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Great Britain. FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. Created in France by Albert de Jaeger. Uniface cast bronze 119mm. $175.

Albert de Jaeger was born at Roubaix on October 28 1908. He studied at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Roubaix et de Tourcoing and at l’École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He was a student of Paul Niclausse, Henri Bouchard, Charles Despiau and Henri Dropsy . In 1935 he won the premier grand prix de Rome in medal engraving for his work “La Légende et l’Histoire”. He worked as a sculptor, medallist, founder and goldsmith. De Jaeger died in Paris on May 19 1992.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 3542-15773-3A

 

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

 

1779, Great Britain. Admiral Keppel acquitted by Court Martial. By T. Lyng. Bronze 33mm. BHM 220 RR. Unrecorded in Betts. $325. Sorry, SOLD. (December, 2018).

Price: $325.00

SKU: 06186-7G

 

France. INAUGURATION DES PRISONS DE FRESNES. By Oscar Roty. Bronze 80mm x 59mm. Maier 105. Cased. $275.

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: $275.00

SKU: 20893-9C

 

ELIZABETH I, 1558-1603. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Elizabeth, in a high collar, facing three-quarters, left. Leg: ELISABETH . D . G. ANG . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. (Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland). Rev: A monument with a bas-relief depicting the destruction of the Spanish armada. Relgion on one side and Minerva on the other. Exergue: NATA . 7 SEPT . 1533 . COR . 15 . IAN . 1559 . M . 24 . MART . 1602 (Born September 7, 1533, crowned January 15, 1559, DIED March 24 1602 [sic]). MI volume I, page 185/193, Eimer 79, Eisler I 261/25. Dassier issue. $120. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2019)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15442-1S

 

France. SAUT EN HAUTEUR (High Jump). By Louis Muller. Bronze 51mm x 54mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 289/G. $45. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023) ————- Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at V?nissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larriv? at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by Andr? Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 7227-18484-2B

 

France. BOURGOUGNE. By Raymond Delamarre. From his series of Legends of France. Uniface silvered-bronze 54mm x 91mm. $60

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: $60.00

SKU: 44041-11C

 

Germany, THE PIED PIPER OF HAMLYN. Unsigned uniface cast bronze 89mm x 130mm. $175

Price: $175.00

SKU: 42093-11C

 

France. NUDE WITH BIRDS AND A SQUIRREL. By Jean Vernon. Uniface Copper 80mm. Monnaie de Paris cornucopia stamp on its edge, but not recorded in the Catalogue Général Illustré. $375. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2023)

Jean Émile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1, 1897. Vernon studied at the École  des Arts Décoratifs and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lefèbvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9, 1975.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 0249-19046-5B

 

1914, Belgium. World War I. PENDANT L’ABSENCE (During the absence). By Godefroid Devreese. Uniface bronze plaquette 78mm x 100mm. $150.

Godefroid Devreese was one of Belgium’s most prolific medallists. He was born at Courtrai in 1861. He studied sculpture under his father and later at the Academy of Brussels. In 1885 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome. In 1889 he won the first Grand Prix for sculpture at the Academy of Brussels and a gold medal at the International Exposition in Cologne. A brief biography and a complete catalogue of his medallic works is provided in GODEFROID DEVRESE 1861-1941 by Poels, Vandamme and Van Dreiessche.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 20895-9C

 

1870, France. THE CHURCH OF SAINT PIERRE DE MONTROUGE. By C. Degeorge. Bronze 75mm. Obv: Interior view of the nave. Rev: Putti holding up a plan. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 42048-10C

 

1843, Belgium. OPENING OF THE BELGIAN TO RHINE RAILROAD. Brass 26mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 7512-18642-2B

 

1846, France. OPENING OF THE CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD. Copper 26mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2024).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4089-18640-2B

 

1928, France. DOCTEUR DOUAY. By Pierre-Victor Dautel (1873-1954). Uniface cast bronze 116mm. $225.

Pierre-Victor Dautel, French sculptor and medallist was born at Valenciennes in 1873. He studied sculpture and architecture at the ?cole Acad?miques at Valenciennes and later studied sculpture at the ?cole Nationale et Sp?ciale des Beaux Arts at Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Dubois. He won various awards during his distinguished career and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1929. Dautel died in 1954.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 44061-12C