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France, Artemis-Aréthuse, c. 1850, a uniface cast bronze medal by F. Barbedienne imitating the obverse of a Sicilian Tetradrachm by Eukleidas, head of Arethusa left, four dolphins around, 115mm. Extremely fine with superb brown patina, institutional number 58637 painted on back; clip and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £50
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
FRANCE, Adolphe Thiers, Président de la République, 1873, a bronze medal by E.-A. Oudiné, 68mm (PBE 645; CGMP p.295); Maréchal de Mac-Mahon, Président de la République, 1873, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, 70mm (PBE 47; CGMP p.75; BDM I, 402;); Jules Grévy, Président de la République, 1879, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 68mm (PBE 295; CGMP p.171; BDM I, 662; Sadi Carnot, Président de la République, 1887, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, 73mm (PBE 52; CGMP p.75; Coll....
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310); together with miscellaneous medals, jetons, coins, etc (33) [34]. Varied state £50-70
Brighton Athletic Club, a silver and gilt cross, arms in wreath, back named (Bicycle Race, Ashbury Challenge Cup (2 miles), B.J. Saunders, 1875), 53 x 40mm. Very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £55
Cycling, Glade Cycling Club, a gold and enamel award medal, unsigned, named (Glade C.C. 30 Mi, 10.7.27, F.W. Brockwell, 1h 24m 30s, Club Record), stamped 8ct, 28mm, 5.74g. Very fine £40-60
Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, Forrest Medal, a silver award by A. Wyon, bust of James Forrest three-quarters right, rev. façade of the Institution, edge named (Percival Miller Chadwick, B.Sc, Stud. Inst. C.E., Session 1912-1913), 57mm. Nearly extremely fine, toned £50-70
The Library Association, Carnegie Medal Awarded for the Best Children’s Book of the Year, a silver-gilt award by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, standing robed female figure, rev. legend, named (Awarded to Kitty Barne for “Visitors from London”, 1940), 51mm. Extremely fine; in brown case of issue £30-40
St Andrews, a uniface silver St Andrews cross-shaped badge, figure on cross, medal with crest of a hog and a tree below, 60 x 52mm (Brodie 380, this piece). Extremely fine, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £30-40
France, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the Launch of the Normandie, 1935, an Art Déco bronze medal by J. Vernon, sea-goddess freeing sea-horse, rev. liner under steam, 68mm (Maier 333; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.60, 142; cf. DNW M11, 1829). Extremely fine £70-90
Great Britain, Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Chamberlain Medal, 1883, a bronze award by J. Moore, bust of Joseph Henry Chamberlain three-quarters right, rev. detailed façade of the School, 60mm (BHM 3146; E 1699). Extremely fine £40-60
Sweden, The Failed Scandinavian Expeditions of 1893 and 1896-7, a white metal medal by A. Högel, medallic portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, side view of the Fram sailing left behind, rev. medallic portrait of Salomon Andrée regarding his balloon Oernen above a view of the polar region of the globe, 50mm (Malpas 156; cf. Baldwin Auction 75, 1989). Trifling rim nicks at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine £100-150
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
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
Great Britain, Charles Dickens, 1983, a cast bronze medal by R. Searle for BAMS, facing bust, rev. Dickens leaning on a pile of books, 71mm (Attwood 11; BM Acq 1983-7, p.86, 245). Extremely fine £50-70
France, Girafes, 1936, a uniface bronze plaque by M. Thénot, two giraffes and a baby giraffe standing under a tree, 75 x 50mm (CGMP p.373; cf. DNW 48, 776). Very fine; set in an Art Déco stepped frame £50-70
France, Les Trois Boucher, 1943, a uniface cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, scholar seated at desk with books, 106mm (cf. Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 173). About extremely fine, scarce as a cast medal £60-80
Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1860, a bois durci portrait medal, unsigned, bust right, 111mm (Niggl –). Very fine; with small loop on edge for suspension £40-60
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
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
FRANCE, La Gerbe d'Or, bronze cliché plaques (7), by H. Dropsy, Delannoy, Turin, Quinquaud, etc [7]. Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £60
FRANCE, a Bois Durci roundel of a bearded classical head, 63mm; together with oval plaster casts of classical Greek and Roman heads (11), perhaps ‘Grand Tour’ pieces, all 71 x 57mm; together with a terracotta impression of a city seal, 80mm [13]. Varied state £70-90
Architecture and Building, University College, London, Donaldson Medal, 1865, a silver award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, bust of Thomas Donaldson right, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (E.G. Newnum, 1906-7), 57mm (BHM 2832; E 1582; Taylor 232a). Cleaned in the past and now re-toned, otherwise extremely fine £60-80
John Gibson, 1874, a bronze medal by J.S. Wyon for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. Gibson’s sculpture Grecian Hunter and his dog, 55mm (BHM 2982; E 1636). Extremely fine £70-90
GERMANY, Joseph I, Coronation, Augsburg, 1690, a silver medalet, unsigned, 17mm (Mont. 1255; Brockmann 372; Henckel 1032; Forster 244); Switzerland, Cardinal de Fleury, 1736, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, 55mm (Eisler II, 96, 6; BDM I, 514); together with a lead cast of a Pope and Devil medal, 35mm [3]. First very fine and deeply toned, second extremely fine, last worn £60-80
Brewing, Brewing & Allied Trades National Exhibition & Market, a silver award medal by W.H. Walter Ltd (?), female figure pouring wine from a jug, rev. named (Non-Alcoholic Fancy Beverage, Thomas Lundy, Pike Spicer & Co, Portsmouth), 44mm; Holmes Brewing Trade Gazette, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (B. Hobbs, for 1st Prize Essay, April 1879), 38mm; Manchester Exhibition, Edme Ltd, a silver and enamel award signed L.P. & A.M., named (Mr J. Clifton, Littleborough, 1898), hallmarked...
