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Marriage of Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840, a miniature silver medalet by J.B. Merlen, diademed bust left, rev. legend in eight lines, 11mm (W & E 212.2; BHM 1916). Virtually as struck and dark-toned, extremely rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
Belgium, Inauguration du Chemin de Fer International Belge-Rhénan, 1843, a gilt-copper medal by L.J. Hart, locomotive steaming right, rev. conjoined shields in wreath, 27mm (Moyaux 69; BDM II, 434); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Brussels, 1935, gilt-bronze medals (2), Les Flandres, by P.-C. Lenoir, Les Ardennes, by P.-A. Morlon, both 32mm (CGMP pp.242, 272; cf. DNW 50, 1279); FRANCE, Charles X, Coronation, 1825, a gilt medal, unsigned, 27mm; Exposition Universelle Internationale,...
Belgium, Exposition Internationale, Brussels, 1897, a bronze award medal by J. Lagæ for Wolfers, standing figures, rev. crowned arms and supporters, 70mm (BDM III, 267-8; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.16, 79; cf. DNW M2, 2658); Concours Hippique International, Namur, 1927, a bronze plaque, unsigned, 74 x 48mm; Ernest Malvoz, 1933, a uniface bronze plaque by G. Devreese for Fonson, 75 x 51mm; together with other miscellaneous Belgian and Dutch medals (11), by Fisch, Baetes, Muller, Renard, etc [14]....
Belgium, Dwight Eisenhower, Aid to Brabant and Ardennes, 1945, a bronze medal by E.-J. de Brémaecker for Fonson, bust of Eisenhower left, rev. legend in 7 lines, 70mm (cf. DNW 39, 486). Cleaned in the past and with remains of paper label adhering to reverse, otherwise about very fine £30-40
France, Louis XIV, 1660, a brass jeton, 27mm (M p.1104; F 12560); Peace Negotiations on the Isle of Pheasants, 1660, a copper jeton, 25mm (D 4152; M 3352 var; F 13028); Birth of Louis V, 1661, a brass jeton, 24mm (M 3290; F 11163); Ordre du Saint-Esprit, 1664, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 1611 var); Cardinal Chigi Enters Paris, 1664, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3277; F 3403ff); Louis XIV and Maria Theresa, 1666, a copper jeton, 24mm (M 3281; F 13066); Prosperity under France, 1666, a copper jeton,...
France, Louis XIV, 1681, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1113; F 12704); Dijon, Ph. Jannon, 1693, a copper jeton, 30mm (M p.1130; F 10073); Paris, Claude Bosc, 1695, a copper jeton, 27mm (M. p.987; F 3420); Spanish Succession, 1700, a brass jeton, 27mm (M 3411a); Louis XIV, jetons (5, three copper, two brass), various (F 235, 3442, 12548, 12918, 13095); Extraordinaire des Guerres, 1716, a copper jeton, 29mm (F 756); Estates of Burgundy, 1719, a copper jeton, 31mm (M p.1200; F 9833); Auvergne,...
France, Bataille de Wagram, 1809, a bronze medal by L. Manfredini, bust of Napoleon right in iron coronet, rev. Victory advancing right, 42mm (Bramsen 862); ITALY, 250e Anniversario della Brigata Piemonte, 1888, a copper medal by F. Speranza, 58mm (BDM –); together with an octagonal French silver jeton of the Chambre de Commerce d’Orléans, Loiret, 1808, 32mm [3]. About very fine and better £40-60
France, Death of Léon Gambetta, 1883, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, bust left, rev. LIBERTATIS AMORE, etc, above sprigs of oak and palm, 68mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.91; Coll. R. Marx 5; CGMP p.358; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 159; BDM V, 230; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.132, 6; cf. DNW 46, 764); Alsace, 1912, a bronze medal by G.-H. Prud’homme, 32mm (CGMP p.332; cf. BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.45, 118; BDM VIII, 147); Cyclisme, c. 1930, a bronze award medal by A.P. Schwab and G. Contaux for the St Raphaël...
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis for the Monnaie de Paris, female symbolising History inscribing a tablet held for her by a cupid, rev. Genie holding torch and leaning against a coining-press, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP p.173); Oeuvre du Nid, Beauté Médaille d’Honneur, Concours des Bébés, 1908, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (O. Lucas), 36mm; Henri Courbot, 1964, a bronze medal by Josette Hébert-Coeffin, 68mm (CGMP –);...
Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a cast bronze plaque after A. Machin, crowned bust right, 245mm. Very fine £40-60
Sporting awards, a collection of specimen medals by John Pinches Ltd (37), all c. 1930, in base metal, some gilt or plated [37]. As struck; in boxes of issue £70-90
France, Catalane, 1926, a bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, facing bust of an elderly Catalan woman in regional costume, rev. castle at Perpignan, 63 x 53mm (CGMP p.353; cf. DNW 54, 887); 500e Anniversaire de la mort de Jeanne d’Arc, 1931, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, 73 x 51mm (CGMP p.327); Syndicat Général des Maisons d’Alimentation à Succursales de France, a bronze award medal by L.G. Baudry, named (M. Marcel Goyard, 1er Mai 1957), 68mm [3]. About very fine and...
