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Great Britain, Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, a silver-gilt and enamel Grand Prime jewel, 1912, named (William Charles Wood), 84 x 54mm; others in silver-gilt and silver (4, including China Province Grand Lodge), base metals (6); Masonic jewels, etc (7), including Assistant's jewel, 'Northern China' and City of London; together with other badges and jewels (16), varied, nearly all with some enamel decoration [34]. Many extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Great Britain, Primrose League, c. 1915, a silver and enamel cross, 27mm, in case; Masonic, Duke of Connaught's medal, silver; RAOB Coronation jewels (3), 1937, 1953 (2); others (5) [10]. Very fine and better £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
Great Britain, Royal Academy of Music, award medals by B. Wyon for Pinches (20), in silver (6), 1922 (Beryl A. Taylor), 1930 (Winifred J. Stewart), 1934, 1935 (Dorothea R. Taylor), 1938 (2, both Mary Dennis), bronze (14), awarded from 1887, including 8 to silver medal winners, all 40mm (E 1165; D & W 146/352) [20]. Extremely fine or virtually so, a variety of suspenders and clasps, etc; all but one in cases of issue £80-120
Great Britain, Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1925, a bronze medal by G. Bayes for Pinches, busts of Edward Pease and George Stephenson conjoined, rev. Vulcan holding model of Locomotion No.1, 76mm (Irvine/Atterbury p.139; BHM 4205; E 2001a; Moyaux 44A; MJP p.101; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.79, 11). Extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Great Britain, The General Strike, 1926, a bronze service medal by E. Gillick, seated Britannia, rev. allegory of three draped figures, two locomotives resting on their outstretched hands, 51mm (BHM 4210; E 2003), with covering letter to Provost Haggart; Neville Chamberlain, 1938, a uniface cast bronze medal by Muriel Hiley, 62mm (BHM 4389); together with miscellaneous base metal medals (4) [6]. Mostly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £75
Great Britain, The General Strike, 1926, a bronze service medal by E. Gillick, similar, 51mm (BHM 4210; E 2003); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (7) [8]. Very fine to extremely fine; mostly in cases of issue £70-90
Hammer Price: £55
Great Britain, George V, Jubilee, 1935, silver medals (3), official and for Licensed Victuallers’ School (2); Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a plated medal; George VI, Coronation, 1937, medals (5, four in silver) [9]. Mostly extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £100
Great Britain, George V, royal portrait medals (108, three in silver, including Borough of Wandsworth); George VI, royal portrait medals (45, two in silver); Elizabeth II, royal portrait medals (15, one in silver); Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, silver medals (2) [170]. Generally very fine, a good and varied group £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
Great Britain, Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, bust right, rev. Windsor Castle, 72mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 220; E 2087); together with other miscellaneous medals, in silver (6), base metal (approx. 110) [Lot]. Varied state £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Great Britain, Visit of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Paris, 1957, a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, conjoined busts right, rev. France greeting Britannia, 72mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; BHM –; E 2098a); together with miscellaneous bronze medals (17), subjects including R.T. Crane, Henry and Mabel Astley-Bell, Richard Burbridge, George Eastman, Tomas Masaryk, Ernest Tornquist; other items (8, including Masonic) [Lot]. Mostly very fine and better; many cased as issued £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Great Britain, Prince Charles, Investiture as Prince of Wales, 1969, medals by M. Rizzello (4), in silver (2, 97.8 and 70.4g) and bronze (2), 58 and 45mm (E 2116); same event, silver medals by Pinches, set of 2 (59.4g) and 4 coin-like medals (total 66.4g); Britannia silver medal by Pinches, 57mm, 106.8g; oval silver portrait medal by Pinches, 51 x 39mm, 45.3g; Mayfair Coin Co, set of three medals (one silver, 28.3g) and a second silver medal, 29.2g; gilt and plated-bronze medals by E. Fey and...
