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Battle of Quiberon Bay, Belleisle, 1759, a copper medal by J. Kirk for the Society of Arts, Britannia riding hippocamp, rev. Night and Tempest shield France from Britain’s assault, 40mm (MI II, 706/441; E 676; MH 364); George II, Death, 1760, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, 41mm (MI II, 714/454; E 681; Betts 427) [2]. First about extremely fine, second edge knocked, fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
George III, Restored to Health, 1789, a silver medal by J.-P. Droz, bust right, rev. snake entwined around tripod, 35mm, 20.66g (BHM 311; DH Middlesex 179; E 827); Francis Willis, 1789, a copper medal by C. James, 33mm (BHM 333; DH Middlesex 220; E 828); George III, Recovery from Illness, 1801, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock, 38mm (BHM 503; E 928); Centenary of the House of Brunswick, 1814, a copper medal by T. Wyon Jr, 50mm (BHM 779; E 1056); together with other white metal medals (2)...
Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1789, a plated copper medalet, unsigned, bust left, rev. plumes, 30mm (BHM 321; DH Middlesex 968); Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1811, white metal medals (3), by T. Wyon Jr, 49mm (BHM 706; E 1015), by J. Westwood, 45mm (BHM 708), and unsigned, 38mm (BHM 709); Treaties of Paris, 1814-15, a copper medal by G. Mills and N.G.A. Brenet for J. Mudie, 41mm (BHM 892); George IV, Coronation, 1821, a gilt white metal medal by T. Halliday and P. Kempson, 47mm (BHM...
Italy: Papal States, Pius XII, Annual Medal, yr I [1939], a silver medal by A. Mistruzzi, bust left, rev. arms, 44mm (Cusumano/Modesti 1; Bart. 939); Appointment of 32 New Cardinals, 1946, a cast bronze medal by A. Mistruzzi, 80mm (Cusumano/Modesti 53) [2]. First brilliant and toned, second very fine; both in red cases of issue [second damaged] £60-80
Visit of Queen Victoria to the City of London, 1837, medals by J. Barber for Griffin & Hyams (2), in copper and white metal, coronetted bust left, revs. Lord Mayor welcoming Victoria, Britannia at right, 62mm (W & E 62.1, 62.2; BHM 1772; E 1303) [2]. About extremely fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
Austria, Congress of Vienna, 1814, a brass cliché by L. Heuberger, conjoined and uniformed busts right of Franz I of Austria, Alexander I of Russia and Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, 66mm. Good very fine £40-60
Chichester Cathedral, 1844, a white metal medal by J. Barker, view of Cathedral, rev. Chichester Cross, 60mm (BHM 2164; Taylor 2a); together with other architectural medals (11), including Clifford’s Tower, St Paul’s Cathedral, York Minster etc, mostly white metal [12]. First about extremely fine, others in varied state £60-80
Opening of Aston Hall and Park, Birmingham, 1858, a light bronze medal by J. Moore, diademed head of Victoria left on medallion, legend around, rev. elevation of the Hall, 56mm (W & E 778.2; BHM 2613; Taylor 35b); Recovery of the Prince of Wales from Typhoid, 1872, copper medals (2), by W.J. Taylor, 41mm (W & E 1157; BHM 2926), by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, 58mm (W & E 1161; BHM 2929; E 1619); Thomas Stothard, 1880, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for the Art Union of London, 55mm (BHM 3080; E 1672; B...
George V, Coronation, 1911, medals (2), by B. Mackennal, in silver, 51mm (BHM 4022; E 1922a), unsigned, in bronze, for Wandsworth, 64mm (BHM 4062); British Empire Exhibition, 1924, a bronze medal by B. Mackennal, 51mm (BHM 4193; E 1987); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, medals (4), by P. Metcalfe (3, all silver), 57mm, 31mm (2) (BHM 4249; E 2029), unsigned, in plated bronze, 51mm (BHM 4267) [7]. Extremely fine or better; most in cases of issue £60-80
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal signed F, bust three-quarters left, rev. King’s severed head below a rampant seven-headed monster, 47mm, 36.74g (MI I, 352/210; E 163; v.L. II, 320). Fine £120-150
Queen Caroline, Coronation, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Queen standing between Religion and Britannia, 35mm (MI II, 480/8; E 512); George III, Coronation, 1761, a copper medal by T. Pingo, 40mm (Eimer 19; BHM 30; E 692); George IV, Patron of the Arts, 1828, a copper medal by T. Halliday, 42mm (BHM 1333); together with a copper Charles I memorial medal [4]. First about very fine, reverse dark-toned, second very fine, third about extremely fine, last about fine £120-150
George III, Death, 1820, a white metal medal signed K, laureate bust left, rev. he has run his course, etc, 48mm (BHM 992); George IV, Coronation, 1821, a copper medal by T. Halliday and P. Kempson & Son, 49mm (BHM 1073); William IV, Accession, 1830, a copper medal, unsigned [probably by T.W. Ingram] for Thomason, 54mm (BHM 1423; E 1221); William IV, Coronation, 1831, a white metal medal, unsigned, 46mm (BHM 1497); Death of the Earl of Plymouth, 1833, a copper medal by E. Avern, 50mm (BHM...
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, from the same dies as previous, 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146); Scottish Arboricultural Society (Inst. 1854), a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Awarded to James Kay, for a report on old & rermarkable Trees, Nov. 1878), 35mm (Brodie 156); Federation of London Working Boys’ Clubs, a uniface silver award, named (Swimming, 1902, 220 Yds Race, T. Burke, St Andrew’s H. & C., Winner), 30mm; Portsmouth Football Association, 1906, a...
Germany, Entente, 1917, a cast iron medal by H. Harders for Ball, allegorical representation of the Allies looking to right, rev. seated figure on statue, holding heads of associated nations on cords, 70mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM VII, 417; cf. DNW M5, 1639). Very fine £70-90
Death of Taylor Combe, 1826, a copper medal by W.J. Taylor after B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 45mm (BHM 1258; E 1184); Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a white metal medal, unsigned, 51mm (W & E 138.2; BHM 1842); Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor’s medal, in copper, by W. Wyon, edge impressed (United Kingdom, Class 19, No. 379), 44mm (Allen A55; BHM 2463; E 1459); Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1856, in copper, by W. Wyon, named (Harriette...
William IV, Coronation, 1831, a copper medal by W. Wyon, from the same dies as previous, 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251); Handel Centenary, Crystal Palace, 1859, a copper medal by Pinches, named (E. Withers, Performer), 51mm (Allen 10; BHM 2656; E 1527); Doncaster Camera Club, 1905, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, named (Flowers, H.W.C. Drury), 44mm; together with other miscellaneous British medals, in silver (9), base metal (18), including a copy of the Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector medal, 1653...
Germany, Mutterschaft [Motherhood], c. 1930, a bronze plaque by H. Moshage, mother suckling child, rev. in imitation engraving (Ich will es schreiben in meinen Sinn, daß ich nicht nur für mich auf Erden bin, daß ich die Liebe, von der ich leb, liebend an andere weiter geb!), 140 x 95mm; Adolf Hitler, a silvered plaque by Hurin, 56 x 42mm; Hermann Göring, a plated portrait medal, undated, unsigned, 76mm [3]. First extremely fine and in fitted case, others fine, second mounted on wooden...
