier (1860-1941), magistrate and specialist in business law, became Président of the Tribunal de commerce de la Seine in 1925. Stéphane Adolphe Dervillé (1848-1925), industrialist who owned marble quarries in Italy and France; Secrétaire de la chambre syndicale de la Marbrerie de Paris, 1874; Président du Tribunal de commerce de la Seine, 1893-7; Président du Conseil d'Administration de la Compagnie des Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM), 1899-1925; Directeur général adjoint of the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900. XRF analysis shows that the metallic composition is 96% silver
Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1939 FRANCE, Médaille de mariage [Marriage Medal], 1895 [struck 1901], a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated couple exchanging wedding rings, rev. statue of Eros atop a fountain under a tree, named (Ethel Chamberlain, Lionel Richards, Highbury, 22 Août 1900), edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 41mm, 30.75g (Roty Compagnnonage p.92; Maier 98; PBE 866; CGMP p.360; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 61; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 181; Coll. R. Marx 48; BDM V, 233, 235; The Medal 44, p.40; cf. WAG e173, 103; cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 256; cf. DNW 141, 1726). Virtually as struck; in original beige case, lid stamped ER, inside gilt-blocked ‘Médailles Artistiques Monnehay & Godard, Graveurs, 37 Quai de l’Horloge, Paris’ £80-£100 Provenance: W.L. Richards, and by descent; with J. Phillimore; DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 843; bt M. Bonham Carter. Ethel Chamberlain (1873-1905), Highbury Park, Moseley, Birmingham; youngest daughter of Sir Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), Liberal politician and brother of Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), Prime Minister 1937-40; educ. Allenswood, Wimbledon; married a Lincoln’s Inn barrister, Whitmore Lionel Richards (1869-1954), of Rathangan House, co Kildare, at the family seat, Highbury, on 22 August 1900. They had one child, Hilda Mary (b. 1901). Ethel suffered from poor health for much of her adult life, and was eventually found to be suffering from tuberculosis. She travelled to Switzerland during the winter of 1904 to recuperate, but died in a sanatorium at Adelboden on 15 January 1905. Whitmore Richards, who later lived in Chester, subsequently married Emelyn Mary Eastwood (1875-1968) in 1909
Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1940 FRANCE, Bicentenaire de l’Imprimerie Danel [Bicentenary of the Danel Publishing House], 1898, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, bust of Léonard Danel left, rev. printing press on sprig of oak, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 50mm, 62.98g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; PBE 870; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.402, 154; cf. iNumis MBS 34, 1252; cf. Baldwin 39, 2101; cf. DNW 46, 783). About extremely ne, toned £60-£80 Provenance: DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1377. Imprimerie L. Danel was founded in Lille in 1698; a family printing business with factories in Lille and, from 1894, Loos, it closed in 1974. The medal was ordered by Léonard Danel (1818-1905), who entered the family !rm in 1840 and who managed the printing works from 1846 to 1884; he retired in 1897 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1941 FRANCE, Compagnie des Agents de Change de Paris [Paris Stockbrokers' Association], 1898, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, female seated to right, holding a box of money into which a naked winged girl pours more coins, rev. coiled serpent and branch over a view of Paris, named (Mr. Boulle), edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, 50mm, 62.70g (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 176; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.402, 155; BDM V, 237; cf. CGB Nov. 2023, 507; cf. iNumis May 2014, 366; cf. DNW M2, 2482). Extremely ne; in original maroon case of issue, lid gilt-blocked ‘Mr Boulle’ £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen October 2004. Parisian stockbrokers held the status of ministerial officers from 1572, and a decree of 19 March 1801 gave them a monopoly on the trading of securities. They organised themselves into the Compagnie des agents de change, and in 1826 moved to the city’s Palais Brongniart
Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris 1942 FRANCE, Centenaire de la Banque de France [Centenary of the Banque de France], 1900, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, helmeted head of La République left in armour, rev. seated and standing "gures surveying a landscape, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 68mm, 129.41g (Roty Compagnonnage p.88; Maier 109; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 178; BDM V, 239; Gaz. Num. 1905, p.234, 190; cf. CGB Oct. 2024, 257; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 5099; cf. Silich III, 1164). Good very ne £90-£120 The Banque de France was founded on 18 January 1800 by a group of bankers at the instigation of Napoléon. The centenary medal was commissioned by the bank’s governor, Georges Pallain (1847-1923)
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris, and Desaide, Alphonse (French, 1850-1911); b. Paris 1943 FRANCE, République Francaise, c. 1900, an Art Nouveau silver award medal by L.-O. Roty for A. Desaide, adapted for the Comice Agricoles de Loches [Loches Agricultural Show], head of Marianne to left in Liberty bonnet, rev. implements of agriculture and farm animals around central medallion with legend, cartouche below, un-named, edge impressed ARGENT and with two foundry marks, 68mm, 140.60g (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; cf. Ferraresi e34, 1057; cf. MDC 18, 316, for obv.). Very ne £90-£120 Provenance: DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 876; DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 749. Loches, dép. Indre-et-Loire
Samuel, Charles (Belgian, 1862-1938); b. Brussels, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1944 BELGIUM/FRANCE, Charles Rolland, 1922, a uniface bronze plaque by C.R. Samuel for Fonson, bust left on plinth surmounted by a Gallic cock, two robed females at sides and a naked youth kneeling to right below, edge impressed J. FONSON, 90 x 60mm, 140.45g (cf. MDC e17, 140; cf. DNW M2, 2663). Very ne £20-£30 Charles-Théodore-Maximilien Rolland (b. 1849), president of the Chambre de Commerce Français in Brussels, 1886-1922; founding president of the city’s École Française (the present-day Lycée Français Jean-Monnet), 1907
Sandoz, Édouard-Marcel (Swiss, 1881-1971); b. Basle, moved to France 1908 1945 FRANCE, Physiologistes, Paris, 1958, a uniface triangular bronze plaque by É.-M. Sandoz, horse’s head to right, 60 x 37mm, 33.91g. Remains of paper label on back, otherwise very ne; with integral loop for suspension £30-£40 Provenance: DNW Auction M11, 13 July 2011, lot 1838. Issued in association with the 1958 exhibition, Les Physiologies, at the Bibliothèque Nationale, curated by Andrée Lheritier (1924-2013)
Schaefer, Hans (Bohemian, 1875-1933); b. Sternberg, moved to U.S.A. 1919 1946 AUSTRIA, Franz Schubert, 1909, a bronze medal by H. Schaefer adapted for the 75 Jahre Wiener Schubertbund [75th Anniversary of the Vienna Schubert Society], 1938, Schubert seated to right, playing a piano, surrounded by six female singers, rev. legend, 70mm, 108.97g (Niggl 1826 rev.; cf. Hirsch 347, 4360, for obv.; cf. Giessener 226, 4498, for obv.). Very ne £30-£40 Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), composer. In November 1863 Franz Mair founded the Lehrersängerchor Schubertbund (Schubertbund Teachers' Choral Society), which gave its !rst public performance at the inaugural festival of the Lower Austrian Singers' Association in 1864. A reorganisation and name change in 1870 to Schubertbund (and later, in 1922, to Wiener Schubertbund) witnessed an increased membership. Following the Anschluss, the longtime choral director Viktor Keldorfer (1873-1959) was superseded by Otto Nurrer in 1938
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Scharff, Anton (Austrian, 1845-1903); b. Vienna, and Böcklin, Arnold (Swiss, 1827-1901); b. Basle 1947 SWITZERLAND, Gottfried Keller, 1889, a bronze medal by A. Scharff after A. Böcklin, bust left, rev. Orpheus seated on a plinth to right, playing his lyre, watched by three lions and a hare, trees at right, 70mm, 169.59g (Bachofen 153a; Loehr 175; Wunderly 3598; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 9, 74; BDM V, 366; cf. Schweizer Medaillen 459; cf. Künker e93, 1150; cf. WAG e164, 1724; cf. Noonans 282, 373). Extremely ne £120-£150 Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik December 2001. Gottfried Keller (1819-90), b. Zurich, painter, poet and novelist, !rst official secretary of the canton of Zürich, 1861-76. Böcklin’s portrait of Keller, painted in 1889, is in the Kunsthaus, Zurich
Schenk, Kilian (presumed German, . 1620-40); b. not known 1948 SWEDEN, Gustav Adolf, 1631, a cast oval silver Tapferkeitsmedaille [Medal of Valour] by K. Schenk, laureate armoured bust right, rev. rampant lion to left with sword and shield, striding left over a pile of arms, laurel wreath surround, 57 x 46mm, 26.77g (Delzanno 135f; Hildebrand 95; Domanig 536; Slg. Löbbecke I, 731; cf. Rauch e45, 784; cf. Sincona 83, 3558). Very ne; with integral loop for suspension £150-£200 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer March 2006. The artist was based in Frankfurt, so presumably German
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Schwab, André-Pierre (French, 1883-1969); b. Nancy 1949 FRANCE, Au bord de la mer [At the Seaside], 1911, a uniface cast bronze plaque by A.-P. Schwab, elderly female in hat, sat to right on a rock by the water’s edge, regarding a monument, 120 x 94mm, 141.00g (BDM V, 410). Very ne and very rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons August 2005
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Schwab, André-Pierre (French, 1883-1969); b. Nancy 1950 FRANCE, Santec, 1922, a uniface cast bronze maquette by A.-P. Schwab, bust of an elderly man to left, right !eld engraved ‘No.11, A. Schwab’, 164mm. Very ne and very rare; with hook on the back for suspension £80-£100 The identity of the sitter is not known to the cataloguer. Santec, dép. Finistère
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Schwartz, Prof. Stefan (Slovakian, 1851-1924); b. Nitra, moved to Austria 1869 1951 AUSTRIA, Rondo, 1907, an Art Nouveau uniface square bronze plaque by Prof. S. Schwartz, four children dancing round a tree, 78mm, 197.76g (BDM V, 430; cf. BSJ 52, 131; cf. Möller 63, 2850; cf. Noonans 359, 1188). About extremely ne; removed from a backing board £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Elsen August 2005
Searle, Ronald William Fordham (British, 1920-2011); b. Cambridge 1952 ENGLAND/FRANCE, George Cruikshank, 1977, a plated bronze medal by R.W.F. Searle for the Club français de la Médaille, half-length bust right, his signature at right, rev. Cruikshank sat facing on a barrel, drawing, the people of London's underworld who often inspired his work in the background, edge impressed CUIVRE 1977 16/100 and cornucopia, 95mm, 323.92g (CGMP p.1700; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.85, 193). Extremely ne, as made £60-£80 Provenance: Bonhams Auction, 12 November 2007, lot 112 (part). Edition of 100. George Cruikshank (1792-1878), b. London, caricaturist and book illustrator
Searle, Ronald William Fordham (British, 1920-2011); b. Cambridge 1953 ENGLAND/FRANCE, Humour, 1977, a bronze medal by R.W.F. Searle for the Club français de la Médaille, a grinning mouth, rev. decorative scrollwork around L’HUMOUR, edge impressed CU 1977 and cornucopia, 14/100, 75mm, 260.33g (CGMP pp.1704-5; BM Acq.. 1983-7, p.86, 221-2). Mint state; in black card box of issue £40-£60 Provenance: Bonhams Auction, 12 November 2007, lot 112 (part). Edition of 100
