From the remaining stock of Mrs Irene [Neddy] Allen (1928-2020), European and World Medallions, France, bronze portrait medals (7), Victor Hugo, by R. Lamourdedieu, 68mm.; President Casimir Pepier, 1894, by J. C, Chaplain, 68.5mm.; Emil Reuter, 1964, by A. Tremont, 65mm.; Dr. Paul Armand Delille, 1956, signed P.K., 59.5mm.; Rodin, by R. Grégoire, 68mm., modern (1973) striking; medals of Chopin (2), 50mm. and, 1980, 69.5mm.; Belgium, Ernest Genval (1884-1945), singer, uniface bronze tribute medal, c. 1945, by Dupagne, 60mm.; and Russian bronze medal of the ballerina Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (1925-2015), 61mm., extremely fine or better (9)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Genval was arrested in 1945 by the Gestapo on the charge of collaboration with the underground press and deported to Dachau, where he eventually succumbed to typhoid fever.
(120-160 GBP)