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LOT 3671
Group of Six [6] AE Space Flight Medals. 19th century AD.
Comprising: six bronze medals commemorating maiden space flights, and one Shuttle Crew Emblem medal. UNC.(215gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Circa 1855-1860. Paris mint. Dies by Albert-Désiré Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, bare head of Napoleon III to left, CAQUÉ. F. below / EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE; head of Empress Eugénie to left, CAQUÉ. F. below. 60gr, 50mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. 1841. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Death of Napoléon I on St. Helena. Dies by Valentin-Maurice Borrel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; BORREL FT. 1841. beneath truncation / L'EXIL ABRÉGEA SES JOURS. above view of the island of Saint Helena, with a ship departing; PRISONNIER A STE. HÉLÈNE, LE 18 OCTOBRE 1815. IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821. in four lines in exergue. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Louis XVI AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Life and Deeds of Louis XVI. Dies by Armand Auguste Caqué.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN • D • CAQUE • F • below / NÉ 1754. ROI 1774. SUPPRESSION DES CORVÉES 1776. ALLIANCE AVEC LES ÉTATS UNIS 1778. ASSEMBLÉE DES NOTABLES 1787. ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX 1789. ABOLITION DES PRIVILÈGES 1789. NOUVELLE CONSTITUTION 1790. MORT 1793. in fourteen lines. 63gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