56th (1st London) Division T[erritorial] A[rmy], award medals by C.L. Doman (3, one in silver), Britannia with supporters, St Paul’s behind, revs. legends, rifle shooting (2), the duke of sutherland’s cup, all named (Sgt J.T. Delaney), 27mm; Territorial Army Rifle Association, a bronze award, unsigned, named (Pte J.T. Delaney, City Lieuts. Cup, 56th Div., 1923), 38mm; together with other awards (5, four in silver), of the London District of the TARA, ‘Military Mail’ Rifle League,...
France, Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, a yellow-brass Art Déco box medal, unsigned, aerial view of the Expo pavilion, rev. gate of the Place de l’Alma, containing a complete set of 10 black-and-white photographic roundels, 58mm (cf. DNW M5, 1572). Medal very fine, contents extremely fine and fresh £60-80
France, République, 1952, a silver award medal by Josette Hébert-Coeffin and H. Dropsy, bust of Marianne right in Phrygian cap, rev. wreath, named (Offert par M. d’Aillieres, Deputé Président du Conseil Général), 50mm, edge stamped 1970 (CGMP p.414); together with miscellaneous bronze medals (2) [3]. Very fine and better £25-35
Germany, International Olympisches Herbst-Sportfest, 1913, a silver-gilt award plaque by Huguenin Frès for the Berliner Sport-Club, two male athletes running left, rev. Prussian eagle, engraved (Für hervorragende Leistungen), 47 x 36mm, stamped 0.900. Extremely fine; in grey fitted case £40-50
Germany, Weltkrieg im Jahre 1914 [World War, 1914], a silver medal by O. Oertel, busts of Franz Joseph I and Wilhelm II vis-à-vis, rev. garnished shield decorated with trophy of arms, 35mm (Frankenhuis 553). Brilliant mint state, attractively toned £40-60
Northwich Pitt Club (Est. 1814), a silver medal by P. Wyon for J. Bissett, bust of William Pitt left, rev. Britannia weeping beside tomb, 53mm (BHM 617; E 976). Suspension removed, otherwise fine £60-80
Germany, 75th Anniversary of the Foundation of Siemens & Halske, 1922, a uniface bronze plaque by W. Lobach, busts of Werner von Siemens and Wilhelm von Siemens vis-à-vis, tablet below, un-named, 182 x 131mm (cf. DNW 54, 940). Very fine £40-50
Smithfield Club, a silver award medal after W. Wyon, bust of Earl Spencer left, rev. bust of Duke of Richmond right, named (Rt. Hon. Sir John Rolt, Ozleworth Park, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester, as breeder best pen long-woolled sheep in class XXXVII, 1869), 49mm. Scuffed in fields both sides, otherwise about very fine, toned £50-70
Royal Manchester, Liverpool & North Lancashire Agricultural Society (Amalgamated 1874), a silver award medal by Elkington, four shields in quadrilobe, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to the Liverpool Horticultural Society for collection of Stove & Greenhouse Plants exhibited at Liverpool, Sep. 1883), 45mm. Brilliant and virtually as struck, with clip and ring for suspension; in original maroon case £50-70
Russia, Catherine the Great, Accession, 1762, a white metal medal by G.C. Waechter, helmeted bust left, rev. Czarina seated, accepting crown and sceptre from supporters, 67mm (Diakov 115.1); The Deputies of the Commission Developing the New Civil Code, 1766, an oval white metal medal, unsigned, 41 x 35mm (Diakov 132.1) [2]. Fine, first better but with some tin pest on reverse £70-90
Hammer Price: £45
Cambridge University, a silver award medal by Munsey, arms, rev. wreath, engraved (The Clinker Fours, 1904), 51mm; with associated silver plaque, named (C.U.B.C. Clinker Fours, Won by Trinity Hall, Bow F.R. Bullard…2 W.C. Hodges…3 R.M. Ford…Str. C.C. Stansbury…Cox W.K. Chandler), hallmarked sb&s ld Birmingham 1902. Extremely fine; in case of issue by Munsey & Co Ltd, Goldsmiths & Watch Makers, Cambridge £60-80
Duke of Wellington, c. 1852, a large cast iron commemorative plaque, bust right, laurel border, trophies top and bottom, 305mm (Eimer –). A splendid memorial souvenir, very fine; with easel mount on the back £80-100
Belgium, St James Kennels, Ghent, c. 1950, a cast bronze plaque signed C.H., head of a terrier left, 76 x 73mm. Very fine, rare £60-80
Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy as Governor-General [1921], a bronze medal, unsigned, conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Byng left, rev. arms and supporters, 50mm; together with other modern World medals (2, one in silver) [3]. Very fine and better; all in cases of issue £40-60
France, Charles IX, a copper jeton, undated, 27mm (Mitchiner 3060; Feuardent 11706); Henri III, 1583, a brass jeton, 28mm (M p.1021; F 11776b); René Perret, Mayor of Dijon, 1640, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 10023); Louis XIV, 1645, a copper jeton, 28mm (M p.1101; F 12469a); Anne of Austria, a copper jeton, 27mm (F 12426); Cour des Monnaies, 1653, a copper jeton, 27mm (M p.1059; F 2200); Orléanais-Communauté des Marchands de la Loire, 1653, a brass jeton, 27mm (F 8169); Faculté de Médecine...
