Lockdales Auction 162 26-27 January 2019

109 2401 French Exhibition Medal, bronze d.68mm: Napoleon III & Eugenie / Palais de l'Industrie completed 1855, the venue for the Paris World Fair, (medal) by Caquét, EF with original case (lid cracked) £60 - £80 2402 French Plaque, bronze 50mm, in black resin ebony-style applique 138mm: This interesting uniface medal is a maker's plaque for a harmonium (a type of organ) by Alexandre François Debain circa 1870, who was awarded the Medal of Honour for the invention of said instrument in 1860, EF £40 - £60 2403 French Presentation Medal, bronze d.59.5mm: Napoleon III / The Inauguration of Napoleon Bonaparte's Statue at Cherbourg 1858, (medal) by Barre & Merley, GEF with original case. £120 - £160 2404 French Presentation Medal, silver d.41mm: Louis XVIII Chambre des Députés (Chamber of Deputies) 1822 unnamed presentation medal by Gayrard & Du Puymaurin, nEF, edge knock. £40 - £50 2405 French Reproduction Commemorative Medals (8) 20thC copies / re-issues of 17th to 19thC medals: Louis XIV 'Tornacensis' 88mm bronze medal 1667 by Scaldris; Louis XV Guadaloupe 41mm bronze medal 1721 by Du Vivier, Louis XVi & Marie Antoinette 41mm bronze medal by Du Vivier, Battle of Essling 40mm bronze medal 1809 by Brenet; Napoleon Inauguration of the Legion of Honour 41mm bronze medal by Denon & Jaley; Napoleon Entry into Moscow 41mm bronze medal 1812 by Andrieu; Return of Napoleon's Body 58.5mm bronze medal 1840 by Montagny; and the large double potrait plaque of Napoleon and Josephine by Andrieu, porous bronze cast 139mm. (All these copies, most relatively modern) £60 - £80 2406 French WWI Tribute Plaque, bronze d.69.5mm: 'LA FRANCE RECONNAISSANTE' 1914-1918 by Stern, named to Luxor Vandevoir, aEF £35 - £45 2407 German Commemorative Medals (2) brass d.48mm: Two examples of the Frederick the Great of Prussia, Battle of Prague Medal 1757, one GVF for type, the other VF holed. £40 - £60 2408 German Commemorative Medal, copper d.50mm: Cologne Cathedral 1842 by Drentwett Dir Kammerer, EF, slightly spotty tone. £40 - £50