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FOREIGN MEDALS ARCHIVE

This is a brief record of some foreign medals that have been offered through this website and are now sold, for interest only.

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1426	Algeria, Abd el-Kader (Abd al-Qadir), Resistance leader, bronze medal 1846, 57mm
1149	Australia, Cessation of Transportation to Tasmania 1853, and 50th Anniversary, white metal, 58mm
2256	Australia, Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888, silver medal (awarded to Scottish recipient), 51mm , in case of issue
1497	Austria, Vienna, Franz Josef & World's Exposition 1873, large bronze medal by J Tautenhayn & K Schwenzer, 70mm
1370	Austria, "Till Eulenspiegel", uniface bronze plaquette medal circa 1910, 42 x 70mm
1378	Austria, Benevolence of the City of Vienna to Great War Afflicted 1914-1915, bronze medal, 55mm, cased
1215	Austria, General Count Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf, bronze medal 1915, 65mm
1697	Belgium, Rubens Monument erected in Antwerp 1840, large bronze portrait medal by Laurent Hart, 72mm
2087	Belgium, Antwerp Bourse inaugurated 1872, bronze architectural medal by Leopold & Charles Wiener, 67mm
1198	Belgium, Ernest and Alfred Solvay, Solvay Company's Golden Jubilee 1863-1913, silver plaquette medal, 55mm x 80mm
2067	Belgium, Ghent World's Fair Exposition 1913, silver plaquette medal by Godefroid Devreese, 71mm x 69mm
2386	Canada / France, Vimy Ridge, 20th Anniversary Pilgrimmage 1936, bronze medal by A de Possesse, 50mm
1658	Canada, Alberta, Banff souvenir medal, bronze circa 1960, 73mm
1102	Ecuador, Centenary of the Battle of Pichincha 1922, bronze medal, 78mm
1165	Ottoman Egypt, Khedive Pasha Abbas Hilmi and the International Progress Exhibition, Cairo 1895, gilt-bronze medal, 67mm
1317	France, Henri IV, Marie de Medici & the Dauphin, a bronze-gilt cast medal by Guillaume Dupré dated 1603, 65mm
1864	France / Great Britain, Battle off Beachy Head 1690, bronze medal by J Mauger, 41mm
1502	France, Louis Henri Duc de Bourbon, Premier Ministre, bronze medal 1724 by Jean Duvivier, 59mm
1818	France, Maurice de Saxe, death 1750, white metal medal by Muller, 55mm
1412	France, Louis XV and the Action at St Cast (Britanny) 1758, bronze medal by JC Roettier, 63mm
1349	France, the Arrival of Louis XVI in Paris, 6th October 1789, softmetal striking in contemporary wooden frame, by Andrieu, 85mm approx (110mm including frame)
1867	France, Louis XVI bids his family farewell 1793, bronze medal by C H Küchler, 48mm
1483	France/Great Britain, the Execution of Louis XVI 1793, bronze medal by Conrad Küchler, 51mm
1335	France, Execution of Louis XVI in 1793, soft metal medal, 32mm
1195	France, Napoleon as First Consul 1800, bronze restrike medal circa 1890, 52mm
1846	France, Napoleon and the Camp at Boulogne 1804, bronze medal by Droz, 41mm
1849	France, Louvre Museum, Salle de Laocoon 1804, bronze medal by Andrieu, 34mm
1848	France, Louvre Museum, Salle d'Appollon 1804, bronze medal by Andrieu, 34mm
1334	France, Coronation of Napoleon 1804, silvered bronze, late 19th century striking, 32mm
1847	France, Napoleon's Coronation Celebrations 1804, bronze medal by Brenet, 35mm
1845	France, Napoleon's Distribution of the Légion d'Honneur at the Boulogne camp 1804, bronze medal, by Jeuffroy & Jaley, 41mm
