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seated muscular male athlete with his extended left hand holding
a laurel wreath. At the center of the reverse is a montage of sports
gear including a hockey stick, spiked shoes, boxing glove, football,
javelin and a soccer ball. Inscribed below: LES JEUX DU STADE
(STADIUM GAMES) (E-F)
1227. BELFORT LION – LIONS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION,
1962
. 45.5mm. Gilt Bronze. After A. Bartholdi, Sc. Edge marked
with a triangular private mint mark + BRONZE. AU. Uniface. Obv:
The upper half of the medal depicts Bartholdi’s Lion of Belfort.
Below: CONVENTION MONDAILE/ LIONS INTERNATIONAL/
DISTRICT 103. CENTRE/ JUIN 1962/ FRANCE. (C)
1228. THE PAINTER PLAQUETTE, 1901.
CGI: 3-86A. 52 x 40.4mm.
Bronze. Louis-Marie Charpentier, Sc. (Paris Mint.) Unc. Obv:
Female, nude to the waist, hold a plaquette and paint brushes.
Rx; Crossed palm and laurel branches. Awa r d i n s c r i p t i o n
a t u p p e r l e f t : ASA LON BEAVA I S / 1 9 7 4 . A mo d e r n
s t r i k i n g o f one of the artist’s best-known works. (D)
1229. HUISSIER DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, HANGING BADGE (1977).
45mm bronze. Looped and attached to a blue & yellow striped
ribbon. Unsigned. Edge marked: 1977 cornucopia BRONZE.
Housed in its original Monnaie de Paris cardboard box. Unc.
Obv: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE to either side of a female
representation of France. Rx: HUISSIER/ DE LA/ VILLE/ DE
PARIS. (B)
GERMANY
1230. ARRIVAL OF MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH OF BAVARIA IN
AUGSBURG 1824.
Forster 156. Witt . 2536; Forrer 4:252. .
14.5mm. Silver. Johann Neuss, Sc. XF/AU. Obv: Bust of the king to
the right, MAXIMIL. JOS. KOENIG VON BAIERN around. Rx: ZUR/
ERSEHNTEN/ AN KUNFT/ IN/ AUGSBURG/ AM JILUL/ 1824. (D)
1231. PORTRAIT MEDAL OF CARL OTTFRIED MULLER, 1841.
45mm. Bronze. Ferdinand Helfricht, Sc. AU with a few scattered
spots, as shown. Obv: A very high relief bust of Mueller looking
half left surrounded by his name and vital dates. The reverse bears
a 12 line biographical inscription. Carl Ottfried Muller (1797-1840)
was a German scholar, and philologist who introduced the modern
study of Greek mythology. The medal was designed and executed
by Ferdinand Helfricht, medallist to the Court of Gotha. (D)
1232. PORTRAIT MEDAL OF BARTHOLD NIEBUHR, 1842.
44mm.
Mahogany Bronze. Friedrich Helfricht, Sc. Choice AU. Obv:
BATHOLDVS G. NIEBVHR around naked bust to the left. Rx:
13 line Latin inscription paying hommage to Niebuhr who was a
Danish-German statesman, banker, and historian who became
Germany’s leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding
father of modern scholarly historiography. (C-D)
1233. CITY OF HAMBURG GREAT FIRE OF 1842
. 49.3mm. Bronze.
AU, but with numerous small edge nicks on both sides. (Loos)
Obverse: Phoenix rising from flames WIRD SICH GLAENZENDER
WIEDER ERHEBEN – (Will again rise even brighter.) Rx: DAS
DURCH FEUER ZERSTOERTE HAMBURG * DEIT 5 BIS 8 MAI
1842 (Hamburg destroyed by fires - the 5th to 8th of May, 1842)
around a detailed overhead map of Hamburg Germany destroyed
by fires , arrow denotes the direction of the currents of the river
Elbe. (E-F)
1234. OPENINGOF THE LUITPOLD BRIDGE INMUNICH, 1891
. 41mm.
Silver. A. Borsch, Sc. VF/XF. Some minor rim dents. Obverse:
LUITPOLD PRINZ-REGENT VON BAYERN around a bearded
bust of Prince Regent to the left. Reverse: LUITPOLDBRUCKE IN
MUNCHEN above a view of the bridge. Below: ERRICHTET I.D.
JAHREN 1890-91. (E)
1235. INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONGRESS, BERLIN, 1997.
60mm. Bronze. Wilfried Fitzenreiter, Sc. Unc. Obv: Two male
figures. Partially draped standing figure at left examining a coin
in his upraised left hand. At right, a seated artisan with upraised
hammer. Rx: XII/ INTERNATIONALER/ NUMISMATICHER/
KONGRESS BERLIN above facade of Humboldt University. Dated
1997 below. (C)
1236. LZ 126 FLIGHT TO AMERICA, 1924.
Kai 449. 33.5mm. Bronze
with remains of original silvering. XF. Obv: Front facing
bust of Hugo Eckener, his name to either side. Rx: Scene of
zeppelin over Lake Constance on its flight from Freidrichshafen to
Lakehurst, NJ. In the exergue is a 7 line chronology of the flight
from Germany to Lakehurst, NJ. (C)
GREAT BRITAIN
1237. DASSIER’S MEDAL OF BISHOP RIDLEY, CA. 1720.
MI i,
76/27.
28.5mm. Bronze. Jean Dassier, Sc. AU, a few minor spots.
.Bust right of Ridley in clerical garb. Rx: NICOLAUS/ RIDLEUS/
Lot 1228
Lot 1231 (reduced)
Lot 1233
Lot 1234