World Historical Medals from Various Properties 1285


FRANCE, Union Syndicale de l’Industrie du Gaz en France, 1928, a silver-gilt award medal after B. Andrieu for A. de Puymaurin, named (P. Gaudin 1932), 68mm; together with other modern French medals and plaques in silver (4) [5]. Extremely fine


£80-£100


1286


FRANCE, Henri Bergson, 1928, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin [struck 1931], bust right, rev. allegory of Time with scroll, symbolic waves behind, Greek legend in three lines above and below, 68mm (CGMP p.380; Classens 13; cf. BDW 47, 927). Very fine, rare


£60-£80 1287


FRANCE, Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, Africa, silver and brass medals by L. Desvignes, 32mm; Oceania, silver and brass medals by A. Mouroux, 32mm [4]. About extremely fine or better, the silver medals rare


£100-£150


1288


named (Département de la Seine, Commission Departementale du Travail, Loi du 16 Juillet 1932, Jules Franceschini, 1932), 60 x 52mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 71; cf. DNW 48, 747). Very fine and very rare in silver


Provenance: A Collection of Art Medals in Silver, the Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1417 FRANCE, Le Feu, a uniface hexagonal silver plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, Vulcan at his anvil, fire behind, back


£150-£180 1289


FRANCE, Tête d’Enfant, 1934, an octagonal gilt-bronze plaque by P. Turin, child’s head left, rev. rocking horse, Teddy bear and football, 55mm (CGMP p.383; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 132; cf. DNW 132, 1684). Very fine; clip and ring for suspension


£40-£60 1290


FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, a yellow-brass Art Déco box medal, unsigned, aerial view of the Expo pavilion, rev. gate of the Place de l’Alma, containing a complete set of 10 black-and-white photographic roundels, 58mm (cf. DNW M5, 1572). Medal about extremely fine, contents extremely fine and fresh; in original card case


£60-£80 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


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