Vatican, Paul VI (1963-1978). Medal struck on the occasion of the beginning of the pontificate,1963, by Kurt Bodlak, Vienna Mint, silver plated bronze 70 mm, weight 154,35 g., Condition aUNC, large and very impressive medal

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, as first consul, Br medal commemorating the laying of the foundation stone of the Colonne Vendôme, 1800, by Benjamin Duvivier, minted at the Paris Mint, Bramsen 61, Bronze 42 mm, weight 37,75 g., Condition XF+, small edge nick, beautiful brown lustrous patina.

A beautiful commemorative medal, a true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French. Commemorating the laying iof the first stone of the national column by Lucien Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) on 14 July 1800.

Africa. Egypt Missionary Society, Copper Medal 1856, Obv: the Flight into Egypt, Rev Angel, in starred quadrilobe, holds shield inscribed MITTAM EX EIS IN AFRICAM
Cooper 40 mm, weight 32,10 g., Condition XF+, nice patina

France, Louis XVIII (1814-1824). Octagonal Silver Jeton / Token 1806 (minted 1815), Compagnie des salines, Bramsen 521, Julius 1563, Silver 30,9 mm, weight 16,09 g., Condition aVF, patina, minor surface damage

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating Napoleon's stay in Toulouse, 1808, by Andrieu, Bramsen 740, Julius 916, Bronze 40 mm, weight 40,04 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster. A medal that is sure to catch the attention of any collector of Napoleonic medals.

Sweden, Medal by Lea Ahlborn commemorating the death of Queen Lovisa in Stockholm on March 30, 1871, pewter/tin 42 mm, weight 33.42 g., condition XF+, nice luster.
Louise was born in August 1828 in the Hague, and was the daughter of Fredrik of the Netherlands and Louise of Prussia.
She was chosen as a suitable wife for the Swedish heir to the throne, Karl (XV). Their wedding took place in June 1850 and her official name became Lovisa. In 1859, she became queen of Sweden and Norway. Lovisa and Karl XV were very different, and their relationship was never particularly happy. They had two children, of whom only their daughter reached adulthood.
Lovisa devoted herself to charity work and was the patron and founder of several associations, such as a care home for sick children, a school for deaf children, and a society for the establishment of orphanages in Lapland.

France. Medal for carrier pigeons, Ministry of War, 1870, Bronze 68 mm, weight 140,07 g., Condition aUNC, large, impressive medal

Great Britain. Tower of London medal, 1980, Royal Mint, solid nickel silver 44 mm (a range of alloys of copper, nickel, and zinc which are silvery in appearance but contain no silver), weight 33,53 g., Condition Proof, original box and certificate

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the re-establishment of the Legion d'Honneur, 1804, Denon, Bramsen 310, Bronze 40 mm, weight 34,47 g., Condition UNC, beautiful brown patina with mint mirror background, mint state specimen

Spanish Netherlands, Karel II 1665-1700. Jeton  (Rekenpenning) 1673, Antwerp, Declaration of war against France, Dugn. 4310, vLoonIII. 125, Copper 32 mm, weight 7,91 g., Condition VF+, nice patina

Germany, Hanover. Porcelain medal 250 years of German Porcelain, Hannover Industry Fair 1959, porcelain 33 mm, weight 7,25 g., Condition XF

Belgie / Poland. Bronze medal 183, minted by the Belgians on the third anniversary of the November Revolutions, Obv.: Two clasped hands coming out of the clouds, against the background of the anchor, Rev.: The inscription in four lines : LES BELGES AUX POLONAIS XXIX NOVEMBRE MDCCCXXXIII, H-Cz. 3834 R4 (only in Silver), Racz.-, Bronze 27 mm, weight 10,35 g., Condition aUNC/XF+, nice brown patina

France, Louis XIV The Sun King. Medal 1702 Battle of Cremona, Engraver Mauger Jean, obverse: head of Louis XIV in profile to the right, reverse: a French infantryman in antique dress threatens an overturned German cuirassier with a javelin. In the distance, the city of Cremona, in the form of a woman dressed in antique style, admirably contemplates the scene, catalog credentials: Divo/med.288 var. bust, silver plated Bronze 41 mm, weight 34,31 g., Condition aXF

Netherlands, Kingdom. Prize Silver medal 1912, for fowl breeding, Gemeente-Veendam, by B.U., signed on the edge ZILVER, Silver 46 mm, weight 39,8 g., Condition XF

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal, Location of the first stone for the bridge on the Durance, 1803, by Andrieu, Obverse : Head of Napoleon facing right. Reverse : Minerva pointing to a female (The Durance) close to the bridge Bramsen 277, Julius 1178, Schwering 945, Evrard de Fayolle 40, Bronze 42 mm, weight 35,71 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster. A medal that is sure to catch the attention of any collector of Napoleonic medals.