Hammer Price: £210
Great Britain, Prince Charles, Investiture as Prince of Wales, 1969, a set of five silver medals by G. Colley for Slade Hampton, all 40mm, each 32g; another set of three silver medals for the Royal Borough of Caernavon, 40, 32 and 25mm, total wt. 64.8g; Royal Mint, End of Production at Tower Hill, 1975, a cast silver medal by R. Elderton, 54mm, 59.4g (E 2132) [9]. Mostly virtually as made; in cases of issue £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
Great Britain, 25th Anniversary of Peace in Europe, 1970, a set of four silver medals by D. Cornell for Pinches, differing portraits of Sir Winston Churchill, revs. Churchill quotation on tablet, 44mm, each 38.5g, numbered 117 [of 250] (Engstrom 88-91); 350th Anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers, 1970, a set of three medals for Slade Hampton, all 39mm, total wt 94.3g; 900th Anniversary of Lincoln Cathedral, 1972, a silver medal by A. Edward Jones, Ltd, 58mm, 85g; Sir Richard Grenville, a silver...
Great Britain, New London Bridge, 1973, a silver-gilt medal for the Corporation of the City of London, unsigned [by D.F. Payne], bridge, rev. City arms, 51mm (E 2127); Royal Mint, End of Production at Tower Hill, 1975, a cast silver medal by R. Elderton, 54mm (E 2132); together with other miscellaneous medals, in silver (7), base metal (9) [18]. Mostly as struck £70-90
Great Britain, Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee, 1977, silver medals (2), by L.G. Durbin for Spink (E 2136), and D. Cornell for Pinches, 57 and 51mm; together with miscellaneous medals, coin year sets, etc [Lot]. Mostly mint state; in cases of issue £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Great Britain, Royal National Life Saving Society, a group of 20th century silver medals (36), several types, many named [36]. Generally extremely fine; mostly in green cases of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Great Britain, Royal National Life Saving Society, a group of 20th century bronze medals (79), several types, many named [79]. Generally extremely fine; in red cases, wallets and boxes of issue £80-100
Great Britain, Royal National Life Saving Society, a group of 20th century medals, crosses, etc, in base metal (96), many named; cloth badges (4); Nottingham School Board Swimming Association, a copper award medal, named (G. Adcock, 440 Yards), 51mm [101]. Generally very fine, many better; last in case of issue [this damaged] £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Great Britain, Medals related to the Baking Trade, mostly 1920-40, awarded by various organisations to F.J. Griffiths & Sons, Cwmbran, in silver (2), bronze (18), several with enamelled decoration [20]. Generally extremely fine; mostly in cases of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
Great Britain, Modern commemorative medals in bronze and base metals, subjects including Great Western Railway, Royal Mint, Chilean Naval Mission, Westminster Hospital, Edmund Halley, etc [Lot]. Mostly extremely fine; the majority in cases of issue £70-90
Great Britain, Royal events, Jubilees, etc, base metal medals (50), 1837-1935 [50]. Varied state £70-90
Hammer Price: £220
Great Britain, Shooting medals, in silver (3, Territorial Army and NRI), bronze (4); H.M.S. Ganges, 3rd Call Boy Competition, 1934, 32mm; together with other bronze sporting medals (3) [11]. Very fine and better £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
Belgium, Leopold I, Silver Jubilee, 1856, a copper medal by L. Wiener, bust left, rev. Belgica and angel by throne, 75mm; Marriage of the Duke of Brabant, 1853, copper medals (2), by L. Wiener, 74mm and L.-J. Hart, 60mm; Statue of Charlemagne, 1868, a copper medal by L. Jéhotte, 75mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (3) [7]. Jéhotte medal very fine, others in varied state £100-150
Hammer Price: £50
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a copper Juror’s medal by A.D. Barre, bust of Napoleon III right, rev. crowned arms on mantle surrounded by shields of the participating nations, cartouche below, named (Alderman Carter, Juror), 60mm (Divo 234). Nearly extremely fine, an interesting association item £60-80
Germany, Field-Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, 1814, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, bust left, rev. hostes britanniarvm mdcccxiv, 53mm (Bramsen 1475). Extremely fine £70-90
Germany, University of Göttingen, Karl Friedrich Gauss, 1855, a copper medal by F. Brehmer, bust right, rev. name of Georg V of Hannover within wreath, legend around, 70mm (Wurz. 3099); Saxony, New Constitution, 1831, a copper medal, 46mm; Portugal, Marriage of Pedro V and Stephanie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 1858, a copper medal by L. Wiener, 75mm; Switzerland, University of Geneva, Theodore Beza, a copper medal, 1859, 56mm; Bern, a plated electrotype of an award medal, 56mm. [5]. Very fi...
