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Royal Geographical Society, Founders Medal, a gold award after W. Wyon, bust of William IV right, rev. Britannia standing left, sextant and globe at her feet, edge named (Charles M. Doughty, 1912), 55mm, 124.65g (BHM 1467; E 1229; Poulsom 88). Obverse glazed in lunette, extremely fine and very rare, of particular Arabic interest; in official maroon gilt-blocked case by Wyon, 2 Langham Chambers, London W £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £5,800
ENGLAND, a large silver presentation tray by Rupert Favell, awarded to A.P. Humphrey, Cambridge University Rifles, of oval form with scalloped edge and carrying handles, engraved with University arms, arms of the Duke of Cambridge, inscribed (Winner of F M HRH The Duke of Cambridge Prize, Wimbledon 1877 and 1880), and arms of the Dominion of Canada, inscribed (Winner of Grand Aggregate Prize and Dominion of Canada Challenge Shield, Wimbledon 1878), hallmarked 1876, 62 x 45 cm, total wt approx...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Equestrian Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1956, a uniface oval bronze medal by J. Sjösvärd, classical Greek horseman to left, Olympic rings below, 50 x 42mm. Extremely fine and extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,300
Equestrian Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1956, a uniface gilt metal and green enamel official’s badge by J. Sjösvärd for Lagerströms Mjölby, classical Greek horseman to left, Olympic rings below, 37 x 28mm; together with a gilt metal openwork lapel pin of similar design, 20 x 15mm [2]. Extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,250
Olympic Games, Athens, 1896, a bronze medal by N. Lytras and W. Pittner, Hellas with phoenix, rev. legend in wreath, date in cartouche, 50mm (cf. DNW 57, 1436). A few surface blemishes, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,050
Great Britain, Royal Geographical Society, Scott Medal, 1913, a bronze award by F. Bowcher, uniformed bust of Capt Robert Falcon Scott almost facing, rev. polar scene with five figures advancing right, un-named, 55mm (BHM 4101; E 1933; cf. Poulsom p. 87; cf. DNW 21.9.2007, 263). Tiny graze in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck, rare; in an unrelated case by Fattorini £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
ENGLAND, Opening of the Museum and Library, Derby, 1879, medals (2, silver and white metal), 32 and 45mm, former with suspension; together with a large collection of local medals, Lodge jewels, badges, counters, tokens, tickets, etc [Lot]. A wide ranging and varied group, generally fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £920
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
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
Visit of Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, to the City of London, 1867, a bronze medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, bust right wearing fez, rev. Londinia greets figure of Turkey, symbolic buildings behind, 76mm (W & E 1065.1; BHM 2872; E 1591; Welch 10). Good extremely fine; in dark green gilt-blocked leather case of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £650
Egypt, Abbas Hilmi Pacha, c. 1892, a gilt-bronze presentation medal by A. Massonnet, uniformed bust, head turned slightly left, rev. domes of the Al-Azhar mosque, Cairo, border of emblems of ancient Egypt, 67mm. Lightly rubbed on one dome on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, crown suspender topped by crescent and star; in fitted case of issue [with much faded inscription on lid], rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £620
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
Foundation Stone of the New Royal Exchange Laid, 1842, a silver medal by W. Wyon, diademed bust of Victoria left, rev. legend in 10 lines, 44mm (W & E 335 [not recorded in silver]; BHM 2078). Matt surface, extremely fine and an exceptional rarity; in maroon leather case of issue £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
A Group of Participant’s Medals for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, presented to Commander F.W. Collins, R.N.: Olympic Games, London, 1948, a light bronze participant’s medal by B. Mackennal and J.R. Pinches, Houses of Parliament in cartouche, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (BHM 4422; E 2076; MJP p.118); Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956, a bronze participant’s medal by A. Mészáros for K.G. Luke, 64mm (Wachtel 7); British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Cardiff, 1958, a bronz...