Kienast, G.W., The Medals of Karl Goetz, [1967], the 1980 Euclid reprint, 284pp, illustrations in text. Publisher’s brown cloth; very fine and clean £40-50
British Malt Products Ltd, London, an engraved silver Award of Merit, legend, rev. named (Presented By the Proprietors of “Lothian” Malt preparations to Robert Black, Saltcoats, for excellence in Bread, Class H, London Exhibition, 1903), 58mm (Brodie 345, this piece). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise extremely fine, toned £50-70
Cycling, National Cyclists’ Union, a silver award medal, unsigned, conjoined arms, rev. named (25 Miles Ordinary Bicycle Championship, 25th June 1892, Time Medal, H.D. Faith, 1 hour 19 mins 3 secs), 31mm; together with later N.C.U. awards in silver (3), base metal (3), 1910-37 [7]. Varied state; two cased £60-80
Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers, James Prescott Joule Medal, a silver award, unsigned, bust three-quarters left, rev. balance and legend, named (James F. Gill, Technical School, Bootle, 1899), 57mm. Extremely fine £60-80
Engineering, Institution of Gas Engineers, a silver-gilt award medal by Baddeley Bros, ancient Greek philosopher seated before gasometer, rev. wreath, edge named (Eng. Capt. J. Fraser Shaw, R.N. [Retd.] and Dr J.G. King B.Sc, FIC, for recent joint paper on “Experiments at the fuel research station upon production of solid smokeless fuel” read on 5th June 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1935, 58mm. Extremely fine £50-70
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, William Martindale Memorial Medal, a silver award signed F.M.T., bust left, rev. named (Alice Muriel Sharp, 1932), 62mm. Matt surface, extremely fine, scarce £40-60
Great Britain, Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, 1688, a cast silver medal by G. Bower, bust right, rev. medallic portraits and the names of the six imprisoned bishops, 50mm, 24.23g (MI I, 622/37; E 288b). Tooled in fields, otherwise very fine £90-120
Germany, Sinking of HMSS Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue off Ijmuiden, 1914, a silver medal by M. Ziegler and H. Grunthal, uniformed bust of Otto Weddigen three-quarters left, rev. sinking cruiser, other ships beyond, 34mm, edge stamped 950 silber (Frankenhuis –; Zetzmann 4003; MH 426a; cf. DNW 48, 879). Matt surface, extremely fine £100-150
Peru, Ferro-Carril Central Trasandino [Trans-Andean Railway, Arequipa to Puno section], 1870, a silver medal by R. Laubenheimer for Starr & Marcus, train on viaduct, rev. legend, 50mm (Moyaux 434; BDM I, 305; cf. Swan 383). Obverse edge knock at 10 o’clock, otherwise very fine £60-80
ENGLAND, Visit of Queen Charlotte to Bath, 1817, a white metal medal by P. Kempson, 38mm (BHM 934); Abbey Church, Bath, a white metal medal by C.F. Carter, 50mm; Bath & West of England & Southern Counties Society, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Awarded to Captain Harry North, Southampton, 1897), 39mm (D & W 106/48); Monkton Combe School Athletic Sports, a bronze award medal by J. Pinches, named (D.J. Harvey, 1st Throwing Cricket Ball, 2nd Long Jump, 3rd 100 Yds, 1937), 44mm [4]....
ENGLAND, Fine Art Exhibition, Derby, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, named (Miss Gee, Winter 1887), 39mm; Industrial Exhibition, Derby, 1896, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 45mm; Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by E. Fuchs for Elkington, 32mm (BHM 3772; E 1870) [3]. All extremely fine; last with matt surface and in fitted case named for Hayfield Rural District Council £40-50
ENGLAND, Battle of Jutland, 1916, medals by Spink (2, bronze and white metal), both 45mm (BHM 4124; E 1951); together with other base metal medals of military interest (11), including Liberation of Reims, General de Gaulle, Commonwealth Fleet Sydney 1913, Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1928-30, etc [13]. Mostly very fine or better £80-100
Germany, Richard Wagner, c. 1860, a bois durci portrait medal, unsigned, bust right, 111mm (Niggl –). Very fine; with small loop on edge for suspension £40-60
Rwanda, Homage to Ruandan Troops, 1918, a bronze medal by J. Witterwulghe, kneeling African woman kissing the hand of draped female figure of Belgia, rev. kneeling figure of African soldier aiming a rifle, 70mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.18, 21; cf. DNW M10, 1666). Extremely fine £40-60
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