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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2493	Australia, Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888, bronze medal by Stokes & Marten, 76mm
1511	Belgium, Rubens Monument erected in Antwerp 1840, bronze portrait medal by Laurent Hart, 45mm	£50
2385	Belgium / Great Britain, Zeebrugge Raid 1918, 10th Anniversary 1927, bronze medal by P de Soete for Fisch & Co., 43mm x 81mm, in box of issue, rare	£110
1383	Belgium, Liège, Exposition Internationale de l'Eau & Opening of the Canal Albert 1939, bronze medal palquette, 80 x 78mm	£65
1086	Belgium, Namur, agricultural prize medal circa 1960, silvered bronze, 46mm	£30
1087	Belgium, Ministry of Agriculture, prize medal 1964, silvered bronze, 50mm	SOLD
1382	Egypt, Cairo World Shooting Championship 1962, bronze medal, 60mm, cased	£30
1868	France, Tribute to Pierre Vignon 1810, large bronze medal by Droz, 68mm, probably an 1830s restrike	SOLD
1896	France, Francis I of Austria visit to the Paris Mint 1814, bronze medal by Gayrard, 41mm	£60
1421	France, Charles X (1824-1830), Coronation at Rheims, 1825, silver medalet, 27mm	SOLD
2411	France, "Les Glaneuses", bronzed electrotype after Jean-François Millet's painting of 1857, 130 x 98mm	SOLD
2412	France, "L'Angelus", bronzed electrotype after Jean-François Millet's painting of 1859, 132 x 98mm	SOLD
1824	France, Rouen, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's statue erected 1865, bronze medal by Alphée Dubois, 63mm	£60
1631	France, Le Havre, municipal prize medal circa 1865, silver, by Lecomte, 55mm NB, now sold without the suspender at £25!	£25
1227	France, Suez Canal, Compagnie Universelle, silver medal (1888), 41mm	£75
1584	France, Allier Agricultural Society medal circa 1898, bronze, by Emile Dropsy, 50mm, cased	SOLD
1095	France, “Salut au Soleil”, bronze plaquette medal 1899, by Georges Dupré, 50mm x 63mm	£45
1319	France, "La Source" (the Spring), silver plaquette medal issued 1900, 36 x 66mm, by Daniel Dupuis	£195
1163	France, "Noces d'Argent" (silver wedding), bronze plaquette medal 1902, 66mm x 72mm	£60
1565	France, Evian, "Source Cachat" 1902, silvered bronze medal by F-C Vernon, 64 x 44mm	£95
2181	France, "Aux Armes", silver medal by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon, awarded in 1916 to Captain Maurice Orgias, 64mm, rare as a named award	SOLD
2074	France, "Aviculture", silvered bronze medal circa 1910, 45mm	£35
1096	France, “La Veillée Bretonne” (A Breton Evening), cast uniface art plaquette, bronze, circa 1910, 95mm x 118mm	£130
1379	France, Metz (Lorraine), celebratory large bronze medal circa 1910, 80mm	£50
2094	France, "Charité" 1911, adapted for the Great War 1914-1919, with recipient's name, bronze by Louis Desvignes, 50mm	£40
2149	France, "Aviation", silver medal 1912, by Françoise Montagny, 50mm, very rare in silver	£150
1582	France, "Le Figaro", bronze prize medal plaquette circa 1925, 75 x 40mm	£30
2193	France, Compagnie pour la Diffusion d'Electricité, circa 1927, Art Deco bronze medal by P-M Dammann, one of the classic art deco medallic images	£110
2162	France, Exposition Coloniale Internationale 1931, bronze medal by L Bazor, 68mm	SOLD
2083	France, Dunkirk (Dunkerque), laudatory medal circa 1955, by Roger B Baron, 78mm x 60mm, in case of issue	£60
1605	France, "Bacchante", a large bronze art medal 1958 by Georges Guiraud, 115mm	£75
2176	France, Centenary of the Banque de Crédit Industriel et Commercial 1859-1959, cast bronze medal by Henri Dropsy, 59mm, in case of issue	SOLD
2383	France, SS France maiden New York voyage 1962, bronze-gilt medal by J H Coeffin, 53mm, in box of issue , scarce	£40
1548	France, Capture of Kufra (Koufra) in Libya by General Leclerc, 50th anniversary 1941-1991, bronze medal, 72mm	£25
2374	Germany, Prussia, Koblenz-Oberlahnstein Railway opened 9th May 1864, bronze medal by J and L Wiener, 70mm, rare	SOLD
2446	Germany, Heidelberg University, 550th year 1936, bronze medal, 73mm	£45
2353	India (British), Army Temperance Medal 1897, silver, 34mm, with "Fidelity" bar and ribbon	SOLD
2354	India (British), Army Temperance Medal 1889, known as the "First Crookshank Badge", silvered bronze, with blue ribbon	£25
2346	India (British), Pine Mount School, Shillong (Assam, now Meghalaya), silver engraved prize medal awarded 1912 to Nora Hurst Miles, 45mm, in case of issue	SOLD
2401	India (British), Army Rifle Association 1921, large silver prize medal by J Pinches, 55mm	£110
1332	Netherlands, Royal Interocean Lines, Shipping medal, large bronze circa 1964, 80mm	£45
2096	Russia (Россия)/ England, Field Marshall Count Suvorov, French defeated 1799, white metal medal, 38mm, very rare	£150
2277	Russia (Россия)/ Great Britain, Crimean War 1854, set of three medals for Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, white metal, by Pinches, 41mm, in case of issue, very rare as a cased set	SOLD
2388	Russia (Россия), Battle of the Neva, 750th anniversary 1240-1990, bronze medal, 64mm	£65
1128	Sweden, Animal Protection Society silver medal awarded 1936, 43mm, cased	£55
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
1107	United States of America/Wales, The National Eisteddfod of America, First Medal, awarded 1927, bronze, 39mm x 53mm approx.	£120
1282	United States of America, Charles M Higgins (Inventor), 50th Anniversary of his Company 1930, rare bronze medal, 77mm	£85
2182	Zanzibar, Sultan Sayyid ‘Ali II bin Hamud, Exhibition 1905, silver-gilt medal, 43mm, scarce	SOLD

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