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Searle, Ronald William Fordham (British, 1920-2011); b. Cambridge 1954 ENGLAND/FRANCE, Horatio Nelson, 1981 [struck 1982], a bronze medal by R.W.F. Searle for the Club français de la Médaille, facing head of Lord Nelson, rev. Nelson in the throes of dying on the deck of HMS Victory, supported by a distraught Britannia and Captain Hardy, edge impressed CU 1982 no. 37/100 and cornucopia, 76mm, 367.45g (CGMP p.678; Hardy 211; BM Acq. 1983-7, 240-1; cf. Album 54, 2741; cf. SJA 65, 1559; cf. Höhn 84, 1181). Extremely ne, as made £150-£200 Edition of 100. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Admiral of the White, victor at the battles of Cape St Vincent, 1797, the Nile, 1798, Copenhagen, 1801 and Trafalgar, 1805, where he was mortally wounded
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Searle, Ronald William Fordham (British, 1920-2011); b. Cambridge 1955 ENGLAND, Charles Dickens, 1983, a pair of bronze maquettes for the obv. and rev. of the medal by R.W.F. Searle [Birmingham Mint] for the British Art Medal Society, facing bust, draped, rev. standing "gure of Dickens leaning against a pile of books, each 245mm, total wt. 8.72kg (Attwood 11; The Medal 4, p.29; Jones, CBM p.57, 7; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.86, 244; E 2144; cf. SJA 114, 324; cf. Silich III, 1174). Extremely ne, as made, in all likelihood unique in this format; each attached to a fashioned wooden base board, with hook on the back for suspension £300-£500 Obverse only illustrated. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-70), novelist and critic
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Selvi, Antonio (Italian, 1679-1753); b. Florence 1956 ITALY, Giovanni Lami, 1747, a cast bronze medal by A. Selvi, draped bust right, rev. Minerva seated left between two benches, holding spear and arrow, serpent at her feet, lamp and scroll on bench at left, owl below, open book on bench at right, 86mm, 228.14g (V & T 208; cf. Bertolami 274, 129; cf. Ranieri 17, 35; cf. Künker 282, 4524; cf. Baldwin 64, 488). Very ne, patinated; with small piercing on rim at 12 o’clock £150-£200 Giovanni Lami (1697-1770), jurist, church historian and antiquarian; b. Santa Croce sull'Arno; educ. Cicognini College and University of Pisa; student in philosophy and Greek under Anton Maria Salvini (1653-1729) in Florence
Sicard, François-Léon (French, 1862-1934); b. Tours 1957 FRANCE, Jean-Henri Fabre, 1910, a bronze plaque by F.-L. Sicard, bust left in hat, rev. insects and books by tree, view of Sérignan in distance, edge impressed BRONZE and with cornucopia, 70 x 54mm, 143.48g (PBE 911; Coll. R. Marx 436; BDM VIII, 205; cf. MDC e13, 998; cf. WAG 37, 3082; cf. DNW 45, 779). Very ne £40-£60 Provenance: DNW Auction 42, 8 September 1999, lot 1467. Jean-Henri-Casimir Fabre (1823-1915), b. Saint-Léons (dép. Aveyron), naturalist, entomologist and author who in!uenced the later writings of Charles Darwin. His ‘jubilé’, celebrated in 1910 at his home in Sérignan-du-Comtat (dép. Vaucluse), commemorated the completion of his monumental 10-volume Souvenirs Entomologiques, begun in 1878
Smeth, Louis Antoine de (Belgian, 1883-1964); b. Brussels, and Établissements Jules Fonson (Brussels, . 1848-1973), specically Jean Fonson (1871-1937); b. Brussels 1958 BELGIUM, La Musique, 1911, a light bronze plaque by L.A. de Smeth for Fonson on behalf of the Société Hollandaise Belge des Amis de la Médaille d’Art, naked boy seated left under a tree, playing !ute, watched by two naked children, rev. cock crowing, sunrise in background, 58 x 55mm, 78.59g (Buchet/Toussaint 27; RBN 1912, p.96, 164; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 13, 28; BDM VIII, 208; cf. Schulman e2, 3451; cf. Silich II, 820). Some spotting on obverse, otherwise very ne, reverse better £30-£40 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 114 (Brussels), 15 September 2012, lot 1816. Edition of 295 in base metal
Soldani Benzi, Massimiliano (Italian, 1656-1740); b. Montevarchi 1959 ITALY, Cardinal Flavio Chigi, 1680, a cast bronze medal by M. Soldani Benzi, bust right, rev. Justitia, holding a sword, and Veritas, with a sun in her hand, sit together above a shield and a globe, 58mm, 65.55g (V & T 71; cf. Peus 411, 1159). About very ne, patinated £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Simmons. Flavio Chigi (1631-93), b. Siena; governor of Fermo, 1656; governor of Tivoli 1658; librarian of the Vatican 1659-61; cardinal-nephew of Pope Alexander VII All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Spicer-Simson, Theodore (British, 1871-1959); b. Le Havre, moved to the U.S.A. 1896, then between France, England and the U.S.A. 1960 U.S.A., Louisa Strong Hammond, 1906, a uniface cast bronze medal by T. Spicer-Simson, half-length bust left, 114mm, 186.05g (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, pp.320-1, 28; BDM V, 605, 608; cf. Elsen 120, 1928). Very ne and very rare £200-£300 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2014. Louise Strong Hammond (1887-1945), Episcopalian missionary, musician and translator in China; her brother, Laurens (1895-1973) invented the electric organ
Steyn, Geer Hendrik (Dutch, 1945-present); b. Amsterdam 1961 AUSTRIA/NETHERLANDS, Sigmund Freud, 1993, a cast bronze medal by G.H. Steyn, stylised bust left in hat, rev. abstract artistic concept of the disintegration of the circle, 62mm, 195.91g (The Medal 23, p.116; cf. de Geus 60, 1163). Extremely ne, as made; in box of issue inscribed with reproduced text in the hand of Freud £50-£70 Provenance: Bt Simmons September 2016. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, spent the last year of his life in Hampstead, England
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Stieger, Jacqueline Anita Nelly Gruber (British, 1936-present); b Wimbledon 1962 ENGLAND, Democracy, 508-507 BC, 1992/1993, a cast silver medal by Jacqueline Stieger for Lady Hunt, half-length !gure of Athena to left, her right arm outstretched towards a globe, Parthenon below, rev. globe above columns of workers, edge hallmarked Sheffield 1993 and stamped AGS [Anita Gruber Steiger], 71mm, 218.73g (cf. Silich II, 827). Extremely ne and as made, very rare £150-£200 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer August 2013. Edition of 20. In the Athenian revolution of 508-507 BC, the people of Athens overthrew the ruling aristocratic oligarchy, establishing the almost century-long self-governance of Athens in the form of a participatory democracy open to all free male citizens. The cataloguer wishes to acknowledge the assistance he received from the artist with information about the medal
Stothard, Alfred Joseph (British, 1793-1864); b. London 1963 ENGLAND, Joshua Reynolds, 1845, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. the infant Hercules strangling snakes while seated on a lion-skin, detail from Reynolds’ painting The Infant Hercules, 58mm, 96.53g (Beaulah 2; BHM 2207; BDM VIII, 225; E 1399; cf. CNG e531, 1697; cf. Noonans 343, 87; cf. Silich I, 385). Extremely ne £90-£120 Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), portrait painter, founder of the Royal Academy of Arts. His painting The Infant Hercules, executed in 1788 as a commission from Catherine the Great, is housed at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. This was the !rst medal to be issued in the Art Union of London series to subscribers from April 1845
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Sucharda, Prof. Stanislav (Bohemian, 1866-1916); b. Czechia 1964 BOHEMIA, Selka [Peasant Woman], c. 1900, a uniface plated bronze medal by Prof. S. Sucharda, head of female to right, wearing shawl, 56mm, 78.29g (cf. Heritage Apr. 2026, 21019). A few edge nicks, otherwise very ne, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2011
Sucharda, Prof. Stanislav (Bohemian, 1866-1916); b. Czechia, and Anýž, Franta (Bohemian, 1876-1934); b. Zajecov 1965 BOHEMIA, Novoročenka [New Year’s Greeting], 1913, a uniface bronze plaque by Prof. S. Sucharda for F. Anýž, naked girl walks through landscape to the left, 64 x 60mm, 133.29g (cf. Aurea e61, 3477). Some rubbing to high points, otherwise good very ne £50-£70 Provenance: Bt Simmons
Szirmaï, Antal, aka Tony Szirmai (Hungarian, 1871-1938); b. Budapest, moved to Italy 1890, then France 1892 1966 AUSTRIA, VI nationalen Konferenz gegen Tuberkulose in Wien [6th National Conference Against Tuberculosis, Vienna], 1907, a bronze award plaque by T. Szirmaï, four robed females paying homage to a medallion bearing the portrait of Franz Joseph I, rev. two robed females in medallion, one standing, the other seated, oil-lamps above, tablet below, named (Dr Anton Loew, Wien), edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 70 x 51mm, 127.60g (Hauser –; cf. BDM V, 731, for obv.; cf. Künker 145, 7617). Extremely ne £50-£70 Provenance: H.-P. Wip$er Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2426. Anton Loew (1847-1907), b. Pozsony; Jewish physician, sanatorium founder, welfare promoter and art collector, who died #ve days before the opening of the Congress. His sanatorium on Mariannengasse was closed by the Nazis in 1938. The 6th International Congress against Tuberculosis was held in Vienna from 19 to 22 September 1907. The obverse is adapted from the artist’s 1903 plaque, Zusammenkunft des Kaisers mit dem rumänischer König Carol I in Ischl [Meeting of the Emperor with the Romanian King Carol I in Ischl]
Szirmaï, Antal, aka Tony Szirmai (Hungarian, 1871-1938); b. Budapest, moved to Italy 1890, then France 1892, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1967 MONACO, Concours Internationaux de Chiens de Monte-Carlo [International Dog Shows], Season 1912-13, a silver award medal by T. Szirmaï for Arthus-Bertrand, elevation of the Casino, rev. naked #gure of Diana walking to left with #ve dogs on leads, bow and arrows over her shoulder, centre tablet named (Gamin, 1r Prix, à Me. Simone Morlay), edge impressed ARGENT and with two foundry marks, 62mm, 93.73g (BDM VIII, 229; cf. Gadoury e8, 524; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 183, 5524; cf. DW 24, 138). Very ne, toned £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz April 2002
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Szirmaï, Antal, aka Tony Szirmai (Hungarian, 1871-1938); b. Budapest, moved to Italy 1890, then France 1892 1968 MONACO, Camille Blanc, Créateur du premier meeting des Canots-Automobiles et Hydroaeroplanes [Camille Blanc, Creator of the First Motorboat and Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting], 1913, a silver award plaque by T. Szirmaï, winged female "ying to right over water, speedboat below, "ying boat above, named (M.J. Seneron), rev. harbour view, laurel branches, shield and birds around central tablet, edge impressed ARGENT and two foundry marks, 75 x 57mm, 143.31g (BDM VIII, 230; cf. Schulman 376, 288). Obverse very ne, reverse nearly so, very rare £300-£400 Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz January 2015. Other silver medals bearing the name of M. Seneron, director of the Société des Bains de Mer, are known and it is presumed these were in his gift to contemporary dignitaries (see Silich IV, 1576). Camille Blanc (1847-1927), eldest son of François Blanc (1806-77), the ‘magician of Monte Carlo’ who established his casino in 1863; the current edi!ce dates to 1878. Camille took over the running of the casino from his father and was also the founding mayor of Beausoleil, near Monte Carlo, but later fell out with Prince Louis II and was removed from his post
Tanavoli, Parviz (Iranian/Canadian, 1937-present); b. Tehran, emigrated to Italy 1956, then to the United States of America 1961, returned to Iran 1964, since 1979 in Canada and Iran 1969 ENGLAND/IRAN, Hands and Grille I, 2006, a cast gilt-bronze openwork plaque by P. Tanavoli [Sarber Jewellers, Vancouver] for the British Art Medal Society, hands clinging to a grille, rev. tips of !ngers on grille bars, 91 x 63mm, 137.88g (Attwood 191; The Medal 50, p.95, and illustrated on the covers; Leavitt Bourne, The Medal 50, p.66, 2; cf. Baxter Coll., Ewbank’s, 23 June 2022, 3158A; cf. Lodge & Thomas 1 Sept. 2023, 17; cf. Silich I, 392). Extremely ne, as made, very rare; an extremely signicant modern sculptural piece £500-£700 Provenance: Bt British Art Medal Society 2007. Obverse only illustrated. Edition of 60. The concept behind the obverse is inspired by Shi’ite Muslims who visit shrines, put their hands on the grilles, say their vows, and pray and talk to their imam. The reverse indicates the view across the tomb, seeing on the opposite side of the grille all the !ngers of those praying. For further detail on this and other works by the artist, see Marcy Leavitt Bourne, The Medal 50, pp.64-74.
