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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, 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...
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...
Charles II, Restoration, 1660, a cast silver-gilt medal by T. Simon, bust right with long flowing hair, rev. three crowns on branches of leafless oak, 32mm, 8.53g (MI I, 453/38; E 215b). Very fine; in an unrelated fitted case £150-200
Expedition to Vigo Bay, 1702, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. panoramic view of the blockaded harbour, ships burning, 38mm, 18.00g (MI II, 236/18; E 395; Betts 97). Edge knock, otherwise better than very fine, toned £180-220
ENGLAND, Southern Railway, St. John's Ambulance Medals, in silver (2), bronze (2); together with other 20th century railway related medals, badges and buttons, etc (17) [21]. Very fine £40-60
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
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
Entry of Princess Alexandra into the City of London, 1863, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, similar, 77mm (W & E 901.1; BHM 2783; E 1561). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse and Jones of Dublin, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Annual National Show Dublin 1867, To Mr John Grant, Love Lane, Bankside, London, for Portable Railway & Turntables, 1st Class), 51mm. Extremely fine and toned; in contemporary fitted case [this damaged] £70-90
Baking, Confectioners and Bakers International Exhibition, London, 1893, a silver award medal, named (D.E. Grimmond, 1st Prize, 1893), 32mm; International Bakery Exhibition, London, 1936, a silver award medal by W.J. Carroll, named (Presented by the Worshipful Company of Bakers and awarded to Mr E. O’Donnell), hallmarked London 1936, 52 x 42mm; London Baking Trade Exhibition, silver award medals (7), unsigned (2), 1924, named (A.P. Farrant), 1925, named (G. Klaaren), both 45mm, by A.C....
IRELAND, Death of Philip Stanhope, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1773, a copper medal by J. Kirk after I. Gosset, 38mm (BHM 181; E 748); George Canning, 1826, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard, 62mm [2]. Very fine £60-80
ITALY, Pius IX, Mastai-Ferretti, a silver-gilt medal, 44mm; Benedict XV, della Chiesa, 1918, a silver annual medal, year V, by G. Romagnoli, 43mm; Paul VI, Montini, 1964, a silver annual medal, year II, by Giampaoli, 44mm; together with other Papal-related medals (26) [29]. First three very fine or better, others in varied state £100-150
Religious medals, medalets, pilgrims' badges, etc (64), 19th-20th century, mostly Roman Catholic, in various base metals; together with Horticultural bronze medals (19) [83]. Many very fine £80-100
Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956, a bronze Participant’s medal by A. Mészáros for K.G. Luke, arms and Olympic symbols, rev. athletes, 64mm (Wachtel 7; cf. DNW 47, 1095). Extremely fine £90-120
Great Britain, George III, Preserved from Assassination, 1800, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured bust of King left, rev. flaming altar, Eye of Providence above, 48mm (BHM 483; E 916; Pollard 23). Nearly extremely fine £100-150
Great Britain, Duke of Wellington as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1839, a copper medal by B. Wyon, bust left, rev. view of Dover Castle, 55mm (Eimer 116; BHM 1889; E 1328); Duke of Wellington, 1841, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, 61mm (Eimer 118; BHM 2011; E 1353) [2]. Both very fine £100-150
Great Britain, Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, silver medals (2, one for Buenos Aires); together with other Victorian base metal medals (29) [31]. Very fine, some better £60-80
Netherlands, Rape of Europa, a lead roundel by P.W. van Vianen, Jupiter, as a bull, carries off Europa in the sea, her handmaidens in the foreground before a landscape of trees and hills stretching into the distance, laurel wreath border, 100mm (Weber 925; Frederiks I, 64F; Bardini 229). Very fine, pierced, inked numeral ‘58’ on reverse; a 17th-18th century cast from a late 16th century original £200-300
ENGLAND, Miles Distant from London, c. 1830, a copper medal by T. Ottley, 51mm (cf. DNW 50, 1087); Institute of Quarrying, a copper Long Service medal, named (Arnold Holmes for 46 years service with Mountsorrel Granite Co), 45mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (7, one in silver) [9]. Very fine and better £80-100
