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DO 4o CENTENARIO DE DESCOBRIMENTO DO BRASIL. (D)
CANADA
1197. DOMINION EXHIBITION TOKEN IN WOOD, 1880.
Leroux 1504.
36mm. Pressed wood. VF/XF. Obv: TO COMMEMORATE THE
DOMINION EXHIBITION HELD IN MONTREAL around view of
exhibition building. Below: SEPTEMBER/ 1880/ Rx: Open wreath
of maple leaves tied together at bottom by a beaver around
SOUVENIR/ DE L’EXPOSITION/ DE LA PRUISSANCE/ TENUE A
MONTREAL/ EN SEPTEMBRE/ 1880. (C-D)
1198. JOSEPH BRANT STATUE UNVEILING, 1886.
LeRoux 1130.
38.3mm. Bronze. (Ellis & Co.) Choice Unc. Obv: Bust of Brant to
the right in Indian attire. THAYENDANAGEA. CAPTAIN JOSEPH
BRANT, BORN 1752, DIED 1807 around. Rx: BRANT MEMORIAL
UNVEILED AT BRANTFORD. CANADA. 1886 around a view of
the monument. Brant was a Mohawk Indian chief who was given
a captain’s commission by the British during the Revolutionary
War. He was given land in Canada at the end of the war as a
reward for his exploits. (D)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1199. A TRIO OF SOKOL EMBOSSED BRASS SHELL BADGES
FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1916-1926.
A.
38 x 29mm. at extremities. XF. Standing male figure holding a
banner flanked by a lion to left. Exergue: SLET/ SOKOLSKE
ZUPY/ ORLICKE/ v JABLONEMN/ ORL/ 1916/ 7.22.
B.
27.8 x 39mm. XF with a few scattered spots, as shown. Upper body
of a youth with his arm extended superimposed over displayed
eagle. Below: SOKOL-BREVNOV/ 1885 1925.
C.
28.7 x 29.3 at extremities. XF; a few spots as shown. Nude
male figure facing left; his left arm is extended forward which his
right is upraised holding a falcon. SOKOL/ PRAHA/ JENONICE
OTEVRENI/ TELOCVIGNY/ 12 . IX./ 1926.
Lot 1196 (reduced)
Lot 1199 (reduced)
The Sokol movement (from the Slavic word for falcon) is a youth
sport movement and gymnastics organization first founded in the
Czech region of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrs
and Jindrich Fugner. Primarily a fitness training center, the Sokol,
also through lectures, discussions, and group outings provided
what Tyrs viewed as physical, moral, and intellectual training for
the nation. (D-E)
1200. TOMAS MASARYK 85
TH
BIRTHDAY MEDAL, 1935.
32.3mm.
Silver. Otakar Spaniel, Sc. (edge marked: K within 8 sided
depression & “987”) Obv: TOMAS G. MASARYK to either side
of his bust to the right. Rx: 7 line Czech inscription “In memory of
the 85
th
birthday of the first President of the Czech Republic.” Also
found in 60mm size. (C)
1201. ANOTHER,
of the same. Also XF. (C)
DENMARK
1202. NORDIC INDUSTRIAL AND ART FAIR, COPENHAGEN, 1872.
54.5mm. White Metal. F. Schmalfeld, Sc Proof-like AU with some
scattered field and rim marks, as shown. Obverse: FOR HVERT
ET TAB IGJEN ERSTATNING FINDES - HVAD UDAD TABES,
DET MAA INDAD VINDES around ,a standing robed & crowned
female figure at center flanked by frontally nude male youths to
either side. The youth at left represents Industry while the Arts is
represented by the youth on the right.
The reverse pictures the fairgrounds pavilion with a huge pennant
atop the building at the right. The structure in enclosed in a clover-
like frame, with a small clover-like device enclosing a triangle at
the top. A banner above reads DEN NORDISKE INDUSTRI-OG
KUNSTUDSTILLING, with “I - KJOBENHAVN, 1872” beneath,
small decorations below and at the top sides. (D)
1203. MOTHER AND CHILD ART MEDAL, 1975.
70.7mm. Bronze. Per
Ung, Sc. Unc. Issued by Anders Nyborg as part of his Nordic Art
Medal series. Edge numbered 754/5000. Original plush box of
issue inscribed on the upper inside NORGES/ MEDALJEN. 1975/
PER UNG. (C)
FRANCE
1204. RARE LOUIS XV SILVER JETON, 1727.
28.8mm. Silver.
J. DuVivier (Obv.) “TR” (Rev.) Plain Edge. Original. About
Uncirculated. Obv: LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS around a bust
Lot 1202 (reduced)
Lot 1203 (reduced)