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South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, a silver and multicoloured enamel medal, arms and crest of a Welsh dragon, reverse named (Colliery Managers Course, Treforest, Arthur S. Rose, 1917), 32mm, hallmarked BHJ, Birmingham, 1917. Obverse picked out in five colours (red, blue, green, white and gold), very fine, rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £45
Medals Related to Sports, Angling, an oval brass engraved plate, 1866, angler on riverbank, reverse four-line inscription (Engraved by Geo. Gray, 1866), 51 x 35mm. Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £40
Medals Related to Sports, Angling, The British Sea Anglers’ Society, a silver award medal by Bladon, boats and fish, reverse named (Specimen Fish Competition 1903-4, Skate 26lb, Ballycotton, 15 Sep. ‘03, J.H. Basten), 25mm, in red case of issue by Bladon, Clerkenwell Road, London; Billiards, St Dunstan’s Billiard Fund, a silver award medal by A. Clark, players at a billiard table watched by spectators, reverse named (A. Bowman, Billiard H’cap, Conservative Club, Walthamstow, 1922),...
Hammer Price: £65
Medals Related to Sports, Bowls, an engraved gold award badge by Vaughton, bowler in the act of bowling a ball, reverse named (Presented by United Clubs Bowling League to J. Martin, Winners, 1923), 30mm, hallmarked V & S, Birmingham, 1920, 9ct, 9.60gm; Cricket, an engraved gold award badge, named (H. & D.C.L., 2nd Comptn., Winners 1914, L.H.C.C., W. Fletcher), 26mm, hallmarked W.T., Birmingham, 1914, 9ct, 5.87gm. [2]. First very fine, second fine; both with clips for suspension (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Medals Related to Sports, Draughts, a gold award badge, unsigned, crowned shield engraved with a draughts board, ENGLISH DRAUGHTS CHAMPION 1906-8, reverse named (In Memoriam John Hynd, died June 18th 1905, Aged 62 Years, “He loved our game”, Presented to J. Alexander, Winner of the E.D.A. Championship Tourney, 1906), 45 x 26mm, hallmarked C & F Ltd, Birmingham, 1905, 9ct, 15.73gm. Very fine and rare; with ring for suspension (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £35
Medals Related to Sports, Football, a gold award medal signed W.J.D., two footballers with goalposts behind, reverse named (3rd Battle Squadn., Challenge Shield, HMS King Edward (VII), R. Bowden), 26mm, hallmarked Birmingham, 1913, 9ct, 7.59gm. About extremely fine; with clip and ring for suspension (£30-40)
Medals Related to Sports, Football, a gold award medal signed W.J.D., footballer’s leg with ball, shield-shaped plaque above, reverse named (B.P.F.A. League Championship 1925-6, C. Clamp), 25mm, hallmarked Birmingham, 1926, 9ct, 6.85gm. About extremely fine; with crown and ring for suspension (£30-40)
Medals Related to Sports, Football, Ireland, an engraved openwork gold award badge in the shape of a Celtic cross, named in Gaelic (All Ireland Minor Championship, Co. Louth, 1940), 28mm, hallmarked LM, Dublin, 1940, 9ct, 9.28gm. Good very fine; with loop for suspension (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £25
Medals Related to Sports, Sporting Interest, Eastbourne Charity Cup Competition, a gold and red enamel badge, un-named, 23mm, hallmarked W.J.D., Birmingham, 1906, 9ct, 7.08gm; Showells Challenge Cup, 1930, a gold and blue enamel badge by Fattorini, named (George Perks, Sir Robert Peel), 32mm, hallmarked F & S, Birmingham, 1930, 9ct, 11.60gm; an engraved openwork gold badge, named (B.R.L., 1922, R. Barker), 30 x 23mm, hallmarked M.B., Birmingham, 1922, 9ct, 5.63gm. [3]. All very fine; with...
