WORLD HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS 1484
Confederation of Canada, 1867, a copper medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, crowned and veiled bust of Victoria left, rev. Britannia seated by lion, four female figures around, 76mm (BHM 2875; E 1590a).Brightly cleanedand with associated surface marks, otherwise about very fine, scarce
£80-100 Provenance: D. Corrick Collection 1485
Lord Byng of Vimy as Governor-General [1921], a bronze medal, unsigned, conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Byng left, rev. arms and supporters, 50mm; together with other modern World medals (2, one in silver) [3].Very fine and better; all in cases of issue
£40-60
Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862-1935), b.Wrotham, Kent; educ. Eton; saw service in India and the Boer War; commanded the Canadian Army Corps on the western front, including their famous victory at Vimy Ridge in April 1917; Governor-General of Canada 1921-6; later commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Denmark 1486
Death of Oswald Helmuth, 1966, a bronze medal, unsigned, for Sporrong, bust three-quarters left, rev. cyclists by column, 70mm; HUNGARY, XXVIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980, a bronze medal by M. Borsos, 60mm; NETHERLANDS, Heropening van het Juweliersbedrijf Frans Brugsma, Groningen, 1936, a bronze plaque, unsigned, 60 x 44mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, badges, etc (50) [53]. Fine to very fine, some better
£80-100 Egypt 1487
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France holding torch, being presented with a bag of money by a robed figure, rev. legend commemorating the opening of the Canal in 1869, 42mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 21; PBE –; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 147; BDM V, 230; cf. DNW M7, 2586).Extremely fine
£30-40 Provenance: D. Corrick Collection France 1488
Charles IX, a copper jeton, undated, 27mm (Mitchiner 3060; Feuardent 11706); Henri III, 1583, a brass jeton, 28mm (M p.1021; F 11776b); René Perret, Mayor of Dijon, 1640, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 10023); Louis XIV, 1645, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1101; F 12469a); Anne of Austria, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 12426); Cour des Monnaies, 1653, a copper jeton, 27mm (M p.1059; F 2200); Orléanais-Communauté des Marchands de la Loire, 1653, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 8169); Faculté de Médecine de Paris, Jean de Bourges, 1656, a brass jeton, 27mm (M p.1094; F 4500); Deliverance of Valenciennes, 1657, a copper jeton, 30mm (Dugniolle 4109; M 2686; F 7355); Louis XIV, 1659, a copper jeton, 27mm (M p.1103; F 12541) [10]. Thirdand last fair, others fine and better; all identified in envelopes
£70-90
Provenance: First bt CNG May 1993; second bt J. Whitmore November 1991; others Glendining Auction, 9 October 1989, lot 566 (part)
1489
Louis XIV, 1660, a brass jeton, 27mm (M p.1104; F 12560); Peace Negotiations on the Isle of Pheasants, 1660, a copper jeton, 25mm (D 4152; M 3352 var; F 13028); Birth of Louis V, 1661, a brass jeton, 24mm (M 3290; F 11163); Ordre du Saint-Esprit, 1664, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 1611 var); Cardinal Chigi Enters Paris, 1664, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3277; F 3403ff); Louis XIV and Maria Theresa, 1666, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3281; F 13066); Prosperity under France, 1666, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3357; F 13063a); Besançon, Mareschal de Veset, 1667, a copper jeton, 28mm (F 10326);Ordinaire des Guerres, 1668, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1066; F 444a); Nantes, Jacques Charete, 1668, a copper jeton, 26mm (F 8878); Maria Theresa, 1677, a copper jeton, 26mm (M p.1080; F 13151); Louis XIV, 1678, a copper jeton, 27mm (M 3197; F 1883) [13]. Fifthmediocre,others mostly fine, one or two better; all identified in envelopes
£60-80 Provenance: Glendining Auction, 9 October 1989, lot 566 (part)
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