France. Medal - Souvenir of the first national celebrations of the Exhibition, June 30, 1878 (Souvenir de la première fête nationale de l'Exposition, le 30 juin 1878), brass 28 mm, weight 8,80 g, Condition XF+, nice patina

The 1878 Universal Exposition was the first permitted national holiday since the defeat of Napoleon III in 1871 and the restoration of power by the Conservatives. Those celebrating the 1878 Universal Exposition were also announcing the arrival of the Third Republic, which was proclaimed in France a few months later. Chroniclers noted the enthusiasm of that day, Sunday, June 30, when the tricolor flag triumphed in the streets of Paris. According to the Goncourts, even the hearses carrying the dead to the cemetery were decorated with flags.

Belgium, Leopold I (1831-1865). Bronze medal 1853-1856 from the Courtrai prison (Maison d'Arret a Courtrai), by J. Wiener, Bronze 50,00 mm, weight 55,83 g., Condition XF/XF+, stain on obverse, dark brown patina with luster.

Belgium, Brussels. 1968 medal dedicated to a professor of the University of Brussels, Jacques Verdeyen, by R. Cliquet, signed on the edge FISCH, Bronze 70 mm, weight 156,40 g., Condition UNC, beautiful patina

Belgium, Gent (Ghent). Commemorative Medal 1923, National Exhibition Trade and Industry, Bronze 68 mm, weight 108,80 g., Condition UNC, large and very impressive medal

Belgium, Antwerp, Albert I (1909-1934). Bronze Octagonal Medal 1930, Antwerp International Exhibition, by Josuë Dupon, Bronze 78 mm, weight 166,6 g., Condition aUNC, nice patina

Obverse: God of the River Scheldt seated left, rudder in hand and a small Congolese child standing, wearing a lapband and playing a traditional instrument, in front of the river where a boat is passing, an airplane crossing the sky; (date 1930) and signed JOSUË DUPON
Reverse: WERELDTENTOONSTELLING VAN ANTWERPEN // EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE D'ANVERS. In medallion, nude woman on horseback in amazon, left, in front of Antwerp harbor. Below, signature JOSUE DUPON and inscription in Dutch and French in three lines: COLONIËN - COLONIES/ SCHEEPVAART - NAVIGATION/ VLAAMsche KUNST- ART FLAMAND

Austria. Vienna Mint, Medal Annual Mars Regent Calendar 1981, Gilt Bronze 40,00 mm, weight 21,29 g., Condition UNC.

Belgium, Leopold I (1831-1865). Medal 1853, Leopold Duke of Brabant as a member of the Senate, by Dubois, Bronze 50 mm, weight 54,5 g., Condition XF, nice dark brown patina with shine

France, Paris. Medal 1849, Commissary Boichot Rattier, signed ETEX SCULP ROGAT GRAV, Bronze 32 mm, weight 12,50 g., Condition XF

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, Br medal commemorating Napoleon's speech to the army on the Pont du Lech, 1805, by Bertrand Andrieu, minted at the Paris Mint, Bramsen 432, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,90 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful lustrous brown patina.

A beautiful commemorative medal from the Napoleonic Wars immortalizing Napoleon's speech to the army on the Pont du Lech on October 12, 1805, a true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French. Significance Napoleon's speech to the army on the Pont du Lech, 1805 : "This medal records the act of the Emperor Napoleon, who having addressed his army at the passage of the river Lech, they all enthusiastically swore to conquer or die in the cause." Laskey p. 95

Germany. Medal circa 1871, Otto von Bismarck, Duke of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Chancellor of the German Empire (1871-1890), Bronze 22 mm, weight 5,80 g., Condition XF, dark patina, similar specimen in the collection of the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France.

France. Medal 1931, International Colonial Exhibition, Paris, Oceania, by Mouroux, Bronze 31 mm, weight 20,0 g., Condition XF

The Paris Colonial Exhibition (or "Exposition coloniale internationale", International Colonial Exhibition) was a six-month colonial exhibition held in Paris, France, in 1931 that attempted to display the diverse cultures and immense resources of France's colonial possessions.
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France, Second Republic. Medal 1848 commemorating General Negrier, (Negrier born 27.04. 1788, died in Paris 25.06.1848), Silver plated bronze 23 mm, weight 4,30 g., Condition VF+

France, Paris. Commemorative medal 1935 from a visit to the Paris Mint building (La Monnaie de Paris), by ROËTTIERS Charles Norbert (1720-1772), Bronze 32 mm, weight 14,70 g., Condition XF

France. Silver jeton / token of the Conseil de la Clémentine Amitié, Masonic medal for outstanding achievement and merit, 1834, Labouret 166 var,  Silver 26 mm, weight 7,04 g., Condition aUNC, single minor scratches and edge nicks, beautiful patina, mint glossy piece.

France, Marseille. Medal 1841 commemorating Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier, known as Garnier-Pagès, Brass 25 mm, weight 5,0 g., Condition aUNC, nice patina

Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier, known as Garnier-Pagès, was a French politician born in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) on December 27, 1801, and died in Paris on June 23, 1841.