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Teding van Berkhout, Lijsbeth (Dutch, 1946-present); b. Amsterdam 1970 NETHERLANDS, Vierkant met cirkel in hoek [Square with a Circle in the Corner], 1980, a two-part polished copper medal by Lijsbeth Teding van Berkhout for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, two identical, movable parts that slide and clamp together, forming a square with a circle in the corner, one side with VvP logo, the other with the designer’s emblem, 60mm, 180.60g (de Koning, de Beeldenaar 1981-1, pp.124-6; VPK 1980-1; Til. 403; cf. Schulman 363, 286) [2]. Extremely ne, as made £10-£20 Provenance: Bt L. Schulman
Terry, Rosemary (British, 1953-present); b. London 1971 ENGLAND, Meadow Medal, 2012, a cast bronze medal by Rosemary Terry [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, wild carrot !ower-head in full bud, church and churchyard in background, rev. inverted seed-head scattering seed over the same scene in winter, 77 x 77mm, 217.57g (Attwood 225; The Medal 62, p.72; cf. Silich II, 838). Extremely ne and as made; in black box of issue £80-£100 Provenance: Bt British Art Medal Society. Edition of 32
Theunis, Pierre (Belgian, 1883-1950); b. Antwerp 1972 BELGIUM, Femme à la lampe à huile [Woman with Oil Lamp], c. 1910, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by P. Theunis, naked female kneeling to right, offering up an oil lamp, window of a building behind, rev. legend 8 DECEMBRE 1906 1956, 74 x 61mm, 152.83g. Very ne, rare £60-£80 Provenance: Bt J. Lis July 2012
Thiede, Oskar (Austrian, 1879-1961); b. Vienna, and Brüder Schneider (Vienna, . 1900-1945) 1973 AUSTRIA/GERMANY, 25-jährige Dienstjubiläum von Adelbert Bergmann bei Felten & Guilleaume-Werke [Adelbert Bergmann's Silver Jubilee at Felten & Guilleaume], 1912, a bronze medal by O. Thiede for Brüder Schneider, bust left, rev. nude female kneeling to left on her right leg, holding a garland of !owers, buildings above and a ship at anchor in exergue, edge with foundry mark, 60mm, 95.20g (Hauser 7216; Wurzb. 679; cf. Rauch e47, 1851; cf. Peus e11, 435; cf. Höhn e6, 5133). About extremely ne £30-£40 Provenance: H.D. Rauch eAuktion 718, 23 June 2014 (1736). Albert Bergmann (1862-1944), general director of the Cologne-Mülheim-based electronics company Felten & Guilleaume, 1887-1912, specialising in wire ropes, telegraph wires and deep-sea cables
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Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1974 FRANCE, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925, an Art Déco octagonal silver plaque by P. Turin, semi-naked female sat to right on a cloud, dispensing roses from a basket supported by her left arm, rev. legend on tablet, #owers in background, edge impressed 2 ARGENT and cornucopia, and named (Mlle. Hatier), 60mm, 105.23g (Maier 322 [Sale, lot 1626]; Classens 128; cf. CGB June 2025, 538; cf. MDC 11, 1235; cf. Noonans 342, 383). One of the classic Art Déco medallic images, extremely ne; in brown tted card case of issue £300-£400 Provenance: Bt Simmons November 2013. The Expo, centred on Les Invalides and the entrances of the Grand and Petit Palais and staged between 29 April and 25 October 1925, hosted 15,000 exhibitors from 20 different countries. The idea of holding it, though, was not new and had "rst been mooted in 1912, with a planned exhibition in 1915; the intervention of War and a subsequent shortage of construction materials led to further postponements in 1922 and 1924
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1975 FRANCE, Baigneuse [Bather], 1927, a uniface Art Déco bronze plaque by P. Turin for Canale, naked female Venus standing facing on the edge of a swimming pool, casting off her robe, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 101 x 32mm, 123.98g (CGMP pp.382-3; Classens 133; cf. MDC 11, 1237; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1112; cf. Noonans 324, 366). About extremely ne £100-£150 Provenance: Jean Elsen Auction 85 (Brussels), 10 September 2005, lot 2311
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Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1976 FRANCE, 50ème anniversaire de la Société Générale Alsacienne de Banque [50th Anniversary of the Société Générale Alsacienne de Banque], 1931, an Art Déco octagonal bronze plaque by P. Turin, robed female "gure to right holding a cornucopia of #owers, rev. paddle-steamer sailing left, Strasbourg Cathedral in background, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 71mm, 199.61g (Maier 325 [Sale, lot 1627]; cf. MDC 11, 1241; cf. iNumis Dec. 2018, 338; cf. DNW 64, 1390). Extremely ne £100-£150 Provenance: Bt J.-P. Würz. The bank was formed as an offshoot of the Paris-based Société Générale on 15 October 1881 by the Strasbourg industrialist Alfred Herrenschmidt (1828-1917), and later opened branches in Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Lausanne
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1977 FRANCE, Nymphe, 1932, an Art Déco uniface light bronze plaque by P. Turin, female head right with leaves in hair, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 55mm, 67.41g (Maier 326; CGMP p.382; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 135; cf. MDC e17, 732; cf. iNumis Dec. 2016, 405; cf. DNW 50, 1312). Brooch mount removed from the back, otherwise good very ne £50-£70
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1978 FRANCE, Tête d’Enfant, 1934, an octagonal Art Déco bronze plaque by P. Turin, head of a young girl to left, rev. rocking horse, Teddy bear and football, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 55mm, 114.13g (CGMP p.383; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 132; cf. DNW 187, 799). About extremely ne £80-£100 Provenance: Bt J. Lis June 2003
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1979 FRANCE, 75ème Anniversaire de la Société Générale, 1939, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, female bust left, winged caduceus in her hair, rev. two cornucopiæ, legend around and below, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 81mm, 246.17g (cf. WAG e158, 161; cf. Noonans 324, 381). Obverse very ne, reverse extremely ne £20-£30 Société Générale, founded in May 1864, is one of the three main banks of the French non-mutual banking industry. At the time of the medal’s issue the bank was chaired by Henri Ardant (1892-1959), who subsequently held office in the Vichy régime
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Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1980 FRANCE, La Toilette, 1941, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, young woman to left, placing roses in her hair while looking into a mirror being held by two cherubs, rev. !owers and jewels spilling out of a jewellery box, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 77mm, 205.16g (CGMP p.383; cf. iNumis MBS 33, 1510; cf. DNW 64, 1416). About extremely ne £80-£100
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1981 FRANCE, La Prévention Routière [Road Safety Association], 1950, a silver award medal by P. Turin, robed female standing left, road traffic and pedestrians on panel behind, rev. legend, road signs around, panel below, named (H. Coquin), edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 72mm, 187.58g (cf. MDC 16, 2040; cf. Rauch e34, 627; cf. Silich III, 1201). Extremely ne; in green tted case of issue £120-£150 Provenance: Bt J. Lis September 2006. La Prévention Routière was established by a group of insurance companies in 1949, when the French road system was still much devastated as a result of World War II. Today it has some 70,000 members
Turin, Pierre (French, 1891-1968); b. Sucy-en-Brie, Paris 1982 FRANCE, Paris, 1950, an Art Déco bronze award medal by P. Turin, female #gure of Paris holding the symbols of the city, accoutrements of the arts and sciences behind, rev. the Arc de Triomphe, Île de la Cité and other landmarks around, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 81mm, 320.89g (CGMP p.1837; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 202, 4827; cf. iNumis May 2016, 253; cf. Noonans 359, 1219). Mint state, dark patina £40-£50
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Varga, Hendrika Elisabeth (Dutch, 1948-2011); b. Mijnsheerenland, emigrated to the United States of America 1965, returned to Holland 1967 1983 NETHERLANDS, ZKH Prins Claus, 2003, a cast bronze medal by Elisabeth Varga [Bronsbeeldgieterij Binder BV, Haarlem] for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, bust left, rev. crowned lion rampant with sword, legend above, 69mm, 324.47g (Tilanus, de Beeldenaar 2004-4, pp.144-6; VPK 2003-1; The Medal 45, p.86; cf. Heritage/MPO 74, 1440; cf. Schulman 366, 1111). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons August 2015. Jonkheer van Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926-2002), husband of Queen Beatrix, known since her abdication in 2013 as Princess Beatrix
Vaughan, Avril (British, 1937-2006); b. Twickenham 1984 ENGLAND, Elisabeth Frink, 1992 [issued 1993], a cast bronze medal by Avril Vaughan [Royal Mint] for the British Art Medal Society, bust half-left, rev. outline of three standing "gures, 94mm, 324.25g (Attwood 93, recté 94mm; The Medal 23, p.119, recté 94mm; E 2181, recté 94mm; cf. DNW M13, 1178). Extremely ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2015. Edition of 47. Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink, CH, DBE (1930-93); b. Great Thurlow, Suffolk; sculptor and printmaker
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Vechte, Antoine (French, 1799-1868); b. Vic-sous-Thul 1985 ENGLAND, National Art Competition, 1857, a copper electrotype award by A. Vechte, bust of Queen Victoria left, surrounded by allegorical !gures of Genius, Justice, Truth, Science, Fame and Time, the last-named holding a shield, named (James S. Buckham, 1860, Stage VIb), 145mm, 99.83g (cf. Burt, The Medal 5, p.48-9; BDM VI, 214; E 1512; cf. Silich I, 414). Extremely ne; in original maroon leather case of issue, lid gilt-blocked ‘VR, Science and Art Department’ £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Simmons July 2003. Awarded in the annual National Competition of the students of all the art schools in the UK between 1857 and 1865, the medal was the highest prize for success in art given by the Science and Art Dept of the Committee of Council on Education
