World Historical Medals from Various Properties 1291


FRANCE, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, Glassblowing, a bronze medal by E. Monier, 32mm; Goldsmithing, a bronze medal by E. Becker, 32mm; Tapestry, a brass medal by M. Thénot, 32mm [3]. About extremely fine


£60-£80 1292


Henri Mir, b Carcasonne, 1913; head of the French security services; retired 1973 FRANCE, Police Générale de la Republique Français, an oval silver medal, unsigned, standing figure of La République,


named (Monsieur Henri Mir, Directeur), edge stamped 1967, 82 x 72mm. About extremely fine £60-£80 1293


FRANCE, Chambre des Avoues de Grande Instance, Paris, an octagonal silver medal by H. Dropsy, side view of the front of the Chambre, rev. legend, named (Monsieur Henri Maynier, Inspecteur Général des Services Judiciaires, 1968), 96mm. Good very fine


£80-£100


Henri Maynier (1913-97), b Saumur; lawyer, Angers; president of the Orléans Court of Appeal, 1961; with the Department of Justice, 1962-8; Attorney General, 1980


1294


named (Monsieur et Madame Yves-Bertrand Burgalat…Jacques Girie, le 21-6-[19]79), 115 x 98mm. About extremely fine


£60-£80


Another medal to Yves-Bertrand Burgalat was sold by DNW in 2015 (Auction 134, lot 590) FRANCE, Manufacture Royale du Creusot, a uniface oval silver award medal by A.H. Torcheux, crowned royal arms,


1295


GERMANY, Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria, a white metal medal by P.H. Müller, undated, armoured bust right, rev. sailor (Ulysses?) alighting from ship, 41mm. Some marks and scratches, otherwise good very fine, rare


£50-£70 1296 Broken into several pieces and surfaces cracked, otherwise very fine, rare; in metal half-shell


Provenance: Rouillac Auction (Vendôme), 9 January 1995, lot 202 (an auction of Droz family material from the Château de Villeray) GERMANY, Friedrich Wilhelm III, a red wax seal impression, possibly by J.-P. Droz, elaborate coat of arms, 135mm.


£60-£80 1297


GERMANY, 50th Anniversary of Johann Basselet as President of the Appeal Court, Bavaria, 1817, a silver medal by J. Losch, pyramid, rev. wreath, 41mm, 21.85g; together with a baptismal medal and a marriage medal, both silver, 17th to 19th centuries [3]. First extremely fine, others very fine or nearly so


£100-£150


1298


GERMANY, Death of Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1888, a silver medal by C. Schnitzspahn, bust right, rev. legend within wreath, 47mm (BDM V, 396). Outer rim added to edge [this pierced four times]; polished, good very fine, rare £100-£150


1299


E. D XI Juni 1854, D.L., Z Bienenkorb i Thorn, D Br. A. Kordes, J. Seiner Gattin, E. Geb. Schwerma, zur Silb. Hochzeit, D.S. December 1892), 51mm. Some marks and scratches in fields, otherwise about extremely fine


£60-£80


A. Kordes, a member of the Bienenkorb masonic lodge in Thorn, and his wife, E. Schwerma GERMANY, Wilhelm I, a silver medal by G. Loos, conjoined busts of Wilhelm and Augusta right, rev. wreath, named (Z.


1300


Provenance: Peus Auktion 415 (Frankfurt), 5 November 2015, lot 1243 GERMANY, Felix Mendelssohn, a uniface silver plaque by Lauer, bust right, 55 x 37mm (Niggl 1296). Good very fine


£80-£100


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