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France, Napoleonic, Peace of Amiens 1802, bronze 40mm by Droz, bust of Napoleon facing left, rev. Astree descends to earth, edge PAIX GENERALE A AMIENS AN DIX MDCCCII, (Bramsen 199), original striking. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
France, Napoleonic, Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen, 1805, bronze 40mm by Jaley and Droz, bust of Napoleon facing right, rev. Napoleon in a chariot drawn by two horses, (Bramsen 433), plain edge original striking. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
France, Napoleonic, Empress Josephine, 1805, Uniface cliché 60mm by Andrieu, bust of Josephine facing right, (Bramsen 476), mounted in a glass frame. Uncirculated.
Estimate $120
France, Napoleonic, Erection of the Arc de Triumphe du Carrousel, 1806, bronze 40mm, by Brenet, bust of Napoleon facing right, rev. view of the arch, (Bramsen 557), plain edge original striking. Uncirculated.
Estimate $250
France, Peace of Tilsit, 1807, in bronze (41mm) by Andrieu, obverse, conjoined busts of Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander I of Russia and Friedrick Wilhelm III of Prussia (B.640). Edge damage otherwise very fine
Estimate $100
France, Napoleonic, Allied Entry into Paris, 1814, silvered bronze 36mm by Stettner, busts of Alexander of Russia, Franz of Austria, Wilhelm of Prussia, rev. troops marching under an Arch, (Bramsen 1374); Birth of the Prince of Rome (Napoleon II), 1811, medal in the shape of an Eagle, brass 39x31mm, conjugate busts of Napoleon, Marie-Louise, Prince of Rome; a double medal brooch with pinback, 55x27mm, each medal 27mm, with busts of Wellington and Blucher; uniface cliché of Napoleon, 68mm by Andrieu, bust of Napoleon facing right. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
France, Revolution of 1848, Universal Suffrage, white metal 44mm, bust of Louis Napoleon facing right, rev. elaborate scroll with extensive legend; commemorative medal, white metal 47mm, figures standing next to Guillotine, rev. legend with names of ministers; another commemorative medal for 24th February 1848, white metal 47mm, throne of France and legend, rev. legend re February 22,23,24, not in de Saulcy. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
France, Revolution of 1848, group of satirical political medals, commemorating aspects of the Revolution, white metal, 32 to 58mm. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
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 $30
France, Eiffel Tower, International Exposition 1889, in gilt bronze (42 mm) by C. Trontin, with research. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Australia, 1920, a collection of medals, mostly gilt bronze and 27mm by Stokes, general issues for Australia, and Queensland, Tasmania, Geelong, Bendigo, and Gawler. (Carlisle 2, 3, 4a,5, 6, 9, 10, 11 ); and a “tinny” badge for the same event. Extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $180
Germany, Jetons, circa 1533, Rechenmeister type, man seated at table using jetons, rev. alphabet, bronze 27mm; Low Countries, 1645, Table with reckoning cloth and jetons, rev. scales, bronze 33mm, (Barnard XLII/15). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Jetons, Germany, Spain, others, wide range of types, incl. Charles II halfcrown type by Lauffers, Bronze 25 to 40mm, ideal research material. Fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $150
Jetons, Low Countries, Germany, mostly dated in the 1600s, few later, some attributed with Barnard numbers, most bronze circa 30mm, ideal research material. Fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $150
Jetons, Low Countries, dated types from 1500s to 1700s, mostly circa 30mm, ideal research material. Fine - very fine. (18)
Estimate $250
Jetons, Medieval, a range of types, all unattributed, ideal research material, 21 - 33 mm. Fine - very fine. (18)
Estimate $200
Germany, Napoleonic period, 1816, Celebration of Gebhard von Blucher, Prince of Wahlstatt, iron 80mm, by Konig, bust of Blucher facing left, figure of Victory standing over a fallen enemy. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
Germamy, General Blucher, 1816, in brass (77mm) by Vilder & Ronic, probably cast with swivel hole mount at top and bottom; Electrotype of Success in the National Arts Competition, Queen Victoria, 1857, in bronze (143mm), hollow with brass backing plate; plus plaster casts of classic gems of the renaissance, in a frame. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Germany, Albrecht Durer silver medal (40.5mm; .900 fine; 25.49g), obverse Albrecht Durer half facing left, reverse, Durer's house in Nuremberg. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $80
Germany, satirical medal 1914, in the style of Reformation anti-Papal medals, silver 29mm, double heads of France and Russia joined at the neck, “DE HIEBE FRANKREICH AUS LIEBE TEILT MIT RUSSLAND”, rev. busts of John Bull and the Devil joined at the neck, “ENGLISCHE TUCK BELGIENS GESCHICK”, rare. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $250
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, American Neutrality 1915, bronze 57mm, facing bust of Woodrow Wilson, rev. Uncle Sam seated with canon and holding a ship, (Kinast 149). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, satirical medal by Karl Goetz, 1915, Sinking of the Lusitania, bronze 54mm, original German striking with spelling “MAI”, view of sinking ship, rev. ticket seller, (Kinast 156). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Sinking of the submarine U41, 1915, iron 57mm, sailor being shot on board a ship, rev. fist shaking at a British flag, (Kinast 163). Extremely fine.
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Searching the Mails 1916, iron 57mm, facing figure of Woodrow Wilson, rev. figure carrying mailbags from a ship, (Kinast 177). Extremely fine.
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by H. Lindl, Neutrality or Justice, 1916, iron 74mm, Woodrow Wilson holding a bag of money, rev. a skeleton tilts the scales of justice to favour the British bulldog. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Wilson’s Successes 1917, bronze 57mm, Wilson whistling a dragon (China), rev. four figures representing other neutral countries ignoring his call, (Kinast 194). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Conditions of the Armistice 1918, bronze 58mm, Uncle Sam and John Bull tying up a figure representing Germany, rev. fists raised in protest, (Kinast 215). Extremely fine.
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Watch on the Rhine 1920, silver 36mm, head of a black soldier facing right, rev. naked woman tied to a phallus, (Kinast 262). Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Bloodsucker on the Rhine 1923, bronze 60mm, a press squeezing money from a German, rev. a leech sucking blood from a child, (Kinast 294). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Republic, Fire Brigade Cross, service medal, first class, in silver; Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz; Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz, badge clip; Republic of Germany Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz; Republic of Germany Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz, badge clip on back of medal; Republic of Germany badge, long service, twenty five years service, in brass with gold gilt, enamelled obverse, on reverse, badge clip; Service Badges, long service, ten years service, in metal, enamelled obverse; twenty five years service, enamelled obverse, on reverse, badge clip, pencilled number 3; Republic of Germany medal, for bravery, enamelled obverse, on reverse, pencilled number 1; Republic of Germany Fire Service, long service, forty years of service, in brass, fireman's helmet on obverse, on reverse, Fur 40 J'A'Hrige Dienstzeit (For 40 years service period). Fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $150