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Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by A. Wyon, bust left, crowned and veiled, rev. Queen enthroned in ornate hall, attended by Britannia, Neptune and Clio, 64mm (BHM 3290; E. 1734). Extremely fine or better, scarce £60-80
Hammer Price: £200
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Borough of Dorchester, a silver medal by J. Pinches, veiled bust left, rev. arms, 36mm (W & E 2318D, not listed in silver; BHM 3277); copper medals (2), Borough of Colchester, unsigned [by J. Ottley?], 39mm (W & E 2308A.2; BHM 3313); Borough of Kidderminster, unsigned, 39mm (W & E 2507C.2; BHM 3311) [3]. First good very fine, others better £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1890, a large cast bronze medal by Elinor Hallé, cast by J. Moore for the Royal Geographical Society, high-relief bust of Henry Morton Stanley left, rev. seated figure of Africa right, in elephant head-dress, empties waters of the Rivers Congo and Nile, her left foot on a crocodile, a mountain and rising sun, 124mm (Attwood 11; BHM 3410; E 1763). Casting flaws on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £550
Enthronement of John Gott as Bishop of Truro, 1891, a bronze medal by H. Venn, Truro, bust left, rev. view of the cathedral, 45mm (Mayne/Williams 9); Rev. George Docker Grundy, 1898, a silver medal by W.O. Lewis, 44mm; Harry Lawson, 1889, a silver medal signed J.W., 35mm (BHM –; cf. DNW 60, 1441) [3]. About extremely fine; second in fitted case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
Gloucestershire Photographic Society, a silver award medal by H.B. Sale, named (1891, G.E. Thompson, Class 13), 45mm; together with other medals in silver (4, two gilt), base metal (4), mostly late 19th and early 20th century [9]. First extremely fine, others in varied state £70-90
Hammer Price: £55
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Merriman Memorial Medal, c. 1895, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm (cf. DNW 68, 1392). Extremely fine; in red fitted case £30-40
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a small gold medal by G.W. de Saulles, young head left, rev. veiled bust left, 26mm (BHM 3506; E 1817b). Extremely fine; in red case of issue £350-400
Hammer Price: £420
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a gold medal by G.W. de Saulles, similar, 26mm, 12.87g (W & E 3000.2; BHM 3506; E 1817b). Rather scuffed and marked and an edge bruise at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £380
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, silver medals by G.W. de Saulles (2), similar, 55mm, 26mm (W & E 3000; BHM 3506; E 1817); George V, Coronation, 1911, a plated bronze medal by A. Toft, 52mm (BHM 4055) [3]. Very fine to extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, Borough of Gorton, Manchester, a silver-gilt medal by J. Walker, veiled bust left, rev. presented by ernest f.g. hatch m.p. to commemorate the 60th year of the reign of h.m. queen victoria, 38mm (W & E 3562D.3); together with a silver medalet by L. Kohn, 25mm (W & E 3190A.4) [2] About extremely fine, both rare £50-70
Hammer Price: £50
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, Borough of Windsor, medals by H.B. Sale and Dyson of Windsor (2), in silver and copper, veiled bust left, revs. arms, both 39mm (W & E 3415E, not listed in either metal) [2]. Both about extremely fine; first cased, second with suspension and ribbon, a rare pair £50-70
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, medals by G.G. Adams (2), in silver and copper, conjoined young and old busts left, revs. arms within radiate star, both 47mm (W & E 3005A.2, not listed in silver; BHM 3507; E 1819); in copper by J. Carter, 45mm (W & E 3062, not listed in copper; BHM 3535), in silver by A. Miesch, 38mm (W & E 3260A.4; BHM 3595) [4]. First two extremely fine, others nearly so £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Dufferin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal, 1888, a copper award of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, by A. Wyon for Pinches, named (Colonel of the Royal North Down Rifles, 1899), 51mm. Fine to very fine but with numerous edge knocks £40-50
Death of Mrs Frances Huth, 1901, medals by J. Pinches for R. Huth (4), draped bust left in bonnet, rev. legend in wreath, silver, bronze (3, different finishes, one matt), all 41mm (BHM 3728; MJP p.59) [4]. Silver extremely fine and dark-toned, rare, one bronze extremely fine with almost full original colour, others very fine and better £90-120
Hammer Price: £75
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, Borough of Kidderminster, a silver medal by the Mint, Birmingham, conjoined busts left, rev. arms, 38mm (W & E 4435I.4; BHM 3768). About extremely fine £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, County Borough of Warrington, silver medals (2, one gilt), by Brookes & Adams, conjoined busts right, rev. arms, 39mm (W & E 4135L.3-4) [2]. Better than extremely fine, first attractively toned, rare £80-100
H.M.S. Worcester, Nautical Training College, an oval silver award medal for General Good Conduct by J.A. Restall, ship in oval within crowned Garter, flags behind, rev. named (Wilfred Kirkpatrick Bramwell Ellis, Midsummer 1908), hallmarked Birmingham 1905, 81 x 46mm. Extremely fine; ornate dolphin suspender £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908, a struck square graphite plaque, unsigned, for Levallois-Perret, Paris, le carbone on scroll above legend, rev. arms and supporters, 58 x 58mm (cf. DNW 45, 883). Extremely fine and virtually as struck, attractive; in original buff fitted case of issue £60-80
Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908, a struck square graphite plaque, unsigned, for Levallois-Perret, Paris, similar, 58mm (cf. DNW 45, 883). Extremely fine £60-80
Olympic Games, London, 1908, a white metal participant’s medal by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, Victory standing holding laurel spray and trumpet, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (BHM 3963; E 1904). Surfaces and edges slightly nicked and scuffed, otherwise extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £360
Diocese of Hereford, a silver lay reader’s medal by Vaughton, shield, mitre above, rev. cross, hallmarked Birmingham 1909, 62 x 41mm; Diocese of Leicester Re-Established, 1927, a silver medal, unsigned, shield, mitre above, rev. inscription, 77 x 43mm [2]. About extremely fine, second with partial enamelling on the shield; both in fitted cases of issue £70-90
Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 1910, a silver award medal by B. Mackennal, named (Ethel Edith Edwards, Shorthand Examinations 1922, 140 Words per Minute), 55mm (BHM 4004; E 1917); together with a silver medal of Edward II in the style of S. de Passe [2]. First rather scuffed otherwise extremely fine, second good fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £70
Mary Wakefield, 1910, a large electrotype cast bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, draped bust right, rev. lyre within laurel of roses, music a fair and glorious gift from god around, 150mm (cf. DNW 49, 1001). Fine; contained in a fitted oak box, inside of lid inset with five brass plaques, inscribed ‘Chesterfield Musical Festival, Inaugurated 1923, Presented by Mr J.A. Colledge, Chesterfield’ and ‘Staveley Town School 1925’, ‘Eckington Council Girls School 1926’, ‘Brampton Girls...
George V, Coronation, 1911, London College of Music, a silver medal by J.A. Restall conjoined busts left, rev. arms and inscription, hallmarked Birmingham 1911, 39mm (BHM 4050); City of Nottingham, a silver medal by Marples & Beasley, conjoined busts left, rev. arms, presented by capt. j.a. morrison to...on the occasion of the coronation dinner, june 30th 1911, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 57 x 39mm [2]. Both extremely fine, second very rare; with suspension ring and ribbon, in...
Hammer Price: £130
Aberdeen City Concerts, 1911, a silver award medal by Vaughtons, arms, rev. wreath, unnamed, hallmarked Birmingham 1910; Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, 1920, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (For cow of any breed, giving the heaviest quantity of milk, won by Sir C.S. Bine Renshaw Bart.) [2]. Extremely fine; in fitted cases of issue £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
Royal Visit to Merthyr Tydvil, 1912, a silver medal by Vaughton, conjoined busts left, rev. ornate arms, hallmarked Birmingham 1912, 38mm. Matt, extremely fine, lightly toned, scarce; with loop for suspension £30-50
Hammer Price: £40
Alloa Academy, a silver award medal by J. Younger, facade of academy, rev. robt. wilson esq donor, named (James A. Cuthbert Session 1915-16), 44mm; Paisley Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Arithmetic Medal, Presented by J. Stewart Clark Esq, Dreghorn Castle, awarded to William B. Erskine, session 1909-10), hallmarked Birmingham 1909, 45mm (Brodie 681); Perth Grammar School, 1851, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Francis Morison, First Student in the Senior Latin...
