FORRER, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. 8 volumes, reprint of the London issue, 1904–1930. Frontispiece, XLVIII + 691 pages; Frontispiece, VI + 588 pages; Frontispiece, 649 pages; frontispiece, 725 pages; frontispiece, 738 pages; frontispiece, VIII + 738 pages; 567 pages and 461 pages. New York 1970. ALSO: Martin, J. S. 1987 *Index to the Biographical Dictionary of Medallists*, 1987, 311 pages. Full cloth. (9x) I- / About as new –...
Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 2 - Airmail and Zeppelin Mail, Thematics, Olympics, Germany after 1945, Coins, Medals and Numismatic Literature: Featuring items from the estate of the late Bernt Ahlström
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Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Heinrich Köhler 389th Auction - Day 2 - Airmail and Zeppelin Mail, Thematics, Olympics, Germany after 1945, Coins, Medals and Numismatic Literature: Featuring items from the estate of the late Bernt Ahlström
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Auction sequence
| Day | Time | Lots | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 09:00 | 7001–7250 | Special catalogue: Lombardy-Venetia – The “Kronlande” Collection (part I) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 11:30 | 1001–1584 | Single lots: Europe and Colonies: A–Z |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 15:00 | 7401–7489 | Special catalogue: Russia No. 1 – The “Elin” Collection (part III) |
| Thursday, 17.09.2026 | 16:00 | 1585–1753 | Single lots: Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Overseas countries |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 09:00 | 1754–1918 | Single lots: Airmail and Zeppelin Mail, Thematics, Olympics |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 10:15 | 1919–2470 | Single lots: Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 18.09.2026 | 14:30 | 20001–20510 | Coins, Medals and Numismatic Literature: Featuring items from the estate of the late Bernt Ahlström |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 09:00 | 2471–3198 | Single lots: German Empire from 1872, Private Mail |
| Monday, 21.09.2026 | 14:00 | 7501–7989 | Special catalogue: A Plunge into the Abyss – Currency Devaluation in the German Empire up to the End of 1923 – The Claus Claussen Collection |
| Tuesday, 22.09.2026 | 09:00 | 3199–4388 | Single Lots: German Related Areas, First and Second World War — with special sections Weimar Republic/Third Reich (Nils Schmidt, Part II), Erich Meerwald, Se-tenants, Machine Cancellations |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 09:00 | 4389–4652 | Single lots: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies |
| Wednesday, 23.09.2026 | 11:00 | 8001–8939 | Special catalogue: German Foreign Post Offices and Colonies – The Nikolaus Krings Collection |
| Thursday, 24.09.2026 | 08:00 | 10001–11104 | Collections: Country Collections: Europe, General Collections, Airmail & Zeppelin, Thematics, Picture Postcards, Literature and Germany |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 08:00 | 11105–11424 | Collections: German Occupation WWI & WWII, German Areas and Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel, Germany after 1945 |
| Friday, 25.09.2026 | 11:00 | 4653–5350 | Single lots: German States Baden – Württemberg, North German Postal District, Alsace-Lorraine |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 09:00 | 9001–9280 | Special catalogue: The Hartmut C. Schwenn Collection – The Kingdom of Bavaria – The Kreuzer Era (part I) & The Kingdom of Hanover |
| Saturday, 26.09.2026 | 12:00 | 9501–9896 | Special catalogue: Germany from 1849 – Austria from 1850 – The “American” Bruce Wright Collection (part IV) |
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Lot #20244 - Monographs Medals, plaques
FREEMAN, S.E. Medals relating to medicine and allied sciences in the numismatic collection of The Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore 1964. XX + 421 pages, 32 plates. Full cloth. II-III / Very good – some wear, no serious defects.
Lot #20245 - Monographs Medals, plaques
GAETTENS, R., The Hanau Medal Cabinet. Halle an der Saale, 1926. 8 pages, 10 plates. Paperback in a slipcase. I / As new – no signs of wear or defects.
Lot #20246 - Monographs Medals, plaques
GROVE, FRANK W., Medals of Mexico, Vol. I: Medals of the Spanish Kings. 2nd printing run, Ontario, 1976. 208 pages with numerous illustrations. Copy 113 of 800. AND: Medals of Mexico Vol. II 1821–1971. Guadalajara 1972. 476 pages with numerous illustrations. Copy 983 of 2500. Imitation leather. (2x) II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.
Lot #20247 - Monographs Medals, plaques
HILDEBRAND, B.E. Minnespenningar öfver enskilda Svenska män och qvinnor. Stockholm 1860. 454 pages, 16 engraved plates in the text. Imitation leather. ALSO: Commemorative Medals, Commemorative Coins and Award Medals of Sweden and the Swedish Royal House. Stockholm 1874. 624 pages, 1 plate with a scale. Text volume only. Full cloth. Ex-libris Frank Sternberg. II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.
Lot #20248 - Monographs Medals, plaques
HOFFMANN, T. Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson. 55 Jahre Berliner Medaillenkunst 1755–1810. Frankfurt am Main, 1927. 158 pages, 42 plates. Collector’s notes. Half-linen. II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.
Lot #20249 - Monographs Medals, plaques
HOFFMANN, T. Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson. 55 Jahre Berliner Medaillenkunst 1755–1810. Frankfurt am Main, 1927. 158 pages, 42 plates. Full cloth binding. II / Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use.
Lot #20250 - Monographs Medals, plaques
HOLZMAIR, B. Catalogue of the Collection of Dr Josef Brettauer. Medicina in Nummis. Vienna 1937. Frontispiece, XVI + 384 pages, 25 plates. Half-linen binding. II- / About fine – a nice, clean copy, with signs of use.