1088	France, Venice Restored to Italy 1805, bronze medal.
1895	France/ Italy, Napoleon's Coronation at Milan as "King of Italy" 1805 , bronze medal by Manfredini, 42mm
1090	France, Delegation of the mayors of Paris to Napoleon at Schoenbrunn 1805, bronze medal.
1089	France, Bridge over the Rhône at Avignon 1805, bronze medal, 42mm
1850	France, Arc de Triomphe du Carousel, foundation 1806, bronze medal by Brenet, 41mm
1852	France, Marriage of Jérôme Napoléon and Catherine of Württemburg 1807, bronze medal by Andrieu, 41mm
1853	France, Nice to Rome road opened 1807, bronze medal by Andrieu & Gayrard, 41mm
1851	France, Battle of Friedland 1807, bronze medal by Brenet, 41mm
1855	France, Etruria united to France 1808, bronze medal by Andrieu & Brenet, 41mm
1854	France, French Army enters Madrid 1808, bronze medal by Andrieu & Brenet, 41mm
1413	France, Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Regensburg (Ratisbonne) 1809, by Manfedini & Vassallo, bronze, rare, 42mm
1857	France, Rome joined to France 1809, bronze medal by Andrieu, 41mm
1734	France, Battle of Essling & Napoleon crossing the Danube 1809, bronze medal by Brenet, 40mm
1856	France, Napoleon and the French Army enter Vienna 1809, bronze medal by Andrieu, 41mm
1518	France/ Italy, Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Wagram 1809, bronze medal by L Manfredini, 42mm
1859	France, Battle of Wagram 1809, bronze medal by Andrieu & Galle, 40mm
1858	France, Rome joined to France 1809, bronze medal by Andrieu, 41mm
1862	France, Obsequies for Marshall Lannes, Duke of Montebello 1810, large bronze medal by Galle, 68mm
1863	France, Orphans of the Légion d'Honneur 1810, bronze medal by Andrieu & Depaulis, 41mm
1861	France, Marriage of Napoleon to Maria Louisa of Austria 1810, bronze medal by Manfredini, 43mm
1860	France, Marriage of Napoleon to Maria Louisa of Austria 1810, bronze medal by Andrieu & Jouannin, 41mm
1508	France/ Russia, Napoleon's occupation of Moscow 1812, bronze medal by Andrieu, original striking, 40mm
1544	France/ Russia, visit of Tsar Alexander I to Paris 1814, bronze medal by Andrieu, 40mm, original striking
1257	France, Napoleon's Family 1815, copper repoussée medal, 69mm
1172	France, Death of the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon's son) 1832, late 19th century restrike, 51mm
1489	France/ Great Britain, Napoleon III & Empress Eugenie, reception at London's Guildhall 1855, large bronze medal by B Wyon, 77mm, part of the Corporation of London series
1870	France, Paris Exposition Universelle 1855, bronze medal by E A Oudiné, 68mm
2054	Napoleon III, Crimean War, Fall of Sebastopol 1855, bronze medal by Desaide Roquelay, 46mm
1500	France, Notre-Dame cathedral, Paris, bronze medal 1855 by Jacques & Charles Wiener, 58mm
1446	France, Napoleon III, Commercial Treaty with England 1860, copper medal by L Merley, 57mm, in case of issue
1869	France, Paris Exposition Universelle 1867, bronze medal by Hubert Ponscarme, 68mm
1872	France, Paris Exposition Universelle 1867, bronze medal by Hubert Ponscarme, 50mm
1092	France, the Franco-Prussian War & the Siege of Paris 1870-1871, bronze medal, 73mm
1659	Légion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour), Knight's Cross, 3rd Republic type 1870-1951, gilt and enamel with red ribbon
1327	France, Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie, bronze medal awarded to renowned sculptor CHARLES-GEORGES SERVILLE SUAN 1880, 51 x 71mm approx.
