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Netherlands, Centenary of the Dutch East India Company, 1702, a silver medal by R. Arondeaux, Vikings in longship at the Pillars of Hercules, rev. Hollandia seated left, holding sword, rampant lion behind, 67mm (BDM VII, 28). Good very fine and toned, very rare (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £1,500
India, Fort William College, Calcutta, Honorary Medal, type 2, 1816, a gold award, unsigned [by the Calcutta mint], mosque at left, pagoda at right, sailing ship in centre background, rev. legend in wreath ending june 30 mdcccxvi, 45mm, 51.18g (Pudd. 800.2). Some light scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare; in contemporary red circular box (£900-1,200)
Hammer Price: £1,800
20th Century, Olympic Games, London, 1908, a silver award medal by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, two allegorical figures seated holding a wreath above a standing figure, rev. St George riding left over dragon, angel at left, edge engraved (Second Prize Indiv: Min: Rifles 50 Yards), 33mm (BHM 3964; E 1905; Peers, The Medal 23, p.31, fig.3; cf. BDW 13, 74). Very fine and very rare; in blue box by John Taylor (Silversmiths) Ltd, Medallists, 29 Ely place, EC1 (£1,500-2,000)
Hammer Price: £2,000
18th Century, The Royal Family, 1732, a silver medal by J. Croker and J.S. Tanner, busts of George II and Caroline vis-à-vis, rev. busts of their seven children, 69mm (MI II, 500/47; E 528). Light graze between busts, otherwise almost extremely fine and dark-toned (£2,000-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,100
United States of America, George III, an Indian Chief struck medal, c. 1775-1812, in silver, unsigned, armoured bust right, single row of curls, eight rivets in armour, rev. crowned arms and supporters, paw of lion to i in honi, 77mm, 96.38g (Adams 7:3; Jamieson 14; Betts 435; E 736; cf. J.J. Ford XVI, 67). Some scuffing, has been lightly cleaned in the past but now beginning to re-tone, otherwise about very fine, very rare; original suspension loop (£3,000-4,000)
Hammer Price: £3,100
United States of America, George III, an Indian Chief medal, 1814, in silver, by T. Wyon, laureate and draped bust right, rev. arms and supporters, 76mm, 123.37g (Adams 12:1; Jamieson 24; BHM 844; E 1061; cf. J.J. Ford XVI, 84). Some light scuffing and rim nicks on lower obverse, otherwise very fine with olive tone, very rare (£3,500-4,000)
Hammer Price: £3,800
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