ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO and others
19th and 20th century medals
Updated June 2011 Please note that medals are offered subject to being unsold - but we may occasionally have duplicates!
Please click on images or underlined text for larger photos - thumbnails are not in proportion to size so please take that into consideration . Medals are made of bronze and of date contemporary with original design, unless described otherwise. Imperfections are noted but medals are in general extremely fine condition and the large photos show up the dust very well.
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Netherlands: Den Volkeren Vrede (Peace unto the Nations), the Hydra vanquished; reverse translates - a greater order is being born out of the fullness of time (paraphrased from Virgil's Eclogues IV). Stunning medal produced after the Great War. Artist unknown, classic 1920's deco style. condition as photo, bronze AE 60mm. nEF GBP 195 |  |
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France Hippolyte Lefebvre, Centenary medal 1902 Societe des Sciences de Lille: Oeuvre Pie Wicar, artist drawing amongst ancient ruins in Italy. silver AR60mm. not awarded GBP 90 Note: Oeuvre Pie Wicar - an educational foundation to send young artists to Italy from France (Lille) made from the auction of the collection of engravings and drawings made by Wicar. |
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France, (Cycling) Tour d'Aix en Provence, Office de Tourisme 1938 1er Junior Alphonse Poulle Portrait of Mariane to represent the French Republic; by F Rasumny after Alphee Dubois 60x46mm. bronze plaquette gVF GBP 30 |  |
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Germany, Oertel, Kriegs-spende Deutscher Fl.a.k. Heim fur Invvalide Kameraden 27 Jan 1917 Donor's medal for German Home for Invalid Soldiers, 55mm. iron EF GBP 70 |
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France, F. Vernon Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'est, silver AR41mm. marked on edge 1ARGENT with cornucopia; matte surface a little scuffed so VF, original card box GBP 65 |  |
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Bronze plaquette, 60x67mm, certainly has some age although may not be an original striking but mid 20th century.
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According to legend three brothers: Czech, Lech and Rus travelled east ; at the Dnieper River Rus stopped with his tribe (Russia) Czech and Lech continued until they came to a fertile land - Czech climbed to the top of Rip hill in Bohemia and decided that this was the place for him and for his tribe (Lech continued and founded Poland) |
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M.S. Lafayette, largest French mail ship; obverse the revolutionary politician Lafayette 1757-1834; bronze medal by Delannoy, 1930, for Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. 68mm. GBP 48 |  |
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France M.S. Champlain, commemorative of both the explorer in 1603 and the mail boat of 1932, by Raymond Delamarre, 68mm, nice condition, GBP 65 |  |
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France WW1 Hopital Auxiliare 117 - Lycee Janson de Sailly 1914-1919 by A. Biaggi- presentation medal, recipient's name inked on reverse John... under a scene in the operating theatre. This Parisian School is famous in France but during the First World War was used as a hospital. Latterly it's also infamous for an attack on 2 students of Tunisian origin. Bronze plaquette 71x51mm. scarce GBP 50 |  |
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(France, Lamourdedieu), Road Walking Association 10 miles Junion Champ. Poly.Team 1921 9th. English prize medal awarded to A E Carter, bronze plaquette 46x60mm. EF 75 |
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France, Marcel Renard, Le Rhin one of a series of medal on rivers, 1939 58mm. struck bronze, high relief, GBP 80 |  |
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France, L Patriarche, 1915, Chambre de Commerce, Rouen, Normandie; reverse records increased tonnage handled on the river. silvered bronze, 70x51mm. GBP 45 |  |
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GB/Malaya, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 'gold'prize medal gilt bronze 55mm. awarded 1947 to Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt, KBE CMG, FBA, D.Litt. 1878-1966, Historian of Malay History, educationalist (suggested founding Sultan Idris Training college, 1922 - now University). British Administrator in Malaysia and Singapore. Director of the Royal Asiatic Society, First President of Raffles College. His archive is at SOAS, London where he was on the Board of Governors. A rare medal by Pinches, London - a forest of Indian banyan trees with a large south Indian temple in the distance. Normally one would have expected the metal to be gold, but this was just after WW2. GBP 225
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