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France, Michelangelo, sculptor and painter, from Series of Great Men, 1819, bronze 41mm by Gayrard, bust of Michelangelo facing left, rev. biographical details, plain edge original striking. Extremely fine.
Estimate $110
France, Nicholas Copernicus, astronomer, from Series of Great Men, 1820, bronze 41mm by Durand, bust of Copernicus facing left, rev. biographical details, edge MONACII (Munich) striking. Extremely fine.
Estimate $90
France, Etienne Montgolfier, hot air balloonist, from Series of Great Men, 1821, bronze 41mm by Caque, bust of Montgolfier facing left, rev. biographical details, plain edge original striking. Good - extremely fine.
Estimate $90
General Lafayette, American visit 1824, in bronze (46mm), by F. Caunois (1791-1858); Poland mourns Lafayette 1834, in bronze (51mm), by W. Oleszczynski. Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $300
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 $20
France, Perpetual Calendar medal, 19th century, brass (82mm) by Robineau, both sides with tables of days of the month, fancy edge and suspension loop. Some markings, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $80
France, Siege of Paris 1870-71, bronze 30mm, the Balloon “Le Victor Hugo” which escaped with 200 kilograms of letters and pigeons, rev. legend, with lustre; Ambulance Committee 1870-71, white metal 37mm, seated figure of France, rev. legend; “Jeton de Presence” 1870; bronze 34mm, figure of Liberty leading soldiers, rev. engraved with the name of a person who was present during the siege. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
France, Jose and Etien Montgolfier, hot air balloonists, bronze 42mm by Gatteaux, conjoined busts facing left, rev. balloon in clouds over city, plain edge original striking. Good - very fine.
Estimate $60
France, historical medals, various themes, all base metal and appear mid to later twentieth century. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
Germany, Augsburg, Satirical medal, 1700s, silver 26mm by Muller, two ears and a mouth with legend around, rev. legend, approximate translation “He who wants to avoid a quarrel better listen well and not say much, and that is why man has two ears and only one mouth”. Very fine.
Estimate $90
Germany, Famine of 1771-72, white metal 34mm by J. C. Reich, figure of Death carrying a scythe and entering a house, rev. legend including food prices. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
German States, City of Nuremberg, Floods of 1784, white metal with copper plug, 46mm, by J. C. Reich, view of flooded city with rainbow above, rev. praying figure on a boat in flooded waters. Good - very fine.
Estimate $120
Germany, Nuremberg, box medal by Stettner, 1807, commemorating the Napoleonic Wars, white metal 52mm, with a complete set of 18 hand coloured paper roundels depicting battle scenes 1796 to 1807. Rare when complete. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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 $120
Germany, Franco Prussian War, 1870, white metal 53mm, busts of Wilhelm I, Crown Prince, Bismark, von Moltke, von Roon, rev. German troops advancing on the Rhine; Battle of Sedan, 1870, white metal 39mm, bust of Wilhelm I in wreath of flags, rev. legend in wreath. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $90
Germany, Siege and Capitulation of Paris, 1871, white metal 39mm, bust of Wilhelm I in wreath, rev. legend in wreath; Victories in the Franco Prussian War, bronze 40mm, bust of Wilhelm I, rev. dates of 20 victories in the War; Return of Peace medalet, 1871, bronze 28mm, bust of Wilhelm, legend in English. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
Germany, 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Sedan, 1895, silver 35mm, bust of Wilhelm I surrounded by 24 busts of German leaders in the War, rev. cross with the names of the leaders. Extremely fine.
Estimate $90
Germany, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, medal cast in iron (80mm), by Karl Goetz, issued on the declaration of the beginning of the submarine warfare (May God punish England!), February 18th 1915 (K.155). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Walther Eberbach, Dance of Death Series, Death Chokes Italy, 1916, iron 70mm, skeleton representing death kneeling and choking she-wolf of Rome, legend translates as “For Latin Loyalty 1915 Trentino 1916 Friuli”, rev. legend translates as “To Sidney Sonnino the eloquent one”. Commemorates the Italian Foreign Minister signing Treaty of London to switch Italy to the Allies. Rare. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Execution of Sir Roger Casement, Irish nationalist, 1916, bronze 58mm, figure of Casement being strangled by a Scottish soldier, rev. complex design with a chair, book, spider’s web, skull. Commemorates the execution of Casement who was hanged for treason for attempting to gain German support for the 1916 Irish Rising. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Walther Eberbach, Dance of Death Series, Sinking of the Lusitania, 1916, iron 69mm, skeleton representing death with hands on hips, standing over the sinking liner, legend translates as “Malice and forewarned recklessness on board the Lusitania”, rev. legend translates as “To Woodrow Wilson the defier of warnings 1916”. The rarest of the Lusitania medals. Extremely fine.
Estimate $360
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Sleepwalkers of the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1916, bronze 58mm, soldiers advancing inside the Turkish crescent, one holding a model of a warship, rev. soldiers reduced to skeletons surrounded by barbed wire, Turkish star and crescent above. Rare. Extremely fine.
Estimate $480
Germany, Satirical medal by Walther Eberbach, Dance of Death Series, Germany’s Anger Against Britain, 1916, iron 69mm, skeleton shaking a clenched fist at the English coast, legend refers to the loss of the submarine U22 and the Zeppelin L19, rev. legend translates as “May some avenger arise from our bones”. Rare. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Bayernthaler box medal, 1916, silvered bronze 52mm by Klein, bust of Ludwig III, rev. crowned Bavarian coat of Arms, contains a joined strip of 28 coloured vignettes including military scenes, leaders including Muller of the Emden, etc. In original cardboard box. Extremely fine.
Estimate $240
Germany, Satirical medal by Hans Harners, Mocking Britain and her Allies, 1917, iron 71mm, seated figure holding dog leads to the heads of nine Allied nations, (Russia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Belgium, France), rev. an Englishman forces the Allies to advance and fight. Extremely fine.
Estimate $240
Germany, Satirical medal by Walther Eberbach, Admiral Balfour, 1918, iron 82mm, nude figure of Britannia crouching over neutral ships with flags of Sweden, Norway, Holland and USA, rev. submarine, legend translates as “Balfour, First Lord of the British Admiralty”. This medal mocks Britain’s alleged hypocrisy in pressuring neutral nations. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Hitler Putsch in Munich 1923, bronze 60mm, Adolf Hitler holding a pistol forcing state commissioner to end his speech, with backwards swastika, rev. Nazi figures lampooned as puppets on a stage. The first depiction of Hitler on a coin or medal, with mis-spelling “Hittler”. Very rare as many were destroyed when Nazis came to power. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,200
Germany, Flight of Dirigible LZ126 from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, USA, 1924, silver (33mm) by Lauer, obv. bust of Dr. Hugo Eckener, rev. view of Zeppelin over Lake of Constance. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Germany, First East-West Atlantic crossing, 1928, silver (36mm) by I.B., obv. facing bust of Kohl, rev. plane "Bremen" flying to left over waves. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Germany, First East-West Atlantic crossing, 1928, silver (36mm) by Prussian State Mint, obv. conjoined busts of Kohl, Von Hunefeld and Fitzmaurice facing right, rev. plane "Bremen" over the Atlantic. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150