Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1678, France. THE CAPTURE OF LEAU. By Jean Mauger. Copper 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Victory flying with a star-spangled veil; a city in the background. Divo 172, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 172. “Sharp,” flat edge. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2018)

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SKU: N1408

 

1700, France. THE ACCESSION OF THE DUKE OF ANJOU TO THE SPANISH THRONE. By Thomas Bernard. Silver 41mm. OBV: Bust of Louis XIV facing right. REV: Bust of the Duke of Anjou facing left. Divo 285. Rich, brownish-grey toning, good very fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E6255

 

1842, Germany/Great Britain. VISIT OF FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA TO GREAT BRITAIN. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 46mm. Obv: Bust of Frederick William of Prussia facing right. Rev: Three crowned shields. BHM 2051, Eimer 1364. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398726

 

1857, Austria. AGRICULTURAL AWARD. By Radnitzky. AE 67mm. Obv: A youth, seated on a plow, with various animals and objects symbolic of agriculture. Rev: Five shields set against a continuous wreath of oak. Extremely fine. $95. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-1482

 

1923, Germany. THE R?TLI OATH. By Karl Goetz. Cast AE 62mm. OBV: A crowd surrounding a hand mounted on a pole. REV: A helmet above a corpse; smoke stakes in the background. Kienast 297. Nearly extremely fine. $295. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-11481

 

Undated (1940). LE RENARD ET LA CIGOGNE (The Fox and the Stork). By Jean Vernon. Uniface Silver 41mm. Obv: A fox and a stork with a long-necked vessel. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 393/I. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2018)
Jean Vernon was born in 1897. He studied at the ?cole des Arts d?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He died in 1975. He is noted in particular for his series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables

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SKU: E1329

 

1883, Germany. CARL, PRINCE OF PRUSSIA, MEMORIAL. By G. Loos. AE 38mm. Obv: Head of Prince Carl facing left. Rev: A Maltese cross. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398046

 

1.??? Undated (circa 1950), France. AGRICULTURAL AWARD. By Roger Baron. AE 60mm. Obv: The head of a bull and various produce. Rev: A shield and a map of France.? Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD
Roger Baron, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1907. He was a student of Paupion and Wl?rick and he worked in the atelier of Maxime Real del Sarte.

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SKU: E-6579

 

1995, China. CONFUCIUS, UNESCO MEDAL. By E. Pectorin. AE 58mm. Obv: An almost facing bust of Confucius. Rev: UNESCO logo. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 001-10288-E5030

 

1865, Great Britain. THE CARDINAL ALANUS MEDAL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. By Karl Friedrich Voigt. Bronze 67mm. OBVERSE: Almost facing bust of Cardinal Alanus. REVERSE: A group of figures before the Virgin and Child. In its original case, embossed in gilt on the lid with an inscription to Robert Laing. Unrecorded in BHM, BDM VI/310

Price: $200.00

SKU: P5-14274

 

1670, France. THE BEAUTIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF PARIS. By Jean Mauger and Thomas Bernard (unsigned). AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Seated figure of Paris by the river god of the Seine. Divo 116, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 116. “Sharp,” flat edge. Extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S?-05911

 

1894, Austria. DEATH OF DUKE WILHELM FRANZ CARL OF AUSTRIA. Silver 33mm. Obv: Head of Duke Wilhelm Franz Carl facing left. Rev: A crown, sword and scepter on a cushion. Extremely fine with slightly uneven, but attractive toning. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398251

 

1865, Ireland. DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. By Alexandre Geefs, Brussels. AE 75mm. Obv: A winged female in flight and holding a cornucopia. Below her are various objects symbolic of the arts and manufacturing. The sun rises in the distance. Rev: A crowned harp above an inscription within a wreath. Cased. Nearly extremely fine. $240. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S17-11447

 

1919, Germany. HOUR OF RECKONING AT VERSAILLES. By Karl Goetz. Cast bronze 90mm. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau receiving peace terms from Georges Clemenceau. REV: Chancellor Scheidemann denouncing the peace terms. Extremely fine. Kienast 225. $495. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-11483

 

1920, Germany, France. THE WATCH ON THE RHINE ? ?THE BLACK SHAME.? By Karl Goetz. AE cast 58mm. OBV: The head of an African. REV: A female bound to a giant phallus, capped by a helmet. Kienast 262. Nearly extremely fine. $525. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-10710