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France, Campaigns in Italy, 1796, a copper medal by P. Ferrier, bust of Napoleon left, rev. Mars seated left, 42mm (Hennin 766; d’Essling 693); Bonaparte Premier Consul, 1799, a copper medal by G. Petit, struck c. 1830, 50mm (Br 13; d’Essling 806); Battle of Marengo, 1800, a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and H. Auguste, 50mm (Br 38; d’Essling 834); Proposed Erection of a National Column at the Place Vendôme, Paris, 1800, a copper medal by E. Gatteaux, 64mm (Br 64; d’Essling 849)...
Hammer Price: £150
Kildare, North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1910, a silver award medal by J. Moore, bull left, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize, Class I, B.H. Barton, D.L., with ‘Scottish Chief’, (93, 362)), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 45mm; North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1910, a silver award medal by J. Moore, cow right, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize, Class III, B.H. Barton, D.L., with ‘Straffan Clarice’), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 45mm (cf. Baldwin FPL 2000, 50) [2]. First extremely...
Kildare, North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1910, a silver award medal by J. Moore, bridled horse left, rev. wreath, named (Best Mare or Filly in Show, won by B.H. Barton, Esq, D.L., Straffan House, Straffan Station, ‘Blossom’, Bay Mare, Aged), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 51mm; North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1912, a silver award medal by J. Moore, mare and foal left, horseshoe below, rev. wreath, named (Bertram H. Barton, D.L., ‘Blossom’, Best Mare or Filly in Show),...
Upper Ossory, Upper Ossory Farming Society, a silver award medal by J. Jones, farm animals and plough, rev. wreath, named (To Wm. Owen Esqr., Blesinton, For the best 5 Shearling Ewes, 1855), 51mm. Almost extremely fine, attractively toned (£70-90)
France, Obverse and reverse electrotypes of the awards and medals gained by E. Auroze, Paris, 1895-1931, viz: Académie Nationale Agricole Manufacturière et Commerciale, 1895, unsigned, 50mm; Comité Français des Expositions à l’Étranger, 1899, by L.A. Bottée, 63 x 42mm; Den 1ste Internationale Udstilling, Copenhagen, 1901, unsigned, rev. rat, 35mm; Exposition Universelle Internationale, Liège, 1905, by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, 72 x 63mm; Exposition Franco-Britannique, London, 1908, by...
Mullingar, Westmeath Farming Society, a silver award medal by J.C. Parkes, farm animals in front of house, tree in central background, rev. wreath, named (William Levinge Esq, Kilmaglish, for 2nd best five Acres of Swede Turnips, 1862), 35mm. Test marks on edge, otherwise about extremely fine, rare (£120-150)
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, a cast gilt-bronze medal, unsigned [by G. van Bijlaer], fleets of ships, some capsizing in foreground, rev. heads of the Church and State, blindfolded, seated in discussion, feet on a spiked floor, 50mm (MI I, 144/111; v L I, 384/1; E 56). A contemporary cast, about very fine; with suspension loop (£150-200)
George I, Coronation, 1714, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia crowning King, 34mm (MI II, 424/9; E 470). Good very fine, toned (£60-80)
France, St Mihiel, 1918, a uniface cast bronze medal by P. Roche, winged Victory indicating 13 American stars, 78mm (BDM –). Extremely fine, rare (£80-100)
Cork, County of Cork Agricultural Society Commemoration Medal, 1897, a silver award by T. Ottley, farm animals and poultry, church spire in central background, rev. crowned harp, named (Won by Hon. A. Roche, Class 4), hallmarked Birmingham 1897, 39mm. Several rim knocks, otherwise about extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare (£150-180)
19th Century, Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885, a bronze medal by J.P. McGillivray for Innes Bros, bust left, rev. sword above legend, 51mm (BHM 3186). About extremely fine, scarce (£120-150)
Dublin, Church of Ireland Clergy Daughters’ School, Lady Plunket Memorial Medal, a silver award by Baddeley Bros, bust of Lady Plunket left, rev. wreath, named (Senior Exhibition, 1916, Wilhelmina Williamson), hallmarked Birmingham 1916, 51mm (Went, NSI Occ. Papers 23). Virtually as struck and very rare; only three specimens known to Went (£60-80)
Dublin, Farming Society of Ireland (Inst. 1800), a silver award medal by W.S. Mossop, farm animals and plough, rev. sickle and cornucopia, named (Adjudged to George Hill Esqr. in Class 35, For the best of all the Swine exhibited at the Spring Show in March 1825), 51mm (Frazer p.455; Gilbert 25). About very fine and rare; with clip and ring for suspension (£100-150)
