British and World Commemorative Medals - Baldwin's

254 Leopold I, 25 th Anniversary of the Kingdom, Copper
Medal, 1856, by Leopold Wiener, bare head left, rev
Belgica and Victory to either side of throne, 75mm;
Leopold II, First Annual Music Festival, Copper
Medal, 1868, by E Geerts and A Geefs, 65mm. Good
very fine, first better. (2) £50-80
255 Association de la Presse Belge (Antwerp –
Limbourg), Silver Pass, undated (c.1900), named
to Chas M Mate, standing figure of Literature, quil
in hand, rev legend and name, 41mm, suspension
loop and gold ring, in leather case of issue, lid set
with silver Royal Arms, and named in gilt. Very
fine. £50-80
256 Société Génerale, Centenary, Bronze Medal, 1922,
by Godefroid Devreese, figure representing the
Society kneels before Belgica, rev Mercury seated on
log at sea-shore, looks towards distant star, 75mm.
Extremely fine. £30-50
FRANCE
257 Renaissance Medals, Michel le Tellier (1603-1685),
French Statesman, Bronze Medal, 1684, by Abraham
Dupré, bust right, MICHAEL LE TELLIER FRANCIÆ
CANCELLARIVS, rev Justice seated right, crowned
by Minerva and Truth, FORTUNATAE VIRTVTI, in
exergue, FILIORVM PIETAS MDCLXXXIV, 87mm
(cf Trésor III, 23, 5, the obverse die differing from the
Michael Hall collection example). A fine obverse die
crack forming, no break in the reverse, nearly extremely
fine. £150-200
258 Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Bronze Jetons (6),
Ordinaire des Guerres (2), 1702, rev elephant;
undated, rev zodiac; Trésor Royal (2); Trésorerie
Générale des Domaines, 1654, rev River God of the
Seine; and Cardinal Richelieu, 29mm. Generally
fine. (6) £60-80
259 Aphrodite, Bronze Medal, undated, by Jean
François Antoine Bovy, naked bust turned right,
rev cherub in wreath, 44mm (BDM I, 245); modern
uniface strike of a medal [1967], of the opening of
Versailles as a museum, 1837, by Montagny, 48mm.
Very fine. (2) £30-50
260 Directoire, Napoleon Bonaparte, Victories in the
Italian Campaign, Medals (2), silvered-bronze
and White Metal, 1796, uniformed bust right, rev
Minerva seated with shield and olive branch, VOILA
SOLDATS VALEUREUX LE FRUIT DE VOS TRAVAUX,
32/33mm (Henn 767); Medalets of the period
(4); 2-Sols 1791 A, counterstamped with fasces in
wreath, yr 13. Mostly very fine. (7) £80-120
261 Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise 1810,
Silvered White Metal Medal, by Mercié, conjoined
busts in wreath left, rev figure of Lyon at altar,
48mm (Bramsen 960). Good very fine. £80-100
262 Napoleon, The Battle of Marengo / Cisalpine
Republic, Restrike Bronze Medal, by Lavy (Br 42);
other Bronze Restrikes (4): St Bernard / Marengo, by
Montagny; Science and Art, by Duvivier; marriage
to Marie Louise; and a Mulhouse prize medal; Birth
of the King of Rome, 38mm, original Bronze Medal,
and White Metal Medals (2). The restrikes very fine
and better, the others varied. (8) £60-80