Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), Giovanni Batista (Jean Baptiste) Serpieri (1832-1897) of Lavrion, Italian mining engineer, Silver Tribute Medal, 1890, by Georges Henri Lemaire, on the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of Laurium, from "the grateful workers", bust of Serpieri left with long flowing beard, rev legend in eight lines, 69mm. A handsome medal, good very fine and very rare.
It was Andreas Kordellas (1836-1909), also the subject of a medal by Lemaire, who convinced Serpieri to come to the Lavrion Mines. The first of Serpieri's companies was "Hilarion Roux et Cie", and over the years others followed. A new town of Lavrio was established and the Greek Company worked till 1917, the French continuing till 1982, during which time vast amounts of silver, lead, zinc and arsenic had been produced.
Estimate: £350-450
It was Andreas Kordellas (1836-1909), also the subject of a medal by Lemaire, who convinced Serpieri to come to the Lavrion Mines. The first of Serpieri's companies was "Hilarion Roux et Cie", and over the years others followed. A new town of Lavrio was established and the Greek Company worked till 1917, the French continuing till 1982, during which time vast amounts of silver, lead, zinc and arsenic had been produced.
Estimate: £350-450