Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Medals of the First World War, Medals of the Allies, France, Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Bronze Belgian Tribute Medal, 1930, by Oscar Nemon (1906-1985), for the Comité Belge, bust left in high relief, rev facsimile signature, 70mm (V&A, One by One, 16); Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931), Bronze Tribute Medal, 1914, by Henri Nocq (1868-1944), bemedalled bust left, rev Joffre stands with arm raised, legend in thirteen lines, 68mm (CGMP III, p292, B). Extremely fine or nearly so. (2)
The Croatian born Oscar Nemon lived in Brussels between 1925-1939 when he came to London. He is best remembered for his bust of Winston Churchill on the Crown-piece struck to commemorate his death and for statues of Churchill at the Houses of Parliament and in Westerham and that of Montgomery outside the Ministry of Defence.
Estimate: £80-120
The Croatian born Oscar Nemon lived in Brussels between 1925-1939 when he came to London. He is best remembered for his bust of Winston Churchill on the Crown-piece struck to commemorate his death and for statues of Churchill at the Houses of Parliament and in Westerham and that of Montgomery outside the Ministry of Defence.
Estimate: £80-120