395, Lot: 600. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. WM Medal (44mm, 27.40 g, 12h). The Anglo-French ‘Holy Alliance’ and the Crimean War. By Allen & Moore. Issued by Punch. Dated 1854. THE HOLY ALLIANCE LA SAINTE ALLIANCE, British and French soldiers embracing; cannon, flags, and drum in background; 1854 in exergue / LA FRANCE/ ET L’ANGLETERRE/ UNIS POUR SECOURIR/ LES OPPRIMÉS/ ET POUR VENGER/ L’EUROPE INSULTÉ within wreath. BHM 2536; Eimer 1489. EF, scattered marks.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.