CHARLES RILEY COINS AND MEDALS Dealing in Coins, Medals, Commemorative Medals and Items of Numismatic Interest
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BRITISH & IRISH MEDALS FOREIGN MEDALS

FOREIGN MEDALS
Please consult the References page for numismatic references.

Please click the reference number of any medal for more detailed information and larger pictures.
Please note: the illustrations make the medals appear to be roughly the same size, so special attention should be paid to the diameter mentioned (in millimetres) in the description.
Medals are arranged by country in English alphabetical order, and then by date.

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2538	Australia, Sydney International Exhibition 1879, bronze medal by JS & AB Wyon, 77m, in case of issue from Wyon	£175
2540	Australia, Adelaide International Jubilee Exhibition 1887, bronze medal by EA Altmann, 76mm	£115
2493	Australia, Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888, bronze medal by Stokes & Marten, 76mm	£110
2751	France / Italy, Philiberta of Savoy, wife of Giuliani de Medici, an early cast and chased bronze medal of the original circa 1516, 79mm	£350
3039	France, Napoleon, Treaty of Amiens broken & Hanover occupied 1803, bronze medal by Jeuffroy, 41mm (Bramsen 271), with the deliberate reverse die flaw	£80
3037	France, Napoleon, The Camp at Boulogne 1804, bronze medal by Jeuffroy & Jaley, 41mm (Bramsen 318)	£95
3036	France, Napoleon, The Invasion of England 1804, bronze medal by Droz, 41mm, later English copy (Bramsen 365)	£150
3033	France, Napoleon, The Invasion of England 1804, bronze medal by Droz, 41mm, later English striking (Bramsen 2188)	£225
3044	France, Napoleon, the Conquest of Naples 1806, bronze medal by Brenet, 41mm (Bramsen 516)	£295
3042	France, Napoleon, Battle of Essling & crossing the Danube 1809, bronze medal by Brenet, 41mm (Bramsen 859)	£100
3045	France, Napoleon, the Battle of Wagram 1809, bronze medal by Manfredini, 41mm (Bramsen 862)	£150
3041	France/ Italy, Napoleonic, the entry of Louisa Maria into Parma 1816, bronze medal by Santarelli, 41mm (Bramsen 1780)	£110
2930	France/ Algeria, Conquest of Algiers by France 1830, bronze medal by Caqué, 40mm	£85
2650	France/ Great Britain, Queen Victoria lands at Boulogne 1855, bronze medal by A Barre, 61mm	£95
1824	France, Rouen, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's statue erected 1865, bronze medal by Alphée Dubois, 63mm	£60
2744	France, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, English Aid to France, lead-gilt. 69mm, rare	£110
2943	France, Funeral of President Carnot 1894, silvered bronze plaquette medal, by Oscar Roty, 57 x 81mm	£120
2944	France, Funeral of President Carnot 1894, bronze plaquette medal, by Oscar Roty, 57 x 81mm	£100
1163	France, "Noces d'Argent" (silver wedding), bronze plaquette medal 1902, 66mm x 72mm	£60
2545	France, Le Matin 1904, award medals in silver and bronze, by René Riberon, 51mm	£85
1096	France, “La Veillée Bretonne” (A Breton Evening), cast uniface art plaquette, bronze, circa 1910, 95mm x 118mm	£95
1379	France, Metz (Lorraine), celebratory large bronze medal circa 1910, 80mm	£50
1582	France, "Le Figaro", bronze prize medal plaquette circa 1925, 75 x 40mm	£30
2721	France, “Benedicite” (1926),  bronze uniface medal plaquette by George-Henri Prud’homme, 72 x 94mm	£75
2541	France, Vercingetorix, bronze medal, awarded at Clermont-Ferrand National Philatelic Exposition 1932, after F-A Bartholdi, 51mm	£60
2083	France, Dunkirk (Dunkerque), laudatory medal circa 1955, by Roger B Baron, 78mm x 60mm, in case of issue	£48
1548	France, Capture of Kufra (Koufra) in Libya by General Leclerc, 50th anniversary 1941-1991, bronze medal, 72mm	£25
1525	Germany, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), Poet & Writer, bronze medal by C F Krull, 43mm	£75
2196	Germany, Berlin Austellung Deutscher Gewerbserzeugnisse (German Commerce Exhibition) 1844, bronze medal by Lorenz (obverse) & Schilling (reverse)	£45
1523	Germany, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Prussian explorer, bronze medal circa 1850, by Pfeiffer, 41mm	£25
2734	Germany, Cologne Cathedral completed 1880, boxed white metal medal by Drentwett, 51mm	£80
2652	Germany, Prussia, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (Friedrich III), visit to San Remo (Italy) 1888, bronze medal by LC Lauer (obv.) and Schwabe (rev.), 65mm	£150
2446	Germany, Heidelberg University, 550th year 1936, bronze medal, 73mm	£45
2739	Italy, Renaissance medal, Niccolo Todini by Domenico Poggini, cast bronze portrait medal circa 1585-1590, 43mm	£300
2728	Netherlands, Norbertus van den Berg, Resignation as President of the Nederlandsche Bank 1912, bronze medal by JC Wienecke, 66mm	£25
1332	Netherlands, Royal Interocean Lines, Shipping medal, large bronze circa 1964, 80mm	£45
3084	Russia (Россия)/ England, Field Marshall Count Suvorov, French defeated & the Passage of the Adda forced 1799, bronze medal, 38mm, rare	£250
2602	Sweden, Royal Academy founded 1786, silver medal, 34mm	£95
2195	Sweden, Royal Academy of Sciences, silver medal 1815, 31mm	£95
3132	Switzerland, Vevey (Vaud), Fete des Vignerons (Wine-growers Festival), silvered bronze plaquette medal, by Elizabeth Fulpius, 60 x 40mm, in case of issue, attractive, very rare	£65
2957	United States of America/ Great Britain, George Washington, the "Eccleston Medal" 1805, large bronze medal by T Webb, 76mm	£950
1491	United States of America, New York Chamber of Commerce, new building opened 1902, large bronze medal, 77mm	£120
1235	United States of America, Charles Dickens, Centenary of Birth 1912, bronze medal, 51mm	£55
2490	United States of America, Pilgrim Landing Tercentenary medal 1920, bronze, 69mm	£175
1282	United States of America, Charles M Higgins (Inventor), 50th Anniversary of his Company 1930, rare bronze medal, 77mm	£50

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