MAILBID 54

A Postal Auction of Contemporary Medals

CLOSING DATE 19 JULY 2011 at 12 noon BST

		Condition in general extremely fine but check photographs for general wear and patina.  Please note that for cast pieces there are always variations between one example and another.  Click on photo or underlined title for larger image		Reserve-estimate GB pounds £
		Germany
98.		H Hosaeus Bismarck portrait of the first German Chancellor; rev. worker with wreath and hammer symbolising the iron and blood which Bismarck thought would make the new Germany - ‘Demandenken Bödikers (Demand to be remembered) high relief portrait cast bronze 75mm. EF		100-175
99		(unsigned) 1900 New Year’s medal Death shrouds out the old century while the 20th century flies in as a Victory, rev. text, leaves and berries- (May you be) Rich and Right silver (not marked) 50mm ed. M&W St. EF		80-100
100.		Heinz Mueller, Dusseldorf 1902 Exhibition of Industry of the Rhineland/Westphalia; Fame with worker, the latter carrying winner’s laurels, antique style, 70mm. gEF dark patina		50-65
101.		(unsigned) Verna Blythe Ayer Akerberg Munchen MCMV (1905) cast bronze portrait of a young woman, wearing a locket, her hair in a loose bun at the nape of the neck. reverse text - quotation from Chaucer, the Prioress’ Tale - where the Virgin Mary is addressed: Lady: thi bounte and thy magnificence, thy virtu and thi gret humilite ther may no tonge expres in no science 86mm, loosely modelled		100-150
102.		O. Thiede The Two Companions -Two students walking by a vineyard with as legend a quotation from Eichendorff’s Romantic novella Life of a ne’er do well ‘Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen, den schicht er in die weite Welt’ - gothic script (Whom God wants to render right favour, will find it in the world wide); rev. uniface 1911 zinc 71mm.		25-45
103.		H Hahn Emil Rathenau, founder of electrical group A.E.G., portrait left in profile, on the 21st anniversary of the company 1987-1908; rev. Thunderbolt, eagle and insect, award for merit, unmarked silver, looped oval 49x40mm EF		50-75
104.		Karl Goetz Semper (Forever) - marriage medal A couple greeted by Christ figure; rev. two hearts entwined with roses c.1910 Kienast 84 struck 45mm bronze VF		20-30
105.		(G) Opening of the Town Hall (Rathaus) Hannover; giant holding aloft the building; rev. arms of the city, boxed bronze 63mm. gEF		45-65
106.		(AK) Doktor Julius Büeb, 1920, portrait of Berlin industrialist chemist specialising in nitrogen fixation; worked in 1920s for BASF chemical company; rev. simple country house and deer, cast bronze 82mm original box named to Docteur Jacobi. ed. Arthus Bertrand		70-90
107.		Hans Lindl, Verlobte/Engagement medal Paula Ruckerl Otto Reicheneder 1927 couple in boat steered by cherub; rev. candelabra and text. Cast bronze 64mm. signed HL, EF		40-60
108.		Hans Schwegerle, Virgin and Child; rev. Mater Salvatoris (Mother of the Redeemer) with star, 72mm cast bronze EF		50-75
109.		Hans Schwegerle, Saint Francis of Assissi the saint kneeling arms outstretched showing his stigmata; rev. three birds in flight ‘Laudato sia lo Signore’ (Blessed be God) e 73mm. cast bronze EF		50-75
110.		Karl Perl, Deutsche SaengerbundesFest 10th German Choral Festival 1928 portrait of Schubert rev. flags and lyre 90mm bronze, looped on edge: Munzart Wien VF		35-60
111.		W Fitzenreiter 15th Anniversary of Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany) - narcissus/daffodills; family out walking, with flag and toy plane 75mm yellow base metal		25-40