Germany, Die Wacht am Rhein!! [The Watch on the Rhine], 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, helmeted bust of French colonial soldier right, rev. naked female tied to a symbolic male penis, DIE SCHWARZE SCHANDE [The Black Shame], 58mm (K. 262; Dräger, Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland V, p.137, 63; Jones, Dance of Death, 52; Jones, Art of the Medal, 399; cf. DNW 74, 512). Very fine and rare; one of the most poignant and viciously powerful medallic images of the 20th century (£150-200)
Dublin, Rathmines School, a silver award medal by J.C. Parkes, owl seated on globe, books on table below, temple at left, rev. wreath, named (Rev’d. Dr Charles W. Benson, Master, Good Conduct, Alfred Edwin Jones, Christmas 1873), 43mm (Frazer p.25; Went, Heritage 137; cf. T. Millett FPL 2005, 119; cf. Baldwin FPL 1995, 141). Extremely fine (£70-90)
Dublin, Royal Dublin Society, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, Minerva seated left, high legend, rev. bull with attendant, exergue engraved (Cattle Shew, 1848), edge named (To Robt. Quin Alexander Esqr, Devon Bull), 51mm (Went 9; D & W 122/174; Frazer p.617). About very fine, very rare (£150-200)
19th Century, Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, President’s Medal, 1871, a bronze award by L.C. Wyon, bust of Charles, Earl of Yarborough, right, rev. wreath, engraved (Grantham, 1874), edge named (Awarded to John Cooke for his Turn-Wrest or One-Way Plough), 55mm; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, bronze First Class award medals by W. Wyon (4), bust of James Watt left, revs. legend in wreath, edges named (Davey., Sleep & Co, for models of Ploughs and Rake, 1882; …Patent Steel...
Hammer Price: £140
Dublin, Royal Dublin Society Horse Show, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, arms and supporters, rev. horse advancing left, named (Mrs Thomas Bate, best Pony ‘Meg’, Class 23, No. 732, 1884), 54mm (Went 26; Frazer pp.195-6). Brilliant mint state, toned (£60-80)
Belgium, Tournai Cathedral, 1857, a copper medal by J. Wiener, exterior façade, rev. interior view, 59mm (BDM VI, 487); France, Église Ste Geneviève, Paris, 1858, a copper medal by J. Wiener, 60mm (Reinecke 41; BDM VI, 487); Rheims Cathedral, 1859, a copper medal by J. Wiener, 59mm (Reinecke 43; BDM VI, 487); Germany, Bamberg Cathedral, 1861, a copper medal by J. Wiener, 59mm (Reinecke 22; BDM VI, 487); Norway, St Olaf’s Cathedral, Trondheim, 1862, a copper medal by J. Wiener, 59mm...
France, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, rev. King bids a tearful farewell to his family, guillotine in thronged square behind, 48mm (Hennin 463; Pollard 1; BDM III, 239). Minor rim nicks and a graze by Antoinette’s chin, otherwise about extremely fine (£120-150)
Kerry, Kerry Central Farming Society (Inst. 1854), a silver award medal by C.F. Carter, farm animals and plough, rev. wreath, named (Robt. C. Hickson Esqr, Best Ayrshire Cow, Octr. 1858), 50mm. Edge bruise on obverse at 3 o’clock, otherwise about very fine, rare (£120-150)
Upper Ossory, Upper Ossory Farming Society, a silver award medal by J.C. Parkes, farmer with farm animals, house at left and trees in background, rev. named (To Richard Caldbeck Esq, for The second best pen of 5 Ewe Lambs, 1853), 47mm. Pierced for suspension and minor surface marks on reverse, otherwise very fine, obverse better and toned, rare (£80-100)
Moate, Moate Agricultural Society (Inst. 1840), a silver award medal by I. Parkes, farm animals, plough and harrow, house and tree at right, rev. named (To W.J. Ramsbottom Esq, For the best Sow, Octr Show 1845), 39mm (D & W 167/508; Frazer p.17). Light grazes in reverse field, otherwise good very fine, rare (£80-100)
Austria, 50th Anniversary of the Genossenschaft de Bildenden Kunstler [Society of Artists], Vienna, 1911, a uniface bronze Art Déco plaque by A. Hartig, head of Mercury right, holding a naked figure of Victory, 80 x 72mm (Hauser –; BDM VII, 420; cf. DNW 70C, 2429). Strong Déco style, good very fine (£150-250)
19th Century, Opening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, a white metal medal by J. Davis, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert left, rev. exterior façade, 44mm (BHM 2178; Taylor 146a). Brilliant and virtually as struck; in original screw-topped wooden box, inside of lid with printed label of H. Thompson, Engraver to His Majesty, New Strand, opposite Exeter Change (£60-80)