Vernier, Séraphin-Émile (French, 1852-1927); b. Paris 1986 FRANCE, Archéologie, 1902, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by S.-É. Vernier, naked young woman standing left amid an excavation, holding aloft a cup in her right hand and a pick-axe in her left, rev. Thracian and Egyptian busts "ank a column, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 103.08g (PBE 939; CGMP p.388; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.342, 3; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 154; BDM VI, 233; cf. MDC 16, 1996; cf. Macho 20, 2870). Very ne, rare £150-£200 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer October 2004 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Vernon, Frédéric-Charles-Victor de (French, 1858-1911); b. Paris 1987 FRANCE, Centième anniversaire de la Réunion de Mulhouse à la France [Centenary of the Reunion of Mulhouse with France], 1898, an Art Nouveau silver medal by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, robed !gures of France and Mulhouse in greeting, rev. shield in foreground, buildings behind, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 68mm, 147.54g (Coll. R. Marx 297; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 189; BDM VI, 238; cf. Palombo 25, 726; cf. MDC e7, 1502; cf. iNumis MBS 32, 1414). About extremely ne, attractively toned £150-£200 Provenance: Bt Simmons December 2004. The citizens of Mulhouse, formerly a free city allied with the Swiss cantons, voted to join the French Republic in January 1798, during the Napoleonic wars. In 1898, the centenary held particular signi!cance, as Alsace had been annexed by the German Empire in 1871
Vernon, Frédéric-Charles-Victor de (French, 1858-1911); b. Paris 1988 FRANCE, Félix Terrier, 1899, a bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, bust left, rev. legend, spray of laurel and roses, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 66 x 50mm, 87.49g (Storer 3494; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.347, 14; Brettauer 1206; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 190; BDM VI, 239; cf. Höhn e5, 154; cf. DNW 57, 1357). Good very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 11 February 2006, lot 470 (part). Félix-Louis Terrier (1837-1908), surgeon, professor at the Faculté de médecine, Paris
Vernon, Frédéric-Charles-Victor de (French, 1858-1911); b. Paris 1989 FRANCE, Réunion internationale des académies [International Meeting of Academies], 1901, a plated bronze plaque by F.-C.V. de Vernon, a woodland setting in which 10 women sit dressed in classical attire, listening to a colleague standing to left and reading from a parchment, another female representing the Academy seated to left, rev. legend in 8 lines surrounded by a wreath of oak, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 80 x 57mm, 153.74g (CGMP p.395; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.347, 3; BDM VI, 242; cf. Elsen 90, 2095; cf. Rauch e9, 2839). Very ne £50-£70 The meeting, presided over by its honorary president, the numismatist Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), and the mathematician Gaston Darboux (1842-1917), permanent secretary of the Académie des sciences de Paris from 1900 until his death, was held between 16 and 20 April 1901
Vernon, Frédéric-Charles-Victor de (French, 1858-1911); b. Paris 1990 BELGIUM/FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon for the Comité Français, robed !gures of France and Belgium in greeting, Flemish girl standing behind, rev. cityscape, palm-branch in foreground, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 73 x 63mm, 153.59g (PBE 979; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 194; BDM VI, 243; cf. CGB Oct. 2025, 518; cf. DNW 194, 1406). Extremely ne £40-£50 The Liège Expo of 1905, staged from 27 April to 6 November, attracted 7 million visitors. The event commemorated 75 years of Belgian independence and the 40th anniversary of Leopold II’s reign
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Vernon, Frédéric-Charles-Victor de (French, 1858-1911); b. Paris 1991 FRANCE, Cinquantenaire de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris, à Lyon et la Méditerranée [50th Anniversary of the Paris, Lyon and Mediterranean Railway Company], 1907, a silver plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, train steaming past a levelcrossing, coach and horses waiting at left, rev. allegorical robed female stepping down from the footplate of a locomotive, three "gures with trolley of !owers waiting to greet her, edge impressed 1 ARGENT and cornucopia, 60 x 45mm, 61.49g (Maier 170; PBE 982; Moyaux Suppl. 271; cf. CGB Jan. 2021, 722; cf. iNumis MBS 46, 908; cf. DNW 64, 1357). Very ne and toned £100-£150 Provenance: H.D. Rauch eAuktion 718, 23 June 2014 (1860). The Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris, à Lyon et la Méditerranée, founded on 3 July 1857, operated chie!y with a main line which connected Paris to the French Riviera by way of Dijon, Lyon and Marseille. The Compagnie was abosrbed into the SNCF in 1938
Vernon, Jean-Émile-Louis de, aka Jean Vernon (French, 1897-1975); b. Paris, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1992 FRANCE, République Française, c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze award medal by J.-É-L. de Vernon for Arthus-Bertrand, bust of Marianne facing, rev. wreath, un-named, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 51mm, 63.87g (cf. Noonans 324, 389, for obv.). Very ne, obverse better £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons October 2003
Vernon, Jean-Émile-Louis de, aka Jean Vernon (French, 1897-1975); b. Paris 1993 FRANCE, Les deux pigeons [The Two Pigeons], 1937, an Art Déco uniface bronze medal by J.-É.-L. de Vernon, two pigeons beak-to-beak, other pigeons !ying over a maritime landscape, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 59mm, 94.65g (CGMP p.391; cf. DNW M7, 2638). Very ne £20-£30 ‘Les deux pigeons’, a fable by Jean de la Fontaine (1624-95), alludes to two male birds living together in the closest friendship, but one of them yearns for a change of scene and eventually !ies off on what he promises will be only a three-day adventure. During this time he is caught in a storm with little shelter, ensnared, attacked by predators and then injured by a boy with a sling, returning with relief to roam no more
Vernon, Jean-Émile-Louis de, aka Jean Vernon (French, 1897-1975); b. Paris 1994 FRANCE, Le renard et le bouc [The Fox and the Goat], 1940, an Art Déco uniface bronze medal by J.-É.-L. de Vernon, fox walking to right, contemplates a goat which has fallen into a well, edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 59mm, 99.98g (CGMP p.393; cf. DNW M13, 1505). Very ne £20-£30 ‘Le renard et le bouc’, a fable by Jean de la Fontaine (1624-95), alludes to a fox and a goat descending into a well to quench their thirst, after which the fox climbs onto the goat’s body to escape, but the goat is unable to extract himself
Vernon, Jean-Émile-Louis de, aka Jean Vernon (French, 1897-1975); b. Paris 1995 FRANCE, Le chêne et le roseau [The Oak and the Reed], 1942, an Art Déco uniface bronze medal by J. Vernon, oak tree and a reed by the edge of a pond, bird on a stem of the reed which resists its weight, edge impressed METAL-D and cornucopia, 41mm, 33.69g (CGMP p.391; cf. DNW 132, 1710). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen October 2004. ‘Le chêne et le roseau’, a fable by Jean de la Fontaine (1624-95), alludes to the fate of an oak-tree and a reed, the great and the small; the oak plays the anti-hero, proud, haughty, and in!exible, as opposed to the folding reed that bends but does not break
Vernon, Jean-Émile-Louis de, aka Jean Vernon (French, 1897-1975); b. Paris, and Arthus-Bertrand (Paris, 1803-present) 1996 FRANCE, Centenaire de la Société des Ingenieurs Civils de France [Centenary of the Society of Civil Engineers of France], 1948, an Art Déco bronze medal by J.-É.-L. de Vernon for Arthus-Bertrand, standing robed "gure of Athena holding candle, emblematic birds, "sh and a serpent behind, rev. head of Marianne right, legend below, edge impressed BRONZE and with foundry mark, 68mm, 132.29g (cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 211; cf. Noonans 324, 393). Extremely ne; in original maroon card box of issue £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2013. The Société, founded on 4 March 1848, was merged with L'Union des associations et sociétés industrielles françaises in 1948 to form La Société des ingénieurs et scienti"ques de France. The latter was dissolved in 1992
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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Vézien, Élie-Jean (French, 1890-1982); b. Marseille 1997 FRANCE/U.S.A., Les Alliés Débarquent dans le Midi [The Allies Land in Southern France], 1944 [struck 1946], a bronze medal by É.-J. Vézien, winged Victory guiding Allied troops in Provence, rev. !ags of the USA and Free French above a map of Provence, edge impressed BRONZE FRANCE and cornucopia, 68mm, 162.81g (CGMP p.1873; cf. Heritage Sept. 2023, 23406; cf. SJA 56, 441; cf. DNW 39, 535). Very ne £30-£40 Provenance: Bt Simmons October 2007. Operation Dragoon, known locally as Débarquement de Provence, was the code name for the Allied invasion of Provence on 15 August 1944. The US VI Corps landed on the beaches of the Côte d’Azur and, helped by a large uprising from the resistance movement, captured Marseilles and Toulon, driving German troops towards Dijon and ultimately to a withdrawal from southern France
Vivier, Mathias-Nicolas-Marie (French, 1788-1859); b. Paris, and Durand, Pierre-Amédée (French, 1789-1873); b. Paris 1998 U.S.A./FRANCE, George Washington, 1819, a copper medal by M.-N.-M. Vivier for P.-A. Durand, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm, 36.96g (Musante 98; Baker 132; BDM VI, 291; cf. SJA 85, 253; cf. Baldwin 46, 2296; cf. DNW 169, 1166). Extremely ne, attractive patina £80-£100 George Washington (1732-99), b. Popes Creek, Virginia; founding father and "rst President of the United States, 1789-97
Vocke, Alfred (Polish, 1886-1944); b. Breslau, moved to Germany 1917, returned to Poland 1937, and Carl Poëllath, Schrobenhausen (1778-present) 1999 GERMANY, 100. Todestag Karl Arnold Kortums [Centenary of the Death of Karl Arnold Kortum], 1924, a bronze medal by A. Vocke for C. Poëllath, bust left, rev. nine scenes of people from the ‘Jobsiade’, edge impressed C POELLATH SCHROBENHAUSEN, 60mm, 88.53g (Storer –; cf. WAG e114, 678; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 188, 5788). Extremely ne £20-£30 Provenance: Bt Simmons September 2002. Carl Arnold Kortum (1745-1824), b. Mülheim; medical doctor, best known for his writing and poetry, including his 1784 work, Leben, Meinungen und Thaten von Hieronymus Jobs dem Kandidaten [Life, Opinions, and Deeds of Hieronymus Jobs the Candidate]
