WORLD HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS 1531
Cinquantenaire de La LyreHavraise, 1914, a bronze plaque by F. Rasumny, Fame blowing trumpet, rev. wreath of oak and palm, 61 x 52mm; P. Michaux, 1923, a bronze plaque by Villandre for Arthus-Bertrand, 61 x 46mm; Compagnie Générale d’Électricité, c. 1935, a bronze award plaque by E.-P. Blin for 25 Years’ Service, named (M. Henri Ragot), 70 x 63mm (cf. DNW 40, 795); Exposition Artisanale, Metz, 1950, a plated bronze medal by R. Baudichon, 51mm; MédailleMiraculeuse, 1968, a bronze medal by JosetteHébert-Coeffin, 68mm (CGMP p.420); Colonel Rémy, 1974, a bronze medal by J.-P. Luthringer, 72mm (CGMP p.1243); Comice Agricole de Vienne (Isère), a silver-gilt award medal by Bescher, un-named, 41mm [7]. Fine to very fine, some better
£50-70 1532
Union Nationale des Officiers de Reserve, c. 1915, a uniface gilt- bronze award plaque by E. Cournault for Arthus-Bertrand, soldier in the act of throwing a grenade towards a fort barricaded by barbed wire, back named (To Lieut-Gen. Sir Charles Grant, K.C.B., from The French Reserve Officers, May 1939), 86 x 63mm (cf. DNW 44, 909). About extremely fine; in maroon fitted case of issue by Arthus-Bertrand, Paris
£80-100
General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, KCB, KCVO, DSO (1877-1950), lived at Pitchford Manor, Shropshire; commissioned into the Coldstream Guards, 1897; served in Boer War; brigade major for the 3rd Infantry Brigade in the BEF deployed to France, 1914; temporary commander of 1st Infantry Brigade, 1917; liaison officer at the general headquarters of the French arms, 1918; commanding officer of 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards, 1919; commander of 137 (Staffordshire) Brigade, 1925; commander of 8th Infantry Brigade, 1927; general officer commanding 53rd (Welsh) division, 1930; major-general commanding the Brigade of Guards, 1932; honorary colonel of the KSLI 1930-46; governor of Edinburgh Castle 1937-40. His papers are in the National Library of Wales
1533
Union Nationale des Officiers de Reserve, c. 1915, a uniface bronze plaque by E. Cournault for Arthus- Bertrand, from the same die as previous, back named (Commandant Paviot), 86 x 63mm (cf. DNW 44, 909); together with miscellaneous French medals (10), by Vernier, Tasset, Delorme, Rasumny, Morlon, etc [11]. First very fine and in card box of issue, others in varied state, four cased
£50-70 1534
Verdun, 1916, a cast iron medal by M. Götze, goddess of War hovering above Verdun, holding sword and blazing torch, rev. legend in 9 lines, 106mm (Frankenhuis 1075; BDM VII, 386).Very fine
£80-100
Provenance: K. McGuinness Collection, DNW Auction 35, 3 April 1998, lot 723; D. Corrick Collection
1535
Maréchal Foch, 1918, a bronze medal by J.-P. Legastelois, bust right, rev. Gallic cock standing right, 68mm (CGMP –; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 19; BDM VII, 545); Maréchal Foch, 1918, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, 68mm (CGMP p.324; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.46, 136; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 57; cf. DNWM8, 2272) [2]. First veryfine, second extremely fine
£50-70
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