World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

568 L’Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1937, Bronze
Medal, Raoul René Alphonse Bénard (1881-1961),
workman, rev the exhibition area, 50.5mm; Bronze
Medals (2), by Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972),
“Concours de Natation”, diving, fish and sealife
motifs, 49.5mm (CIMeV 829); War Tribute,
head and shoulders of a winged Fame with olive
spray, blowing trumpet, “Thermalisme”, Bronze
Medal, by Mélanie “Anie” Mouroux, Hygea
standing, rev semi draped figure reclines at water’s
edge, 58.5mm; Société Médicale des Hôpitaux,
Centenary, Bronze Medal, 1949, by Émile Jean
Armel Beaufils (1882-1952), semi-draped female
comforts her female patient, 67.5mm. Extremely
fine or nearly so. (5) £80-120
Armel Beaufils, sculptor working mostly in Brittany.
569 Bronze Medals (5), including John Locke and John
Milton from Durand’s series of illustrious men,
and “Le Metal”, by Levigne. Generally extremely
fine. (5) £40-60
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572 Modern Bronze Art Medal, 1973, by E Havelkova,
on science and human ingenuity, five figures
facing, rev the inner workings of a scientific mind,
150mm. Extremely fine. £70-90
Piece number three of an issue of only 50.
573 Modern Bronze Art Medal, by Volti, erotic nudes
each side, 190mm. Extremely fine. £50-70
Piece number 56 from an issue of 200.
574 Medal Matrices (8), of French sitters, including
Louis XVII, Louis VIII, Charles Ferdinand d’Artois,
Louis Antoine d’Artois, and events including
Death of Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé,
The Departure of King Louis XVIII. Generally very
fine. (8) £150-200
GERMANY
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570 SCUBA diving, Jean-Jacque Cousteau, Silvercoloured
Medal, by C Gondard, Cousteau and a
child, rev his vessel, The Calypso, with diver and
marine wildlife, 72mm; Bronze-coloured Medal,
by Duboc, bust right, rev The Calypso, LE MONDE
DE OCEANS, 89mm. Both extremely fine. (2) £120-150
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571 Modern Bronze Medals of Maritime Interest (5);
others (2), 50-60mm; sundry smaller medals (6),
French (2); Jersey, Fantasy Nazi Tokens (4). Modern
issues, very fine and better. (17) £70-90
575 Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1713-1740), the
Salzburg Emigrants, Silver Box Medal, undated
and unsigned [1732], containing a complete set of
17 hand-painted roundels, explaining the history;
the medal, Christ watches over an emigrant family
leaving their country, legend above, “Gehe aus Deinem
Vatterland”, rev Emperor standing right, with two
officials, greets the emigrants, legend above, “Die
König follen Dei / ne Pfleger feyn. Efaie 49”, the interior
lid with a map of the Salzburg area, the base with a
map of “Hertzogth” and “Lithauen”, 44.5mm (Karl
Roll, Die Schaumünzen auf die Salzburger Emigration
[1925], IV / XIII). Medal and contents extremely fine, the
roundels retaining their original rich colour. £400-600
The roundels have a single piece of fruit or flower on the
reverse-sides and are linked in a ‘tree’ formation of a group of
five and three groups of four, the titles are as follows:-; 1 – “Aus
dem Dienst=Hause”; 2 – “Ich habe noch andere Schraffe”; 3 –
“Der Herr hat semen Engeln befohl. über”; 4 – “ Offenbahrgeng
der Warheit”; 5 – “Trinket alle darau”; 6 – “Versiglung der
Warheit”; 7 – “Edict wider die Lutheraner. anno 1588”; 8 –
“Vatter und Mutter verlassen mich”; 9 – “Zehle meine Flucht”;
10- “ Suchetin der Schrifft”; 11 – “Verbander brand im Herzen”;
12 – “Gedencket unserer bande”; 13 – “Zeige uns deine Weige”;
14 – “Wir Segnen eüch im Namen das Herrn”; 15 – Du has Wart
des euzgen Lebens”; 16 – “eyd bereit zur Ver=antworbarg”; 17
– Wielieblich sind der ne Wohnungngen”.
A photocopy of Roll’s article is sold with the lot