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Afghanistan, Commemorative medal, "The Herat Medal", AH 1311 [AD 1893], silver 28mm, (11.02 g), obv. inscribed "Emir Abdul Rahman", reverse inscribed "Year of Victory over Herat" [AD 1881], with a mounted edge and ring attachment for wearing. Fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Argentina, Centenary of the Birth of First Mayor of Buenos Aires, 1922, in bright bronze (76mm), by Constante Rossie, obverse, Torcuato de Alvear (mayor), reverse, closed wreath with 9-line Spanish inscription; Argentine Rural Society, Livestock Exhibition, Buenos Aires, in bronze (50mm), by J.M.Lubary, obverse, three female figures holding rural products, reverse, pigs head left. The first with oxidation mark near top reverse edge, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Canada, snow sports medal, 1888, in silver (43x41mm), with decorative clasp inscribed and blue coloured, '1888/1/2 Mile/Green', with pin-back suspender, obverse, competitor wearing snow shoes in country snow setting. One suspension loop needs re-attaching, otherwise tone, very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Canada, Canadian National Exhibition Toronto, 1912, prize medal in silver (38mm), by P.W.Ellis & Co, obverse, busts of HRH the Duke of Connaught Governor of Canada and the Duchess right, reverse inscribed, 'Scottish Contingent/Imperial/Cadet Competition/Cadet McQueen', in case of issue marked on the inside of the lid, 'Toronto Exhibition./Imperial Cadet Competition/Medal.'. Toned nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
A.A.A. of C (Amateur Athletic Association of Canada), Cross Country (Cycling) Team Race prize medal in silver and gold (42x46mm), by TAA, with gold winged wheel in centre of a gold star, with gold suspender inscribed, 'Team', and a pin-back ribbon suspender inscribed, '87/A.A.A. of C./Cross Country'. Ribbon with a few defects, otherwise toned good very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
China, set of fifteen proof fine silver commemorative medals, 2015, Discover China, issued by Macquarie Mint, with replica figure artifact. FDC. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
France, Napoleon I, Honour Rendered to Turenne, 1800, in bronze (50mm), by H.Auguste (Bramsen 71). Small scratch on reverse, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
France, Napoleon in bronze (41mm) 1804, Attack on England; in bronze (41mm), 1806 Sovereignties Given (Bramsen 553), in bronze (41mm), 1807 Eagle in bronze (40mm), Rupture by Austria of Treaty of Presbourg 1809 (Bramsen 844); Birth of King of Rome (son of Napoleon) 1811 in bronze (40mm) (Bramsen 1099); Louis XVII 1814 in bronze (44mm) by Andrieu and Brenet; Flights of Napoleon from Elba 1815 in bronze (40mm) (Mudies National series, BHM 869); Charles X, 1824 in bronze (33mm); also a cast medal in bronze (53mm) of Amedeus V Tho.Fil.Sab.Com.XIV, in packets as bought. Very fine - good extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $240
SOLD $950
France, Hospital of the Poor in Genoa, 1806, in silver (40mm), by P.Ferrea, with ball and ring top suspension. Hairlines, otherwise nicely toned very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
France, Napoleon, jeton in silver Loinet MDCCCVIII, octagonal (32mm), by Andrieu for Chamber of Commerce in Orleans. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
France, Marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louise, 1810, in silver (48mm) (Bramsen 960), by Mercie, die by Lugduni, obverse, conjoined laureate busts of Napoleon and Maria Louise left inside a wreath, reverse, figure of Lyon at altar. Edge bumps and some surface marks, otherwise nicely toned very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
France, Exposition Universelle Agriculture, Industrie, Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts), Paris 1855, uniface award medal in bronze (59mm), two fold-over prongs on reverse for attaching to exhibit, obverse inscribed, 'Awarded To/Tress & Compy/Class 25 Silk Hats'. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
France, Universal Exposition of 1855, award medal in bronze (45mm), Medal of Honour to Alexandre Father & Son, uniface with raised pattern circular lines on reverse for securing to winning display; Eiffel Tower Souvenir of Ascension, (1900, date rubbed off), in silvered; Le Progres, Lyon, undated, in silvered (46mm), uniface; Agricultural Society of the Somme, undated, award medal in bronze (50.5mm), by Alphee Dubois, obverse, various farm animals, reverse closed wreath and rooster at bottom, unawarded. The last with edge nicks, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
France, Napoleon III Elected, 2 December 1852, Second Republic, in bronze (28mm), by Dantzell; Liberty Under the Law, trade token for two sols, 1792, in bronze (32mm); Napoleon III, Anti War, 1870, in bronze (32mm); L G Always Walloon, 1913, in bronze (27mm), ring top suspension; Paris The Disabled of War, in gilt bronze with enamelled shield (34mm), uniface, by Drago; Medal Commemorating Admiral de Tourville, (1642-1701), in bronze (42mm), by Pingret, obverse bust left of Admiral de Tourville, reverse, cruiser Tourville steaming right; also Prussia, Remembrance of World War I, 1915, in bronze (22.5mm). Fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Exposition Universelle Internationale, (Paris), 1878, in copper (86mm), by Oudine, obverse, allegory of the Exposition crowning Arts, Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in front of the exhibition building, reverse, two cherubs holding a map of the exhibition layout. A few small oxidation spots, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