Wagner-Kerkhof, Heidi (German, 1945-present); b. Spremberg 2000 GERMANY, Dialog II, 1994, a uniface cast bronze medal by Heidi Wagner-Kerkhof [Bildgießerei Seiler, Schöneiche], two people engaged in a balanced dialogue within a rectangle, back with label containing name of the artist, 88mm, 176.48g (DGMK 4, 227). Extremely ne, rare £80-£100 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 142 (Solingen), 9 January 2008, lot 6339 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Weigall, Henry (British, 1800-1882); b. London, emigrated to Australia 1856 2001 ENGLAND, John Flaxman, 1854, a silver medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury supporting Pandora !ying left, edge impressed ART-UNION OF LONDON 1854, 56mm, 90.84g (Beaulah 6; BHM 2530; BDM VI, 423; E 1479; cf. DNW M2, 2317). Extremely ne and attractively toned, very rare £300-£400 Edition of 30. John Flaxman (1755-1826), sculptor and draughtsman; the original plaster, illustrating an episode from Hesiod’s Works and Day’s and now at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1805
Weinberger, Anton Rudolf (Romanian, 1879-1936); b. Reșița, moved to Austria 1901, then between Austria, Hungary and Romania 2002 AUSTRIA, Nackte mit Pfau [Nude with Peacock], 1912, an early Art Déco uniface bronze plaque by A.R. Weinberger, naked female standing facing, head turned to left, peacock standing at left, 115 x 52mm, 232.08g (BDM VIII, 266; Ostmark 112; cf. Höhn 109, 291; cf. Peus e13, 908; cf. Kölner 111, 1117). Good very ne £90-£120
Welz, Ferdinand Maria Josef (Austrian, 1915-2008); b. Vienna 2003 AUSTRIA, Kalendermedaille 1943 [Calendar Medal], a silver medal by F.M.J. Welz, Sundays of the month, rev. naked female reclining within a crescent moon, Saturn and other celestial symbols in "eld, edge impressed (A) 835, 40mm, 20.85g. Very ne, rare £30-£40 Provenance: Bt H.D. Rauch May 2003
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Wenckebach, Ludwig Oswald (Dutch, 1895-1962); b. Heerlen 2004 NETHERLANDS, Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, 1954, a bronze medal by L.O. Wenckebach for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, bust right, rev. arms and supporters, 60mm, 71.95g (Begeer 2163; cf. Heritage/MPO 82, 3244). Extremely ne £20-£30 Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872-1956), politician and diplomat, b. The Hague; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1929-33; Vice-President of the Council of State, 1933-56; numismatist and secretary of the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la Medaille d'Art
Wheeler, Jim (American, 1952-present), b. Wadesboro, NC, moved to New Zealand 1981 2005 NEW ZEALAND, Paci!c Rim, 2001, an openwork cast bronze medal by J. Wheeler [Art Works Studio Ltd, Auckland], "vepetalled frangipani within a circular band, back stamped 7/25 and with the artist’s personal mark, 117mm, 305.61g (cf. Silich II, 868). Extremely ne and as made, back with green patina £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Simmons April 2002. Edition of 25. Paci"c Rim was part of an international touring exhibition entitled Paci"c Rim – Te Pae Te Moananui a Kiwa, shown in Auckland, Christchurch, London and New York between 2001 and 2004. The cataloguer wishes to acknowledge the assistance he received from the artist with information about the medal
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Wienecke, Johannes Cornelis (Dutch, 1872-1945); b. Heiligenstadt, moved to Holland by 1890, and Koninklijk Begeer (Utrecht, 1878present) 2006 NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, 50-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorwegmaatschappij [50th Anniversary of the Dutch East Indies Railway Company], 1913, a silver medal by J.C. Wienecke for Begeer, Javanese female !gure standing on the buffers of a locomotive, harvest behind her, rev. legend within exotic decorative device, 76mm, 181.48g (Wienecke 119; Moyaux 536a; Zwierzina 1071; cf. Schulman 381, 1535; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 185, 6026; cf. DNW M7, 2690). Extremely ne and very rare; in original blue case of issue [this broken] £600-£800 Provenance: Bt Simmons June 2002. The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorwegmaatschappij, based at Semarang on Java, was founded on 27 August 1863, principally to transport agricultural produce. The !rst railway, from Semarang to Tanggung, was opened on 10 August 1867
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2007 PORTUGAL, Convento de Batalha [Monastery of Batalha], 1853, a copper medal by J. Wiener, three-quarter elevation of the monastery, rev. interior view, 59mm, 86.46g (Ross M119; Reinecke 55; van Hoydonck 103; Lamas 168; Milan Exh. Cat. 1986, 197; BDM VI, 487; cf. Nomisma e12, 897; cf. Spink June 2025, 2062; cf. Künker e71, 649). Extremely ne £80-£100 Construction of the monastery began in 1386 and John I donated it to the Dominican order, which occupied the building until the dissolution of the country’s monasteries in 1834, by which time the edi!ce had suffered at the hands of Napoleonic troops in 1810-11. Its restoration, begun in 1840, culminated with its declaration as a national monument in 1907
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Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839, and Wiener, Charles (Belgian, 1832-1888); b. Venloo, moved to France 1852, then Netherlands 1856, England 1862, Portugal 1864, returned to Belgium 1867 2008 FRANCE, Notre-Dame, Cathédral de Paris, 1855, a copper medal by J. and C. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral, rev. interior view, 59mm, 97.36g (Ross M150; Reinecke 40; van Hoydonck 122; Milan Exh. Cat. 1986, 106; BDM VI, 480, 487; cf. MDC e19, 1393; cf. Elsen 163, 2870; cf. Album 51, 2883). Extremely ne £100-£150 One of the most iconic Gothic cathedrals, Notre-Dame‘s !rst edi!ce dated to the 6th century AD, but this was demolished in the late 12th century and replaced by a new construction that was largely complete by 1260. A 20-year restoration was undertaken in the mid-19th century, but the building was seriously damaged by !re in April 2019 and not re-opened until December 2024
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2009 GERMANY, Münsterkirche zu Aachen [Minster Church of Aachen], 1856, a copper medal by J. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral, no pilgrimage legend around, rev. interior view, 59mm, 83.76g (Ross M190; Reinecke –; van Hoydonck –; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Feb. 2023, 71237; cf. Silich III, 1227). Good very ne, very rare £90-£120 Aachen Cathedral, the oldest in northern Europe and incorporating the original Palatine Chapel, was enlarged in the early 15th century and a programme of restoration was begun in 1849, which lasted for most of the rest of the 19th century
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Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2010 ENGLAND, York Minster, 1856, a copper medal by J. Wiener, three-quarter elevation of the cathedral, French legends, rev. interior view, 59mm, 85.41g (Ross M191; Reinecke 37 rev.; van Hoydonck 112 rev.; BHM 2558 rev.; E 1508 rev.; Taylor 13d rev.; BDM VI, 487; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Sept. 2024, 74801). Extremely ne; rare with French legends £100-£150 York Minster has its origins in the 7th century, but the current completed structure dates to the 1470s. Frequent !res in succeeding centuries, culminating in that caused by a lightning strike in July 1984, have involved much restoration work; ironically the edi!ce was scarcely being used at the time the medal was issued
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2011 BELGIUM, Cathédrale de Tournai [Tournai Cathedral], 1857, a copper medal by J. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral, rev. interior view, 59mm, 88.73g (Ross M200; Reinecke 18; van Hoydonck 151; Milan Exh. Cat. 1986, 94; BDM VI, 487; cf. Aste e12, 871; cf. Album 53, 2773; cf. Dorotheum May 2021, 1260). Extremely ne, dark patina £90-£120 Construction of the current cathedral, with its transept of !ve bell towers, began early in the 12th century and was largely complete by the 1330s. The edi!ce suffered some damage during the French revolution and a comprehensive restoration project commenced in 1840 which was to last over 50 years. In the 20th century German incendiary bombing in May 1940 and the effects of being struck by a tornado in August 1999 led to further restoration and renovation
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Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2012 RUSSIA, Освящение Исаакиевского собора, Санкт-Петербург [Consecration of St Isaac’s Cathedral, St Petersburg], 1858, a copper medal by J. Wiener, three-quarter elevation of the cathedral, Russian legends throughout, rev. interior view, 59mm, 88.71g (Ross M209; Reinecke –; van Hoydonck –; Diakov –; BDM VI, 487; cf. Numisbalt 12, 2498; cf. WAG e34, 617; cf. Künker 239, 7226). Some minor rim nicks, otherwise about extremely ne, extremely rare with Russian legends throughout £300-£400 The consecration of St Isaac’s Cathedral was held on 11 June 1858, over 40 years after designs by the French architect Henri-Louis-AugusteRicard de Montferrand (1786-1858) were chosen for the new edi!ce. At the time it was the largest cathedral in Russia, capable of accommodating 14,000 standing worshippers
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2013 BELGIUM, Maison Penitentiaire Cellulaire à Louvain [Cellular Penitentiary in Leuven], 1859, a copper medal by J. Wiener, elevation of the forti!ed building complex, rev. "oor plan, 59mm, 91.35g (BDM VI, 487; cf. Höhn e7, 336; cf. CNG e287, 646; cf. Elsen 90, 1998). Extremely ne £40-£60 Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 18 August 2009 (6129). The star-shaped central prison of Leuven, constructed between 1856 and 1859 to a design by prison reformer Édouard Ducpétiaux (1804-68), opened on 1 October 1860
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2014 AUSTRIA, Stephansdom, Wien [St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna], 1860, a copper medal by J. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral, rev. interior view, 59mm, 88.12g (Ross M231; Reinecke 54; van Hoydonck 190; Milan Exh. Cat. 1986, 78; BDM VI, 487; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Feb. 2023, 71199). Extremely ne £90-£120 St Stephen’s Cathedral, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was married in 1782, has its origins in the mid-12th century, but construction continued in phases until 1578. The edi!ce suffered damage during Vienna’s second Ottoman siege of 1683, and further depravation during the Napoleonic era before a programme of rebuilding in the mid-19th century
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Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2015 GERMANY, Synagoge zu Coeln Eingeweiht [Dedication of the Synagogue of Cologne], 1861, a copper medal by J. Wiener, frontal elevation of the synagogue, rev. interior view, 59mm, 82.70g (Ross M239; Reinecke 61; van Hoydonck 182; BDM VI, 487; cf. Stack’s/Bowers Feb. 2025, 75034; cf. Elsen 160, 2846; cf. BSJ 29, 1778; cf. Silich III, 1232). Good very ne, rare £200-£260 The burgeoning Jewish community in Cologne in the early 19th century led to the banker Abraham Oppenheim (1804-78) funding the construction of the Glockengasse Synagogue. The foundation stone was laid in 1857 and the building dedicated on 29 August 1861. Eventually the congregation outgrew the synagogue, and another was built on the city’s Roostrasse. Oppenheim’s building was severely damaged during Kristallnacht and destroyed in a bombing raid on 29 June 1943; the city’s opera house now occupies the site
