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Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a copper medal by F.C. Krohn, from the same dies as previous, 62mm (Bergsøe 115; BDM III, 224). Some scuffs and marks, otherwise better than very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
British Honduras, Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, President’s Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Prince Albert right, rev. legend around and within wreath, edge impressed (To Robert Temple Esqr (Chief Justice of British Honduras) for his paper on ‘British Honduras, its history, trade, and natural resources’), 56mm (BHM 2285; E 1420). Two rim cuts on reverse and polished in the past, otherwise very fine £300-400
Danish West Indies, Centenary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Anglican Church, Frederikstad, 1912, a white metal medal by Fattorini, view of church, rev. legend and dates, 38mm. Pierced, otherwise very fine £30-50
Haiti, Mirabalais Arrondissement, c. 1870, a bronze seal-head, legend in two lines around central image of Haitian arms, 42mm. Fine £40-60
Haiti, Exposition Internationale d’Amsterdam, 1883, medals by A. Brichaut (2), in gilt-copper and copper, arms of Haiti, revs. legend within and around wreath, the former naming the Haitian Government ministers, both 51mm [2]. Former extremely fine, latter very fine £120-150
Jamaica, The Jamaica Militia, 1803, an oval brass plate from a belt-buckle, a crocodile atop a torse (twisted wreath), facing to left, jamaica above and 1803 below, 76 x 57mm (Prid. 137). Of slightly convex form, pierced at top and twice at bottom, left and right, much verdigris to back and lacking any attachment fixings, otherwise fine £100-150
Music, DEVON, Corporation Concerts & Organ Recitals, Plymouth, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, arms and supporters, rev. female seated right with musical instruments, named (Beryl Gardiner, First Violin Prize, 1889), 45mm; Plymouth Competitive Musical Festival, silver award medals by Page, Keen & Page, Plymouth, (2, different), named (E.T. Savary, 18th March 1918; Elocution – Boys Under 9, 1st Prize, D. Jefford, 1934), latter hallmarked Birmingham 1933, both 38mm; The British Music...
Liberia, Independence Declared, 1847, a white metal medal by W.J. Taylor, dove holds scroll over sailing ship, rising sun beyond, rev. legend in 13 lines and around, 42mm. Bright appearance, extremely fine £100-150
St Vincent, George V, Coronation, 1911, a gold badge by Johnson Matthey, Peace and Justice at altar, rev. legend in 10 lines, 37 x 27mm, 15ct, 12.44g. Extremely fine; with suspension loop and ring £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, Capture of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Admiral Vernon standing, town and harbour behind him, rev. ships in harbour, 37mm (Adams CAv 6-G; Betts 334; MI II, 548/155). Very fine £150-200
Liverpool Cathedral, 1934, a silver award medal by W. Gilbert, eagle above cathedral, rev. laurel wreath, for fellow workers, etc, edge named (The Bishop of Lichfield), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 57mm (Eimer 26; E 2025; cf. DNW M10, 1440). Extremely fine; in maroon fitted case of issue £90-120
United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, British Victories, 1798, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured bust of George III left, rev. Britannia seated amidst military and naval trophies, holding statue of Victory, 48mm (BHM 458; E 897; Pollard 16). Extremely fine £90-120
Death of Samuel Tyssen, 1800, a copper medal by J. Milton, bust left, rev. de narborough hall, etc, within palm-wreath, 41mm (Stainton 21; BHM 491; E 920). Obverse spotted and rubbed on highest point of hair, otherwise about extremely fine £50-70
36th Middlesex Paddington Rifle Volunteers, a silver-gilt award medal, unsigned, shield, rev. wreath, named (The Challenge Cup Competition, 1890, Sergt. W. Trask, Points 316), 34mm; United Service League Championship, 1901-2, a silver award star by Vaughton, named (HMS Excellent, H. Salter), hallmarked Birmingham 1901, 42mm; Yeomanry Rifle Association, silver award medals (2), unsigned, named (Bisley Championship 1911, won by Trooper S.B. Joyce…Bisley Sandeman Cup 1911, won by Trooper S.B....
