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Royal Thames Yacht Club, International Jubilee Ocean Race, a silver award medal by Elkington, crossed flags, crown and globe, rev. wreath, named (Started by H.R.H. The Commodore, 14 June 1887, Capt. Thornton Scovell, Presented by The Race Committee), 45mm. Extremely fine and toned £70-90
Hammer Price: £90
Russia, Prut Campaign, 1711, an oval white metal medal, unsigned, bust of Peter the Great right, rev. crowned double-headed eagle, 40 x 35mm (Diakov 40.2). Very fine, scarce £80-100
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, young bust left, rev. veiled bust left, 56mm (W & E 3000.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a); South African War, 1900, a silver medal by A. Fenwick, 38mm (BHM 3673); together with other silver award medals (2) [4]. Three very fine or better £50-70
George III, Death, 1820, a white metal medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. legend 48mm (cf. BHM 999; cf. E 1121); together with other medals for the same event (4) [5]. Mostly very fine to extremely fine £50-70
Battle of Jutland, 1916, a bronze medal by W. Gilbert and C. Wheeler for Spink on behalf of the Royal Numismatic Society, conjoined busts of Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty right, rev. legend in and around wreath, 76mm (Dutton, The Medal 11, p.48, fig. 3; BHM 4126; E 1950). Extremely fine, rare; in brown card case of issue [this with tape repair] £70-90
Forrer, L., Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, vols. 1-8, London, 1987 [8]. The Baldwin/van der Dussen reprint, publishers’ blue cloth, a mint set £120-150
William IV, Accession, 1830, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. ADELAIDE REGINA CUDI JUSSIT above trident, 68mm (BHM 1414; E 1220); William IV, Death, 1837, a uniface striking in copper of an unsigned medal, the blank reverse with the graffiti inscription “a fool”, 54mm; together with a white metal specimen of the issued medal, 54mm (BHM 1726) [3]. Very fine and better £80-100
Austria, Victor von Ebner, 1912, a uniface bronze plaque by Prof. S. Schwartz, bust left, 70 x 53mm (BDM –); together with other miscellaneous World medals, etc (67), by van Goor, Huguenin, Prinz, Placht, Frei, Weinburger, Kounitz, etc [68]. Fine to very fine, some better £90-120
Florence Nightingale, 1855, a white metal medal by T.R. Pinches, bust left reading book, rev. Victorian Order within wreath, 42mm (BHM 2668A; E 1493; Storer 2611); Treaty of Paris, 1856, white metal medals (5), all unsigned, 51mm (BHM 2581), 38mm (2, both BHM 2582), 36mm (BHM –), 32mm (BHM 2585A) [6]. Very fine £80-100
Edward VII, Death, 1910, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher, crowned bust facing, rev. wreath, 45mm (BHM 3981; E 1914); together with other Edwardian base metal medals (9) [10]. Very fine to extremely fine £40-60
Miscellaneous awards, in silver (12), base metal (18), many enamelled, including English XX Club Champion County, Police Athletic Association Championship, Welsh Twenty Club, Henwood Shield, Printing & Allied Trades Charity Shooting Association, China Cup, Kenya Regiment Rifle Club, Altrincham Rifle Club, Military Mail Rifle League, etc [30]. Very fine and better £60-80
Germany, Die Welt in Flammen [The World in Flames], 1915, a cast iron medal by A. Zadikow, two naked warriors wrestling above a globe, rev. sword over a flaming globe, 65mm (Frankenhuis 766). Very fine £80-100
Death of William Pitt, 1806, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust left, rev. island rock buffeted by heavy waves, 53mm (BHM 610; E 975); Wolverhampton Pitt Club, 1813, a silver medal signed P. Wyon, 50mm (BHM 772; D & W 199/780) [2]. Very fine, but the second tooled and buffed £100-150