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2016 ITALY, Duomo di Siena [Cathedral of Siena], 1864, a copper medal by J. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral, rev. interior view, 59mm, 91.90g (Ross M265; Reinecke 51; van Hoydonck 176; Milan Exh. Cat. 1986, 186; BDM VI, 487; cf. WAG e165, 195; cf. Varesi 86, 244; cf. Giessener 226, 3353). Light scratches in obverse eld, otherwise extremely ne £60-£80 Siena Cathedral has its origins in the early 13th century. The edi!ce was expanded in the early 14th century, but work was seriously hampered by the Black Death and not completed until the 1380s. A programme of restoration was undertaken by the Siena architect Giuseppe Domenico Partini (1842-95) from 1865
Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2017 PORTUGAL, Catedral de Toledo [Toledo Cathedral], 1867, a copper medal by C. Wiener, front elevation of the cathedral from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, rev. interior of the citadel, 59mm, 89.13g (Ross p.21; Reinecke 52; RBN 1888, p.222, no. 27; BDM VI, 481, recté 1867; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 188, 5496; cf. Silich I, 431). Good very ne £100-£150 Construction of the Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo, one of three thirteenth-century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain, began in 1227 with the laying of the foundation stone by Ferdinand III; the last additions were completed in 1493
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Wiener, Leopold (Belgian, 1823-1891); b. Venloo, and Wiener, Jacques (Hungarian, 1815-1899); b. Hörstgen, moved to Netherlands 1817, returned to Germany 1828, then to France 1837, Belgium 1839 2018 BELGIUM, Opening van de Beurs te Antwerpen [Opening of the Antwerp Exchange], 1854, a copper medal by L. and J. Wiener, bust of Charles Marcellis to left, rev. interior view of the new glass-covered hall, 60mm, 97.23g (Ross M141; Reinecke 147; van Hoydonck 117; BDM VI, 493; cf. Höhn 107, 884; cf. Hirsch e12, 657; cf. CNG e447, 642). Extremely ne £40-£60 The original Handelsbeurs in Antwerp, dating from 1531, was rebuilt in 1854 with a new glass-covered hall designed by the industrialist CharlesHenri Marcellis (1798-1864). It was destroyed by !re in 1858 and, despite the building’s advisory committee voting for Marcellis to design a replacement, the city council opted for a design by the architect Joseph Schadde (1818-94), which was not completed until 1872
Wiener, Leopold (Belgian, 1823-1891); b. Venloo 2019 ENGLAND, Sir Charles Barry, 1862, a silver medal by L. Wiener for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. front elevation of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, 60mm, 77.79g (Beaulah 14; Eidlitz 58; BHM 2712; Taylor 171i; BDM VI, 488 [assigned to Jacques Wiener]; E 1558). Some surface marks, otherwise very ne, rare £150-£200 Edition of 30. Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) was an architect who won the open competition for the design of the Houses of Parliament in the 19th century. Beaulah speculated that this medal, with its characteristic patina, may have been struck by Elkington & Co. in Birmingham, the manufacturers of other contemporary medals by the Wiener brothers (BNJ 1967, p.180); however, all other medals issued by the Art Union of London were struck at the Royal Mint
Wilson, William A. (British, . 1820-1870); b. London, and Wyon, Benjamin (British, 1802-1858); b. London 2020 ENGLAND, Christopher Wren, 1846 [struck 1850], a copper medal by W.A. Wilson and B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. façade of St Paul's Cathedral, edge impressed ART-UNION OF LONDON 1846, 58mm, 118.64g (Beaulah 3; BHM 2232; BDM VIII, 279; E 1411; cf. SJA 80, 402; cf. CNG e511, 710; cf. Noonans 343, 88). Usual light die crack in left eld, about extremely ne £80-£100 Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), baroque architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist, completed the 36-year rebuild of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1711. The commission for the medal was originally given to William Wilson, who engraved the obverse, but Wilson’s illness prevented further work and the commission passed to Benjamin Wyon, whose difficulty in hardening the reverse die in 1849 is evident from the surviving specimens
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Wilson, William A. (British, . 1820-1870); b. London 2021 ENGLAND, Benjamin West, 1866, a silver medal by W.A. Wilson for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. soldiers surrounding the dying !gure of General James Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, the image taken from the central group of !gures from West’s painting Death of Wolfe at Quebec, edge impressed ART-UNION OF LONDON 1866, 55mm, 85.33g (Beaulah 16; BHM 2862; BM Acq. 1983-7, 19; BDM VI, 510; E 1589; cf. Baldwin 114, 543; cf. Silich III, 1235). About extremely ne, dark-toned £300-£400 Edition of 100. Benjamin West (1738-1820), b Pennsylvania, painter, mostly of historical scenes
Witterwulghe, Joseph (Belgian, 1883-1967); b. Brussels, and Fisch & Cie (Brussels, 1853-present) 2022 BELGIUM/ENGLAND, Centenaire de la ligne Ostende-Douvres [Centenary of the Ostend-Dover Shipping Line], 1946, a bronze medal by J. Witterwulghe for Fisch, paddle-steamer sailing to right, legend below, rev. the MV Prince Albert sailing threequarters right, Belgian arms and supporters in exergue, edge impressed FISCH & CIE, 70mm, 143.69g (cf. Elsen 90, 1989; cf. DNW 46, 897). About extremely ne, scarce; in original maroon card box of issue £30-£40 The mail packet service from Ostende to Dover was inaugurated on 24 July 1846 and the centenary celebrations held exactly 100 years later
Wyon, Alfred Benjamin (British, 1837-1884); b. London 2023 ENGLAND, Edward Baily, 1882, a silver medal by A.B. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. Baily’s statue, Eve at the Fountain, 55mm, 78.16g (Beaulah 28; BHM 3115; E 1691; cf. Noonans 343, 114). About extremely ne, some peripheral toning, very rare £240-£300 Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), Bristol-born sculptor of mythical subjects. His Eve at the Fountain, executed in 1822, derives from a passage in Milton's Paradise Lost, where Eve sees her own re"ection in a lake for the !rst time, is surprised and wants to look at herself again. It is regarded as Baily's most celebrated sculpture and is housed at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
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Wyon, Allan Gairdner (British, 1882-1962); b. London 2024 ENGLAND, Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, London, 1912, a silver-gilt award medal by A.G. Wyon, female seated to left, head reverted, holding a string of #owers, elevation of the pavilion behind, rev. wreath, un-named, 55mm, 92.43g (BDM VI, 581; cf. Spink NY Jan. 2022, 494). Remains of paper label in centre of reverse, otherwise very ne £100-£150 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2014. The Royal International Horticultural Exhibition was a one-off event held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, from 22 to 30 May 1912. Organised by the Chelsea nurseryman Sir Harry James Veitch (1840-1924), the event, opened by George V and Queen Mary, attracted almost 200,000 visitors and made a £4,000 pro"t. Ever since, the grounds of the Royal Hospital have played host to the annual Chelsea Flower Show. The Gardeners’ Chronicle reported that prizes would consist of silver or silver-gilt cups, medals and money, together with a diploma
Wyon, Benjamin (British, 1802-1858); b. London, and Paton, Sir Joseph Noel (Scottish, 1821-1901); b. Dunfermline 2025 SCOTLAND, Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1855, a silver award medal by B. Wyon after J. Noel Paton, Genius kneeling, supporting Pegasus and naked #ame on platform, rev. laurel branch on tripod, edge named (David Bryce Elected Academician MDCCCLVI), 67mm, 222.37g (BHM 1884; BDM VI, 584; E 1323; cf. BSJ 52, 196; cf. Baldwin 64, 678; cf. Künker 154, 1730). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise good very ne, a rare award to Scotland’s leading Victorian architect £300-£400 Provenance: Bt Irene Allen March 2002. David Bryce, RSA (1803-76), architect; b. Edinburgh; joined the architectural practice of William Burn (1789-1870) in 1825, making partner in 1841; in business on his own account from 1845; elected RSA 6 March 1856; principally known for his Scottish Baronial style, he became Scotland’s leading Victorian architect. The Academy, originally known as the Scottish Academy, was founded 200 years ago, on 27 May 1826, by 13 artists meeting in Stewart's Rooms on Waterloo Bridge, Edinburgh. It became the Royal Scottish Academy on being granted a royal charter in 1838
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Wyon, Joseph Shepherd (British, 1836-1873); b. London 2026 ENGLAND, John Bacon, 1864, a silver medal by J.S. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. Bacon’s statue of Samuel Johnson in Roman attire, 55mm, 86.29g (Beaulah 15; BHM 2797; BDM VIII, 297; E 1573; cf. Baldwin 114, 542; cf. Silich I, 440). Some spotting on reverse, otherwise about extremely ne, toned £200-£260 John Bacon (1740-99), sculptor; Samuel Johnson (1709-84), poet, playwright, essayist and lexicographer
Wyon, Leonard Charles (British, 1826-1891); b. London, and Westmacott, Richard (British, 1799-1872); b. London 2027 ENGLAND, Sir Richard Westmacott, 1868, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon after R. Westmacott for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. mother kneeling to left, holding an infant, two other children behind her, 55mm, 77.31g (Attwood 34; Beaulah 18; BHM 2894; E 1600; cf. Noonans 343, 104). Minor spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely ne £100-£150 Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856), sculptor, elected an associate of the Royal Academy, 1805, and appointed Professor of Sculpture, 1827. The obverse design, after his son and namesake, Richard Westmacott (1799-1872), a Council member of the Art Union of London, was completed in April 1867; the reverse is taken from Westmacott’s senior’s bas-relief Charity, depicting three infants around their mother