Cork, The Total Abstinence Society of Ireland, a silver medal by J. Jones, male and female figures flanking arms, children at their feet, rev. pledge, edge named (Presented by the Very Revd. F. Mathew to William Ronan, September 30th 1841), 43mm (Frazer p.321; Went, Heritage 125; BDM III, 82). About very fine and a very interesting piece by association; with clip and ring for suspension (£100-150)
France, Dieu Pan, 1925, an octagonal Art Déco bronze plaque by P. Turin, head of Zeus Ammon left, rev. xylophone on branch with leaves, 50mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 139; cf. Arethuse 1926, p.77). Some rubbing to high point of Pan’s cheek, otherwise very fine, rare (£60-80)
Newry, Newry Union Farming Society, a silver award medal by T. Ottley, farm animals, house and church spire in background, rev. wreath, named (1870, Awarded to Richd. J. Browne Esq for Short-horned Heifer ‘Rose’, Thos. Green Sec.), 47mm (cf. T. Millett FPL 2003, 38). Almost extremely fine, toned (£80-100)
20th Century, Winchester College, King’s Medal, 1910, a silver award by B. Mackennal, bust of George V left, rev. tomb of William of Wykeham, edge named (Guy Wyndham Sich 1915), 49mm (BHM 4010). Extremely fine, attractively toned, scarce (£120-150)
Dublin, Rathmines School, a silver award medal, unsigned, student standing, holding book, telescope, globe and other items at feet, rev. wreath, named (Rev’d. Dr Benson, Master, English History, Alfred Edwin Jones, Christmas Examn., 1871), 43mm (Grimshaw 147; Went, Heritage 136; cf. Baldwin FPL 1998, 164). Good very fine; with clip and ring for suspension (£70-90)
Medals Related to Aviation, Germany, Amerikafahrt des L Z 127 ‘Graf Zeppelin’ [First Flight of the Graf Zeppelin to America], 1928, a bronze plaque by C. Stock, Zeppelin in skies above waves, being supported by Hercules and the wind being blown by Zeus, rev. wer sie nicht kennte etc., legend in 5 lines, 90 x 65mm (Kaiser 483; cf. DNW 52, 690). Very fine and very rare (£150-200)
Dublin, Royal Dublin Society, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, Minerva seated left, high legend, rev. farm animals, exergue engraved (Spring Cattle Show, 1849), edge named (Hugh Barton Esqr, Best fat Plough Bullock), 51mm (Went 10; Frazer p.617). Very fine or better, obverse toned, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
Dublin, Royal Dublin Society, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, Minerva seated left, rev. cow and calf, exergue engraved (Spring Cattle Show, 1856), edge named (Wm Owen, Esqr, for the best Kerry Heifer calved in 1855), 51mm (Went 8). Scuffed, otherwise very fine, very rare (£150-200)
Dublin, Royal Dublin Society Horse Show, a silver award medal by W. and J. Woodhouse, mare and foal standing, rev. wreath, named (Champion Stone Wall Jump, to John Malyall, for ‘Outlaw’, Class 8 No. 374, 1882), 51mm (Went 24). Reverse rim bruise at 1 o’clock and some scuffing, otherwise good very fine, rare (£100-150)
Dublin, Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland, 1833, a silver award medal, unsigned, open book within wreath of shamrocks, rev. legend, named (Anne Phipps), 39mm (Grimshaw p.46). Scratched below date and several edge nicks, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare (£70-90)
France, Peace of Luneville, 1801, copper medals (2), by J.-P. Droz, bust of Napoleon left, rev. sun shines on globe, 54mm (Br 106; d’Essling 877), and by B. Andrieu, 42mm (Br 107; d’Essling 880) [2]. About extremely fine and better (£60-80)
Galway, Queen’s College (Founded 1845), President Moffett’s Medal for Composition & Oratory, a silver award, unsigned, arms, motto on scroll above, rev. named (W.J. Farley, Sch. 1895-96), 44mm. Poor metal with inherent flaws and medal has been cleaned in the past, otherwise about very fine, rare (£60-80)
Ballybricken, Irish Dairy Association, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, cruciform shields, rev. implements of the dairy industry above central tablet, named (Won by Ballybricken Dairy, 1895), shields below, hallmarked Birmingham 1895, 51mm. About extremely fine, rare (£90-120)
Coleraine, a silver award medal by Waterhouse & Co, dog standing left, rev. engraved (Coleraine 1899, Major Kenny’s ‘Ballinacurra Charlie’), 39mm. Very fine (£35-45)
Louth, Louth Farming Society, a silver award medal by J.C. Parkes, farm animals and plough, house at left and tree in background, rev. named (To Mr John N. Doran, Glydefarm, for the best Lot of Three Heifer Calves, Autumn Show, 1864), 43mm (Frazer p.25). Very fine, dark-toned, rare (£70-100)
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