Worshipful Company of Turners, a silver award medal [1885], unsigned, arms, rev. named (Presented…to Charles H. Rutter of the City of London School, as the prize for Mechancial Drawing…S.G. Bake, Master, Edgar Sydney…Dr R.T. Pigott Wardens), 51mm (Garnett pl.iii, 5; cf. D & W 306/54; cf. DNW M4, 160). Extremely fine and toned; in half of original maroon case £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Kings and Queens of England, c. 1820, a set of 60 cast base-metal impressions of the separate obverses and reverses of Dassier’s set, Cromwell reverse only; together with medals of George III and George, Prince Regent, all 41mm (excepting Cromwell, 38mm) [Lot]. Very fine; on six trays within mahogany box £100-150
United States of America, Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound (Est. 1895), a bronze award medal by Tiffany & Co, schooner sailing half-right, rev. wreath, engraved (Championship New York Yacht Club, 30 Foot Class, 1923, won by Countess), 77mm. Obverse a trifle spotted, otherwise good very fine, rare £90-120
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a copper medal by G. Mills, bust right, rev. equestrian figure of the King's Champion, Henry Dymoke, 55mm (BHM 1087; E 1142); together with other medals for the same event (2), by Desboefs and Rundell, Bridge & Rundell [3]. Very fine £70-90
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, silver and enamel award medals (4), by Vaughton and Fattorini, Britannia standing right, ship and factory in background, named (J.T. Whitton for 34 Years Service; G. Kennington for 25 Years Service; T.T.F. Cartwright for 25 Years Service; W. Hignett for 25 Years Service), hallmarked Birmingham 1928, 1936, all 32mm; together with other miscellaneous badges, in silver (13), base metal (30), including Northampton Allied War Fund, named (President, Mrs F.C....
Rovillio, G., Del Prontuario de le Medaglie de piu illustri, Parts I and II, 2nd edn, In Lione, 1581, ii + 172, 315pp, engraved woodcut illustrations in text (Dekesel R 73). Early vellum; spine and title page damaged, otherwise contents complete, rare £70-90
Germany, Ersten Amerikafahrt des Handels Unterseebootes Deutschland [The First Trip to America by the Submarine Deutschland], 1916, an iron medal by B.H. Mayer, bust of Kapitän Paul Konig three-quarters right, rev. submarine in foreground, white cliffs of Dover behind, large hand issuing from the clouds above attempting to catch the vessel, legend below, 60mm (Frankenhuis 802; BDM VIII, 36; cf. DNW 54, 937). Minor marks in obverse field, otherwise very fine £50-70
Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school, rev. youth with seated figure of Knowledge, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a); Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor’s medal, in copper, by W. Wyon, edge impressed (H. Araman), 44mm (Allen A55; BHM 2463; E 1459); Darwen & District Agricultural Association (Est. 1889), a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, named (W. Woodhouse, 1907), hallmarked Birmingham 1906, 39mm;...
Birth of George, Prince of Wales, 1762, a copper medal by T. Pingo, busts of George III and Queen Charlotte vis-à-vis, rev. standing female presents baby to Britannia, 40mm (Eimer 26; BHM 77; E 699); Prince George and Prince Frederick, 1763, a silver medal, unsigned, 29mm, 12.18g (BHM 84; E 705) [2]. First very fine, second about extremely fine, scarce in silver £70-90
Royal Army Medical Corps, Thomas Alexander Memorial Medal, 1860, a copper specimen striking of the gold award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, uniformed bust left, rev. Hygeia seated left, serpent drinks from a bowl she holds, 42mm (Storer 48). Extremely fine £60-80
George III, Preserved from Assassination, 1800, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. burning altar, Eye of Providence above, 48mm (BHM 483; Pollard 23i; E 916). Extremely fine £50-70
Leeds College of Music, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, frontal elevation of the college, rev. wreath, named (Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, Awarded to Fred Kemp Cartwright, Tenor, Competition, 1908), hallmarked Birmingham 1907, 44mm; Gresham Club Golfing Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Autumn Meeting, Scratch Medal, won by A.E. Robins, 1935), hallmarked jnco Birmingham 1935, 51mm); Union des Gastronomes, a silver and enamel Committee member’s...
