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Italy, Il Vittoriano [Monument to Victor Emanuel II, Rome], 1911, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned, naked horseman guides charioteer to left, monument in left background, 66 x 56mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, plaques, etc (8, three in silver) [9]. About very fine and better (£70-90)
Withdrawn
Italy, Sisyphos am Isonzo [General Cadorna and the Battle Losses at the Isonzo River], 1916, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, helmeted bust right under an umbrella, rev. naked figure of Sisiphos standing astride rock, 58mm (K 171; Frankenhuis 1454; cf. DNW 68, 1520). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Italy: Papal States, 1,600th Anniversary of the Edict of Mailand, 1913, a bronze medal by S. Johnson, bust of Pius X left, medallions of Melchiades, Marcus and Silvester around, rev. Constantine the Great and the presentation of the edict, 67mm; together with other Papal medals (10), all in copper or bronze [11]. Mostly very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £140
Japan, Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1980, a bronze medal by Durbel, incuse bust right, rev. mountain, 80mm. Extremely fine; in unofficial blue case by Clerc, Paris (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £35
Malaysia, 50th Anniversary of the Société des Etains de Kinta, 1936, a cast lead or tin medal by E. Arondeaux for Kampar, Paris, naked artisan seated cross-legged, holding an axe, rev. section of pipeline, sun at right, 70mm (Hamlet –). Very fine and very rare; with Jubilee complimentary slip from Kampar (£40-60)
£40–£60
Mauritius, Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition [1881], a silver award medal by Pinches, Minerva crowning kneeling female figure in an island setting, rev. legend, un-named, 51mm (cf. Rey 1339). Good very fine and toned, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £160
Netherlands, International Tulip Rally, 1954, a silver-gilt award medal, unsigned, arms and supporters, rev. engraved (Winnaar Wisselbeker van de Gemeente Haarlem), 38mm. Extremely fine; in brown fitted case of issue by W. Voet & Zonen, juweliers, Grote Houtstraat 165, Haarlem (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £15
Norway, Public Announcement of Roald Amundsen Reaching the South Pole, 1912, a light bronze medal by L.-C. Lauer, bust three-quarters right, rev. Norwegian flag flying over cairn at the Pole, 51mm (cf. DNW 30, 853). Extremely fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £120
South Africa, South African Exhibition, Port Elizabeth, 1885, a bronze award medal by A. Fischer & Co, named (Alfred Brookes, ‘Hotch Potch’ Fruit Chutney), 48mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (80, five in silver), mostly of South African interest [81]. Varied state (£50-100)
Hammer Price: £240
United States of America, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, a bronze medal by H. Mitchell, seated figure holding wreath, rev. AWARDED BY UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION, 76mm (Julian p.283, AM10; BDM VIII, 67; cf. DNW 66, 1607). Extremely fine, but obverse dulled and with test mark on edge (£30-40)
£30–£40
United States of America, U[nion of] M[ine] W[orkers] of A[merica], 1898, a uniface silver Member’s badge, clasped hands, mining implements around, eight hours below, 60 x 53mm, with original ribbon inscribed (Local Union No. 2293, U.M.W. of A., Rock Springs, Wyo.); New York, Brill Brothers, a silver charm, motor clothes for owners and chauffeurs, etc, 32mm; Chicago, Washington Chapter, Masonic Penny, 1858, 32mm [3]. Very fine and better (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £40
United States of America, Vacuum Oil Co, gold and enamel Long Service badges (8), for 3, 5, 10 (2), 15, 20, 25 and 35 Years Service, awarded to Alan A. West, all 14ct, total wt 23.26g; Standard-Vacuum [Oil Co], gold and enamel 30 Years Long Service badge, 10ct, 2.11g; a silver cigarette case signed as a birthday gift to A.A. West from his colleagues at Standard-Vacuum, 12 October 1935, hallmarked h & c ld Birmingham 1935, 178 x 87mm; Scotland, Dollar Academy, a bronze award medal by...
Hammer Price: £150
United States of America, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, a bronze award medal by J. Flanagan, naked male and female standing, clasping arms across a vision of the Isthmus of Panama, rev. frontal elevation of a citadel, 70mm (Baxter –; BDM –; cf. DNW 56, 862). Very fine (£40-60)
United States of America, Flight of Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris, 1927, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust three-quarters right, rev. map of Lindbergh’s route, 68mm (CGMP p.330; cf. BDW 18, 507). About extremely fine (£50-70)
United States of America, Dwight Eisenhower, c. 1945, a uniface cast bronze plaque by H. Good, bust right in cap, 167mm. Very fine and a well-executed study; with integral loop for suspension (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £50
United States of America, John F. Kennedy, 1965, a set of three gold medals by Metalimport, bust left, revs. heraldic eagle, 40, 32 and 22mm, hallmarked London 1965, all 18ct, total wt. 61.79g [3]. Brilliant; in blue case of issue (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £370
United States of America, Bicentenary of the Bank of New York, 1984, a light bronze medal in imitation of a Fugio Cent, 1787, 75mm; together with Parmet, H.S., 200 Years of Looking Ahead, New York, 1984, 98pp, illustrations in text, and a descriptive leaflet [Lot]. As new (£25-35)
Miscellaneous, Austria, France, Israel, etc, medals (9), all in base metal [9]. Very fine and better (£30-40)
A wooden cabinet, 42 x 40 x 34cm, comprising six red baize-lined trays for medals, glazed top, lock and key. Probably early 20th century work; in good overall condition (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £30
Colour slides of Stuart and Jacobite medals, touchpieces, etc (101) [Lot]. Good quality images, a useful group (£50-70)
£50–£70
Colour slides of medals in the Fig collection (189), British and European series [Lot]. Good quality images, a useful group (£50-70)
[Anon], Catalogue Générale Illustré des Éditions de la Monnaie de Paris, III, La Troisième République, 447pp, Paris, nd [1977], 447pp, illustrations in text; Fearon, D., Spink’s Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558 to the present day, London, 1984, 192pp, illustrations in text, dj; Jones, M., British Museum Occasional Paper 42: Acquisitions of Medals (1978-1982), London, 1985, v + 155pp, 96 plates [3]. Second virtually mint, others well-used working copies of these...