1175	France, Sadi Carnot elected President 1887, bronze medal, 68mm
1093	France, Exposition Universelle 1889, bronze medalet, 33mm
1374	France, Normandy, Vernon (Eure), Public Vaccination medal 1890, large bronze, 73mm
1375	France, Red Cross (Union des Femmes), Wounded soldier's medal 1890, silvered bronze, 50mm
1881	France, Funeral of President Carnot 1894, bronze plaquette medal, , in plush gilt-blocked case of issue, by Oscar Roty, 57 x 81mm
1367	France, Photography, National Association of Amateur Photographers, silver prize medal 1894 (awarded 1900), 35mm
2075	France, Automobile Club de France, Société d'Encouragement 1894-95, silver medal by Daniel Dupuis, awarded 1926, 68mm, cased
1094	France, “Semper” (Always), silver medal 1895, by Oscar Roty, 51mm
1174	France, Félix Faure elected President 1895, bronze medal, 68mm
1197	France, "Jeanne d'Arc avant la Bataille" (Joan of Arc before the Battle), bronze medal circa 1895, 80mm
2175	France, Normandy, Exposition Nationale et Coloniale (Rouen), silvered bronze medal 1896, by Oscar Roty, 68mm
1323	France, Compagnie des Agents de Change de Paris (French Stockbrokers) 325th Anniversary 1898, silver medal, 50mm
1581	France, Allier Agricultural medal 1898, bronze, by Oscar Roty, 50mm, cased
1164	France, the farmer's daughter, bronze medal (1898), 50mm
1177	France, Emile Loubet elected President 1899, bronze medal, 68mm
2066	France, “Salut au Soleil”, silver plaquette medal 1899, by Georges Dupré, 50mm x 63mm
2069	France, "Horticulture", bronze plaquette medal 1899, by Daniel Dupuis, 48mm x 61mm
1208	France, bronze prize medal circa 1899, 67mm
1178	France, "Orphée" (Orpheus), art prize medal circa 1899, bronze, 68mm
1561	France, "Orphée" (Orpheus), bronze art prize medal, circa 1899, by Marie-Alexandre Coudray, very large uniface striking, very rare, 113mm, suitable for wall-hanging
2179	France, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs 1899, silver plaque by Oscar Roty, 67 x 47mm
1166	France, "La Numismatique" (Numismatics), bronze plaquette circa 1899, 38mm x 60mm
1321	France, "La Source" (the Spring), bronze plaquette medal issued 1900, 36 x 66mm
1324	France, "Le Nid" (the Nest), bronze plaquette medal issued 1900, 37 x 66mm
2177	France, Banque de France centenary 1900, large silver medal by Oscar Roty, 68mm
1879	France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris 1900, silver medal by Daniel Dupuis, 50mm
1521	France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris 1900, bronze medal from the Monnaie de Paris by Daniel Dupuis, 50mm
1326	France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris 1900, bronze medal , 64mm
1590	France, Association Léopold Bellan, large bronze medal circa 1900, by Charles Pillet, in case of issue, 80mm
1683	France, Ministere de l'Agriculture, Agricultural asscociations prize medal circa 1900, by Alphée Dubois, 50mm, cased
2324	France, Ministry of War shooting prize medal, bronze, by Daniel Dupuis circa 1900, 50mm, in case of issue
1193	France, Napoleon Bonaparte, bronze high relief medal, circa 1900, uniface, 50mm x 60mm
1288	France, St Michael's Mount Pilgrimage (Pélerinage du Mont Saint Michel), bronze-gilt medal circa 1900, 35mm
1882	France, La Peinture (Painting), bronze medal 1901, by Maurice Charpentier-Mio, 52 x 40mm
2065	France, "L'Angelus", silver plaquette medal (1903) by Georges Dupré, 70mm x 51mm
1366	France, "Agriculture", bronze medal 1903, 60mm
1167	France, "Agriculture", bronze art plaquette (1904), 62mm x 100mm
1368	France, "Elegie", bronze medal 1904, 45 x 64mm
