Lockdales Auction 164 16-17 March 2019

70 1291 Germany or Austria, two large bronze plaques 132- 135mm reproducing great seals (?) of the Holy Roman Empire (one of the Ferdinand's) age unknown, probably 19thC, a touch of green patina, one missing suspension loop on back. £60 - £80 1292 Italian Commemorative Medals & Plaques (5): Benedictus de Pastis & Matteus de Pastis 1460, a later rough cast copy of the Renaissance medal produced in Venice for Piero Cosimo de Medici, bronze d.88mm, surface scratches; Girolamo Savonarola uniface bronze memorial plaque d.116mm, c.19thC, VF; Naples Panoramic Scene bronze plaque 127x79mm by R.P. Vietata, toned VF-GVF mounted on a marble slab; and Two paperweights "Air" and "Earth" by Benfiglio Zaccagnini, c.19thC bronze cliches set in lead. £60 - £80 1293 Italy, Florence, Tuscany Commemorative Plaque, bronze d.92.5mm: Portrait of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici by Antonio Selvi, probably made c.1725 in memoriam, VF-GVF, light porosity, pierced at top. £80 - £120 1294 Italy, Venice Commemorative Medal (square) bronze 60x56mm: Beatrix Rangona Rovorella (wife of Ercole Rangoni of Venice) c.1550, Venetian School, high relief, toned VF £200 - £300 1295 Masonic Jewel, 1869 London hallmarked silver, crowned double-headed eagle clutching silver sword, which screws into clasping claws; some gilding; hung on a substantial sterling silver chain. With original case. £70 - £90 1296 Ottoman Turkish Commemorative Medal, bronze d.59mm: Restoration of the Hagia Sophia 1849 during the reign of Sultan Abdul Medjid, (medal) by Fossati & Wiener, featuring ornate interiors, EF, a few surface marks. £50 - £70 1297 Peruvian Commemorative Medal, bronze d.68mm: Presidnet Ramon Castilla 1856-1862, Lima Penitentary (medal) by R. Britten, Lima, toned GVF, some hairlines. £40 - £50 1298 Poland Commemorative & Prize Medals (15): Sports Award, possibly Olympic related, octaginal uniface white metal d.53.5mm, toned nEF; Felix Dzerzhinsky Warsaw Military Academy white metal square medal d.59mm, late 20thC, EF; Warsaw Museum white metal square medal d.49mm, streaky toned aEF; Post- War Military Commemorative bronze d.69mm by St. Sikora, aEF; Ludwik Warynski 1856-1889, 20thC Socialist era bronze medal d.69mm by E. Olszenska Borys, patchy tone nEF; ditto VF; Thaddeus Kosciuszko 1746-1817 bronze d.50mm by E.G. Gillick, 're-issued London 1987', EF; General Broni Karol Swierczewski 1897-1947 bronze d.70mm, patchy toned nEF; WWII Commemorative 1945- 1975 30th Anniversary (Socialist era) bronze d.79.5mm, EF; Marceli Nowotko 1893-1942 bronze d.69mm, latter 20thC, EF; Battle of Monte Casino 1944-1984 artistic bronze medal d.83mm, toned EF; WWII Commemorative 1945-1980 artistic uniface bronze medal d.105.5mm, lightly polished nEF; ditto but different and presumably 1970 issue as numerals "25" d.119mm, toned EF; Military, presumably Soviet era artistic uniface bronze plaque of armaments d.114mm, EF; and ditto, lighter tone. £140 - £180