Hammer Price: £100
Worshipful Company of Joiners, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, arms, rev. bearded and draped figure of Christ standing facing, holding a staff, edge named (Arthur Bedford, Master, 1908-1909), 51mm (MJP p.230; Garnett pl.iii, 4; D & W 305/48; cf. DNW M4, 147). About extremely fine, rare £60-80
George V, Coronation, 1911, a bronze plaque by T. Szirmaï for the Hotel Victoria, London, conjoined busts left, rev. standing female holds crown above Westminster Abbey, seated female inscribing tablet at left, 75 x 53mm (BDM V, 736, item g; cf. DNW M2, 2374); George VI, Coronation, 1937, medals by D. and W. Gilbert (2), in silver and bronze, both 56mm (W & E 7095.1, 2; BHM 4323) [3]. Extremely fine; all in maroon cases of issue, former by T. Szirmaï, 112 Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris XVIIe...
Shrub Hill Golf Club, Worcester, a silver award medal by Fattorini, male golfer preparing to take a ‘St Andrews’ swing, watched by other golfers and caddies, windswept tree in background, rev. wreath, named (Cap. v. Sec., 1929, Sec’s Team, B.C. Thomson), 51mm (cf. DNW 47, 1103). Obverse edge nick at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine; in blue case of issue [this faded] £60-80
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by H.B. Sale & Co, crowned bust left, rev. Britannia standing, 32mm (W & E 3410A.3; BHM 3563); together with other medals and medalets for the same event (27, four in silver) [28]. First about extremely fine, others in varied state £70-90
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, bust left wearing Scottish crown, rev. thistle and rose tree combined, 29mm, 11.32g (MI I, 266/60; E 123). Fields tooled, otherwise about very fine £120-150
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, copper medals by J. Roettiers (2), armoured and draped bust right, revs. hand from heaven holds a crown, both 50mm (MI I, 346/200; E 162a). Very fine and better £120-150
France, 50e Anniversaire du Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Européens, 1926, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, railway carriage against a map of Europe and Asia, 91 x 46mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; Baudey/Bricher 1992, 138; cf. DNW M2, 2569). Very fine, rare £70-90
Pitt Club, an oval gilt badge, rev. named (James Ludlam Esqr), 45 x 40mm (D & W 176/582; MG 1117). Onyx centre missing, otherwise fine; with integral loop and ring for suspension £40-60
Duke of Clarence Appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827, a silver-gilt medal by J. Henning Sr, bust right, rev. Britannia standing on foreshore, ships behind, 65mm (BHM 1296; E 1192). Rim knock on reverse at 11 o’clock and other minor nicks, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Roslin Curling Club, 1842, an engraved silver award, named (Gained by Mr. Wm. Ainslie, 10 Jany. 1842), hallmarked m&c Edinburgh 1842, 46mm. Very fine; with ornate suspension £40-60
Hungary, Magyar Országos Céllövö Szövetseg, Budapest, 1931, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Berán, archer drawing bow while resting his foot on a tree-stump, 70 x 50mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, etc (62), by Mardini, Egnell, Hauser, Huguenin, Machado, etc [63]. Generally very fine £80-100
Queen Charlotte’s 18th Birthday, 1762, a silver medal by T. Pingo, bust right, hair braided and wearing pearl necklace, rev. clasped hands holding staff topped with cap, 29mm, 10.85g (Eimer 24; BHM 74; E 698). Good fine; with integral scroll mount £60-80
Italy, Olympic Games, Rome, 1960, a cast bronze participant’s medal by E. Greco for Bertoni, Milan, naked female figure holding Olympic rings and torch, rev. stylised semi-abstract figure of athlete, 54mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.102, 15; cf. DNW M7, 2507). Green patina, very fine £90-120
Henley Regatta (Est. 1839), Wyfold Challenge Cup, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, legend in wreath, rev. trophy, named (I.A. Crabbe 2, C.D. Heatley 3, F.R. Adams, W.P. Phillips (Stroke)), 40mm; Oxford University Boat Club, a silver award medal, unsigned, engraved (Clinker Fours, 1898), 51mm; Tyldesley Technical School Opened, 1904, a silver medal, unsigned, 40mm; Sussex County Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, named (To The Rt. Hon. Lord Zouche, Gr. Mr....
Hammer Price: £110
Miscellaneous, British and World medals, badges, etc (25), in silver (11, one with a USA gold Dollar attached), base metal (14, including Prince Albert in bois durci); together with a small quantity of modern coins [Lot]. Varied state £70-90
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