Wyon, William (British, 1795-1851); b. Birmingham 2028 ENGLAND, Francis Bacon, Royal Institution Prize for Chemical Discoveries, 1828, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust left in ruff, rev. legend in wreath, 45mm, 49.92g (Jones 72; BHM 1321; MI I, 245/16; cf. DNW M7, 2091). About extremely ne, very rare £80-£100 The Royal Institution was founded in 1799 and one of its early members was John Fuller (1757-1834), sometimes known as ‘Mad Jack’ Fuller who, at the age of 20, inherited his parent’s estate at Brightling, Sussex, and their two plantations in Jamaica. Elected MP for Southampton from 1780-4, and Sussex from 1801-12, he mentored Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and, in 1818, loaned the Royal Institution £1,000. The reputation of Francis Bacon (1561-1626) as a pioneer of modern scienti!c method would have appealed to Fuller, explaining his inclusion on the medal by Wyon, struck at the Royal Mint in early 1828 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part V) Wysocki, Jan (Polish, 1873-1960); b. Mysłowice, moved to Germany 1901, returned to Poland 1904, then Germany 1910, returned to Poland 1919 2029 GERMANY, Diana mit Bogen [Diana with Bow], c. 1910, a uniface gilt-bronze plaque by J. Wysocki, Diana kneeling to right, reaching for an arrow to put to her bow, named (Hickler-Gedächtnis-Kugelschiessen H.J.K. 25.u.26 Mai 1929), 68 x 52mm, 66.13g (Bernhart 403; cf. München 3, 1020; cf. Höhn 103, 907). Very ne £40-£50 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 126 (Solingen), 6 April 2005, lot 4315
Yencesse, Ovide (French, 1869-1947); b. Dijon 2030 FRANCE, Aidons nous mutuellement [Let Us Help Each Other], c. 1900, an Art Nouveau bronze medal by O. Yencesse adapted for the Syndicat général de garantie des chambres syndicales du batiment et des travaux publics [General Union of the Trade Associations for Building and Public Works], young female kneeling to left, helping a male artisan seated by a window, rev. implements of the building industry, central tablet named (M. Meunier), edge impressed BRONZE and cornucopia, 77mm, 199.96g. Good very ne, very rare £100-£150 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2004. The Syndicat was founded in May 1859 by members of the masonry trade in Paris
Yencesse, Ovide (French, 1869-1947); b. Dijon 2031 FRANCE, Sainte Geneviève, c. 1900, a uniface bronze medal by O. Yencesse, Geneviève seated under a tree to left, watching her sheep graze, a lamb at her feet, 78mm, 73.01g (cf. Coll. R. Marx 178 for obv.). Softly modelled, good very ne, very rare £100-£150 All lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to extra charges which may be viewed in Ts and Cs 3, 4 and 10 at the back of this catalogue
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Yencesse, Ovide (French, 1869-1947); b. Dijon 2032 FRANCE, Diane, or Répression du Braconnage [Crackdown on Poaching], 1905, a silver plaque by O. Yencesse for the Direction des Eaux et Fôrets [Department of Water and Forests], female head left, rev. !shing rod and line and hunting ri"e against the bough of a tree, edge impressed ARGENT and cornucopia, 52 x 40mm, 45.18g (PBE 1031; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 6; Coll. R. Marx 177; BDM VI, 695). Good very ne, very rare; in original green tted case £80-£100 Provenance: DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 763
Yencesse, Ovide (French, 1869-1947); b. Dijon 2033 FRANCE, L’Ange de Reims [The Angel of Rheims], 1914, a bronze medal by O. Yencesse adapted for the École Rocroy St Léon, Paris, guardian angel smiling down on Rheims, rev. wreath encircling a tablet, inscribed (École Rocroy St Léon, 1877-1927, Angele dei duc ad Perenne Gaudium), 51mm, 56.71g (BDM VIII, 304 for obv.; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 207 for obv.; cf. CGB June 2025, 124; cf. Noonans 257, 612). Good very ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2003. The Lycée Rocroy St Léon, at 106 and 108 rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, Paris, was founded in 1877
Unsigned, and Kings Norton Metal Co Ltd (Birmingham, . 1889-1932) 2034 ENGLAND, Commencement of the New Century, 1901, a cupro-nickel medal, unsigned, for the Kings Norton Metal Co Ltd, crowned bust of Victoria left, legend around, rev. heads of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in medallions, legend above and below, 45mm, 49.30g (W & E 4090A.1; cf. Noble 90, 3665; cf. Noonans 335, 2636). Brilliant and virtually as struck £30-£40 The Kings Norton Metal Co Ltd, founded by Thomas Richard Bayliss (1838-1914) and his son Thomas Abraham Bayliss (1862-1915) in 1889, manufactured rolled metals, wire, nails, and military equipment including small arms, naval cartridges, fuses and primers. It produced coinage blanks for the Royal Mint and a series of KN-marked pennies in 1918 and 1919; at the same time the company merged with Explosive Trades Ltd and its business was taken over by ICI Metals in Witton in 1932. These medals were given to each employee of the company on 29 June 1901
Unsigned, and Pobjoy Mint (Tadworth, Surrey, .1965-2023) 2035 ENGLAND/U.S.A., First Scheduled Concorde Passenger Service, London-New York, 1977, a silver-gilt medal, unsigned [by the Pobjoy Mint], bust of John F. Kennedy to right, rev. Concorde above the Statue of Liberty, edge grained and hallmarked PM Birmingham 1977, 39mm, 28.87g (cf. Stack’s/Bowers June 2022, 72707). Brilliant mint state £30-£40 Provenance: Bt A.C. Eimer June 2017. Edition of 5,000. The !rst scheduled British Airways "ight on Concorde from London to New York took place on 22 November 1977
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Unsigned 2036 ITALY, Europa e il toro [Europa and the Bull], 16th century, a uniface cast bronze square plaque, unsigned, bull wading through water to right, Europa sat on its back, arms outstretched, long !owing scarf behind, building on top of a hill at far left, 92mm, 162.16g. Extremely ne and attractively patinated, rare; with small piercing for suspension £200-£300 Provenance: Baldwin Auction 87, 7 May 2014, lot 1847
Unsigned 2037 ENGLAND, Tragedy and Comedy, c. 1930, a bronze award medal, unsigned, naked female sat on a chair to left, her head turned to right, holding masks of Tragedy and Comedy, rev. oak-wreath and tablet, un-named, 51mm, 66.28g. Extremely ne £10-£20 Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007
Unsigned 2038 SWITZERLAND, Der Silberne Ballon von Zürich [The Silver Balloon of Zurich], 1962, a uniface spelter plaque, unsigned, balloon ascending, legend in four lines at left, 74 x 55mm, 36.69g (Malpas –). About very ne £20-£30 Provenance: Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 169 (Solingen), 2 June 2014, lot 5087
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T ERM S A ND CO ND I T I O N S O F B U S I NE S S CO N DITIO NS M AINLY CO N CER NING BU YER S 1 The buyer The highest bidder shall be the buyer at the ‘hammer price’ and any dispute shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion. Every bidder shall be deemed to act as principal unless there is in force a written acknowledgement by Noonans Mayfair Ltd. (“Noonans”) that he acts as agent on behalf of a named principal. Bids will be executed in the order that they are received. 2 Minimum increment The auctioneer shall have the right to refuse any bid which does not conform to Noonans’ published bidding increments which may be found at noonans.co.uk and in the bidding form included with the auction catalogue. 3 The premium The buyer shall pay to Noonans a premium of 24% on the ‘hammer price’ and agrees that Noonans, when acting as agent for the seller, may also receive commission from the seller in accordance with Condition 16. 4 Value Added Tax (VAT) The buyers’ premium is subject to the current rate of Value Added Tax if the lot is delivered to or collected by the purchaser within the UK. Lots marked ‘X’ are subject to importation VAT of 5% on the hammer price unless re-exported outside the UK, as per the conditions below. Buyers who wish to hand carry their lots to export them from the UK will be charged VAT at the prevailing rate and importation VAT(where applicable) and will not be able to claim a VAT refund. Buyers will only be able to secure a VAT free invoice and/or VAT refund if the goods are exported by Noonans or a pre-approved commercial shipper. Where the buyer instructs a pre-approved commercial shipper, proof of correct export out of the UK must be provided to Noonans by the buyer within 30 days of export and no later than 90 days from the date of the sale. Refunds are subject to a £50 administrative fee. Lots marked ‘††’ are subject to the Standard Rate of VAT, currently 20%, on both the hammer price and buyers’ premium. VAT can only be removed from the hammer price, if goods are exported by Noonans or a preapproved commercial shipper as per above. All lots will be subject to VAT on the buyers’ premium regardless of whether the lot is exported. 5. Artist’s Resale Rights (Droit de Suite) Lots marked ARR in the catalogue indicate lots that may be subject to this royalty payment. The royalty will be charged to the buyer on the ‘hammer price’ and is in addition to the buyers’ premium. Royalties are charged on a sliding percentage scale as shown below but do not apply to lots where the hammer price is less than 1000 pounds sterling. All royalty charges are paid in full to The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS). Portion of the hammer price From 0 to £50,000 From £50,000.01 to £200,000 From £200,000.01 to £350,000 From £350,000.01 to £500,000 Exceeding £500,000
Royalties 4% 3% 1% 0.5% 0.25%
VAT does not apply to the Artist’s Resale Rights.
more of the following rights and remedies:
6 Payment When a lot is sold the buyer shall:
(a) to proceed against the buyer for damages for breach of contract. (b) to rescind the sale of that or any other lots sold to the defaulting buyer at the same or any other auction. (c) to re-sell the lot or cause it to be re-sold by public auction or private sale and the defaulting buyer shall pay to Noonans any resulting deficiency in the ‘total amount due’ (after deduction of any part payment and addition of re-sale costs) and any surplus shall belong to the seller. (d) to remove, store and insure the lot at the expense of the defaulting buyer and, in the case of storage, either at Noonans’ premises or elsewhere. (e) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 2 percent per month on the ‘total amount due’ to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 5 working days after the day of the auction. (f) to retain that or any other lot sold to the same buyer at the sale or any other auction and release it only after payment of the ‘total amount due’. (g) to reject or ignore any bids made by or on behalf of the defaulting buyer at any future auctions or obtaining a deposit before accepting any bids in future. (h) to apply any proceeds of sale then due or at any time thereafter becoming due to the defaulting buyer towards settlement of the ‘total amount due’ and to exercise a lien on any property of the defaulting buyer which is in Noonans’ possession for any purpose.