112.		(Th) Dr Faustus Magus Maximus Kundlingendsis; the magus with his book regarding the stars and the course of the planets; rev. Geschichte un Gegenwart, (Past and Present) Enzkreis (Enz district) 1975 Dr. Faust aus der stadt Knittlingen (presumed birthplace) so 500th anniversary commemorated. Knittlingen has a Faust museum. Impressive large cast base metal/bronze 120mm. extremely fine		75-150
113.		Bredow St Martin - Wer Liebe saet wird dank ernten (if you sow love, you will reap a harvest). The saint helping an exhausted man on a tired horse. Manufacture indicates 1970’s reverse has keyhole for affixing. 95mm bronze/brass		40-60
114.		Johannes Henkle Pope John Paul I, 1978 impressive large cast bronze portrait of the pope who ruled for only a month; reverse: Humilitas Hilaritas. (Humility Childlikeness) 118mm. made by W. Fussel, Berlin		200-300
115.		Siegmund Schutz Boatman - Charon classical style, nude, sun as sunflower top left, uniface,1983 63x80mm cast base metal/bronze blue/green antique patina extremely fine		30-50
116.		Siegmund Schutz Boatman - Charon classical style, nude, sun as sunflower top left, uniface,1983 63x80mm cast base metal/bronze blue/green antique patina extremely fine		30-50
117.		Siegmund Schutz Im Haus der Zeus Inside the temple of Zeus, with sun shining down, Herakles wrestles a serpent, with eagle behind 1984 cast bronze 88mm extremely fine as made		50-65
118.		Siegmund Schutz Dancing Faun 90mm cast bronze uniface extremely fine Note: for other pieces by same artist see below lots 143-146 - portraits in Meissen porcelain and last section: Stalingrad lot 210		50-75
119.		Ludwig Gies Die Grosse Gelassenheit Great Serenity c. 1979, man relaxing in boat at sea by moonlight, laurels on head, oval, tombak/bronze-type metal 43x63mm.		50-75
120.		Fritz Nuss Europa and the Bull Europa seated on the bull accompanied by three handmaidens. Dish 190 x 125mm cast bronze c. late 1940s - condition VF (see detail right)		100-200
121.		Fritz Nuss The Three Graces 3 female nudes. Roses and serpents in 4 quarters, signed Nuss 46, squared off rectangular dish 195-210mm approx. cast bronze (detail right)		200-400
122.		Fritz Nuss Leda and the Swan in flagrante; little swan punchmarks to left and right edges, signed Nuss 46 (v. clear), cast bronze oval dish 205x150mm. (detail right)		200-300
123.		Fritz Nuss Two Maenads carrying giant bunch of grapes, decorative dish bunches of grapes and vine leaves in 4 quarters edge. 200mm. cast bronze c. late 1940s		150-300
124	detail - Adam and Eve	Fritz Nuss Adam and Eve - the Garden of Eden decorative dish; The apple tree and serpent with ram and lamb; around the edge a parade of animals: elephants, ducks, deer, lions, fishes, two by two etc. divided by 4 different trees. cast bronze signed Nuss 47 - superb! detail - part of the rim		200-300
125		Fritz Nuss Zodiac Bowl 12 astrological signs divided by small stars, the whole as a planet with its ring: signed Nuss 40, the bowl appears to have been originally burnished to shine like the sun and has toned dark with the years, cast bronze 270mm. superb Note: early work pre-war by Nuss has not survived.		500-750
126		Fritz Nuss Apollon 1965 (ex. Buhler Gallery, Stuttgart) signature design of the stick figure within the traced profile face cast bronze 125mm approx. ref. Konrad Theiss Verlag 1977 KTV.35 (detail to right)		200-250
127		Fritz Nuss Mercury - God of Commerce: Industrie und Handelskammer Mittlerer Neckar sitz Stuttgart, award of merit Chamber of Commerce and Industry Middle Necker Valley and Stuttgart. with classical symbols of the wheel, wheat, grapes, caduceus. Mercury/Hermes lacing up his winged sandals. 160x230mm. cast bronze. reverse fittings for attaching to wood circa. early 1970s		300-500