France, Marriage Medal, in silver (34mm), by Montagny, reverse inscribed, 'LL', edge inscribed, 'F. Lecrivain A Leroy Unis Le 2 Juin 1898'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
France, De Tir & Internatal XV Concours National Reims (Shooting & International XV National Competition at Reims) 1908, badge in voided gilt and enamel; Badge Commemorating the Allies Conference 28 March 1916 in Paris; Medal of Honour of the Musical and Choral Societies in bronze, with suspension ribbon; Ministry of Instruction National Primary Education Instruction Medal, with suspension ribbon. Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
France, Alphonse Daudet commemorative by Genevieve Granger, in bronze (70 mm); another, Tercentenaire de la mort de Pascal, in bronze (70 mm) by Chauvenel; another, Cannes, Internationale Conference Controle Bancaire, 1992, in bronze (72 mm) by J.C. Ammann. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $160
Germany, Saxony, Death of Maurice of Saxony, 1750, electrotype in white metal (56mm), obverse, cuirassed bust left, reverse, view of the marble memorial to Maurice. Surface lines front and back, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Germany, First German Parliament, Opened on 18 May 1848, in white metal (41mm), by A.Neuss; Horticultural Association for Bremen and Surrounding Area, to Celebrate the Club's 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 1882, in silver (33mm). The second with a few small edge nicks, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Germany, Year of Three Kaisers, 1888, in white metal (34mm); Celebration of Kaiser Wilhelm I Speech to German Reichstag, 1914, in bronze (34mm), by A.Galambos; Friedrick Ludwig Jahn, White Festival commemorative, undated, in white metal (37mm), by Drentwett.D.Sebald. The first very good, the rest very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Germany, Industrial Training School in Biberach for Ambitious Trainee, undated, in bronze (41.5mm). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
Germany, Gautag Munchen badge commemorating meeting of Waffen SS in Munich in 1933, in silvered (45mm), missing pin-back; Day of Labour 1934 badge, in brass (36mm), missing pin-back; Day of Labour 1935 badge, in brass (33x45mm), missing pin-back; May Day badge 1 Mai 1936, in aluminium (35mm), by A.D.Baumeister, Ludenscheid, missing pin-back (2); Hitler's Thanks Donation badge in white metal (35.5mm), by Paulmann & Crone, Ludenscheid, Ges. Gesch. with pin-back. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
India, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84, prize medal in bronze (51mm), unnamed. A few dark toned areas, otherwise traces of mint red, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Israel, 25th Anniversary, undated, in silver (45.3g; 44mm), edge number 40231; another in bronze (59mm), edge number 33933; Yom Kippur Judgement Day War, 1973, in bronze (59mm), edge number 10069; Bar Mitzvah, 1961 (1971 reissue), in silver (48g; 45mm), edge number 4974; another in bronze (45mm), edge number 8239. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Italy, Pattaro Buzzaccarini, 1791, in bronze (42.5mm), medal struck in memory of the Bergamaschi's gratitude for the resoluteness shown for the agricultural problems of Pattaro Buzzaccarini, Marquis and Captain of Bergamo. Small oxidation spot on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Italy, Maurizio Bufalini, Cesena, 1863, in bronze (50mm), by A.Pieroni, ring top suspension, obverse, head of Marizio Bufalini left, reverse, text translated as, 'GLI Admirers, Florence, December 1863'; Giordano Bruno, commemorative issue, 1889, in bronze (65mm), obverse, statue of Giordano Bruno at the Campo dei Fiori, the Dominican friar who was burned at the stake in 1600 for heresy as a 'free thinker', reverse, text which roughly translates as his hope that the youth of the University of Rome compete with civilised nations. The first with rubbing on obverse, the second with edge bump on reverse and a few small dig marks, otherwise nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Italy, Umberto I, 1889, in gilt (22mm), pierced hole at top and bottom; Gymnastic Competition medal, in silver (25mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Societa Ginn/R.Rubattino/1894' (see footnote); Summer Colonies of the Fasci Abroad, 1930, in bronze (25.5mm), ring top suspension, obverse, head of Mussolini left; Municipality of Faenza, Merit Medal in white metal (37mm), by Speranza (2); Operaja Company, Cerbaia in Val de Pesa, Social Security and Work medal, in silvered (28mm), ring top suspension; Feast of Freshmen, Padua, 10 February Year XIII, in bronze (30mm), by Volpi XIII, ring top suspension; G.U.F. L'Aquila, sporting medal, undated, in enamel and silvered (30x40mm), suspension lug (some loss of enamel); also France, UTA, French Airlines, in white metal (35mm), ring top suspension. Fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Italy, Vicenza Battalion, undated, in bronze (32mm), ring top suspension; Alpine Battalion, Bronze Medal (32mm), ring top suspension; Municipality of Colle Val d'Elsa Medal to its Legionnaires, December 25 (no year), in bronze (30.5mm), suspension lug; Provisional Fascist Federation, Milan, undated, in silver (25mm), ring top suspension; Puglia Cruiser, 20 March 1901, in silvered (26mm); Cruiser Armando Diaz, (1933), in bronze (26mm irregular edge shape), obverse, ship sailing left, reverse, statue of headless angel turned to left - winged victory of Samothrace. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Italy, Italian Timekeepers Federation, 20th Anniversary of Foundation, 1941, in bronze (37mm), ring top suspension; Fascist Militia Newspaper, undated, award medal in bronze (50mm), unnamed. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40