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1968, France. LE CORBEAU (The Crow). By Pierre Poitevin. Silvered-copper 71mm. Published by the Club Français de la Médaille. Number 25 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1471/A. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40029-9D

 

Syria. SYRIE. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978). Cast bronze 85mm. Cast in France for the Société Français des Amis de la Médaille. Edge stamped with the SFAM stamp and numbered 96. $750.

Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13, 1885, at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

Price: $750.00

SKU: 55029-9D

 

1966, France. PAUL FABER – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACIÉRIES DE CHAMPAGNIOLE. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 59mm. $90.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born. (An obituary appears in the 1969 issue “Medailles,” published by F.I.D.E.M.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40027-9D

 

2008, Guadeloupe. LE CHEVALIER DE-SAINT GEORGE – ISLAND GAMES. Bronze 82mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 40048-9D

 

Great Britain. LORD KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM LAUDATORY MEDAL. By Huguenin. Silver 50mm. BHM 4119. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 14585-5D

 

France. ANDRÉ DALLY. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 50mm. $120.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born. (An obituary appears in the 1969 issue “Medailles,” published by F.I.D.E.M.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 53015-5D

 

1983 (edge stamp), Ancient Rome. 2000TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF VIRGIL. By Saulnier-Gilde, published by the Paris Mint. Bronze 73mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 51049-5D

 

1981 (edge stamp), France. ST EMILY DE VIALAR. By André Greck. Bronze 68mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 51050-5D

 

France. AWARD MEDAL. By Ferdinand Levillain (1837-1905). Bronze 69mm. $150.

Ferdinand Levillain was born at Plassy on July 29, 1937. He studied at the E?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a student of Fran?ois Jouffroy . From 1861 to 1903 he exhibited at the Salon des Artists Fran?ais. He worked for the goldsmiths Barbedienne and Christofle. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1892. Levillain died in Paris on January 8, 1905.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 50023-5D

 

Italy. Music. NICOLO PAGANINI (1781-1840), Violinist and Composer. Unsigned bronze 60mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 51044-TC

 

(1855), France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION – PALAIS D’INDUSTRIE, PAVILLION DU NORD. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze. 68mm. $150

Jacques Wiener, whose given name was Jacob, was born on March 2, 1815, at Hoerstgen (Rhine Province) to Hungarian parents. He seems to have started using Jacques as his name when he moved to Belgium. At the age of 13 he went to live with his uncle Baruth, an artist, and studied drawing, modelling and engraving. In 1835 he moved to Paris to perfect his skills and in 1839 moved to Brussels, where he established himself as an engraver. He became a naturalized Belgian in 1845. He created an extensive body of medals and is best known for his finely detailed architectural medals, especially his series of Most Remarkable Edifices. He is also widely known for engraving the first Belgian postage stamp. Wiener died in Brussels in 1899.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 51046-TC

 

France. INSTITUT PASTEUR – DR. ALBERT CALMETTE. By Georges Prud?homme. Bronze 68mm. $100.

Georges-Henri Prud?homme (1873-1947), sculptor and medallist, 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 he became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40040-9D

 

1953, Guadeloupe. CENTENARY OF THE BANK OF GUADELOUPE. Bronze 59mm. Obv: The head of a native. Rev: A ship and a map of the island. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40049-9D

 

1978. U.S.A. Literature. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By Georges Lay. Copper 76mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1175/F. $100.

Georges Lay, sculptor and medallist, was born at Bordeaux in 1907. He studied there in the school of Beaux-Arts and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts and the ?cole Nationale des Arts D?coratifs.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40033-9D

 

1931, U.S.A., France. THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPITULATION OF YORKTOWN. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Washington, De Grasse-Tilly and Rochambeau facing right. Rev: A map of Yorktown. $100. Sorry, SOLD

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxiéme second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51030-TC