1549	France, Lawyers at the Cour d'Appel, solicitor's admission medal 1904, dated 1943, silver, by J-C Chaplain, 70 x 51mm
1328	France, "Gallia Tutrix" (France the Protector), bronze medal 1904, 69mm
2068	France, "Flore", bronze plaquette medal (1905) by Marie-Alexandre Coudray, 35 x 74mm
2072	France, "Musique", silver medal (1907) by Charles Pillet, 50mm
1325	France, "Les Baigneuses" (the Lady Bathers), bronze medal 1908, 55mm
1889	France, Athena (Minerva), silver prize medal 1909, by Marie-Alexandre Coudray, 50mm
2073	France, "Aviculture", bronze medal (1910) by Marie-Alexandre Coudray, 50mm
1369	France, uniface bronze medal, Youth imploring Deity, circa 1910, 67mm
1098	France, Union des Femmes de France, Paris Floods 1910, bronze plaquette, 42 mm x 55mm
1097	France, “La Veillée Bretonne” (A Breton Evening), uniface art plaquette circa 1910, 48mm x 59mm
2322	France, "Préparation Militaire" 1911, silver medal by Paul Grandhomme for the Ministre de la Guerre, 50mm, in fitted case of issue
1878	France, Roubaix, Exposition Internationale du Nord de la France 1911, bronze rectangular plaquette medal by Hippolyte Lefevre, 54 x 38mm
1592	France, "Alsace" by Georges Prud'homme, bronze plaquette medal 1912, 50 x 68mm, in case of issue
1181	France, "Aviation", bronze art medal (1912), 69mm
2400	France, Claude Bernard, laudatory plaquette medal 1913, aluminium, by Alfred Borrel, 79 x 110mm, in case of issue
1199	France, American Ambassador Myron T Herrick, laudatory medal 1914, struck 1924, 68mm
1205	France, 'L'Angleterre et le chiffon de papier' (England and the scrap of paper') 4th August 1914, bronze medal struck 1923, 68mm
1207	France, 'Aux Armes' (to arms), bronze medal 1914, 67mm
1185	France, first Battle of the Marne 1914, bronze medal struck 1916, 68mm
1188	France, "Aux Héros de Verdun 1916" (to the heroes of Verdun), bronze medal struck 1917, 69mm
1579	France, Alsace, the Lion of Belfort, bronze plaquette medal circa 1920 after A Batholdi, 98 x 73mm
1186	France, Recapture of Douaumont Fort 1916, bronze medal struck 1925, 68mm
1187	France, "Aux Héros Inconnus" (To the unknown heroes), bronze medal struck 1917, 69mm
1182	France, The British Offensive 1917, bronze medal struck 1922, 68mm
1211	France, Death of fighter ace Georges Guynemer 1917, bronze medal struck 1940, 41mm
1190	France, "Entrée des Anglais à Lille " (Entry of the English into Lille) 1918, bronze medal struck 1924, 69mm
1209	France, 'Honte aux Vandales' (Shame on the vandals) 1914-1918, bronze medal, 60mm
1184	France, French tank assault 1918, bronze medal, 68mm
1183	France, Canadian Army Memorial medal 1914-1918 and the Capture of Vimy, bronze medal struck 1925, 68mm
1189	France, Victory in the Great War 1918, bronze medal, 69mm
1330	France, Strasbourg 1918 , "On Les A" (We have them), Victorious medal struck 1919, AE, 45 x 65mm
1206	France, 'La Belgique délivrée par les Aliées' (Belgium freed by the Allies) 1918, bronze medal 1920, 67mm
1191	France, "Paroles de Pershing" 1918 (Pershing's speech), bronze medal struck 1922, 68mm
1200	France, 'La Paix du Monde' (World Peace) and the Treaty of Versailles 1919, bronze medal 1920, 58mm
1203	France, 'La France sur le Rhin' (France on the Rhine), bronze medal 1920, 68mm
2148	France, "Aviation", large bronze art medal 1920, by P-M Dammann, 90mm,
1210	France, 'Aviation', art medal 1920, 50mm
1202	France, 'Gloire au Soldat Inconnu' (Glory to the Unknown Soldier), bronze medal 1921, 68mm
1201	France, 'Le Soldat Inconnu' (burial of The Unknown Soldier) 1920, bronze medal struck 1923, 68mm
