Lockdales Auction 164 16-17 March 2019

77 1343 Switzerland Commemorative Medals (3): Max Alphons Pfaffen Von Luzern Chief of Staff 1834-1890 bronze d.70mm by Homberg, cleaned GVF; Johannes Kepler 1571-1630 (struck 1964) silver d.29.5mm by Hanisch Consee, toned EF light hairlines; and William Farrell (Geneva theologian, died 1565) bronze medalet d.27mm signed J.D (John Dassier?) c.18thC, VF £45 - £55 1344 Switzerland Commemorative Medal, bronze d.60mm: Arnold Morel Fatio (numismatist) 1813- 1887, Histoire Monetaire de Lausanne, (medal) by George Hantz and Paul Stroehlin, EF £40 - £50 1345 Thailand Medal or Amulet, bronze 47.5mm: Unidentified 19th or early 20thC piece depicting ruler or patriarch, deeply toned GVF £40 - £50 1346 USA Bronze Wall Plaque, 280x226mm: Bunker Hill 1775 (War of Independence), would estimate c. late 19th Century in age, bronze mounted in wood, with green felt backing, and two fittings set in the back for hanging on nails. One of the figure's swords is broken, as well as a chip on the back edge. £200 - £300 1347 World Commemorative Medals (15): France Oliver de Serres Father of French Agriculture 1539-1619 (20thC) bronze d.67mm by L. Alloy, obv aEF but rev with lots of adhesive residue; France Souvenir of Ascending the Eifel Tower brass d.41mm EF; France, uniface bronze trial or re-strike of the reverse of the Louis XVI Secura Quiescit 1789 jeton, nEF, die flaw; Serbia Peter I bronze medalet d.22mm GVF, a few contact marks; Slovakia Socialist Party Regional Committee 1981 uniface bronze d.50mm, VF; Slovakia Trikota Clothing Works bronze d.59mm by Ronai, latter 20thC, toned aEF; Slovakia Military School uiface gilt metal d.49mm, latter 20thC, nEF edge nick; Bulgaria unidentified portrait steel(?) medal d.59mm 20thC, heavily toned VF; Denmark, a cast bronze copy of the Frederick V House of Oldenburg Anniversary medal 1749, VF; Denmark Horticulture Show Medal 1887, white metal (possibly silver) d.55mm, by Gunnar Jensen, VF/GVF, polished obv.; Spain Alfonso XII, Academia Internacional de Ciencias Industriales, Madrid, gilt bronze medal d.68mm by P. Tasset, named to 'G. HAWKER', seems a 20thC issue, EF; Spain, Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals 1992 bronze d.79mm, EF with original case.; Switzerland Geneva Conservatory of Music bronze prize medal d.53mm, 19thC, unnamed, by A. Bovy, GVF; Great Britain Hunters Improvement & National Light Horse Breeding Society, 1935-36 silver d.44mm, toned aEF, light surface marks; and Israel, uniface bronze d.61mm: "The Liberators Before Battle" 7.6.67, by Elisha Israel, GVF £100 - £140 1348 World Commemorative Medals (19): Hungary Zrinyi Miklos Academy bronze plaque 104.5mm, mid to late 20thC, EF; Hungary Communist era military bronze plaque 82mm featuring stylised soldier, GVF; USA 20thC reproduction of the Indian Peace medal 1776 by Dupre, gilt bronze d.67mm, aEF; USA Star Trek commemorative 1994 pewter d.76mm, EF; USA London Bridge to Lake Havasu 1971, bronze d.70mm, EF; USA two bronze plaquettes 39mm for the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, Washington 1912, nEF; Austria, International Mozart Award Salzburg 1959 bronze d.60mm, named to Emily Anderson, EF with original case and official letter; Russia iron (repro?) Alexander I era University Foundation medal 1818 d.52mm, VF with edge damage; Russia later reproduction in bronze of the Alexander I 'Liberation of Amsterdam' medal 1813, d.64mm, GVF; Russia later reproduction in bronze of the Nicholas I 'Battle at Akhaltsyh' medal 1828, d.65mm, GVF; a couple of Russian / Belarussian late 20thC Communist base metal military pieces; French bronze plaque 'PATRIA' by T. Rasumny, late 19thC, with blank cartouch, mounted on velvet board; European uniface bronze plaque d,82mm depicting a female with cherub, 19thC, VF; a 20thC bronze plaque of the Virgin Mary 155mm; a white metal replica of famous Waterloo medal by Pistrucci, d.130mm, GEF; two reproduction cliches of the Waterloo medal by Pistrucci, 20thC, mounted on board and framed; unidentified male portrait r. on heavy base metal plaque d.94mm; and a 19thC bronze shield 147mm, with spiked boss, decorated with classical Roman designs, mounted on black wood, with hanging loop. £140 - £180 End of Auction in Room 2, Day 1