British Caribbean Federation and others, Inauguration of the West Indies Federal Legislature, 1958, medals (3), in gold and silver (2), all unsigned, coat of arms, revs. flag, 24mm, 18mm (2, one gold, 3.34g) [3]. Extremely fine £100-150
Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon for Hunt & Roskell, conjoined busts right, rev. conjoined shields, garland and Prince of Wales’s plumes above, 64mm (W & E 948.2; BHM 2770; E 1562). Nearly extremely fine £90-120
Austria, Musik, Gesang und Tanz [Music, Singing and Dancing], 1903, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Hujer for Brüder Schneider on behalf of the Oesterreichische Gesellschaft zu Förderung der Medaillenkunst und Kleinplastik, couple dancing, flanked by female violinist and singer, back stamped 60, 86 x 83mm (Hauser –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 25; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.3, 10; BDM VIII, 469). Scratched on back, otherwise very fine, rare £150-200
Germany, Death of Wilhelm I, 1888, a copper medal by L.-C. Lauer, laureate bust left, rev. angel holding wreath by grave, 50mm; together with other German medals, in silver (2), base metal (9), all 19th century [11]. Mostly very fine to extremely fine £80-100
Ornithology, CHESHIRE, Homing World Medal, a uniface gold award by Fattorini, pigeon standing left, back named (T. Woodward, Mid. Ches. Fed., 1899, Best Average All Races, Vel. 1030), hallmarked Birmingham 1899, 28mm, 9ct, 6.77g; Hyde Homing Society, a uniface gold award medal, unsigned, named (Presented to T.A. Warrington, Comb. Avg. Cup, Won Outright, 1934, Vel. 1134), hallmarked the Birmingham 1932, 28mm, 9ct, 16.11g [2]. First fine, second very fine; with rings for suspension £180-220
Jamaica, Jamaica Festival, bronze medals (3, one plated, one gilt), arms of Jamaica and supporters, revs. two humming birds, one dated 1975 for Popular Dance, all 54mm; similar bronze medals (2, one plated) for 25 and 15 years service to the Tourist Industry, 54mm; 25th Anniversary of Alcan Aluminium, 1977, an aluminium medal, 51mm; Centenary of the Jamaica Institute, 1977, a polished aluminium medal, 51mm [7]. Mostly very fine or better £60-80
Ornithology, Co DURHAM, Darlington, a silver award medal by T. Ottley, ten birds standing, rev. robed female, oak-wreath and shield, named (Presented to Francis Newburn Esq, Darlington, for the most Perfect Pen of Fantails, Trumpeters or Jacobins, Exhibited for a Silver Medal given by W.W. Boulton, Beverley, 1860), 48mm. Extremely fine; set in silver mount and glazed with lunettes (the reverse lunette slightly scratched), clip and ring for suspension, rare £80-100
Germany, Auslieferung [Circus Games], 1919, an oval cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, two chained German soldiers following a horse-drawn cart in which a monkey (Clemenceau) bangs a drum, rev. band of German soldiers being mocked by a French soldier at left, der nationalversammlvng beschlvss in exergue, 100 x 60mm (K – [cf. 231]). Very fine and very rare £90-120
Photography, YORKSHIRE, Cleveland Camera Club, a silver award medal by Fattorini, robed female seated right, camera and shield behind, rev. tablet in wreath, named (1907, Cleveland Slides, F.W. Pearson), 36mm; International Photographic Exhibition, Leeds, a silver award medal, unsigned [by J.A. Restall], named (F.W. Edwards, Transparencies, Leeds, 1891), 45mm; Scarborough Photographic Society, a silver Amateur Photographer award medal by J.A. Restall, named (H.E. Watkin, Circulating...
Hammer Price: £190
United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, Capture of St Eustatius, Saba and St Martins, 1781, a copper medal, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, 36mm (BHM 235; E 788). Usual flaw through n of rodney, light patch of encrustation on reverse, otherwise fine £60-80
Completion of the Burrator Reservoir, Plymouth, 1898, medals (3), all unsigned, in silver, bronze and white metal, legend, revs. view of reservoir, all 44mm (BHM 3635); together with other Victorian medals (14, one in silver) [17]. First extremely fine, in contemporary fitted case, others in varied state £90-120
Medals of the Early Colonial Period and the European Heritage, Capture of Tobago, 1677, a copper medal by J. Mauger and H. le Breton, bust of Louis XIV right with long hair, rev. panorama of the fort attacked by eleven vessels, magazine exploding from mortar fired from the left, 41mm (Divo 167; Betts 59; van Loon III, 210). Extremely fine £100-150
Danish West Indies, Centenary of Edwards, Henriquez & Co’s Bank, 1956, a bronze medal, unsigned, the three founders, rev. façade of bank, 74mm; Maduro & Curiels Bank, a silver medal, unsigned, 30mm; Centenary of the Abolition of Slavery, 1963, a plated bronze medal, 35mm; Curaçao Trading Company, St. Christopher medal, 30mm; together with a souvenir medal, 33mm [5]. Very fine and better £60-80
Germany, Malzschieber [The Malt Racketeers], 1916, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, racketeers moving a truckload of contraband, rev. lady being frisked at railway station, 58mm (K 182). Very fine £80-100
South Africa, Peace Treaty for the Boer War, 1902, a bronze medal by E. Fuchs for Elkington, angel tending fallen soldier, rev. female figure, troops in background, 70mm (BHM 3876); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, Colony of Natal, a silver medal by J. & S., 29mm (W & E 4325C.2); Visit of Joseph Chamberlain to South Africa, 1902, medals (2), by J. Fray, in plated bronze, 51mm (BHM 3888; E 1876), by J.A. Restall, in bronze, 38mm (BHM 3889); together with a Chamberlain Free Trade medal [5]. Very...