Inverurie Agricultural Association, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented by William Philip to Peter Bruce For Best Year Old Bull, 1875), 44mm. Very fine; with ornate clip and ring suspender £40-60
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a plated bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, Marianne crowning a seated artisan, Expo pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, tablet below, named (Bonnarme), 63mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW M5, 1464); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a plated bronze plaque by L.-O. Roty, 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.269, 30;...
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
The Triumph of Civilization over Barbarism, 1917, a uniface cast gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, Britain’s youth stands over fallen German foe, 97mm; 10th Anniversary of the Armistice, 1928, a bronze medal by C.L. Doman, 32mm (BHM 4132; E 2008); together with miscellaneous trench art, etc (5), including paper knives fashioned from bullet cases (2), blades marked ‘Arras’ and ‘Dixmuide’ [Lot]. Varied state £40-50
HAMPSHIRE, Portsmouth & District Small Bore Rifle Association, enamel badges (2), 38 x 27mm, 30mm; Hampshire Small Bore Rifle Association, a bronze award, unsigned, engraved (Inter Area ‘P’, 1955), 29mm; KENT, Hever Castle, a bronze plaquette, named (The Times, Hever Castle, Rifle Shooting, 25 Yards, A. Seammen, 7th July 1923), 29 x 20mm; Kent County Smallbore Rifle Association, a bronze and enamel award medal by Vaughton, un-named, 29mm; SURREY, Surrey Rifle Association (Est. 1860), a...
Germany, Tausendiaehrige Jubel Feier der Stadt Braunschweig [Millennium of the Creation of the State of Brunswick], 1861, a white metal medal by W. Kullrich, robed female holding shield and spear, rev. lioness on plinth, 50mm (Knigge 4302; BDM –); In Eiserner Zeit, 1916, an iron medal by Hosæus, 41mm (cf. DNW 38, 899); together with other miscellaneous German medals, badges, etc (27), some enamelled [29]. Fine to very fine, some better £40-50
Germany, Generalstabschef Conrad von Hötzendorf, 1915, an iron medal by T. Stundl, bust left, rev. howitzer, 50mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –; cf. DNW 54, 931); Georg’s von Grossbritañien Angstgesicht [The Anxiety of King George], a cast iron medal by H. Weddig, 68mm (Frankenhuis 1506; BDM VIII, 255; cf. DNW 38, 945); Judas Iscariot, a cast iron medal, unsigned, 62mm [3]. About very fine, but first with traces of mounting on edge £50-100
Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 1817, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, bust of Prince Regent left, rev. royal standard, 27mm (BHM 961; E 1091); together with miscellaneous medals, etc, in silver (4, three Italian), base metal (3) [8]. About very fine and better £30-40
London Institution (Est. 1807), a bronze Subscription ticket by W. Wyon, arms of London, lion crest above, engraved (15), rev. female seated right, 43mm (D & W 157/435). Very fine £40-60
International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1873, a gilt-bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, draped bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. façade of buildings, edge named (Miss G. Wilkinson, Catalogue No. 514 etc), 70mm (BHM 2964; E 1622; Taylor 180a); International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1874, a bronze award medal by G.T. Morgan, named (Lieut. Lionel G. Fawkes, R.A., Catalogue No. 3442), 52mm (BHM 2992; E 1633; Taylor 180b); International...
Low Countries, New Prosperity, 1615, a copper jeton, Brussels, 28mm (D 3717; M 2603 var); Victory of the Allies in Bohemia, 1619, a copper jeton, Antwerp, 27mm (D 3758; M 2609); Justice of the Archdukes, 1621, a copper jeton, Brussels, 28mm (D 3778; M 2612); Restoration of the Church at Mariemont, 1631, a copper jeton, 27mm (D 3875 var); Negotiations for Peace Between France and Spain, 1649, a copper jeton, 31mm (D 4027; v.L. II, 324); The Wish for Peace, 1656, a copper jeton, 31mm (D 4087;...
Russia, Restoration of Public Order, 1718, a white metal medal by T. Ivanov, bust of Peter the Great right, rev. crowned tree-stump, clouds either side, 47mm (Diakov 54.8). Very fine, reverse better £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Switzerland, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, a plated bronze medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz, semi-naked female seated, rev. building, tablet and wreath of oak, 61mm (BDM II, 424). About very fine £35-45
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