128		Fritz Nuss Long service award Matth. Hohner A.G. Trossingen fur treue dienste - Ernst Hohner 25 years; portrait of Matthias Hohner b. 12 Dez 1833. signed Nuss 48; 145mm x 103mm. cast bronze Hohner produced harmonicas, at one point supplying two-thirds of those sold in USA and employing 5000 workers. Now in Taiwanese hands with much reduced workforce.		100-200
129		Fritz Nuss Susanna and the Elders 1973 cast bronze uniface 110mm greenish patina		50-75
130		Fritz Nuss Susanna and the Elders signed Nuss 1973 on reverse cast bronze uniface 110mm brown patina		50-75
131		Fritz Nuss Nijinsky Dancing 1978 reverse: sketch face and spirals cast bronze 118mm.		150-250
132		Fritz Nuss Dionysos - roaring drunk in his cups cast bronze - 85-110mm approx. 1970’s, felt backing		50-100
133		Fritz Nuss Goethe portrait - reverse Ganymede and eagle 1980 cast bronze 115mm		100-200
134		Fritz Nuss Hippocrates (Thomae series) 1980 - the teacher seated under a tree with three pupils; cast bronze 165mm		50-100
135		Fritz Nuss Hippocrates (Thomae series) no date - the teacher seated under a tree with three pupils; cast bronze 165mm boxed with leaflet. as issued		50-100
136		Fritz Nuss Friedrich von Muller (Thomae series) portrait left, high relief 1981 reverse. text in homage by Rudolph von Krehl cast bronze 95mm.		65-100
137		Fritz Nuss Harpist and Flautist with bird c. 1980 cast bronze 165mm detail to right		75-100
138		Arno Breker St George and the Dragon iron plaque, 1953 uniface with hanger on reverse, Buderus logo 145mm.		75-100
139		Arno Breker St George and the Dragon iron plaque, no date - uniface with hanger on reverse, Buderus 145mm.		50-75
140		Arno Breker Woman dancing 1955 iron plaque uniface with hanger on reverse, Buderus logo 145mm (note: 10th anniversary of the end of WWII)		75-100
141		Arno Breker Woman dancing no date - re-issue with more prominent signature, iron plaque uniface with hanger on reverse, Buderus 145mm		50-75
142		Arno Breker Rider on Horseback base metal/bronze 140mm. italiscised signature (no date - style c. 1950s)		50-100
143		Siegmund Schutz Theodor Mommsen 1817 1903 white porcelain medal made 1974, 80mm. German classical scholar, archeologist and politician. Winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1902. His work on Roman law influenced the German civil code.		10-20
144		Siegmund Schutz Immanuel Kant 22.4.1724 12.2. 1804 white porcelain made 1939 80mm. 18th century German moral philosopher, born Prussian Konigsberg (now Russian Kaliningrad)		20-40
145		Siegmund Schutz Kathe Kollwitz Meissen white porcelain made 1967 80mm. Sculptor and printmaker, pacifist, born Konigsberg 1867 - died Moritzberg (Dresden) 1945		10-20
146		Siegmund Schutz Ernst Barlach 1870 1938 white porcelain made 1972, 80mm. German Expressionist sculptor and artist whose anti-war work was condemned along with that of Kollwitz and others by the Nazis as 'degenerate'.		10-20
147		H Klode-Hoffmann Kolle Alaaf / German Carnaval 3 jesters Meissen white porcelain 50mm. original packaging		10-15
148		Klinkel 500th anniversary of the birth of Albrecht Dürer maiden between two blooms, a sensual homage to the master: rev. quotation Der Aller edelst sinn der menschen ist das gesicht - a quotation from one of Durer’s works. 1471-1971 on edge bronze 74mm.		50-75
149		- Giebichenstein commemorative Meissen white porcelain 50mm. 2004, view of castle; reverse Hall		10-15

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