Hammer Price: £180
Surinam, Centenary of the Abolition of Slavery, 1963, a gold medal, unsigned, raised hands, freed of chains, rev. wanneer dan de zoon, etc, 25mm, 8.20g. Extremely fine £100-200
United States of America, William Channing, a uniface silver medal, unsigned, bust right, 46mm. Small die flaw in lower field, otherwise virtually as struck and deeply toned £150-200
Photography, The Amateur Photographer, a gold award badge by J.A. Restall, camera above wreath, named (F. Littledale, 1901, Record and Survey Work), hallmarked Birmingham 1901, 41 x 33mm, 9ct, 12.11g; The Amateur Photographer, Prize Medal, a silver award by J.A. Restall, named (Annual Lantern Slide Competition, 1901, T.G. Hibbert), 51mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 24); The Amateur Photographer, Niepce Medal, a silver award by J.A. Restall, named (Annual Lantern Slide Competition, 1902, T.G....
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a white metal medal by T. Halliday and P. Kempson, laureate bust left, rev. the King crowned, 48mm (BHM 1073); Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 1836, a white metal medal by J. Ottley, 46mm (BHM 1714); Visit of Louis Philippe I to England, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 39mm (W & E 426.1; BHM 2150); ‘General Tom Thumb’, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 38mm (BHM 2157; E 1394); together with a white metal medal of Napoleon by Thomason &...
The Mint, Birmingham, copper checks or medals (2), arms of Birmingham, revs. legend, all 25mm (Sweeny 19; Hawkins p.278; cf. Tansley 492); The Mint, Birmingham Ltd, checks or medals (3), in copper, 26mm (Sweeny 26; cf. Tansley 495), nickel, 26mm (Sweeny 28; cf. Tansley 496) and aluminium, 26mm (Sweeny 36; cf. Tansley 497); Visit of the Shah of Persia to Birmingham, 1889, a copper medal, unsigned, 31mm (BHM 3371) [6]. About extremely fine and better, particularly the last £50-70
Return of City of London Volunteers from South Africa, 1900, a bronze medal by Sir G. Frampton for the Corporation of London, soldier welcomed by seated Londinia, rev. Union and CIV flags flying on hill surrounded by trees, sun on horizon and cannon in foreground, 76mm (BHM 3684; E 1848). Good very fine; in original gilt-blocked case of issue [this partially damaged] £100-150
William IV, Coronation, 1831, medals by W. Wyon (2), in silver and copper, bust right, revs. bust of Queen Adelaide right, both 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251) [2]. First with some light scuffing and has been cleaned in the past, otherwise both extremely fine £120-150
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a copper medal by J. Barber for Griffin & Hyams, crowned bust left, rev. Queen and courtiers beneath canopy, 61mm (W & E 92.2; BHM 1803; E 1311). Extremely fine or better £40-60
France, Quatercentenaire de la Fondation du Collège de France, 1930, an Art Déco bronze medal by P. Turin, female head with torch, SCIENTIA, rev. monument to Guillaume Budé, 68mm (CGMP p.378; cf. DNW M5, 1629; cf. Simmons FPL 9, 280). Extremely fine £150-200
St Vincent, ‘Salvator Mundi’ Medal, a gilt-bronze award by Allen & Moore, facing portrait of Christ as the 'Salvator Mundi', after Da Vinci, rev. 'Christus Consolator' after A. Scheffer, edge named (Sir Frederick E. Thesiger, 1847, from E.I. Powell), 64mm. Gilding somewhat rubbed, otherwise very fine £100-150
Tobago, Tobago Agricultural Society, a white metal award medal, unsigned, sun breaks through clouds over a ploughing scene, rev. cane wreath, un-named, 41mm. Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
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