Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1820, France. THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF BERRY. By Raymond Gayrard. AE 41mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of the Duke of Berry facing left. Rev: Veiled bust of Marie Caroline Ferdinande Louise, Duchess of Berry, facing left. Collignon 155. Extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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1920, France. ELECTION OF ALEXANDRE MILLERAND AS PRESIDENT. By Georges-Henri Prud?homme. AE 72mm. Obv: Head of Marianne, within a circular compartment, above an inscribed tablet; a background of branches. Nearly extremely fine. $100.? Sorry, SOLD Georges-Henri Prud?homme, sculptor and medallist was born in 1873. He was a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alph?e Dubois and sculpture under Falgui?re. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 be became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Prud?homme died in 1947.

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1814, Great Britain. WARRINGTON PITT CLUB. By Peter Wyon. Silver-colored base metal 46mm. Obv: Head of William Pitt the Younger facing left. Rev: Inscription. BHM 840 (lists AE only). Cleaned in the past. A light stain on the right of the obverse. Nearly extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD? ?

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1650, France/Germany. THE BATTLE OF RETHEL. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Youthful bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Victory with a shield and spear. Divo 31 Acad?mie Royale (1702) 31. Rounded edge, nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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1812, France, Russia. THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE VOLGA. By Bertrand Andrieu and Auguste Fran?ois Michaut. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: The river god of the Volga fleeing before the sight of the French standard. Bramsen 1166, D?Essling 1375. Julius 2537, Schwering 1280 (silver), Todd p.58, Zeitz 129. Extremely fine. $350

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SKU: 9077-17506-7A

 

1945, Great Britain. CLYDESDALE HORSE SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. By Edward & Sons. Silver 78mm. Obv: A Clydesdale horse. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Cased. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry,SOLD

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1793, France. THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. By Johann Jacob Gottfried Stierle Silver 35mm. Obv: Head of Louis XVI facing right. Rev: Murally crowned Gallia seated, mourning, an axe rests beside her.? Hennin 473, Julius 267. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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1683, France. THE DEATH OF MARIA THERESIA, WIFE OF LOUIS XIV. By Jean Mauger. Bronzed copper 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: A funerary urn. Divo 197, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 197. Rounded edge. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N1712

 

JONES, Mark. Contemporary British Medals. London, 1986. 63 pages, illustrated. 7.5? x 9.75?. Card covers. Used. $15.

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Undated (1933), France. BACCHANTE. By Maurice Delannoy. Uniface AE 60mm. Obv: A half figure of a nude female holing bunches of grapes. Cat. Gan. Vol. 3 136C. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD Maurice Delannoy was born in 1885. He studied under Germain Pilon. He became a professor of drawing. He designed various coins and considerable number of medals. He was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1947. Delannoy died in 1972.

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1814, Great Britain, France. THE BATTLE OF TOULOUSE. By Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Head of Britannia in a Corinthian helmet. Rev: The Duke of Wellington standing beside a military trophy. Mudie 26, BHM 789, Bramsen 1384, Eimer 1042, Eimer Wellington 38, Fearon 265.3, Schwering 1360. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S05965

 

1815, Great Britain/Belgium. PISTRUCCI’S WATERLOO MEDAL. Pair of Silvered electrotypes mounted in a frame. Published circa 1969 by the Waterloo Committee. 132mm. Obv: Busts of four monarchs within a circle of allegorical figures. Rev: Equestrian figures of Wellington and Blucher within a circle of allegorical figures. BHM 670. Extremely fine. $500. Sorry, SOLD

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1814, Great Britain, Germany. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE ENGLISH RE-ENTER HANOVER. By Thomas Webb and Jean Jacques Barre. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of the Duke of Cambridge facing three-quarters left. Rev: Britannia seated and feeding two horses. Mudie 31, BHM 777, Bramsen 1489, Eimer 1058, Fearon -, Schwering 1389. $125

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SKU: 16001-6A

 

1984, France. HIGH JUMP. By J. Bomr. Uniface AE 110mm x 67mm. Obv: A high jumper. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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Undated (circa 1930), France. DOG MEDAL. By Vernon Peter. Uniface AE 50mm. Obv: A group of five dogs. Extremely fine. $75.? Sorry, SOLD Victor Peter was born at Paris in 1840. He studied art over the objections of his parents. He was a pupil of S?bastien Cornu, Devaulx and Falgui?re. He exhibited at the Salon and won a medal in 1879. He won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. He was an artist who worked in various media. As a medallist, Peter is best known for his depictions of animals. He became professor of sculpture at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts in 1901 and was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur. Peter died in 1918. ?

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