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Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702, a silver medal by J. Croker, similar, 38mm, 18.20g (MI II, 236/18; E 395; Betts 97). Very fine £180-220
Hammer Price: £310
Capture of the Citadel of Lille, 1708, a silver medal by J. Croker, crowned and draped bust of Anne left, rev. Victory holding the shield of Lille above plan of fortifications, 45mm, 36.81g (MI II, 338/169; E 435). Pierced and with suspension ring, otherwise good fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Capture of Tournai, 1709, a copper medal by J. Croker, bust of Anne left, rev. Pallas seated holding shield and trophies beside her, 39mm (MI II, 354/190; E 437); Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, c. 1850, a copper medal, 52mm [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine and in case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
Battle of Malplaquet, 1709, a silver medal by J. Croker, crowned bust of Anne in armour left, rev. Victory flying over battle scene, 47mm, 38.87g (MI II, 359/197; E 438). Very fine, toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £180
PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Anne stands as Britannia, 35mm, 15.77g (MI II, 400/257; E 460). About very fine £90-120
Escape of Princess Clementina Sobieski from Innsbrück, 1719, a copper medal by O. Hamerani, bust left, rev. Princess riding towards Rome in a biga, 48mm (Woolf 36:1; MI II, 444/49; E 484). A few light marks, otherwise about extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
Marriage of James III to Princess Clementina Sobieski, 1719, a copper medal by E. Hamerani, conjoined busts right, rev. Hercules takes the hand of Venus, 41mm (Woolf 37:2; MI II, 445/51; E 486). Very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £160
Beggars’ Benison Club, Anstruther, 1739, a silver-gilt badge, unsigned, Adam and Eve, hands clasped, walking towards a bower, rev. Adonis standing behind reclining Venus attended by Cupid, dog in background, 34mm, 15.81g (MI II, 528/89; E 545, footnote). Pierced for wear, edge knocks, otherwise fine to very fine, rare £200-250
£200–£250
Carlisle Recaptured, 1745, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, bust of Duke of Cumberland right, rev. Duke on horseback, 35mm (Woolf 52.5a; MI II, 605/262; E 599); Battle of Culloden, 1746, a copper medal, unsigned, 36mm (Woolf 55.10; MI II, 611/274) [2]. Very fine, traces of original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
French Fleet Defeated off Cape Finisterre, 1747, a silver medal by T. Pingo [struck c. 1768], bust of Admiral Anson left, crowned by Victory, rev. Victory stands on sea-monster, officers of HMS Centurion named around, 43mm (Eimer 38; MI II, 634/325; E 616; Betts 382). Fine, but with a large (glue-filled) untidy piercing £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Legitimacy of the Jacobite Succession, 1749, a silver medal, unsigned, Highlander with shield and raised sword, rev. expanded rose, 31mm, 17.27g (Woolf 61.1a; MI II, 655/358; E 624). Good very fine and very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £750
Legitimacy of the Jacobite Succession, 1749, a copper medal, unsigned, similar, 31mm (Woolf 61.1a; MI II, 655/358; E 624). Extremely fine or better, rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £330
The Attacks by Earl Howe on St Malo and Cherbourg, 1758, a bronze medal, unsigned, bust three-quarters right, holding baton, rev. bust of William Pitt three-quarters left, 25mm (MI II, – ; BHM 5; MH 414). Fine to very fine, exceptionally rare £150-250
Hammer Price: £340
British Victories, 1758, a copper medal, unsigned, laureate bust of George II left, wearing armour and sash, rev. Britannia in small chariot with Justice and Liberty, 44mm (MI II, 692/416; E 662; Betts 416). About extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
George III, c. 1775, a bronze medal by L. Pingo, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. standing figure of Liberty, 40mm (Eimer 54; BHM 265; E 764A). A few rim nicks, otherwise good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
Church and King Club, Manchester, 1790, a glazed silver medal by L. Pingo, standing figure of George III, facing, holding an upright sceptre of State and a Bill of Rights, Parliament to left beyond, rev. legend in 16 lines, 44mm (BHM 344; E 833). Obverse frosted, extremely fine, reverse nearly so and toned; in watch-type mount with swivel suspender [lacking reverse glass] £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, a white metal medal by W. Barnett, uniformed bust of Earl Howe left, rev. Neptune in sea-chariot, Fame by obelisk and distant sea battle reviewed by Britannia seated right, 58mm (BHM 382; E 854). Good very fine, very rare in this metal £150-200
Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, uniformed bust of Earl Howe right, rev. naval engagement, 47mm (BHM 383; E 855; Pollard 8). Extremely fine £120-150
Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, medals by W. Wyon for J. Mudie (2, copper and white metal), bust of Earl Howe right, revs. Neptune riding in a marine car, both 41mm (BHM 387; E 856); Death of Earl Howe, 1799, a white metal medal by T. Wyon Sr, 38mm (BHM 468; E 909) [3]. Extremely fine or nearly so £90-120
Hammer Price: £100
Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, a framed and glazed frosted silver cliché by W. Wyon of the obv. of the medal for Mudie, uniformed bust of Earl Howe right, 52mm (cf. BHM 387; E 856). Some peripheral toning, extremely fine; in gilt metal frame £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
Battle of Camperdown, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Duncan three-quarters right, rev. legend in 13 lines, 37mm (BHM 429); Battle of Vittoria, 1813, a copper medal by G. Mills and Lefèvre for Mudie, 41mm (Eimer 26; BHM 756; E 1033) [2], First very fine, second extremely fine £80-100
Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock and P. Kempson, uniformed bust of Admiral Jervis left, rev. mournful Hispania on shore, naval action beyond, 49mm (BHM 435; E 881). About extremely fine £150-200
Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler for A. Davisson, Peace holds shield with medallic portrait of Nelson, rev. panorama of the British fleet going into action, 46mm (Hardy 5; BHM 447; E 890; Pollard 15); Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a white metal medal by P. Wyon for J. Bissett, 51mm (Hardy 65; BHM 579; E 958) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so £200-300
Hammer Price: £220
Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal by T. Wyon Sr, Victory holds medallic bust of Nelson, rev. fouled anchor and shield, 38mm (Hardy 8; BHM 450; E 892); Lord Nelson Returns to England, 1800, a white metal medal by P. Kempson, 38mm (Hardy 22; BHM 490; E 918) [2]. First extremely fine, last very fine but with graffiti by bust £90-120
Death of Earl Howe, 1799, a copper medal by T. Wyon Sr, uniformed bust left, rev. naval monument and trophies, 38mm (BHM 468; E 909). Extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £55
Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation, 1800, a silver award medal by C.H. Küchler, uniformed bust left, hair tied in a queue, rev. sailor and marine clasp hands, 47mm (BHM 489; E 919; Pollard 19). Cleaned and lacquered, otherwise about extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £620
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Collingwood three-quarters left, rev. two fleets in battle formation, 38mm (Hardy 55; BHM 593; E 968). Very fine but with slight surface deterioration £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Marriage of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, 1816, a silver medalet, unsigned, bust right, rev. inscription, 22mm (BHM 910). Good very fine, scarce £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
Sir Joseph Banks, 1816, a copper medal by W. Wyon for the Horticultural Society of London, bust right, rev. garlands around open book, 41mm (BHM 911; E 1088). Minor handling marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare £250-300
Bombardment of Algiers, 1816, a silver medal by L. Brenet and Gérard for Mudie, uniformed bust of Lord Exmouth right, rev. Neptune with trident, pacifying sea-horse, 41mm (BHM 921; E 1085); Death of Admiral Duckworth, 1817, a silver medal by G. Mills, 45mm (BHM 951; E 1095) [2]. Very fine, but first has been cleaned and lacquered £120-150
Hammer Price: £240
Death of Francis Horner, 1817, a copper medal by W. Bain, bust right, rev. legend, 45mm (BHM 954; E 1090); Henry Brougham, 1818, a copper medal by G. Mills, 36mm (BHM 971) [2]. Extremely fine, both rare £100-150
Duke of Wellington, a circular bronzed electrotype medallic plaque, bust right, derived from a Flaxman portrait, no signature, raised rim, 140mm (Eimer –; cf. Baldwin 55, 2639). Twice pierced for suspension ribbon, nearly very fine £80-100
George Canning Appointed Foreign Secretary, 1822, a silver medal by W. Bain, bust left, rev. legend in five lines, 49mm (BHM 1198; E 1163; Pudd. 822.1). Good very fine with dark tone, rare in silver £70-90
Hammer Price: £50
Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, bust of William IV right, rev. bridge, 51mm (BHM 1544; E 1245; Taylor 102a). Extremely fine £80-100
Reform Bill Passed, 1832, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, crowned legend in wreath, rev. Liberty presents Bill of Reform to Britannia, 51mm (BHM 1603; E 1254); Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a copper award medal by B. Wyon, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a) [2]. First extremely fine, second very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £70
Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson, 1833, a plated copper medal by W. Bain, bust right, rev. legend in and around wreath, 49mm (BHM 1649; E 1268); Robert Ferguson, 1836, a white metal medal by W. Bain, 49mm (BHM 1703) [2]. Good very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Prior Park, Bath, c. 1835, a silver medal by T. Halliday, frontal elevation of the building, rev. St Peter and St Paul flanking shield, 51mm (Taylor 47a). Brilliant mint state, toned £70-90
Hammer Price: £150
London Stock Exchange, a silver Member's Pass by B. Wyon, type 5 [1837-84], crowned arms and supporters, rev. arms of the City of London, named (Archibald Hudson), 41mm (Caldecott 5; MG 1336). Good very fine, deeply toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £370
Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, by W. Wyon, in silver, bust of Sir Joseph Banks right, rev. legend, engraved (Presented to Mr James Bruce for Melons exhibited June 10th 1837), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154). Scuffed, otherwise about extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Completion of the London and Greenwich Railway, 1838, a copper medal by J. Barber, bust of George Walter left, rev. railway viaduct over tree-lined road, 61mm (BHM 1875; E 1321; Moyaux 14). Several edge and surface knocks, otherwise obverse fine, reverse better, very rare £100-150
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