Catalogue
Lot 1537
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
ARGENTINE AIR FORCE, Argentine Antarctica National Meteorological Service medal, c1960s (2 identical, [both 30.5mm], one stamped on reverse for 900 fine silver [10.72g] and another ...
Estimate $40
Lot 1538
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
AUSTRIA, 1888, sterling silver medal, "The Weaver's Cooperative in Vienna 1662", issued under Franz Josef, awarded to Wenzel Dusik, (60mm diameter, 75g weight). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Lot 1539
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
AUSTRIA, Franz Josef, Marriage of Archduke Franz Salvator and Archduchess Marie Valerie, silver (900) medal, 1890, (43.5mm, 39.96 g), by Anton Scharff. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Lot 1540
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
BAHAMAS, souvenir medal in silver (28mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1959 by maker PPLd (Payton, Pepper & Sons Ltd), with ring top suspension with ribbon attached, ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Lot 1541
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
BELGIUM, various AE medals and medalets, Defence of Antwerp 1832; Souvenir of Charity Walk 1871, by Fisch; Satirical medal, "Independants" being led by nose by ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1542
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
EGYPT, Suez Canal Opening 1869, by O. Roty in silver (41mm) two women facing holding symbols relating to the construction, rev. legend in seven lines. ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Lot 1543
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
EGYPT, Suez Canal Opening 1869, in white metal (37mm), bust of Ismael Pasha, rev. panoramic view of canal with Arabic legend around. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Lot 1544
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
EGYPT, Suez Canal Opening 1869, in white metal (49mm), by A. Restelli, bust of Ferdinand de Lesseps facing left, rev. panoramic view of canal. Very ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Lot 1545
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Revolutionary period, Federation Martiale at Lyon, 1790, white metal 35mm, with original ribbon, (Hennin 134); Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, white metal 51mm by ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Lot 1546
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Napoleon Empereur, Uniface clich?, silver plated (60mm), by Andrieu 1804, bust facing right wearing elaborate costume and laurel wreath (Bramsen 299). Remnants of glue ...
Estimate $120
Lot 1547
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Series of Great Men, 1817-1825, all in bronze (41mm), plain edge original strikings, Blaise Pascal, mathematician; Denis Diderot encyclopaedist; D'Anville, map maker; J.D. Cassini, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Lot 1548
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
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, ...
Estimate $50
Lot 1549
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Universal Exposition Paris, 1878, in silver (68mm, 153.70 g) by J.C.Chaplain, plaque inscribed 'Soullier/& Brunot'. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Lot 1550
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Dreyfus Treason Trial, 1890s, gilt bronze 28mm, busts of Dreyfus, his attorney Labori, Emile Zola, Esterhazy, du Paty de Clam; another bronze 28mm, busts ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Lot 1551
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
FRANCE, Serbia Day Medal, 1916, in gilt bronze (31x41.5mm), with ring top suspension, by 'TSM Lordonnois Graveur Edit', obverse, Serbian double headed eagle and in ...
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Lot 1552
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, Augsburg, baptism medal in silver, (c.1700), by Muller, obv. priest baptizes a child at a baptismal font, next to Christ on the cross, the ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1553
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, General Blucher, 1816, in brass (77mm) by Vilder & Ronic, probably cast with swivel hole mount at top and bottom; Electrotype of Success in ...
Estimate $40
Lot 1554
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, Satirical medal, 1897, Alliance of Russia and France, in bronze (50mm) by Mayer and Wilhelm, personifications of Russia and France facing, rev. Putto seated ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Lot 1555
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, satirical medal, 1914, Defence of Kiauchau, cooperation of Britain and Japan, in bronze (33mm), British officer sending a monkey in Japanese uniform up a ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Lot 1556
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, propaganda medal, in iron (57mm) by Edmund Otto, c.1915, protesting Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, depicting a three-headed beast ...
Estimate $200
Lot 1557
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, Inflationary Period, satirical medal, in iron (40mm), 1916, "Iron is worth more than gold in drastic times"; medal listing prices in Feb. 1923, bronze ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Lot 1558
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, satirical medal in bronze (51mm), 1923, depicting the French exploitation of the Germans following WWI, depicting a French soldier with the head of a ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Lot 1559
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, World Flight of Airship LZ127, 1929, in silver (36mm), by Glockler, busts of Durr, Eckener and Count Zeppelin, rev. world map showing route of ...
Estimate $300
Lot 1560
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GERMANY, Hohenhaslach, 2.IVV Wall Day 1978, large voided commemorative in gilt and darkened silvered, features a Peregrine falcon in the centre of a wreath with ...
Estimate $40
Lot 1561
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
GREECE, Women's National Panhellenic Congress, Established 1921, medal in bronze (39mm), ring top suspension, obverse, Greek text within an open wreath, reverse, plain and unnamed. ...
Estimate $40
Lot 1562
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
HUNGARY, Kalman Tisza, sterling silver medal, 1875-1885, 10th anniversary as prime minister Tisza Kalman Commemorative, (weight 133 g). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Lot 1563
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
HUNGARY, Telcs Ede, (1872-1948), sterling silver medal, "Count Gyula Andrassy / On the occasion of the burial of his statue 1906", (weight 120 g). Very ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Lot 1564
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
INDIA, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84, prize medal in bronze (51mm), unnamed. A few dark toned areas, otherwise traces of mint red, uncirculated.
Estimate $70
Lot 1565
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
ITALY, Paduan Medallion of Augustus, after Giovanni Cavino (c. 1540-1570) (35mm, 20.81g), based on a sestertius. Fine style, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Lot 1566
Sale 138 World Historical Medals
ITALY, Naples, medal for the presence of the Naples royal family at the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, 1790, silver (900), (43.73, 49mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90