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George iii, Peace of Amiens, 1802, bronze, 48 mm. by C.H. Kuchler, 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 [12]. Unless stated, generally very fine or better (£60-80)
£60–£80
George III, Obsequies at Windsor, 1820, copper gilt medallion, unsigned, perhaps by Kempson, bust l., rev. funerary urn, 46mm (BHM 1006). Good very fine (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £25
George IV, Coronation, 1821, bronze medal by Halliday for Kempson, 49mm (BHM 1073). Good very fine, but lacquered (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £20
William IV, Corporation of the City of London, London Bridge Opened, 1831, bronze medal by B. Wyon, 51mm (BHM 1544; Welch 1). About extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
‘General’ Tom Thumb, 1844, white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 39mm; together with other base metal medals, tokens, etc. (32), mostly British. [33]. Fine and better (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £60
Great Exhibition, 1851, Services medals (2), bronze, by W. Wyon, names on edges (Lieut. Finnimore; G. Haigh), both 48mm (BHM 2465; E. 1461). [2]. Very fine and better (£10-15)
Alexander Herzen, Free Russian Press in London, 1853-1863, bronze medal, 51mm. by C. Wiener, bust of Herzen, right,reverse a large bell (Eimer 1568). Nearly extremely fine and scarce (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Art Union of London, Hogarth, bronze portrait medal by B. Wyon, 54mm. Almost extremely fine for wear, but a little mishandled and showing evidence of cleaning (£25-30)
£25–£30
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, bronze medal by Elkington for the Orion-Castle Line, conjoined busts right by E. Fuchs, reverse liner under steam, 39mm. About extremely fine and extremely rare; in original red leather and green velvet-lined presentation case by Elkington & Co Ltd, London, ribbon lift inscribed ‘With Messrs. Donald Currie & Co’s Compliments’ (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £70
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, bronze gilt medallion, by Fuchs for Elkington, conjoined busts right, rev. Britannia seated gazing at Westminster Abbey, 63mm, in case of issue (BHM 3772). Obverse a little spotty, otherwise extremely fine (£15-20)
£15–£20
Centenary of the death of Nelson, 1905, Calendar medal struck in aluminium, bust of Nelson left, reverse moveable calendar, 38mm. Nearly extremely fine (£10-15)
Medals Related to Sports, Electric Supply Cricket League, 1906, silver gilt, 31mm, five-lined legend within an open wreath, reverse three-lined engraved inscription (named to J.Rush, St.Pancras Electric Company). The whole set in a ropework border, with a suspension loop. Extremely fine (£60-80)
Bostock’s Menagerie, 1909, gold and enamel (in ruby and turquoise) badge, 42 x 27mm. by Dance and Duerden, head of a lion, reverse engraved inscription, with name and date. Extremely fine and most attractive (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Battle of Waterloo, 1815, by B. Pistrucci, later electrotypes of both sides, 133mm (BHM 870; E. 1067). Very fine; mounted in a display frame, 43 x 29cm (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £120
First World War, The Last Great Power, 1916, Bronze, 70mm. by W. Eberbach, seated figure of Death, as a skeleton, upon a globe, reverse six-line inscription, alluding to King Edward VIII. Nearly extremely fine and rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £150
First World War, The British Post Marten, 1916, Iron, 69mm, German satirical medal by W. Eberbach, a fox stands upon a torn mail bag, envelopes in its mouth, reverse inscription on a simulated page, envelope below. Nearly extremely fine, rare (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £140
Centenary of Stockton and Darlington, l.n.e.r. Railway, 1925, bronze medal by Bayes, for Pinches, 76mm, in original (damaged) box (BHM 4205; Eimer 2001), together with a similar medal [2]. Extremely fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £95
Centenary of London and Birmingham Railway, 1938, bronze medal by Pinches, 64mm, in original box, 64mm (BHM 4391; Eimer 2054). Extremely fine (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £35
Jewish Lads Brigade, 1929, bronze, 29 mm, head of Colonel Albert Goldsmid, left, reverse a menorah or candelabra, named on edge. Suspension loop, very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Ancient Order of Foresters, various badges and medals in silver (5) and bronze (5), several enamelled, nineteenth century and later; together with silk and embroidered banners of the A.O.F. (4), three of which are early and well preserved [lot] An interesting group, the early banners rare, generally very fine or better (£60-100)
Hammer Price: £130
Masonic: medal, 1812, bronze, 40mm, a bell, numbered 41, with date below, 13 June 5816, on a curtain, the edge of which is decorated with four masonic symbols; the curtain is partially opened to reveal a radiant sun, reverse eight-line insciption. Very fine and rare (£80-120)
£80–£120
Masonic: Consecrating Officers Jewel, Howley Lodge 5012, W. Bro. Fredk. A.T. Mossman, 28-9-1928, silver gilt; two Mark Mason Stewards’ badges and other Masonic Jewels and regalia (7) [10]. Mostly very fine (£60-80)
Masonic: Norfolk, Waveney Lodge, 1906, jewels (2); other Masonic badges, etc. (10), including more of Norfolk. [12]. Mostly very fine; several in cases of issue (£40-50)
Motoring, 1906, a silver award medal by H. von Herkomer, semi-nude female figure leaning against the radiator of an early car, wearing a sash inscribed FUTURE, reverse wreath, named (The Motor Union of Great Britain & Ireland, Won by Col. F.W. Blood, Cheshire A.C. Gymkhana at Birkenhead, July 1908), hallmarked D.G. Collins, Birmingham, 1908, 72mm (cf. ‘English’ Collection III [Glendining 21 iii 1990], 170; Attwood, The Medal 4, pp.9-11, –; BDM –). Very fine and very rare; in bottom...
