295, Lot: 193. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WORLD MEDALS. Miscellaneous. Lot of five (5) bronze medals commemorating historians. Includes: AUSTRIA, Österreich-Ungarn. Josef Alexander von Helfert, historian and statesman. 1820-1910. Commemorating his 25th Anniversary as a Civil Servant. By A. Scharff. Dated 1888 in Roman numerals. Bust left / Crowned and helmeted coat-of-arms with leonine supporters. Wurzbach 3663 // BELGIUM. Frédéric Auguste Ferdinand Thomas, Baron Reiffenberg, writer and historian. 1795-1850. Commemorating the Life of the Famous Writer. By L. Wiener. Dually-dated 1850. Bust left / Biographical inscription in eleven lines // FRANCE. Henri Martin, historian. 1810-1883. By A. Borrel. Triply-dated 20 February 1810, 14 December 1883, and 1886. Bust facing slightly left / Biographical inscription; below, open book atop oak wreath // GERMANY, Friedburg. Karl von Rotteck, historian. 1775-1840. Commemorating the Waiver of his Professorship. By Neuss. Dated 1832. Bust left / Legend within wreath. Wurzbach 8004 // ITALY. Ludovico Antonia Muratori, priest and historian. 1675-1858. By N. Cerbera. Struck circa 1829-1858. Bust right, wearing zucchetto / Commemorative legend within wreath. Good VF-Choice EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection Sold on Behalf of the American Numismatic Society, the last Duplicates from the Medal Collection of the American Numismatic Society (not accessioned).