Lot #20251 - Monographs Medals, plaques
JONES, M. The Dance of Death: Medallic Art of the First World War. 32 pages with numerous illustrations. Original paperback. II / Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use.
Lot #20252 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KATZ, V. Die Erzgebirgische Prägemedaille des XVI. Jahrhunderts. Prague 1932. 292 pages, 72 plates. Half-leather. III- / About very good – some defects.
Lot #20253 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KATZ, V. The Engraved Medals of the Ore Mountains in the 16th Century. Prague 1932. 292 pages, without plates. Full cloth. III- / About very good – some wear, some defects.
Lot #20254 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KIENAST, G.W. The Medals of Karl Goetz. Cleveland 1967. 284 pages with numerous illustrations. Imitation leather with gold lettering. II / Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use.
Lot #20255 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KLEIN, U./ RAFF, A. Die Württembergischen Medaillen 1864 - 1933 einschließlich der Orden und Ehrenzeichen. Süddeutsche Münzkataloge Volume 12. Stuttgart 2010. 612 pages. Paperback. I / As new – no signs of wear or defects.
Lot #20256 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KONING, Dr D. A. W. De Penningen der noord-nederlandse ambachtsgilden. Amsterdam 1978. 187 pages, 98 plates. Paperback. II / Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use.
Lot #20257 - Monographs Medals, plaques
KONVOLUT, comprising 3 auction catalogues and 1 monograph on coins and medals of the Reformation. Including SPINK&SON, Zurich: Collection of Prof. Dr Robert B. Whiting, 19–20 April 1983. Stucker Collection, 21–23 November 1977. ZAK, H. E.: The Story of Martin Luther and the Reformation. (4 copies) III / Very good – some wear, no serious defects.
Lot #20258 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MARTIN, J.L. Coupes de tir suisses. Schützenbecher der Schweiz. Lausanne 1983. 241 pages with numerous illustrations. SEE ALSO: Medaillen der Schweiz. Lausanne 1979. 96 pages with numerous illustrations. ALSO: Les médailles de tir suisses. Die Schützenmedaillen der Schweiz. Le medaglie di tiro della Svizzera. Swiss shooting medals 1612–1939. Lausanne 1972. 254 pages with numerous illustrations. Paperback. Price list enclosed. II / Fine – a...
Lot #20259 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MEDINA, JOSE T. Medallas de Proclamaciones y Juras de los Reyes de España en América. Reprint, Boston 1973, of the Santiago de Chile issue, 1917. Frontispiece, XX + 340 pages with numerous illustrations. Imitation leather. With dust jacket, which is slightly damaged. II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.
Lot #20260 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MEDINA, JOSE T. Las Medallas Chilenas. 1901. 467 pages. 1 plate. Half-linen. II / Fine - nice clean copy, slight signs of use.
Lot #20261 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MEILI, JULIUS Numismatische Sammlung von Julius Meili - Die auf das Kaiserreich Brasilien bezüglichen Medaillen 1822-1889, 1890. 25 pages, XXXIV (34) plates. Full cloth binding. II / Fine – a nice, clean copy, with slight signs of use and age.
Lot #20262 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MEILI, JULIUS Numismatische Sammlung von Julius Meili - Die auf das Kaiserreich Brasilien bezüglichen Medaillen 1822-1889, 1890. 25 pages, XXXIV (34) plates. Full cloth binding. Minimal worm-eaten IV / Good – average condition, used and worn book, complete.
Lot #20263 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MOYAUX, A., Les Chemins de fer Autrefois et Aujourd’hui et leurs Médailles Commémoratives. Brussels 1905. XII, 262 pages, 11 plates. Half-leather. Numbered issue 303/425. Enclosed supplement, Dupriez, Brussels 1925. 49 pages, 11 plates. Half imitation leather. ALSO: Döry, L./Kubinszky, M., Die Eisenbahn auf der Medaille in Mitteleuropa von den Anfängen bis 1945. Frankfurt am Main 1985. 192 pages with numerous illustrations. (3x) II / Fine –...
Lot #20264 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MOYAUX, A., Les Chemins de fer Autrefois et Aujourd’hui et leurs Médailles Commémoratives. Brussels 1905. XII, 262 pages, 11 plates. Cloth. Numbered issue 144/425. Accompanying supplement, Dupriez, Brussels 1925. 49 pages, 11 plates. Half-imitation leather. (2x) II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.
Lot #20265 - Monographs Medals, plaques
MOYAUX, A., Les Chemins de fer Autrefois et Aujourd’hui et leurs Médailles Commémoratives. Brussels 1905. XII, 262 pages, 11 plates. Half-linen. Numbered issue 146/425. Includes supplement, Dupriez, Brussels 1925. 49 pages, 11 plates. Half-imitation leather. ALSO: Döry, L./Kubinszky, M., Die Eisenbahn auf der Medaille in Mitteleuropa von den Anfängen bis 1945. Frankfurt am Main 1985. 192 pages with numerous illustrations. (3x) II / Fine –...
Lot #20266 - Monographs Medals, plaques
NIGGL, P. Musiker Medaillen. Hofheim im Taunus 1965/1987. 2 volumes. 268 and 196 pages. ALSO: Nachtrag zu den Musikermedaillen. (3x) II / Fine – nice, clean copy, slight signs of use. Ribbon 1 signed.
Lot #20267 - Monographs Medals, plaques
NIGGL, P. Musiker Medaillen. Hofheim im Taunus 1965/1987. 2 volumes. 268 and 196 pages. ALSO: NIGGL, P. Große Dirigenten auf Medaillen. 1967. 101 pages with illustrations. (3x) II / Fine – nice, clean copy, slight signs of use.