Hammer Price: £20
A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd [London], Commemorative Medals, FPLs (9), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 (2), 1999 (2), 2000 (2); Timothy Millett Ltd [London], Historical Medals and Works of Art, FPL 2001 [10]. All very fine copies of these useful references (£20-30)
£20–£30
Engstrom, J.E., The Medallic Portraits of Sir Winston Churchill, London, 1972, 52pp, illustrations in text, dj; Taylor, J., The Architectural Medal: England in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1978, xii + 244pp, illustrations in text; Jones, M., The Art of the Medal, London, 1979, 192pp, illustrations in text; Grimshaw, Margaret E., Silver Medals, Badges and Trophies from Schools in the British Isles 1550-1850, Cambridge, nd [1981], 64pp, illustrations in text; Fearon, D., Spink’s...
£60–£80
Hawkins, E., and others, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II, 2 vols, London, 1885, xxxiii + 724 + 866pp, the Spink reprint; Whittlestone, A., and Ewing, M., Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977, vols. 2, 3, 4 and 6 [1887, 1897, Edward VII and Edward VIII], Beeston, 1993-9 [6]. Publishers’ bindings, fine copies (£50-80)
Hieronymussen, P., Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe, 1st edn, London, 1966, 256pp including 80 colour plates, dj; Hawkins, E., and others, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II, 2 vols [1885], London, 1978, xxxii + 724, 866pp; Payne, A.A., A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Army and Navy, [1910], London, 1981, lxix + 811pp, some illustrations in text; Grimshaw, Margaret...
Kienast, G.W., The Medals of Karl Goetz, Cleveland, the 1980 reprint, 284pp, illustrated in text. Publishers’ brown cloth, a very fine copy (£40-50)
£40–£50
Karl Kress [Munich], Auktion 115, Sammlung Marie Luise Goppel, Joachimsthaler Medaillen, Reformation…Krieg und Frieden…Literatur, 3-5 October 1960, 5,922 lots, 72 plates. Green cloth with protective sleeve, a very fine copy of this important sale; original bid slip tipped-in (£25-35)
£25–£35
Nathanson, A.J., Thomas Simon, his life and work 1618-1665, London, 1975, 60pp, illustrations in text, dj; Eimer, A.C., British Commemorative Medals and their values, London, 1987, 265pp, 53 plates, dj [2]. Very fine and clean copies; latter inscribed to Fred Schwer from the author (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £25
Pinches, J.H., Medals by John Pinches, A Catalogue of Works struck by the Company from 1840 to 1969, London, 1987, xiv + 271pp, illustrations in text. Publishers’ green cloth, dj; virtually as new (£30-40)
Sotheby’s [London], Catalogue of Highly Important English Historical Medals…the property of the estate of the late Mrs Greta S. Heckett, 25 May 1977, 237 lots, 14 plates (5 copies, three with PRLs); together with other auction catalogues, etc, of commemorative medals (51), including Stainton, Swan, ‘English Collection’ I-IV, Zabriskie, Duke of Northumberland, Clifford, Adams, Trampitsch, Garrett IV, Whiting, Serenissima III, etc [56]. Generally very fine copies, many with PRLs (£40-60)
Tindal, N., The Metallick History of the Three Last Reigns, np. nd [1747], iv + 40pp, 22 engraved plates; bound with four engraved plates of seals, c. 1785-6. Elephant folio, in modern black cloth; some light foxing, otherwise internally fine (£40-60)
Vertue, G., Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions…of Thomas Simon, 1st edn, London, 1753, iv + 68pp, 38 engraved plates + advertisement and 3 engraved plates of Saxon coins of the Heptarchy, a sheet advertising Boulter’s Museum in [Great] Yarmouth also pasted-in; [Pinkerton, J.], An Essay on Medals, xxxii + 324pp, 2pp corrigenda; Grueber, H.A., A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals [in the British Museum], 2nd edn, London, 1891, xxi + 170pp, 8 plates; Westropp, M.S.D., National...
Welch, C., Numismata Londinensia: Medals struck by The Corporation of London…1831 to 1893, London, 1894, xi + 163pp, 14 plates. Original boards; binding somewhat scruffy but internally fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £60
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