Catalogue
Lot 4051
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
FRANCE, Universal Exposition, Paris, undated (1855) in bronze (68mm) by A.Caque and J.Wiener (Divo 251), obverse, conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie left, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 4052
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
FRANCE, International Maritime Exposition, Havre, 1868, in bronze (61mm), in case of issue marked Hamel, Graveur/5.Bd.Sebastopol, Paris. Hinge on case damaged, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
Lot 4053
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FRANCE, Dirigible Balloons Experimental Establishment, de Chalais-Meudon, 1885, in bronze (72mm) by A.Paty, obverse, figure of Science seated right pointing to a dirigible in the ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Lot 4054
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FRANCE, Marine Francaise, La Perouse 1741-1788 (1956), in bronze (68mm) by George Guirand, obverse, bust of La Perouse, reverse, sailing ship under full sail, Marine ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Lot 4055
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FRANCE, a collection of commemorative medals, mostly Napoleonic, noted also a Louis XIIII issue for Return of French CondÇ to Spain, 1668, the Napoleonic issues ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Lot 4056
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GERMANY, Prussia, Accession of Frederick the Great to throne, 1740, in bronze (55mm) by Dassier. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $50
Lot 4057
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
GERMANY, Prussia, Frederick the Great, Battle of Prague, 1757, in bronze (48mm), obverse, bust of uniformed king right, reverse, Victory above trophy of arms and ...
Estimate $80
Lot 4058
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GERMANY, Prussia, Death of Frederick II (The Great), in silver (45mm) by J.G.Holtzney. One medal with loop mount at top, nearly very fine - very ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Lot 4059
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GERMANY, Alexander Von Humboldt, c1841, in bronze (61mm, 7.5mm thick), by G. Loos, obverse, bust of Von Humboldt, right, birth date Sept. 14, 1769 around, ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Lot 4060
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
GERMANY, Marriage of the Princess Royal and Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, 1853, in bronze (56mm) by Uhlmann and Loos (BDM VI/162). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Lot 4061
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
GERMANY, Brandenburg - Prussia, Development of Tourist Resorts on the Baltic, 1884, in silver (50mm) by Weigand and Kullrich (Marienburg 6550; Sommer K112; Brettauer 3996), ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Lot 4062
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GERMANY, Heidelberg University, 500th Anniversary, 1886, in bronze (74mm) by Karl Schwenzer, obverse, bust of Frederick I, reverse, figure of Learning flanked by cameos of ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Lot 4063
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
GERMANY, Hamburg, Establishment as a Free Port, 1888, in silver (55mm) by E.Weigand, obverse, City Mayor and Warden, reverse, dockside buildings. Extremely fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $220
Lot 4064
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GERMANY, Hamburg, 500th Anniversary holding the fortress of Schloss Ritzenbuttel, 1894, in bronze (60mm) by J.von Langen, obverse, Mayors of Hamburg in 1394 and 1894, ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Lot 4065
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GERMANY, First East to West Transatlantic Flight, 1928, in silver (36mm), obverse busts of Baron von Hunefeld and Captain Hermann Kohl left, 13 April 1928 ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Lot 4066
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PERU, Spanish Viceroys medal for the Defence of Callao, 1819, in silver (39mm) with loop mount, by A.Davalos, obverse, ship in flames left, three other ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Lot 4067
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ROMANIA, Ion Bratianu, 1891, in bronze (50mm) by P.Telge, Berlin, obverse, bust of Bratianu left, reverse, female figure holding flag and laurel branch, dates around. ...
Estimate $60
Lot 4068
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RUSSIA, Count Falken-Stein, 1780, in bronze (61mm) by I.C.Jaeger (Smirnov 288), obverse, bust of Joseph II right, reverse, 'In the year 1780, 1 July' (in ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Lot 4069
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SWITZERLAND, Geneva, J.J.Rousseau, 1817, in bronze (40mm) by Dubois for the Galerie Metallique; Langenthal, Federal Officers Meet, in bronze (46mm) by L.Fournier and A.Bovy; Basel, ...
Estimate $100
Lot 4070
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SWITZERLAND, Geneva, Tercentenary of the Reformation, 1835, in bronze (62mm) by A.Bovy, obverse, portraits of the reformers J.Calvin, G.Farel, P.Viret and T.de Beze within circles, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Lot 4071
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TRANSYLVANIA, Grand Prince of Transylvania, 1765, in bronze (59mm) by F.Wurth, obverse, bust of Joseph II and Maria Theresa right, reverse, Fame blowing trumpet and ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Lot 4072
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VATICAN, Pius XI, the Flavian amphitheatre, 1851, in bronze (37mm) by B.Zaccagnini, obverse, the amphitheatre and hovering above St Leonardi in clouds, reverse, Papal crests, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Lot 4073
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WORLD MEDALS, Austria, Joseph I Coronation, 1687, in silver (30mm), obverse, bust of Joseph I right, reverse, arms of Empire; Austria, Leopold II Coronation, 1790, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Lot 4074
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WORLD MEDALS, Austria, First International Jagdausstellung Vienna, 1910, in bronze (51mm), obverse, Franz Joseph in royal robes on horseback left, reverse, winged female holding forth ...
Estimate $120
Lot 4075
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WORLD MEDALS, Belgium, Baron J.J. (Edouard) Pycke d'Ideghen, Governor of Province of Antwerp, 1868, in bronze (51mm) by Weiner, obverse, Baron's head right, reverse, text ...
Estimate $100
Lot 4076
Sale 99 World - The Tom May Collection
WORLD CATHEDRALS, medals in bronze, by Leopold Weiner, c1860s, including, Austria, St Stephens, Vienna (59mm); Belgium, St Martins, Aypres (in silver) (50mm), Eglise Collegiale, Brussels ...
Estimate $550
SOLD $1,200
Lot 4077
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WORLD MEDALS, Denmark, concert hall Ostergades/Klampenborg bath house, undated, in bronze (38mm) by Christesen, obverse, concert hall in garden setting, reverse, text within wreath; Germany, ...
Estimate $120
Lot 4078
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WORLD MEDALS, France, Francois I, memorial medal, undated, in bronze (32.5mm); Henri IV and Louis XVIII, Louis Thanks the Public for Re-establishment of Statue of ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Lot 4079
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WORLD MEDALS, France, Recapture of Prague, 1744, in bronze (44mm), obverse, Prince Charles of Lorraine on horseback right, reverse, view of Prague with cavalry entering ...
Estimate $100
Lot 4080
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WORLD MEDALS, France, Bank of France jeton, 1799, in silver (?) (36mm hexagonal) by Rambert Dumarest, obverse, strong box between Minerva left and City right, ...
Estimate $100