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Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, bronze medals by H. Dropsy (2), bust right, revs. Windsor Castle, 72mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 220; E 2087) [2]. Virtually as struck £40-50
Hammer Price: £45
Elizabeth II (1952-, Tercentenary of the Great Fire of London, 1966, a large bronze galvano for the medal by G. Colley, monument stands before the old and burning city, 210mm. Much as made £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
Elizabeth II (1952-, Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, 2005, a platinum medal, unsigned, for the Royal Mint, seal of the Duchy of Cornwall, rev. crowned arms with supporters, 38mm, 50g. Brilliant; in polished wooden case of issue £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,050
Elizabeth II (1952-, Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles, 2005, a gold medal, unsigned, for the Royal Mint, similar, 38mm, 40g. Brilliant; in case of issue £600-700
Hammer Price: £600
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous pinchbeck medals (4), of Capture of Porto Bello and Cartagena Taken, etc, different types [4]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous pinchbeck medals (12), of Admiral Vernon, Capture of Porto Bello, Fort Chagre and Cartagena, etc, different types [12]. Varied state £200-300
Hammer Price: £450
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous medals (4), including a 9ct gold badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1904 [4]. Fine and better £40-60
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous medalets, jetons, etc (30), mostly relating to theatre and the military [30]. Varied state £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Royal Mint medals, 1988-2005 (9, eight in silver), including Armada, Coinex, Waterloo, Battle of Britain, etc, the silver total wt. 33oz [9]. As struck; in cases of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £240
FLIGHT OF JAMES II FROM IRELAND, 1690, a silver medal by J. Smeltzing, bust left, hair tied back in a net, rev. stag, wings to his feet, leaps to the left, whilst looking behind, distant view of Waterford, 48mm (MI I, 719/142; E 330). Bright extremely fine, some minor scuff marks and struck from rusty dies as usual, very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,400
Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849, a brass medalet, 24mm (BHM 2339; W & E 568.1); together with other medalets for similar visits, 1821-1903 (4, one in silver) [5]. Generally very fine, some pierced £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
Opening of the National Exhibition, Cork, 1852, a bronze medal by W. Woodhouse, figures of Industry and Hibernia, rev. frontal elevation of building, 43mm (BHM 2505); Irish Artisans Exhibition, Dublin, 1885, a bronze award medal by J. Woodhouse, named (James Spence), 55mm (BHM 3200); Belfast Arts and Industrial Exhibition, 1895, a gilt-bronze medal by Gibson & Co, 38mm (BHM 3485) [3]. First very fine, second fine and better £40-50
Hammer Price: £150
Dublin International Exhibition [of] Arts and Manufactures, 1865, a bronze award medal by A. Geefs, winged figure of Fame emptying cornucopiæ over building, rev. wreath, named (Section II, Bruneel & Co), 75mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW 57, 1316). Extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Dublin International Exhibition [of] Arts and Manufactures, 1865, bronze award medals by A. Geefs (2), similar, named (Section VI, Sketchley & Co…Section VIII, The Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich), both 75mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW 57, 1316); Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures, Dublin, 1872, bronze award medals by J. Woodhouse (2), named (Healey & Son…Lady Molyneux’s Schools), both 54mm (BHM 2941; Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW M7, 2323). Last about extremely fine, others fine and better...
Miss McCutcheon’s Educational Establishment, Dublin, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, crown and wreath encircling legend, rip monogram below, rev. wreath, named (English History Literature & Composition, 1st Prize Awarded to Miss A. West, 1876), 46mm (Grimshaw –). Almost extremely fine and most attractively toned, very rare; pierced and with ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £210
Exhibition of Irish Art and Manufactures, Dublin, 1882, award medals (3), in gilt-bronze (2) and bronze, unsigned [by J. Woodhouse], female figure urging a stonemason to get up from the ground, anvil at right, revs. wreath, named (Patrick Bourke & Son, Class C, Section XVI…J.V. Traynor & Co, Class E, Section XXXI…Daniel Sheehan, Class D, Section XXV), 51mm (Allen Pt 5) [3]. Very fine and better, first with minor reverse edge bruise £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
Cork Industrial Exhibition, 1883, a gilt-bronze award medal, unsigned, arms in trilobe, rev. harp within finely-wrought border, named (John O’Connor, Highest Award for General Excellence in Cooperage), 70mm (Allen Pt 5). A couple of trifling edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine and a handsome medal £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
Cork Industrial Exhibition, 1883, a bronze award medal, unsigned, similar, named (Salmon Barnes & Co, Highest Award for Revolving Shutters), 70mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW M7, 2315). Virtually as struck and a handsome medal £100-150
Cork Industrial Exhibition, 1883, a bronze award medal, unsigned, similar, named (The Wire Vale Woollen Mills Co, Highest Award for Freizes), 70mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW M7, 2315). A few rim nicks, otherwise extremely fine and a handsome medal £70-90
Hammer Price: £120