(a) confirm to Noonans his or her name and address and, if so requested, give proof of identity; and (b) pay to Noonans the ‘total amount due’ in pounds sterling within five working days of the end of the sale (unless credit terms have been agreed with Noonans before the auction). Please note that we will not accept cash payments in excess of £5,000 (five thousand pounds) in settlement for purchases made at any one auction. 7 Noonans may, at its absolute discretion, agree credit terms with the buyer before an auction under which the buyer will be entitled to take possession of lots purchased up to an agreed amount in value in advance of payment by a determined future date of the ‘total amount due’. 8 Any payments by a buyer to Noonans may be applied by Noonans towards any sums owing from that buyer to Noonans on any account whatever, without regard to any directions of the buyer, his or her agent, whether expressed or implied. 9 Collection of purchases The ownership of the lot(s) purchased shall not pass to the buyer until he or she has made payment in full to Noonans of the ‘total amount due’ in pounds sterling. 10 (a) The buyer shall at his or her own expense take away the lot(s) purchased not later than 5 working days after the day of the auction but (unless credit terms have been agreed in accordance with Condition 7) not before payment to Noonans of the ‘total amount due’. (b) The buyer shall be responsible for any removal, storage and insurance charges on any lot not taken away within 5 working days after the day of the auction. (c) The packing and handling of purchased lots by Noonans staff is undertaken solely as a courtesy to clients and, in the case of fragile articles, will be undertaken only at Noonans’ discretion. In no event will Noonans be liable for damage to glass or frames, regardless of the cause. Bulky lots or sharp implements, etc., may not be suitable for in-house shipping. 11 Buyers’ responsibilities for lots purchased The buyer will be responsible for loss or damage to lots purchased from the time of collection or the expiry of 5 working days after the day of the auction, whichever is the sooner. Neither Noonans nor its servants or agents shall thereafter be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise, while any lot is in its custody or under its control. Loss and damage warranty cover at the rate of 1.5% will be applied to any lots despatched by Noonans to destinations outside the UK, unless specifically instructed otherwise by the consignee. 12 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchase If any lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with Conditions 6 and 10, or if there is any other breach of either of those Conditions, Noonans as agent of the seller shall, at its absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights it may have, be entitled to exercise one or
13 Liability of Noonans and sellers (a) Goods auctioned are usually of some age. All goods are sold with all faults and imperfections and errors of description. Illustrations in catalogues are for identification only. Buyers should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the condition of each lot and should exercise and rely on their own judgement as to whether the lot accords with its description. Subject to the obligations accepted by Noonans under this Condition, none of the seller, Noonans, its servants or agents is responsible for errors of descriptions or for the genuineness or authenticity of any lot. No warranty whatever is given by Noonans, its servants or agents, or any seller to any buyer in respect of any lot and any express or implied conditions or warranties are hereby excluded. (b) Any lot which proves to be a ‘deliberate forgery’ may be returned by the buyer to Noonans within 15 days of the date of the auction in the same condition in which it was at the time of the auction, accompanied by a statement of defects, the number of the lot, and the date of the auction at which it was purchased. If Noonans is satisfied that the item is a ‘deliberate forgery’ and that the buyer has and is able to transfer a good and marketable title to the lot free from any third party claims, the sale will be set aside and any amount paid in respect of the lot will be refunded, provided that the buyer shall have no rights under this Condition if: (i) the description in the catalogue at the date of the sale was in accordance with the then generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of such opinion; or (ii) the only method of establishing at the date of publication of the catalogue that the lot was a
‘deliberate forgery’ was by means of scientific processes not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which was unreasonably expensive or impractical. (c) A buyer’s claim under this Condition shall be limited to any amount paid in respect of the lot and shall not extend to any loss or damage suffered or expense incurred by him or her. (d) The benefit of the Condition shall not be assignable and shall rest solely and exclusively in the buyer who, for the purpose of this condition, shall be and only be the person to whom the original invoice is made out by Noonans in respect of the lot sold. CO N DITIONS M AINLY CONCERN ING SE L L E R S AND CONSIGN OR S 14 Warranty of title and availability The seller warrants to Noonans and to the buyer that he or she is the true owner of the property or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims. The seller will indemnify Noonans, its servants and agents and the buyer against any loss or damage suffered by either in consequence of any breach on the part of the seller. 15 Reserves The seller shall be entitled to place, prior to the first day of the auction, a reserve at or below the low estimate on any lot provided that the low estimate is more than £100. Such reserve being the minimum ‘hammer price’ at which that lot may be treated as sold. A reserve once placed by the seller shall not be changed without the consent of Noonans. Noonans may at their option sell at a ‘hammer price’ below the reserve but in any such cases the sale proceeds to which the seller is entitled shall be the same as they would have been had the sale been at the reserve. Where a reserve has been placed, only the auctioneer may bid on behalf of the seller. 16 Authority to deduct commission and expenses The seller authorises Noonans to deduct commission at the ‘stated rate’ and ‘expenses’ from the ‘hammer price’ and acknowledges Noonans’ right to retain the premium payable by the buyer. 17 Rescission of sale If before Noonans remit the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller, the buyer makes a claim to rescind the sale that is appropriate and Noonans is of the opinion that the claim is justified, Noonans is authorised to rescind the sale and refund to the buyer any amount paid to Noonans in respect of the lot. 18 Payment of sale proceeds Noonans shall remit the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller 35 days after the auction, but if by that date Noonans has not received the ‘total amount due’ from the buyer then Noonans will remit the sale proceeds within five working days after the date on which the ‘total amount due’ is received from the buyer. If credit terms have been agreed between Noonans and the buyer, Noonans shall remit to the seller the sale proceeds 35 days after the auction unless otherwise agreed by the seller. 19 If the buyer fails to pay to Noonans the ‘total amount due’ within 35 days after the auction, Noonans will endeavour to notify the seller and take the seller’s instructions as to the appropriate course of action and, so far as in Noonans’ opinion is practicable, will assist the seller to recover the
‘total amount due’ from the buyer. If circumstances do not permit Noonans to take instructions from the seller, the seller authorises Noonans at the seller’s expense to agree special terms for payment of the ‘total amount due’, to remove, store and insure the lot sold, to settle claims made by or against the buyer on such terms as Noonans shall in its absolute discretion think fit, to take such steps as are necessary to collect monies due by the buyer to the seller and if necessary to rescind the sale and refund money to the buyer if appropriate. 20 If, notwithstanding that, the buyer fails to pay to Noonans the ‘total amount due’ within 35 days after the auction and Noonans remits the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller, the ownership of the lot shall pass to Noonans. 21 Charges for withdrawn lots Where a seller cancels instructions for sale, Noonans reserve the right to charge a fee of 15% of Noonans’ then latest middle estimate of the auction price of the property withdrawn, together with Value Added Tax thereon if the seller is resident in the UK, and ‘expenses’ incurred in relation to the property. 22 Rights to photographs and illustrations The seller gives Noonans full and absolute right to photograph and illustrate any lot placed in its hands for sale and to use such photographs and illustrations and any photographs and illustrations provided by the seller at any time at its absolute discretion (whether or not in connection with the auction). 23 Unsold lots Where any lot fails to sell, Noonans shall notify the seller accordingly. The seller shall make arrangements either to re-offer the lot for sale or to collect the lot. 24 Noonans reserve the right to charge commission up to one-half of the ‘stated rates’ calculated on the ‘bought-in price’ and in addition ‘expenses’ in respect of any unsold lots. GENE RA L CO N D I TI O N S AN D DE FIN IT I O N S 25 Noonans sells as agent for the seller (except where it is stated wholly or partly to own any lot as principal) and as such is not responsible for any default by seller or buyer. 26 Any representation or statement by Noonans, in any catalogue as to authorship, attribution, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price is a statement of opinion only. Every person interested should exercise and rely on his or her own judgement as to such matters and neither Noonans nor its servants or agents are responsible for the correctness of such opinions. 27 Whilst the interests of prospective buyers are best served by attendance at the auction, Noonans will, if so instructed, execute bids on their behalf. Neither Noonans nor its servants or agents are responsible for any neglect or default in doing so or for failing to do so. 28 Noonans shall have the right, at its discretion, to refuse admission to its premises or attendance at its auctions by any person. 29 Noonans has absolute discretion without giving any reason to refuse any bid, to divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots, to withdraw any lot from the auction and in case of dispute to put
up any lot for auction again. 30 (a) Any indemnity under these Conditions shall extend to all actions, proceedings costs, expenses, claims and demands whatever incurred or suffered by the person entitled to the benefit of the indemnity. (b) Noonans declares itself to be a trustee for its relevant servants and agents of the benefit of every indemnity under these Conditions to the extent that such indemnity is expressed to be for the benefit of its servants and agents. 31 Any notice by Noonans to a seller, consignor, prospective bidder or buyer may be given by first class mail, airmail or email and if so given shall be deemed to have been duly received by the addressee within 48 hours. 32 These Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. All transactions to which these Conditions apply and all matters connected therewith shall also be governed by English law. Noonans hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts and all other parties concerned hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. 33 In these Conditions: (a) ‘catalogue’ includes any advertisement, brochure, estimate, price list or other publication; (b) ‘hammer price’ means the price at which a lot is knocked down by the auctioneer to the buyer; (c) ‘total amount due’ means the ‘hammer price’ in respect of the lot sold together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and additional charges and expenses due from a defaulting buyer in pounds sterling; (d) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source which is not shown to be such in the description in the catalogue and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with that description; (e) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller being the ‘hammer price’ of the lot sold less commission at the ‘stated rates’ and ‘expenses’ and any other amounts due to Noonans by the seller in whatever capacity and howsoever arising; (f) ‘stated rate’ means Noonans’ published rates of commission for the time and any Value Added Tax thereon; (g) ‘expenses’ in relation to the sale of any lot means Noonans charges and expenses for insurance, illustrations, special advertising, certification, remedials, packing and freight of that lot and any Value Added Tax thereon; (h) ‘bought-in price’ means 5 per cent more than the highest bid received below the reserve. 34 Vendors’ commission of sales A commission of 15% is payable by the vendor on the hammer price on lots sold. Insurance is charged at 1.5% of the hammer price. 35 VAT Commission, illustrations, insurance and expenses are subject to VAT if the seller is resident in the UK.
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