Hammer Price: £50
Medals Related to Sports, Yorkshire, County Schools Sports Association, a gold award badge, unsigned, Yorkshire rose, reverse named (F.E.F. Winners, 1927-28 & 1928-29), 26mm, hallmarked wg & s, Birmingham, 1927, 9ct, 11.56gm. Very fine; with ring for suspension (£30-40)
Medals Related to Sports, Austria, Silver Jubilee of the Polytechnic Society of Lemberg, 1902, a silver medal by J. Tautenhayn and R. Neuberger, bust of Franz Joseph I right, reverse seated figure being crowned by winged Victory, edge lettered, 57mm (BDM IV, 245). About extremely fine, toned (£30-40)
Belgium, Debuck, L’Indigestion d’Escobard, a bronze medal, unsigned, Jesuit spitting money into a sack held open by a native of Debuck, reverse legend, 32mm; Gloire à nos Vaillants Soldats, 1914, a silver award medal by J. van Hamme, un-named, 35 x 22mm; Belgisch Bridge Verbond, Antwerp, plated badge, bridge players, reverse named (Individueel Kampioenschap, 1952-53, Mw. M. Contamine), 39 x 29mm; together with a Low Countries copper jeton, 1787. [4]. Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £20
Medals Related to Sports, Canada, Canada, Dominion of Canada Football Association, gold award medal by Bailey, arms and supporters, reverse named (Champions of Canada 1913, Norwood Wanderers FC, W. Bradshaw, 30mm, 10ct, 12.53gm. Very fine; with loop for suspension soldered to top (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £95
China, Shanghai, Amateur Dramatic Corps, an oval openwork silver badge with the head of an Oriental man, 40 x 40mm, pin on back for suspension; together with Shanghai CGO Ltd, 5 Cents, nickel, 20mm. [2]. Very fine, the first rare and unusual (£40-50)
Medals Related to Sports, Egypt, Union Internationale des Sociétés Sportives d’Egypte, a silver-gilt award medal by Huguenin Frès., couple roller-skating on a dance floor, other roller skaters in background, reverse pyramids and sphinx, tablet below engraved (Championnats d’Egypte 1912-1913, Patinage à Roulettes 5 Kil., 1 Prix), 40mm. Very fine, a rare early medal for this sport (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Napoleon Presents Standards to the Army, 1804, a silver medal by J.-P. Droz and R.V. Jeuffroy, 27mm (BDM III, 73); Birth of the King of Rome, 1811, copper medal by B. Andrieu, 33mm (BDM I, 54); Charles X, Coronation, 1825, a silver medalet by J.-P. Montagny, 21mm; other medals (3), of Louis XVII and Louis XVIII (2, one in silver) [6]. Very fine to extremely fine, first and third toned (£40-50)
France, Joseph Napoleon, c.1805, a gilt repoussé portrait medal by P.G. Liénard, bust left, reverse MÉDAILLIER GÉNÉRAL, etc, legend in 8 lines within wreath, 48mm (BDM III, 435). Excellent quality, about extremely fine; set in a gilt mount, the obverse glazed, and with small loop for suspension, rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £130
France, Compagnie des Salines de l’Est, 1806, an octagonal silver jeton by J.-P. Droz, with bust of Napoleon, 31mm (BDM I, 625); Monneron Frès., 5 Sols, 1792, AN 4 (Margolis, BNJ 1988, pl.31, 9); Revolution, 1830, lead ‘bullet’ medal, 30mm; Jean Racine, a lead electrotype of the obverse of Andrieu’s medal, 40mm; together with a silver jeton of Anne of Harcourt as Governor of Normandy, 31mm. [5]. Lead pieces fine, others very fine and better, jetons toned (£30-40)
Medals Related to Sports, France, Sport Velocipedique, c.1885, a silver award medal by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, cyclists with a Penny-Farthing, a tricycle and an ordinary, reverse wreath, named (Lury s/ Arnon, 4 Août 1889, 1er Prix), 28mm (PBE –; cf. BDW 5, 8; Baudey/Bricher 1992, 15, this piece). Very fine, toned; with ring and loop suspension fashioned as a branch (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £60
France, France, La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France holding torch, being presented with a bag of money by a robed figure, reverse legend commemorating the opening of the Canal in 1869, 42mm (Coll. R. Marx 21; PBE –; BDM V, 230). Good very fine (£35-45)
France, Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliques à l’Industrie, oval bronze award badge, unsigned, artist’s easel, wine flagon and other accoutrements, engraved (7me Exposition, Année 1888, Bois-Tissus et Papier, reverse named (1er Groupe Le Bois, Wicht, Collaborateur Mon. Miano), 71 x 52mm. Very fine, rare (£30-40)
France, France, Russie, a silver award medal for the Caisse des Écoles du 2me Arrondissement, Paris, 1901, by A. Rivet, named (Mr. Gobert-Martin), 27mm (PBE –; BDM V, 135); Exposition Internationale du Lyon, 1914, an Art Nouveau silver Jury badge by Christofle, 38 x 32mm; Journée Nationale, 1920, a silver award medal by M. Pautot, un-named, 29mm; Aero-Club d’Auvergne, a plated lozenge-shaped enamel badge for the 5me Rallye Aerienne Nationale, 1929, by Fraisse-Demey, 22mm; La Pile...
France, France, Pour les Blesses de la Tuberculose, c.1915, a bronze cliché by R. Lalique, 31mm; a plated cliché of an early box-kite aircraft, c.1914, unsigned, 39 x 35mm; other French-related medalets, badges, etc (12, one in silver), several mid-19th century. [14]. Very fine and better, several with integral or suspension loops (£40-50)
France, Le Lusitania, 1920, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, head of the Statue of Liberty rising from the waves, brandishing her sword, ULTRIX AMERICA JURIS, reverse the Lusitania in the act of sinking, lifeboat upturned in foreground, 54mm (CGMP p.21). Very fine, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, Société Dunlop, 1922, an openwork award badge in the form of three spoked wheels, back engraved (Souvenir du Premier Pas Alleluia), 34 x 26mm; 50th Anniversary of the Invention of the Pneumatic Tyre by John Boyd Dunlop, 1938, an openwork silver and enamel badge, symbolic tree in centre representing the growth of the company, 34mm; Le Globe, an openwork badge in the form of a spoked wheel, back inscribed (Offert par L. Delys, Constructeur,...
France, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, an openwork silver badge for 25 Years Service, green gemstones set into an outer wreath, WL monogram in centre, 1907-1932 engraved below, reverse named (Auguste Lagache, Serveur-Receveur), 32mm. Extremely fine and very rare; with integral loop for suspension (£40-60)
Germany, Death of Emperor Frederick III, 1888, a silver medal, unsigned, bust right, reverse Queen seated, 40mm; Bardowiek Fire Brigade, silver medal for 25 Years’ Service, 30mm; Prussia, William I, Coronation Thaler, 1861, the fields open-worked by hand to give a branch-like effect, set in a wreath mount, with pin-back for suspension; together with other German-related medals (3, one in silver). [6]. Very fine, the Thaler of excellent work and attractive (£50-70)
India, Death of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1859, a copper medal after B. Wyon, 51mm (Pudd. 859.2; cf. BDM VI, 584); Jeypore Exhibition, 1883, a white metal award medal by Lobl and Clarke, un-named, 51mm (Pudd. 883.5 [not seen]); Photographic Society of India, a bronze award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, named (Capt. W.B. Spalding, for Landscapes, Salon 1913), 51mm (Pudd. –). [3]. Very fine, first better (£40-50)
India, India, Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1905-6, an oval silver medalet, unsigned, crowned feathers in Garter, reverse legend, 28 x 20mm (Pudd. 905.1 [not seen]; George V, Coronation, 1911, RATA silver badge by Max Minck & Co Ltd, 30 x 25mm (Pudd. 950.57); Deolali, Overseas Rest Camp, bronze award medal, shield with map of India and routes to Deolali, reverse legend, un-named, 38mm (Pudd. –); Football, a silver award medal, engraved (Murree Brewery Football Cup, Runners Up,...
Malta, Industrial Exposition, 1864, a silver medal by Massonnet, crowned conjoined arms of England and Malta, reverse legend around wreath, 37mm. Tiny obverse rim nick at 10 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, toned (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £85
Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1897, a uniface oval silver medal, arms and supporters, 4th NOVr 1897 below, 31 x 25mm; together with a Kruger Halfcrown, the centre fashioned into a cross pattée. [2]. First very fine and rare, second fine; both with means of suspension (£30-40)
Romania, Romania, Marriage of Crown Prince Ferdinand and Princess Mary, 1893, a light bronze medal by A. Scharff, 50mm (BDM V, 368); Russia, Alexander I’s Visit to Paris, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 40mm (Br. 1464; BDM I, 54); Switzerland, Centenary of the Montmirail Pensionnat, 1866, a copper medal by F. Landry, 40mm (BDM III, 292); other miscellaneous medals, badges, etc (7, four in silver). [10]. Mostly very fine (£40-60)
Sweden, Duke Charles as Prince Regent, 1792, a copper-gilt medal by C. Enhörning, bust right, reverse altar, 28mm (BDM II, 21). Very fine (£20-30)
£20–£30
United States of America, New York, Hussey’s Special Message Post, copper token, 1863; Wilson’s medal, copper, 1863, both 20mm; Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, copper medalet from dies by Wyon, 16mm (King, Lincoln in Numis, 288); Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 1893, Treasury Department, bronze medal, unsigned, 38mm. [4]. Second fine, others very fine (£25-35)
£25–£35
Charles II, Restoration Medal, 1660 (formerly known as a Pattern Broad), in silver, by T. Simon, laureate bust in armour right, reverse crowned shield, edge plain, 8.58gm (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type B, and pl.10, 4, same dies; M.I. 463/59; N. 2776). Almost very fine, toned, rare (£200-250)
£200–£250
Archbishop Sandcroft and the Seven Bishops, 1688, cast silver medal by Bower, 50mm (MI 622/37). Some surface marks, fine to very fine (£35-40)
£35–£40
William and Mary (1689-1694), Restorers of the Church, 1689, cast silver medal by Bower, 49mm (MI 658/18). About very fine but creased (£60-70)
£60–£70
Battle of Copenhagen, 1801, Danish silver medal, 1801, by Loos, male figure in antique miltary dress holding shield adorned with plain cross attacking a many-headed sea monster, reverse similar figure handing sword to seated figure of Justice, 39mm (Laugwitz [1976] 850). Nearly extremely fine, deeply toned (£50-60)
George III, Peace of Amiens, 1802, bronze, 48mm. by C.H. Küchler, very fine; together with other silver (6) and copper (4) medals and badges, together with an AR gilt masonic jewel, glazed and contained in a gold frame. Unless stated, generally very fine or better. [12] (£60-80)
£60–£80
Admiral Lord Nelson, 1805, bronze, 41mm., by T. Webb / J.Droz, uniformed bust of Nelson, three-quarters left; together with a portrait medal of the Earl St Vincent, 1797, bronze, 41mm., bust left, reverse Victory over two Spanish ships, to which she hurls thunder (Eimer 882, 962). Both nearly extremely fine (£80-100)
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