NAPOLEONIC WARS GROUP OF SIX MEDALS AWARDED TO PAUL LAMBERT VAN DER MAESEN (1791-1881)

Lot 197

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1) FRANCE, FIRST EMPIRE, LEGION OF HONOUR, 3RD TYPE, CHEVALIER'S SILVER BREAST BADGE silver, gold and enamel 5.6 x 3.6 cm 2) FRANCE, REIGN OF LOUIS PHILIPPE, LEGION OF HONOUR, CHEVALIERS BREAST BADGE silver, gold and enamel 6.5 x 4.4 cm 3) ST. HELENA BRONZE MEDAL 4) VETERANS CROSS silver-gilt cross surmounted by crossed sabres obverse bearing 'N' beneath a military hat, reverse with cypher 'PVDM' 4.1 x 4.1 cm 5) EMPEROR NAPOLEON I FUNERAL COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE MEDAL 1840 4.1 cm 6) NETHERLANDS, 'ST. BARBARA GILDE MEDAL' silver, with ornate suspension obverse inscribed, 'Ste. Barbara Gilde aan P. L. Vandermaesen, Ridder van het Eerelegioen', reverse engraved with crossed riffles and the inscription, 'Ter gelegenheid van Zijn Vijftigjarig lidmaatschap 1827-1877 (?) 5 cm Together with a pair of miniature medals (i) France, St. Helena Medal, bronze; (ii) Legion of Honour, First Empire, 4th type, silver, gold and enamel, and Daguerreotype photograph of Paul Lambert Van Der Maesen (fainted) PROVENANCE: DNW, 26.06.2008, lot 620

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