Lockdales Auction 162 26-27 January 2019

110 2409 German Exhibition Medal, bronze d.60mm: Altona (Hamburg) Exhibition 1869 medal by C.D. Claudius, EF £40 - £50 2410 German Propaganda Medal, bronze d.50mm: Commemorating the emergency landing of the German Zeppelin at Luneville, Lorraine (French-German border) 3rd April 1913, EF, edge knock. The French boarded the Zeppelin to secure German engineering secrets before allowing it to refuel, considered a provocative act. £140 - £160 2411 German Propaganda Medal, bronze d.57mm: 'Die Wacht am Rhein' (Watch on the Rhine) 1920 by Karl Goetz, cast bronze EF with a case (possibly contemporary although doesn't quite fit). This medal features explicit imagery. £50 - £70 2412 Italian Commemorative Medal, bronze d.51mm: Fire at the Basilica of St Paul 1823, (medal) by Girometti, EF, light edge knock. £40 - £60 2413 Italian Commemorative Medal, bronze d.57.5mm: Cardinal Consalvi 1824, by Caputi, EF £40 - £50 2414 Italian Medals (2): University of Bologna bronze medal featuring Umberto I 1888, bronze d.75mm by L. Giorgi of Florence, GVF with knocks and scratches, plus a Padua University modern uniface bronze d.78mm by Granero and Strazzabo, EF £30 - £40 2415 Italian / Russian / Austrian, Napoleonic era Commemorative Medal, bronze d.48mm: Alexander Suvorov, Liberator of Italy medal 1799, by C.K. Kuchler, EF, some scratches. Alexander Suvorov was a remarkable, elderly Russian general who led the Austro- Russian army to victory against Napoleon's forces in Italy. The other half of the Russian army under General Korsakov was shortly defeated in Switzerland, and Suvorov was ordered to withdraw from the conflict. His strategic retreat earned him the nickname - the Russian Hannibal. Suvorov was somehow blamed by the Tsar for the defeat at Zurich, and received a relatively modest funeral in 1800, but is considered a national hero today. £80 - £120 2416 Misc. (3): The reverse die for a medal 'FOR MERIT, THE GIFT OF HARRY SEDGWICK', an ink stamp / seal for 'THE YORKSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED', and the seal of 'ASOCIATIA VOLUNT. PT. SPRIJIN. APARARII PATRIEI, C.O. RAION. LIESTI, 1951', this a Romanian defence volunteers seal. £40 - £50 2417 Name Plaque or Weight, 51mm bronze or bronzed base metal: 'SOUTH HAMS COACHING COMPANY LIMITED' (Devon), image of a coach and horses, 19thC. £40 - £60