Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Charles I, a uniface gilt-bronze Memorial medal, 1649, by Hans Reinhardt the Younger, conjoined busts of Charles and Henrietta Maria to r., against stippled background, he, in armour slightly turned, hair falling over plain lace collar, wearing Garter George on ribband, she with pearl necklace, * CAR. ET MAR. D.G. ANGL. FRANC. ET HIBER. RR, the design and legend against a stippled background, 73mm. (cf. MI .350/209; cf.BDM.VIII, 155-56, illus.; cf.Platt p. 259; Foley 302 – this piece), with ornately worked integral suspension loop, a superb and handsome medal, extremely fine
*ex Christopher Foley Collection, Woolley & Wallis, 16 October, 2014, lot 302
The design is that of the Anglo-Dutch Fishing Treaty medal of 1636, which was re-used as a memorial medal (with, on the reverse, a seven headed monster, MI.350/209), but here the maker has carefully tooled the design, and simplified the legend. (2500-2800 GBP)
*ex Christopher Foley Collection, Woolley & Wallis, 16 October, 2014, lot 302
The design is that of the Anglo-Dutch Fishing Treaty medal of 1636, which was re-used as a memorial medal (with, on the reverse, a seven headed monster, MI.350/209), but here the maker has carefully tooled the design, and simplified the legend. (2500-2800 GBP)