1196	France, General Gouraud 1923, bronze medal, 68mm
1152	France?, Hare-coursing plaquette, cast after the antique, brass, circa 1920 (?), uniface 90mm x 38mm
1596	France, Ferdinand le Menuet, 25th anniversary of election to Paris Municipal Council 1900-1925, silver plaquette medal by Henri Dropsy, 51 x 70mm
2147	France, Compagnie pour la Diffusion d'Electricité circa 1927, Art Deco bronze medal by P-M Dammann, 64mm, one of the classic art deco medallic images
1386	France/Niger, "Touareg Bogoliten Niamey", bronze medal 1930, for the Paris International Colonial Exposition 1931, 58mm
1385	France/Ivory Coast, "Jeune fille Senoufo" (Young Senufo woman), bronze medal 1930, for the Paris International Colonial Exposition 1931, 58mm
1103	France/Mauretania, “Maure d’Aleg” (Arab from Aleg), bronze medal, circa 1930, 58mm
1192	France, Paris International Colonial Exposition 1931, bronze medal, 68mm
1194	France, Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), 500th Anniversary of death 1931, bronze medal, 59mm
1340	France/South Africa, British Empire Services League Tribute medal 1934, bronze, 50mm
1099	France, Lions in the Savannah, bronze plaquette 1936, 81mm x 48mm
1604	France, "Diana", a large bronze art medal 1966 by Paul Belmondo, 80mm
1331	France, Jeanne Bourgeois ('Mistinguett'), singer and actress, laudatory medal struck 1967, AE, 63mm
1551	France, Jules Verne, large bronze medal circa 1980, uniface, 90mm
1228	France, "Alliance I - Le Couple", bronze art medal 1983, 90mm
1660	Germany, German Confederation 1840, white metal medal by August Neuss, 40mm
1661	Germany, Regensburg, Inauguration of Walhalla (Valhalla) 'Hall of Fame' 1842, white metal medal, 40mm
1545	Germany, Berlin Austellung Deutscher Gewerbserzeugnisse (German Commerce Exhibition) 1844, bronze medal by Lorenz & Schilling, 45mm
1100	Germany, Hamburg, St Peter’s Church Rebuilt, bronze medal 1849, 44mm
2032	Germany, Bremen, International Agricultural Exhibition 1874, bronze medal by Friedrich Brehmer, 44mm
1121	Germany, Marriage medal 1888, silver by Hermann Dürrich, 50mm, in case of issue
1162	Germany, visit of Chinese viceroy Li Hung Chang to Hamburg 1896, silvered bronze medal, 40mm
1300	Germany, Baron von Richtofen ('the Red Baron'), Great War fighter ace, Death 1918, silver medal, 37mm
2088	Germany, Peace in Europe, bronze medal circa 1920, 51mm
1884	Germany, Der Rütlischwur Essen (The Rütli Oath, Essen) 1923, silver medal by Karl Goetz, 36mm
1885	Germany, Bavria, the Waldensee Bayernwerk 1919-1924, bronze medal by Karl Goetz, 40mm
1886	Germany, the Will to Bear Arms 1935, silver medal by Karl Goetz, 36mm
1792	Germany, Adolf Hitler, Nazi assumption of power 1933, silver medal, 36mm
1737	Germany, Adolf Hitler, Nazi assumption of power 1933, bronze medal, 36mm
1793	Germany, Adolf Hitler, laudatory medal 1938, bronze, 36mm
1214	Hungary, Field Marshal Hermann Kovess von Kovesshaza, bronze uniface medal 1916, 65mm
1230	India (British), Photographic Society of India, silver prize medal, c.1890, 51mm
2180	India (British), Madras Fine Arts Society, bronze prize medal awarded in 1915, in original case of issue from P.Orr & Sons, 55mm
1302	Iran (Persia), Shah Nasr ed-Din (Nasir al-Din), silver medal celebrating his 50th year as Shah AH 1313 (1896), 36mm
1654	Israel, "Israel Liberata" medal, laudatory medal for Foundation of the state of Israel 1948, struck c.1961, bronze, 61mm
1467	Italy, Vatican, Gregory XIII, Massacre of the Huguenots 1572, 19th century striking, AE, 31mm
1466	Italy, Vatican, Society of St Gregory, an electroytpe of the large bronze medal by JS & AB Wyon, 19th century, 76mm
