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August 2015 ANA Auction - Online Sess. D-E 17 August 2015
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AUSTRIA. Anton Scharff Memorial Bronze Medal, 1903.
36.75 mm; 20.62 gms. BDM-vol IV pg. 243-245. By R. Neuberger. Bust of prolific medalist and engraver Anton Scharff right, birthdate and date when the life model for this piece was done in fields; Reverse: Seven line inscription with palm and laurel branches beside, date of death in lower field. A very handsome medal, engraved by an artist who soon after this medal was struck became the chief engraver at the Vienna mint, bearing the personage of his teacher and court medalist to Franz Joseph I, Anton Scharff. Glossy undisturbed surfaces. A few darker flecks, and only the tiniest rub on the high point of the reverse. UNCIRCULATED.
Purchased from Hedley Betts.
Estimate: $60.00- $125.00
36.75 mm; 20.62 gms. BDM-vol IV pg. 243-245. By R. Neuberger. Bust of prolific medalist and engraver Anton Scharff right, birthdate and date when the life model for this piece was done in fields; Reverse: Seven line inscription with palm and laurel branches beside, date of death in lower field. A very handsome medal, engraved by an artist who soon after this medal was struck became the chief engraver at the Vienna mint, bearing the personage of his teacher and court medalist to Franz Joseph I, Anton Scharff. Glossy undisturbed surfaces. A few darker flecks, and only the tiniest rub on the high point of the reverse. UNCIRCULATED.
Purchased from Hedley Betts.
Estimate: $60.00- $125.00