John Redmond, 1914, a heavy rectangular cast iron plaque or ferrograph by Booth & Brookes for the United League of Great Britain, bust right, facsimile signature below, Leinster House on bottom edge, symbols of four cities in corners, rev. foundry and maker’s details, etc, 227 x 188mm. Much as made, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £230
Ireland, a silver award medal, unsigned, harp and legend, rev. Gaelic inscription, awarded 1949, 57mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, etc (5) [6]. Mostly very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Argentina, The English College, Buenos Aires, 1866, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of Argentina, rev. arms of the United Kingdom, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, engraved initials CA, 32mm. Very fine; with suspension loop £70-90
Australia, Products of New South Wales Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon, agricultural scenes around central legend, ship below, rev. Britannia with seated and standing figures, kangaroo at right, 72mm (BDM VI, 630; cf. Noble 47, 539, and 60, 992). Tiny rim fault on obverse at 9 o’clock, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, toned, very rare; in original maroon case of issue £700-900
Austria, Joseph I, Coronation as King of Hungary, Presburg, 1687, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, youthful armoured bust right, rev. crowned arms with collar and badge of the Golden Fleece around, edge lettered, 30mm (Mont 1199). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Austria, Capture of Weissenburg, 1688, a copper medal by G. Hautsch and I.G. Lauffer, Emperor enthroned, rev. panorama of the fortress town, edge plain, 30mm. Very fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £140
Austria, Battle of Stockach, 1799, a silver medal by P. Baldenbach, helmeted bust of Archduke Charles of Austria left, rev. figure of Victory upon trophy, 48mm (Julius 3025). Small piercing, otherwise good fine £40-60
Belgium, Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, 1853, a copper medal by L. Wiener, bust of Prince Leopold left, rev. couple celebrating their nuptials, seated Belgica behind, 75mm (BDM VI, 493); Accession of Leopold II, 1865, a copper medal by L. Wiener, 78mm (BDM VI, 494); Statue of Leopold I Erected at Mons, 1877, a bronze medal by E. Geerts, 65mm [3]. Brilliant mint state; last in half of original card box £90-120
Belgium, Erection of the van Dyck Statue, Antwerp, 1856, a bronze medal by C. Wiener, bust left, rev. statue, 68mm. Some scuffing to the high points, otherwise good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £30
Egypt, Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust of Isma’il Pasha three-quarters left, rev. bird’s eye view of canal, legends in Arabic and French, 37mm (Fonrobert 5258). Contact mark in field and small corrosive spots on reverse, otherwise very fine; with integral suspension loop £40-60
£40–£60
France, Francis II, Peace with the English, 1560, a 19th century restruck bronze medal, unsigned, laureate bust left, rev. crowned F between two figures in cornucopiæ, 52mm; together with other 19th century bronze restruck medals (7), of Henri II, Henri III, Charles d’Albret, Marie de Medici, François, Duc de Guise, Henri I de Lorraine, Maximilien de Béthune [8]. Generally extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £250
France, Louis XIV, Coronation, 1654, a bronze medal by J. Mauger, bust right, rev. Coronation scene, 41mm (cf. Divo 36); together with a later cast bronze medal of Henri IV, 33mm [2]. First a modern restrike, extremely fine, second fine £40-60
France, Le Duel Aboli, 1662, a copper medal by J. Mauger, bust of Louis XIV right, rev. Justice stands over fallen foes, 41mm (Divo 67); together with other miscellaneous World medals, tokens, etc (10) [11]. Mostly very fine £150-200
£150–£200
France, Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685, a white metal medal by J. Smeltzing, bust of Louis XIV right with flowing hair, rev. two columns, one broken, other with inscribed shield, 50mm. Very fine and very rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £180
France, John Calvin, c. 1685, a silver medal by A Karlsteen, bust right, with long pointed beard, wearing fur-edged gown and soft cap, rev. sun’s rays shine on a hand holding a heart, 45mm (Goppel 78; Slg. Whiting 1; Slg. Belli 1487). A few minor scuff marks, otherwise extremely fine £200-250
£200–£250
France, Princess Marie-Anne de Bourbon-Conti, c. 1690, a bronze medal by F. Chéron, bust right, rev. celestial chariot, 71mm. Some surface marks, about very fine £80-100
France, Dukes of Lorraine, copper medals from the series by F. de St. Urbain (4), Frederick III and Margaret of Navarre, Charles II and Margaret of Bavaria, Antoine and Renata de Bourbon, and Charles V and Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, all with busts right and left, 47mm [4]. Three very fine, last fine £150-200
Withdrawn
France, Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a white metal medal by C.H. Küchler and N.-A. Ponthon, conjoined busts right, rev. execution scene, executioner holding up the head of the King to the crowd, 51mm (Pollard 2; BDM III, 239); together with other French medals etc (13), all base metal [14]. First with some surface and edge knocks, about very fine, others in varied state £60-80
France, Abdication of Napoleon, 1814, a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet, 41mm; together with other World medals (6, three in silver) [7]. Mostly very fine or better £70-90
France, Société pour l’Instruction Élémentaire, 1815, a bronze award medal by J.-F. Domard, three putti in classroom, rev. wreath, engraved (A M.H. Quesney, Examens, 1902), 41mm; together with other bronze medals (2) [3]. Very fine or better; first cased £30-40
Hammer Price: £20
France, Société d’Agriculture du Cher, octagonal silver jetons (5), all unsigned, agricultural implements, revs. Fondée à Bourges en 1818, 28mm [5]. Extremely fine or better £50-100
£50–£100
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