WORLD. France. Lot of seven (7) French medals.

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Lot: 732. Estimated: $ 200

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WORLD. France. Lot of seven (7) French medals. Includes: FRANCE, Revolution of 1848. PB Medal (21mm, 11.91 g, 1h). Club des Publicites. Dated 1848. Liberty cap left set on oak leaves / Club des/ Publicites/ 1848. Collignon, 2e Republique 1170. Minor marks. Good VF. FRANCE, Revolution of 1848. Silvered PB Medal (24mm, 5.56 g, 12h). Return of Alsace to France. Dually dated 1648 and 1848. ALSACE RÉUNIE À LA FRANCE, 1648; star below / LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ, column; 1848 and star below. Collignon, 2e Republique 805. VF. FRANCE, Revolution of 1848. CU Medal (25mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Demonstration of 15 May. Dated 15 May 1848. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, Liberty standing left, holding scales and holding liberty cap on pole; cannonballs on ground to left, anchor and sword on ground to right; 1848 in exergue / ENVAHISSMENT DE LA CHAMBRE 15 MAI 1848, ET DE/ L’HOTEL/ DE VILLE; liebrty cap above, crossed daggers below. Collignon, 2e Republique 369. Lustrous red surfaces. EF. FRANCE, Revolution of 1848. CU Medal (33mm, 17.29 g, 12h). Visit of the National Guard to London. By Faucil. Dated 20 September 1848. CONCORDE ET FRATERNITÉ, banner set on tree; to left, ribbon on pole; to right, cornucopia and rising sun; 1848 in exergue, all within thin garland / VISITÈ ALA/ CITÉ D LONDRES/ PAR LES GARDES/ NATIONAUX FRANÇAIS/ SEPTEMBRE/ 1848. Collignon, 2e Republique 812. Toned red surfaces. EF. FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. Brass Medal (26mm, 6.67 g, 12h). Napoléon’s Humiliation at Sedan. Dated 1870. * NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR * SEDAN 1870, head left, wearing Prussian pickelhaube / WER HÄTT”/ GEDACHT/ DASS PREUSSENS”/ MACHT/ MICH SO BEDACHT. Collignon, Guerre –. Scratches. EF. Extremely rare, described by Dickerson as unique. FRANCE, Revolution of 1848. PB Medal (26mm, 6.00 g, 12h). Demonstration of 15 May. Dated 15 May 1848. REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, liberty cap on fasces within wreath / LE 15 MAI 1848/ L’ASEMBLÉE NATIONALE/ A ETÉ ENVAHIE/ PAR DES FACTIEUX/ LE GARDE NATIONALE/ S’EST LEVÉE EN MASSE/ COMME UN SEUL HOMME/ ET A SAUVÉ LA FRANCE/ DE L’ANARCHIE/ LA PATRIE RECONAISSANTE. Collignon, 2e Republique 367. Near EF. FRANCE, Second Empire. Aimable Pélissier, Marechal de France. 1794-1864. Brass Medallet (23mm, 4.77 g, 12h). The Capture of Sevastapol. Dated 9 September 1855. LE MARECHAL PELISSIER, uniformed bust left / HONNEUUR A NOTRE ARMÉE ET SES ALLIEES, figure standing atop captured ramparts, holding saber and French flag; below, PRISE/ DE/ SÉBASTOPOL/ 9 7^BRE 1855. Collignon –. Minor edge nicks, areas of weak strike, a few hairlines and marks. EF.. VF to EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Seven (7) coins in lot.

Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 3 August 2022 at 14:03:40 ET.

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