France. Napoleon I, Br Medal commemorating Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena, 1816, Milan mint, by an uncertain Italian engraver, Bramsen 1785, Bronze 76 mm, weight 178,80 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with mint mirror

Exquisitely preserved, magnificent and very artistic medal condemning Napoleon's "traitors" who contributed to his exile to Saint Helena. A true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.

Silesia. Medal 1819, Johann Steinbeck, Upper Silesian miners and metallurgists, by Loos, Müseler 49.1.18, Vogels.1187, Bronze 63 mm, weight 107,8 g., Condition VF, corrosion

Cambodia (Cambodge), Norodom I 1860-1904. Silver Medal (4 Francs value) 1902, tribute from the Mandarins and the people, Paris mint, Lecompte 120, silver 34 mm, weight 16,01 g., condition VF+, bumped edge, patina, nice mint shine

Chile. Medal 1910, Centennial of the mutiny of the Chilean fleet of Admirals Cochrane and Blanco, the War of Independence, by Guillermo Cordova Maza, Bronze 41 mm, weight 36,1 g., Condition XF, nice patina

Belgium, Leopold II (1865-1909). Bronze medal circa 1908, commemorating the opening of the prison in Nivelles (Prison Cellulaire de Nivelles), by Fernandubois, Bronze 61,00 mm, weight 89,11 g., Condition aUNC/XF+, beautiful brown patina with luster.

France. Medal 1849, Barbès and Raspail (Armand Barbès (1809-1870) and François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878), Democratic and Social Republic, Gilt Bronze 22 mm, weight 4,80 g., Condition aUNC

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

Vatican City. Silver medal, ANNO MCML (1950), Christi Mortis, Silver 30 mm, weight 14,80 g. .999, Condition XF/aUNC, beautiful patina

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, Leopold I (1831-1865). Bronze Medal 1844, commemorating the first anniversary of the Antwerp-Cologne railway line, signed J. Hart / Verachter, Tourneur 651, Guioth I, 16, Moyaux 71, Bronze 73 mm, weight 154,72 g., Condition UNC, beautiful brown patina with luster, impressive, magnificent medal in cabinet condition

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the annexation of Simplon, 1807, Andrieu, Bramsen 688, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,32 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

"By a decree of the 12th November, Napoleon united to the French Empire, the territory of the Valais, under the name of the department of Simplon, a name derived from one of the mountains of the Alps, situate on the side of Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc is on the other: these three great mountain masses are all recorded by the medals of Napoleon.- (See Nos. 12 and 34.) The pretexts for this annexation were, that the Simplon, connecting France and Italy, had cost both treasuries eighteen millions of livres; that the Valais had not adhered to its engagements; and that it was necessary to put an end to the struggles for power among the population." Laskey p. 153-154 (source:...

Belgium, Leopold II (1865-1909). Bronze medal 1866-1868 commemorating the opening of the Maison d'Arrêt Cellulaire in Louvain, by Jacques Wiener, Eidlitz 49/299;  van Hoydonck 225;  Reinecke 88; Bouhy 88; Ross M289; Weiss BW408, Bronze 59,00 mm, weight 93,27 g., Condition XF+, nice brown patina with lustre.

Belgium, Rupelmonde. Medal 1870 commemorating the construction of a monument to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) Flemish cartographer by the Circle of Antiquities in Waas, by C. Wiener, tin? / white metal, thickly gilded 50 mm, weight 36,1 g., Condition XF,  edge damage, traces of metal checking on the edge, glossy specimen

Russia, USSR. Medal 1917 Lenin, Russian Revolution, old iron alloy (white metal?) 80 mm, weight 279,2 g., Condition XF, massive and heavy commemorative medal

Obverse: an imposing Lenin with outstretched hand / Reverse: Russian inscriptions - Peace to the people, power to the Soviets, land to the farmers

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.