Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and Medalsback.) Franz Eue, Sc. (Basky Foundry) Extremely Fine. A radiantlyre above A standing robed winged female figure stands on a worldglobe amid surrounding clouds. She holding a large palm frond inher right hand and a scroll in her uplifted left hand. Inscribed to theright side: O BLUHEFORT/ DV DEVTSCHER/ SANG WAHR/IM WORT/ VND/ REIN IM KLANG. (“Oh you flourish Germansong, true in word and in pure sound.”) A cartouche in the exergueis inscribed: NORDOSTLICHJER . SANGERBVND/ VON.AMERIKA/ 30 NATIONAL. SANGERFEST/ BAL,TIMORE.MD. 1938. A bronze plaque has been affixed below bearing thefollowing incused inscription: MOZART\ DAMEN CHOR/ NEWYORK/ II PRIES – DAMEN KLASSE. (F-G)Lot 486 (reduced)National Academy of Deisgn and at the Beaux Arts Institute. Itwas during this period that he executed this award plaque. He hasbeen referred to as “Charleston’s premier sculptor of the twentiethcentury.” His public sculptures abound throughout the Charleston,SC area. (G)Lot 488488. “LA SURPRISE” ART DECO PARIS MINT MEDAL, (1942).91 x 106mm. Bronze. Lucien Gibert, Sc. (Paris Mint: “MetalD” edgemark.) Uniface. Uncirculated. A figure of a nude youngwoman is shown kneeling at water’s edge. surprised by a birdabout to land on her shoulder. The usual example of this attractivemedal is 59 x 115mm. The larger piece is most unusual. (G)Lot 487 (reduced)487. NORTHEAST SANGERBUND OF AMERICA WOMEN’SCHORAL AWARD PLAQUE, 1938. 11 ½ x 7” mounted on aboard (which has been split down the middle and repaired on the489. PAUL MANSHIP’S COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FORHAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG, 1947. Murtha 492; illus. fid.76 p. 187. 10 x 8” bronze mounted on a 12 x 9” wood panel. Thisplaque was created for Hamilton Fish Armstrong to commemoratehis twenty-five years of service as editor of FOREIGN AFFAIRS,the magazine of the Council On Foreign Affairs. The legend issurmounted by a roundel of the FOREIGN AFFAIRS logo with itsnude horseman and the Latin motto UBIQUE which translates as“EVERYWHERE”. This is flanked by two ribbons, echoing thatof the motto, with the dates 1922 and 1947, marking Armstrong’syears of service.Manship’s passion for letterforms, which he developed early on asa sign painter, is evident in the nine-line inscription which reads,143H