French

 

France. ÉLÉPHANT SOLITAIRE. By Maurice Thenot. Uniface plaquette 76mm x 52mm. Reddish lacquered finish (used in the post World War II years). OBVERSE: An elephant. Cat. Gen. Vol 3 373/I. $175

From Thénot’s series of plaquettes of African animals: Antilopes Impala, Antelopes Koudou, Buffle de Cafrerie, Combat d’Antilopes, Éléphant Solitaire, Girafes, Léopard, Lion et Lionne, Python, Rhinocéros.

François Maurice Thénot was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals. Thénot died in 1963.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 5241-19342-9B

 

1973, France. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAIL LINE AT PONT DE L’ÂNE, LOIRE. Bronze 68mm. $50

Price: $60.00

SKU: 17117-8A

 

1935, France. AWARD PLAQUETTE. By Félix Rasumny (1869-1940). Bronze 61mm x 53mm. Cased. $90

F?lix Rasumny sculptor and medallist was born at Sebastapol in 1869 and was naturalized in France. He was a student of Millet, Gauthier and Tasset. He began exhibiting at the Salon in 1889 and becase a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1907. He became a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1933. Rasumny died in 1940.

Price: $90.00

SKU: Q9473-15732-KS

 

1952, France. THE LAUNCHING OF THE “ANTILLES.” By Raymond Delamarre (1890-1986). Bronze 54mm. Obv: A native female and European female watching a departing sailing ship. Rev: The ship on a background of various animals and plants. $50.

Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8, 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’École des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments Régionau on the liner ‘Normandie.”   He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28, 1986. Delamarre’s works, including his medals are discussed and illustrated in RAYMOND DELAMARRE, Sculpteur et Médailleur By Claire Maingon. Rennes, 1924

Price: $50.00

SKU: 0331-16441-12T

 

1821, France. CHARLES PICHEGRU, General who conspired against Napoleon Bonaparte. By Desboef. Copper 52mm. Galerie de la Fidélité. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 5516-30010-5C

 

1821, France. JEAN-BAPTISTE CANT HANET, called CLÉRY, Valet to Louis XVI. By Du Puymaurin. Copper 52mm. Galerie de la Fidélité. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 5513-20009-5C

 

1979, France. INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF HUSSARS. By Raymond Joly. Plated copper 81mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Number 28 of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1015/F. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 0746-20456-2C

 

France. COMICE AGRICOLE DE L?ARRONDISSEMENT DE DREUX. By Oscar Roty, published by Auguste Bescher. Bronze 51mm. $90.

Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 4779-30062-5C

 

1917, France. World War I. CAPTAIN GUYNEMER, MEMORIAL. By L. Barillet. Bronze 50mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 3959-30068-5C

 

1924, France. LAUNCHING OF THE CRUISER LAMOTTE-PICQUET. By Pierre Lenoir and Robert Cochet. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $60.

Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. Lenoir created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals.

Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6, 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26, 1988.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 30053-5C

 

France. FÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DES SOCIÉTÉS D’ÉDUCATION PHYSIQUE ET DE PRÉPARATION MILITAIRE DE FRANCE ET DES COLONIES. Signed CA. Bronze 50mm. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: 44087-11C

 

An X (1802), France. RESTORATION ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. By Andrieu. Copper 50mm. Bramsen 213, Tresor 90/6, Julius 1083, Schwering 917. Plain edge with no stamp. $275. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2025)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 1499-30675-8C

 

1842, France. HENRI, COUNT OF CHAMBORD AND DUKE OF BORDEAUX – Henri V, Pretender to the French Throne. By Gayrard. Copper 37mm

Price: $50.00

SKU: 4182-30453-8C

 

1935, France. EXPEDITION OF THE JEANNE D’ARC TO CLIPPERTON, an uninhabited atoll and France’s only territory in the North Pacific. Bronze 52mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2025)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 44093-11C

 

1844, France. FRANÇOIS GUIZOT, Historian and Statesman. By J. Feuchere. Copper 100mm. An important medal from a technical point of view, since it is one of the most massive medals ever struck, especially with its very high relief. $500

Price: $500.00

SKU: 19932-9c