Visit of Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, to the City of London, 1867, a bronze medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, similar, 76mm (W & E 1065.1; BHM 2872; E 1591). Good extremely fine; in dark green gilt-blocked leather case of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £580
Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, laureate bust of Charles II right, legend reads brit, rev. Britannia seated on rock contemplating her navies, edge lettered, 56mm, 74.85g (MI I, 535/185; E 241 var). Very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £520
RUSSIA, a collection of mid-19th century bronzed electrotype impressions of Imperial medals (56), and many of Peter the Great, extending to the early 19th century, many for military victories, 22 with portraits, many tin and/or paper-backed, some numbered, 40 contained in velvet ‘collars’, including Count Feodor Golovin by Hedlinger and Field Marshall Kutuzov by Halliday [56]. A few very fine but the majority extremely fine £500-700
Hammer Price: £500
CUBA, a large collection of mostly base metal medals (114), 1858-1964, various subjects and sizes [114]. Varied state, some cased; a good opportunity to acquire an interesting and varied collection £500-1,000
Hammer Price: £460
Visit of the Shah of Persia to the City of London, 1873, a bronze medal by A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, bust of Nasr-Ed-Din three-quarters left, rev. Londinia standing between shields of London and Persia, St Paul’s and Tower behind, 77mm (W & E 1202.1; BHM 2951; E 1623). About extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £450
Great Britain, Cymdeithas yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol [National Eisteddfod Association], 1898, a silver medal by W. Goscombe John, Taliesin standing in landscape, playing harp, rev. dragon, 75mm (BHM 3637; E 1830). Tiny obverse rim nick at 3 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £250-300
Olympic Games, Antwerp, 1920, a bronze Participant’s medal by P. Theunis, standing female figure greets three male athletes, rev. male athlete driving biga right, 60mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.19, 114; cf. DNW M2, 2662). Extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £440
Charles I, a silver-gilt Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, crowned bust right in falling lace collar, rev. bust of Henrietta Maria left, 37 x 29mm, 13.35g (MI I, 354/215; E 169). About very fine; lacking suspension loop £300-400
ENGLAND, Friendly societies, a large collection of medals, badges, etc (over 300), including Ancient Order of Foresters, Band of Hope, Temperance, Church Lads Brigade, etc [Lot]. Many very fine; together with some relating literature £200-400
Hammer Price: £420
Dublin Exhibition, 1853, a hollow copper award by W. and L.C. Wyon, similar, edge named (First Prize Medal of the Dublin Exhibition, awarded to George Russell Esqr of Wilmington Hall, Kent, for Hops), 77mm (cf. Allen A10, 15/15; cf. BHM 2462; cf. E 1456). About extremely fine, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £410
Visit of Czar Alexander II to London, 1874, a bronze medal by C. Wiener for the Corporation of the City of London, bust left, rev. Londinia welcoming the Czar, Peace standing behind, 77mm (W & E 1225.1; BHM 2981; E 1634; Diakov 807.1). Extremely fine; in maroon leather gilt-blocked case of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £400
Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912, a white metal Participant’s medal by B. Mackennal and E. Lindberg, figure seated atop a column, view of Stockholm behind, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (cf. DNW 51, 1245). Extremely fine £200-250
Great Britain, Victoria, Ascension, 1837, Coronation, 1838, white metal medals, 61 and 64mm; Golden Jubilee, 1887, base metal medals (15), including local issues for Lewes, named (Alderman E.J. Reeves, Mayor of Brighton), Hindley, Lancaster, Lymington and Worcester; Diamond Jubilee, 1897, base metal medals (12), including St Saviour's Church, Pimlico [29]. Very fine and better £150-200
ENGLAND, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, a range of sporting and school medals, badges, buttons, etc [Lot]. Varied state £60-80
ENGLAND, Modern silver medals (24), by Pinches, etc, mostly 40g each [24]. Mint state or virtually so £250-350
Hammer Price: £370
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
Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a gold medal, unsigned, crowned bust right, rev. cruciform emblems, 25mm, 23ct, 5.50g; Death of Winston Churchill, 1965, a gold medal, unsigned, 28mm, 22ct, 10.30g [2]. Practically as struck; in cases of issue £300-400
Hammer Price: £360
Olympic Games, London, 1908, a white metal Participant’s medal by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, Victory standing holding laurel spray and trumpet, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (BHM 3963; E 1904). Extremely fine £250-350
Hammer Price: £350
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
U.S.A., Santa Clara University, Religion and Arts Medal, c. 1856, silver award medals (19), two types, both with robed female crowning scholar, 42mm (11), 35mm (8), total wt. 470g [19]. Mostly very fine and toned; some with loops for suspension and multicoloured ribbons £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
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
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a glazed copper award by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, tridents and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (S. & R. Blackwell, Class XVI), 77mm (Allen A25; BHM 2462; E 1456). Extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £320
Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952, a bronze Participant’s medal by K. Räsänen, male and female athletes holding torches, rev. classical head reflected on the stadium, 54mm (cf. DNW M5, 1516). Extremely fine £100-150
Canada, Marquis of Lorne as Governor General of Canada, 1878, a silver award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, conjoined busts of Princess Louise and the Marquis left, rev. helm over two ornately garnished armorial shields, named (G.N. Johnston, Classics, 1883), 51mm (BHM 3046; cf. DNW M5, 1614). Bright extremely fine and rare; in black fitted case of issue by Wyon £100-150
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
Olympic Games, Munich, 1972, a stainless steel Participant's medal by F. Koenig, Olympic emblem, wreath of rays with superimposed spiral over legend, rev. Olympic rings over two hands, one holding stylised olive branch, 49mm. Virtually as struck £60-80
Hammer Price: £310
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