Germany, Wilhelm I and Augusta, 1897, a silver medal by Loos, conjoined busts right, rev. legend engraved within wreath in 12 lines, 51mm; Friedrich III, a Thaler-size silver memorial medal, 40mm [2]. First virtually as struck, second about very fine; first in ‘G.N.M.L. Berlin’ case of issue £80-100
Hungary, International Exhibition, Budapest, 1885, a bronze award medal by Prof. S. Schwartz, female figure stands by decorative pedestal, rev. raised naming on central panel (Loder Robertnek Wittelburg), 65mm (BDM V, 426). Extremely fine, scarce £40-60
India, Calcutta Exhibition, 1882, a bronze award medal after L.C. Wyon, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. wreath, 43mm (Pudd 882.1.1). Good very fine £70-90
India, Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales – Belvedere, 1905-6, a silver medal by Hamilton & Co, conjoined busts left, rev. tiger under palm tree, rayed star and plumes in field, 35mm (Pudd. 905.1.2.1); George V, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1911, a silver medal by Fattorini, 38mm (Pudd. 911.2.4); another minor variant with swivel suspender, matt surface, hallmarked, 38mm (Pudd. –); George V, Coronation, Monghyr, 1911, a silver medalet, facing busts vis-à-vis, rev. view of old fort, 23mm (...
Hammer Price: £300
Netherlands, Statue of William II Erected at The Hague, 1854, a copper medal by J.P. Menger, view of statue, rev. legend in oak and olive wreath, 69mm (BDM IV, 22). Virtually as struck £50-70
Hammer Price: £25
Russia, Marriage of Marie Alexandrowna to Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, 1874, a bronze medal by C.W. Schnitzpahn, conjoined busts right, rev. angel supports armorial shields, 63mm (Diakov 809.1); Germany, International Exhibition, Baden-Baden, 1896, a bronze medal, 61mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (5) [7]. Varied state £80-100
Spain, Marriage of Alfonso XII to Maria de la Mercedes of Orléans, 1878, a bronze medal by G. Sellan, conjoined busts right, rev. legend in seven lines, 71mm (BDM V, 470). Extremely fine and scarce; in leather fitted case of issue. £70-90
Spain, Marriage of Alfonso XIII to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, 1906, a silver-gilt medal by B. Maura, conjoined busts right, rev. legend in six lines, 60mm (BDM VIII, 35). Nearly extremely fine, scarce £80-100
Great Britain, Royal Society of Literature, 1823, a heavy trial striking in lead of the obverse of the medal by W. Bain, bust of George IV left, 69mm (cf. BHM 1218). Light spotting, otherwise very fine and patinated, extremely rare; in velvet-lined maroon and gilt-blocked fitted case £90-120
Great Britain, Royal Society, King’s Medal, 1833, a copper-washed lead cliché of the obverse of the award medal by W. Wyon, bust of William IV right, 72mm (BHM 1655; E 1271). Extremely fine; in original maroon fitted case £50-70
Great Britain, Glasgow University, Newton Medal, c. 1840, a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Isaac Newton right, rev. frontal elevation of the old Hunterian Museum, 51mm (BHM 1471; E 1348; Brodie 614). Virtually as struck and toned; in maroon case of issue £70-90
Great Britain, Royal Astronomical Society of London, Newton Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Isaac Newton left, rev. Herschel’s telescope in frame, named (Struck by Permission of the Council for the Collection of J.Y. Akerman Esqr. F.S.A., 1840), 48mm (D & W 149/372; E 1137, footnote). Extremely fine and toned, rare, especially with the numismatic association £300-400
Hammer Price: £720
Great Britain, Re-Opening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, a silver medal by W. Wyon, bust of Thomas Gresham left, rev. statue of Victoria in front of elevation of the Exchange, 74mm (W & E 447; BHM 2185; E 1390). Glazed in lunettes, extremely fine and virtually as issued, rare; in original maroon fitted case and undoubtedly a special presentation piece £250-300
Hammer Price: £230
Great Britain, Sir Francis Chantrey, 1846, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust right, rev. James Watt seated left, a drawing of a plan resting on his lap, on which he rests a compass held in his right hand, 55mm (BHM 2227; E 1381). Virtually as struck £50-70
Hammer Price: £70
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