Battle of Jutland, 1916, a plaster-filled electrotype for the rev. of a medal entered in the Royal Numismatic Society competition, wreath floats in the sea, 93mm (Dutton, The Medal 11, p.46ff; BHM –; MH –). Very fine £70-90
Dundee High School, Cunningham Medal, a silver award, unsigned, arms in trilobe, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to William G. Scott, 1917), 62mm (Brodie –). Extremely fine or better; in original fitted case of issue by Whylock & Sons, Goldsmiths & Jewellers, Dundee [this damaged] £60-80
Darwen & District Agricultural Association, a silver award medal by A.W. Crosbee, arms, rev. shield, farm animals around, named (M. Schofield), hallmarked Birmingham 1919, 38mm; Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, a silver award medal, unsigned [by A. Kirkwood], named (William Fleming Windlaw for Ayrshire Cow, 1901), 44mm; Wirral and Birkenhead Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Awarded to Smith Darfrey & Hitchings for Collection of Wheels, 1880), 48mm;...
Hammer Price: £150
Bideford and District Skittle League, a gold and enamel award medal, unsigned, skittle-board, rev. unnamed, 29mm. Good very fine £90-120
Staffordshire Agricultural Society [Est. 1844], silver award medals by T. Ottley (2), named (Awarded to Mr Henry Bickford for Shorthorn Yearling Bull, “Badminton Othello” at Burton-on-Trent Meeting 1921; Awarded to Mr Henry Bickford for Shorthorn Yearling Bull, Standeford Dollar 60th, at the Walsall Meeting, 1924), hallmarked Birmingham 1921 and 1924, both 48mm [2]. Better than extremely fine; both set in silver rings with glazed lunettes, in cases of issue £60-80
Plymouth Competitive Musical Festival, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, St Cecilia, rev. shields, named on edge (E.M. Tombe, First Violin, under 14 years, March 1926), hallmarked Birmingham 1925, 38mm; 400th Anniversary of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, a silver medal by the Birmingham Mint for the City of Plymouth, 51mm; together with a Devon Master Bakers’ Association silver award medal, 44mm [3]. About extremely fine; in fitted cases of issue £90-120
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Ryder Cup, a gold participant’s medal by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co Ltd, golfer, rev. inscribed (Wentworth Club, Great Britain v U.S.A, June 4th and 5th 1926), 9ct, hallmarked Birmingham 1925, 26mm. About extremely fine and extremely rare; with loop and ring for suspension £3,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Ancient Order of Druids, an oval silver award medal by J. Moore, druid’s head left within wreath, rev. named (Presented to C.F. Arthurs, N.A. by the Albion Lodge No. 59, for services rendered as N.A. Jan-Mar 1929), 76 x 59mm. Edge bruise at 12 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, most attractive and very rare; with clip and ring for suspension and original maroon ribbon £150-200
Southern Railway, 50 Years Service, a gold and enamel badge by J.A. Wylie & Co, arms, rev. named (T.T. Galloway 1881-1931), hallmarked Birmingham 1931, 29mm: 10.8g. Extremely fine; with suspension ring £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, medals (2), a lacquered restrike in bronze after E. Carter Preston for J.R. Gaunt, crowned bust right, rev. Britannia seated right holding imperial crown, 57mm (Giordano 215a; BHM 4286), in light bronze medal, unsigned (by Turner & Simpson?), 37mm (Giordano 296b; BHM 4312) [2]. Extremely fine; second in fitted case £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
Stromness Academy, a gold award medal by Vaughton, named (Dux Medal Jeannie S. Stevenson 1937-38), 25mm, 8.8g; together with a similar silver award to the same recipient [2]. Extremely fine; in contemporary fitted cases [one damaged] £80-100
George VI, a bronze trial for the obverse of the War Medal 1939-45, by P. Metcalfe, crowned bust left, rev. engraved (Artist’s Copy), 36mm. Extremely fine and very rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £300
A Group of Participant’s Medals for Olympic and Commonwealth Games, presented to Commander F.W. Collins, R.N.: XIV Olympiad, London, 1948, a light bronze participant’s medal by B. Mackennal and J.R. Pinches, Houses of Parliament in cartouche, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (BHM 4422; E 2076; MJP p.118); XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956, a bronze participant’s medal by A. Mészáros for K.G. Luke, arms and Olympic symbols, rev. athletes around Olympic flag, 64mm (Wachtel...
Hammer Price: £700
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