Marriage of George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761, a silver medal by J. Kirk, conjoined busts right, rev. Eros fanning the flames of two hearts burning on an altar, 36mm, 20.16g (BHM 10; E 690); Marriage of George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761, a silver medal signed B.G., 36mm, 15.17g (BHM 34) [2]. Fine and better £80-100
Germany, Ende der Flandern Schlacht [End of the Battle of Flanders], 1940, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, King Leopold standing, hands raised in surrender, German troops marching right in background, rev. British soldiers fleeing into a rowing boat under fire at Dunkirk, rescue ships in background, 71mm (K 574). Very fine, rare £120-150
India, Agra Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, 1867, a silver award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, farm animals and farming implements, rev. wreath of fruit and flowers, named (Prize for Collection of Fibres Awarded to Cuir Company, Singapore), edge engraved (Agra Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition), 64mm (Pudd. 867.3). About very fine, toned, rare £120-150
The British Dairy Farmers’ Association (Est. 1876), silver award medals (3), unsigned (2) and by J.A. Restall, cow and goat grazing, tree and building behind, revs. butter, cheese and other dairy produce, named (Awarded to Richard J. Mahony for Butter salted, 6 oz. to 56 lbs, Dairy Show, 1883; Lord Poltimore, for Fresh Butter from Scalded Cream, 1895; Awarded to G. & F. Atherton for Best Plymouth Rock, Dairy Show, 1908), 55 and 47 (2) mm (cf. DNW 54, 669) [3]. Very fine and better £100-150
Treaty of Paris, 1814, a white metal medal by J. Westwood, bust of Duke of Wellington left, rev. lion and dove of peace, 43mm (Eimer 50; BHM 816); together with other Wellington-related medals (4, two in silver) [5]. First about very fine, others in varied state £40-60
Hammer Price: £130
Lawrence Sheriff Lower School, Rugby, Henry Tull Rhoades Medal, 1890, a silver award, unsigned, arms and crest, rev. naked male holding torch, 52mm; Jeanne d’Arc, an oval bronze plaque, unsigned, for the Bromsgrove Guild, 51 x 31mm; 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Shrewsbury, 1903, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Robinson & Co], 38mm (BHM 3897) [3]. Extremely fine; in cases of issue £40-60
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, silver medals by G.W. de Saulles (6), all 26mm (W & E 3000.1; BHM 3506; E 1817b); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, silver medals (5), by G.W. de Saulles (4), all 31mm (W & E 4100.1; BHM 3737; E 1871b), and by Marples & Beasley, hallmarked Birmingham 1901, 32mm (W & E 4415.1); George V, Coronation, 1911, a silver medal by B. Mackennal, 31mm (BHM 4022; E 1922b); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, a silver medal by W. Goscombe John, 35mm (Giordano 23b; W &...
Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, a silver medal by E. Fuchs, uniformed bust facing, rev. Fame on prow of galley, 31mm (BHM 3670); 10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, a bronze medal by C.L. Doman, 76mm (BHM 4132; E 2008); 50th Anniversary of the British Legion, 1971, a light bronze medal, unsigned, for Spink, 51mm; INDIA, Northern Indian Rifle Association, Bengal Presidency, a copper award medal by J. Pinches, 55mm (Pudd. [1987] 960.6 var; MJP p.126, type 2); together...
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Canada, 1901, a bronze medal by G.W. de Saulles, conjoined busts left, rev. crowned arms and supporters, 56mm (W & E 4070.2; BHM 3725; E 1857); The London Hospital School of Nursing, a silver and enamel badge by Pinches, named (Eleanor Lewis, May 1906-Aug. 1908, Oct. 1910), 47mm (MJP –); Centenary of the Births and Deaths and Marriage Registration Acts, 1937, a silver medal by J. Langford Jones, 32mm (BHM 4386; E 2050); together with...
Withdrawal of the Divorce Bill, 1820, a copper medal by P. Kempson, bust of Queen Caroline left, rev. Peace with scroll, 41mm (BHM 1032; E 1133); Withdrawal of the Divorce Bill, 1820, a copper medal by G. Mills, 55mm (BHM 1033); Milan Plot Defeated, 1820, a brass medalet, unsigned, 25mm (BHM 1039); Death of Queen Caroline, 1821, a white metal medal signed W.W.T., 55mm (BHM 1144); Death of Queen Caroline, 1821, a copper medal, unsigned, 41mm (BHM 1146); together with brass medalets for her...