£200–£250
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, RA (1849-1914), artist and pioneer motorist, lived at Bushey, Herts. A very mechanically-minded individual, von Herkomer was already using a home-made camera obscura in connection with his art by 1870, and by the 1890s he had fully embraced the freedom of the roads offered by the new ‘safety’ bicycle and, later, the motor cycle. He bought his first car, a Panhard, in 1903, joining the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland (which became the RAC in 1907) in...
Hammer Price: £380
Motor Cycling Club, 1930, gold, 32 mm., four shields of the MCC, reverse engraved inscription (awarded for London-Lands End). Very fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Medals Related to Sports, Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Jubilee, a large undated (probably late 19th century) bronze medal with loop for suspension, by Edwards and Sons, 76mm, with a broad rim. Extremely fine and rare (£60-80)
Surrey Beekeepers’ Association, 1921, silver medal, 44 mm. Beehive, reverse engraved inscription in wreath, awarded to a beekeeper in Surbiton. Extremely fine, attractively toned (£30-40)
£30–£40
Ireland, General Maxwell, ‘Ireland’s Gravedigger”, satirical iron medal by Walter Ebernach Irish shield with spade decorated with Royal Standard, reverse seated skeleton puffing on a pipe, 69mm (cf. BDM 32, 546-AE). Good very fine but obverse somewhat spotty (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £100
British and other medallions, medallets, etc. (17). Varied state (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £55
Badges, brooches and medals, mostly relating to Archery, various types, many English, but some Continental, several carrying the symbol of an arrow, many in AR and Æ, together with an ivory arrow, probably nineteenth century [59]. Generally fine to very fine, but some better (£80-100)
Australia, New South Wales Rifle Association, 1878, gold, 28 x 36mm, royal arms and supporters, reverse ten-line engraved inscription (with scores of the four- English, Irish, Scottish and Australian-teams. Shield-shaped and broach mounted on reverse. Extremely fine and rare (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £260
Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Visit of Frederick the Great to Neustadt, 1770, white metal, 50mm by Krafft, bust of Joseph II, right, reverse equestrian figures, including that of Frederick. Nearly extremely fine and rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £40
Medals Related to Music, Austria, Æ gilt uniface portrait medal, possibly young Beethoven, 115mm, bust right, set into an outer frame with a decorative wreath border, 140mm overall. Attractive, pierced at top for suspention, very fine (£60-80)
Denmark, Theodore Marius Werner, 1855-1905, bronze portrait plaque, 45 x 65mm. by S. Lindahl, draped bust of Werner, right, reverse five-storey building, its facade inscribed ‘T.M. Werner, Isenkramhandel in gros & deracht’. Extremely fine and a sensitive portrait study (£40-60)
£40–£60
Ethiopia, oblong bronze gilt presentation medal, 1943, 42mm x 32mm, with crown and loop for suspension (Gil — ). Extremely fine, rare, hairline test mark on rim (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £75
France, Siege of the Bastille, 1789, bronze, 27mm. unsigned, view of the Bastille and its towers, cannon in barrels in the foreground, rev. 1789 in wreath of oak. (hennin-). Seemingly unpublished. Nearly extremely fine, very rare (£60-80)
France, Napoleon, Peace of Amiens, 1802, bronze medal by Dumerest, 49mm. Good very fine for wear, but rather dusty (£25-30)
France, Troops on the Simplon Pass, 1807, and Abdication of Napoleon, 1814, copper medals by B. Andrieu and N.G.A. Brenet, both 41mm; together with other Napoleonic and European base metal medals (10). [12]. Several very fine (£40-50)
France, Automobile-Club de Nice, 1901, a silver award plaque by A. Maillard, semi-nude female figure holding wreath above a motorist driving a car along a coastal road, reverse palm branch, tablet in centre named (Mr. Maurice Dollfus, Course de Côte 1909 (Route de la Turbie), Catégorie V, 2e. Prix), 71 x 55mm (cf. PBE 575; BDM III, 532; cf. BDW 5, 38). Good very fine, rare (£120-150)
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