1101	Italy, Vatican, Gregory XVI, Flood Relief on the Arno River, bronze 1835, 75mm

1519	Italy, Venice. Guiseppe Garibaldi, 5th anniversary of his death 1887, bronze medal, 47mm
1633	Italy, Prince Umberto (II), silver portrait medal circa 1930, reverse engraved to North African batallion, by Albino Dal-Castagne for Johnson, 50mm,
1496	Netherlands, Willem III, Charles Wiener's Tribute medal (1861), bronze, 62mm
1123	Peru, The American Alliance and the Battle of Callao 1866, bronze medal, 76mm
1259	Switzerland, Geneva, First Meeting of the League of Nations, 15th November 1920, bronze medal, 50mm
1159	Russia, Prince Yaropolk of Kiev, Death 980, bronze medal circa 1780, 78mm
1429	Russia, Peter I, the Battle of Vasa 1714, white metal medal, by T Ivanov, 47mm
1791	Russia, Elizabeth I, Coronation medal 1742, a later copy, silvered bronze, 60mm
1404	Russia, All-Russian Horse Exhibition 1891, silver prize medal, 59mm
1810	South Africa, President Kruger & the Opening of the Delagoa Railway 1895, bronze medal, 44mm
1255	Spain, Barcelona, International Art Exposition 1907, bronze medal, awarded to renowned British watercolourist WILLIAM LEE-HANKEY, 60mm
1329	Switzerland, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bicentenary of birth 1912, AE medal plaquette, 41 x 36mm
1105	Switzerland, Lausanne, 10th Fête du Rhône 1946, bronze medal, 60mm x 42mm
1444	United States of America/ Great Britain, George Washington, the "Eccleston Medal" 1805, large bronze medal by T Webb, 76mm
1160	United States of America, President Millard Fillmore, Indian Peace medal, bronze, 1850, 76mm
1503	United States of America, Civil War & Medical Interest, Philadelphia, Great Central Fair of the US Sanitary Commission 1864, bronzed copper medal by Anthony Paquet, 57mm
1295	USA/Ireland, The Fenian Brotherhood, brass medal 1866, 30mm, Rare
1494	United States of America, Centenary of American Independence 1876, bronze medal 57mm
1844	United States of America, Philadelphia International Exhibition 1876, large bronze medal by Henry Mitchell, 76mm, in case of issue
1517	United States of America, Independence centenary 1876, Liberty bell bronze medal, 38mm
2045	United States of America, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Heeren Brothers & Co., Jewelers, silver jubilee bronze medal souvenir 1892, 45mm
1490	United States of America, Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition 1893, lead-alloy medal, 68mm
1492	United States of America, Tennessee Centential Exposition 1897, Mrs Van Leer Kirkman & the Woman's Board, large bronze medal in high relief, 76mm
1381	United States of America, New York Life Assurance Company, Golden Jubilee 1905 (60 years), bronze medal, 69mm, cased
1296	United States of America, The Holland Society of New York, copper medal 1906, 44mm
1880	United States of America, San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915, large bronze medal by John Flanagan, 70mm
1106	United States of America, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, silver prize medal awarded 1918, 51mm
2169	United States of America, Society of Medallists, "Fame & Glory" 1933 , bronze medal by Carl Paul Jennewein, 72mm
1161	United States of America, General Lafayette, Centenary of Death 1934, bronze medal, 63mm
1339	United States of America, Delaware, 150th Anniversary of ratifying the United States Constitution 1937, silver medal, 31mm
1380	United States of America, Patriotic medal 1961, bronze, 73mm

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