Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, United States of America, France, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), Appointment as Commander of the Garde Nationale, Silver Medal, 1789, by Benjamin Duvivier, uniformed bust left, hair en queue, OFFERT PAR B. DUVIVIER A LA GARDE NATIONLE in exergue, rev legend around, VENGEUR DE LA LIBERTÉ DANS LES DEUX MONDES, and in centre with biographical details, edge engraved A JG PAYENNEVILLE. M. JB J'AROUX AVT MARIES LE 29 JUILLET 1790, 41mm (Nocq, Les Duvivier, 222/238; Fuld, Melvin & George, Medallic Memorials to Lafayette, The Numismatist 70 (1957), LA 1790.4, this piece illustrated). Good very fine and very rare.
ex Max Schwartz, M&G Fuld Collections and Stack's "Americana" sale, 30 September - 1 October 2010, lot 5489, where it was called the "Avenger of Liberty in Two Worlds" medal.
The medal is usually found in copper and silver specimens are very rare. This one has the added interest of the marriage commemoration engraved on the edge, Michel Jean-Baptiste Jacques Aroux (1761-1841), a judge and later a substitute Imperial Prosecutor-General at the Court of Appeal at Rouen.
Estimate: £350-450
ex Max Schwartz, M&G Fuld Collections and Stack's "Americana" sale, 30 September - 1 October 2010, lot 5489, where it was called the "Avenger of Liberty in Two Worlds" medal.
The medal is usually found in copper and silver specimens are very rare. This one has the added interest of the marriage commemoration engraved on the edge, Michel Jean-Baptiste Jacques Aroux (1761-1841), a judge and later a substitute Imperial Prosecutor-General at the Court of Appeal at Rouen.
Estimate: £350-450