Lockdales Auction 162 26-27 January 2019

107 2387 French Commemorative Medals & Plaques (5): Storming of the Bastille 1789 early thin bronze cliche by Andrieu d.71mm VF holed; Louis XVIII Constitution 1814 bronze medal d.40mm by Andrieu nEF a few marks and spots; Genius of the French thin bronze cliche by Montagny 1830 d.56.5mm GVF, knocks; World Peace Movement 1949-1979 bronze art medal d.67mm by Sindelar GEF in original case; and a cast bronze or other bronzed base metal high relief plaque 99mm of Maria Augusta Galliae et Navarre (Maria of Navarre 1338- 1347) whereby the engraver has misunderstood the need to engrave the legend retrograde on the die to imprint the right way round, hence the legend is backward on the plaque. This of unknown age, but 'feels' 19th Century. £70 - £90 2388 French Commemorative Medal, bronze 67mm: Empress Josephine (wife of Napoleon) uniface bronze or bronzed cliche by Andrieu c.1810, GEF, glazed, mounted in cord and foil. Superb all round. £150 - £180 2389 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.41mm: Birth of Napoleon II, Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles, King of Rome 1811, by Andrieu, Denon and Jouannin, EF £140 - £160 2390 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.41mm: Death of Marshall Lannes (one of Napoleon's generals) 1809, by Lefebure, GVF £40 - £50 2391 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.41.5mm: The Coronation and Consecration of Louis XVI at Reims 1775, by B. Duvivier, EF £40 - £60 2392 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.48mm: Louis XVI: Last Interview of the King of France (Last Farewell to His Family) 1793, by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, EF with a few surface marks and an edge knock. £60 - £80 2393 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.59mm: Failed Assassination of Napoleon, (medal) by Luigi Manfredini of Milan; this we believe referring to the Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise 1800, dated 'Anno III', year 3 of what exactly, perhaps his protectorate of Milan 1801/1802? nEF with some surface marks and a slightly adjusted edge. £140 - £160 2394 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.84mm: Siege de la Bastille (Storming of the Bastille) 1789, uniface bronze or bronzed cliche by Andrieu, EF in original case with glass panel (hinge broken) £140 - £160