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by E. Avern, bust left, rev. coronation scene, edge named (Jn Emyln. 1st Reg. B.Y.C.H.), 35mm (BHM 1071, note; E 1146b). Scuffed and a little bent, otherwise fine to very fine; in red leather case for the official medal £90-120
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a hollow copper medal, by T. Webb, robed bust left, rev. crown, 54mm (BHM 1094), two clichés joined by a wide gilt-metal rim with suspension loop and ring; George IV, Coronation, 1821, a copper medal by T. Wyon Jr and B. Wyon, 51mm (BHM 1101) [2]. About extremely fine £90-120
George IV, Coronation, 1821, copper medals by T. Wells (2), laureate bust right, revs. King crowned and crown and wreath, both 46mm (BHM 1095, 1098); together with other medals for the same event (3) [5]. About very fine and better £60-80
Miscellaneous, French and German medals, badges, etc (43), by Baron, Baudichon, Farochon, Michaux, Hofmann, Rasumny, etc [43]. Fine to very fine, some better £50-70
Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, bust of William IV right, rev. bridge, 51mm (BHM 1544; E 1245; Taylor 102a; Welch 1), brass medals (2), unsigned, both 29mm (BHM 1547); The Reform Bill, 1832, medals (8), by H.C., 47mm (BHM 1604), by J. Davis, in white metal, 43mm (BHM 1579; E 1257), by T. Halliday, in copper (2), 51mm (BHM 1587; E 1256), 39mm (BHM 1597), others (4), all in white metal [11]. BHM 1597 extremely fine, others described...
Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, frontal elevation of the school, rev. youth with seated figure of Knowledge, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a; Welch 4); Visit of Queen Victoria to the Guildhall, 1837, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Corporation of London, 55mm (W & E 72.1; BHM 1775; E 1304; Taylor 53b; Welch 5) [2]. First extremely fine, second about very fine £80-100
Austria, 70 Geburtstag de Johann Freiherr de Chulmecky, 1904, a bronze medal by Prof. R. Marschall, bust right, rev. legend in 13 lines, 65mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.203, 29; BDM VIII, 31); BOSNIA, Johann Freiherr von Appel, 60 Years of Service, Sarajevo, 1900, a bronze medal by J.B. Pichl, 50mm (BDM IV, 507); ITALY, Centenario di Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta Trieste, 1938, a bronze medal by V.A. Pagani, 57mm; SWITZERLAND, 50e Anniversaire de la Reúnion de Genève à la Suisse, 1864, a...
Westminster Abbey, 1850, a white metal medal by J. Davis, view of exterior, rev. view of interior, 61mm (BHM 2373; Taylor 8a); together with other white metal architectural medals (8), including Houses of Parliament, Winchester Cathedral, etc. [9]. First about extremely fine, others in varied state £60-80
Belgium, Exposition Internationale, Antwerp, 1930, the artist’s reduction positive, in steel, for the obv. of the octagonal medal by J. Dupon for Fonson, Neptune watching African boy playing a trumpet-horn, aeroplane above and ship in background, 80mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.15, 64; cf. DNW 86, 202). Paper label inscribed with artist’s name pasted on side, otherwise as made, UNIQUE £100-150
Belgium, Exposition Internationale, Antwerp, 1930, the artist’s reduction positive, in steel, for the rev. of the octagonal medal by J. Dupon for Fonson, naked female riding side-saddle on a horse, port behind, 80mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.15, 64; cf. DNW 86, 202). Paper label inscribed with artist’s name pasted on side, otherwise as made, UNIQUE £100-150
Canada, Confederation of Canada, 1867, a copper medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, crowned and veiled bust of Victoria left, rev. Britannia seated by lion, four female figures around, 76mm (BHM 2875; E 1590a). Brightly cleaned and with associated surface marks, otherwise about very fine, scarce £80-100
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal by H. Jenkins and Son, bust left surrounded by emblems of countries of the Empire, rev. inscription, 76mm (W & E 3155A; BHM 3541); together with other medals for the same event (20) [21]. First very fine, others in varied state £60-80
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal by Spink for the Corporation of London, bust left, rev. Londinia with attendants presenting garland to seated Britannia, 76mm (W & E 3470.1; BHM 3510; E 1815). Virtually as struck; in black case of issue £60-80
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