ENGLAND, Midland Railway Ambulance, a silver award medal by A.H. Darby, named (Josiah Woods, Little Eaton, 8 August 1901), 51mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (10), mostly railway-related [11]. Extremely fine £60-80
ENGLAND, Derby County Show, 1907, an engraved silver award medal, un-named, 44mm; together with other silver medals (7), of Ripley Agricultural & Horticultural Show, Derby Bakers and Grocers Exhibition 1923, Buxton College Athletic Sports, Derby Chamber of Trade 1930, etc [8]. Generally very fine to extremely fine £100-150
Great Britain, Preston Guild Merchant, 1922, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, conjoined busts of Henry and Mabel Astley-Bell right, rev. robed female figure standing on banks of the River Ribble, lamb and flag at left, 75mm (E 1981). Mint state; in original purple gilt-blocked case of issue £60-80
Great Britain, Sisyphus, 1989, a cast bronze medal by Jane McAdam Freud for BAMS, Sisyphus seated cross-legged, rev. rear view of Sisyphus with arms raised, 100 x 90mm (Attwood 61). Extremely fine £60-80
ENGLAND, British Numismatic Society, a bronze Member's medal by J. Lobban, named (Ernest W. Danson, 1957), 45mm; 75th Anniversary of the British Numismatic Society, 1978, a bronze medal by R. Elderton, 76mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (35), including Thomas Hobbes, Eamonn de Valera, etc [37]. Many extremely fine £80-100
ENGLAND, Death of Sir Winston Churchill, 1965, a bronze medal by A. Löwental, 50mm (Engstrom 35; E 2105); together with a quantity of modern medals [Lot]. Many mint state £80-100
ENGLAND, Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee, 1977, a silver medal by L.G. Durbin for Spink, 57mm (E 2136); Millennium, 2000, a silver medal by Marian Fountain for the Royal Mint, 63mm, 100.15g; together with miscellaneous modern medals (4, three in silver) [6]. Virtually mint state £90-120
Russia, Centenary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1902, a bronze medal by F. Rasumny, conjoined busts of Nicholas II and Alexander I right, rev. seated robed female greeting youth with torch, crowned double-headed eagle at left, 68mm (Diakov 1347.2). Good very fine £100-150
ENGLAND, Derby and District, Swimming medals (6); together with Calendar medals (5), including 1787, 1794, a silver and enamel Long Service badge for Crompton Parkinson, 1938, and other base metal medals, etc (26), mostly of local interest [38]. Varied state £70-90
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, rev. thistle flower, 29mm, 11.46g (MI I, 265/60; E 123). Harshly cleaned, about fine £80-100
ENGLAND, Badges, medals, and Masonic jewels, etc (approx. 60), many enamelled and decorative, including ‘Scottish Twenty Club’, in case, a few silver [Lot]. Varied state £100-150
ENGLAND, ‘Billy and Charlies’ (3), viz. an oval pseudo-medieval cast lead talisman, 172 x 78mm, a circular brass 'medal', 74mm, a circular lead medal dated ‘1091’, 90mm; together with a brass impression of a medieval seal and a lead reproduction of a Pilgrims' Badge of Thomas a Becket [5]. Varied state £80-100
ENGLAND, Electrotype impressions of medals (22), George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Royal Geographical Society, etc, mostly tin and/or paper-backed, mid-19th century [22]. The majority extremely fine £100-150
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
ENGLAND, Rowing medals (6, five in silver), of Metropolitan Amateur Regatta, London Rowing Club, Oxford University Boat Club, Cambridge University, Molesey Amateur Regatta, Desborough Medal of the Thames Conservancy [6]. Last extremely fine, others very fine and better; some cased £100-150
ENGLAND, School Attendance medals (43), all in base metal, of School Board for London, London County Council, etc, several to same recipients [43]. Very fine and better £60-80
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
ENGLAND, Miscellaneous base metal medals (70), mostly 20th century, including royal events, school attendance, Knights Templar, St. John, Foresters, etc [70]. Varied state £60-80
Baking, Association of Master Bakers, Essex County, a silver and enamel award medal by A.C. Bloxham, county arms, rev. named (Class 55, A. Holdridge), hallmarked Birmingham 1935; similar, without enamelling, named (2nd Prize, Class 26, Douglas Bros), both 38mm; Association of Master Bakers of South Essex, silver and enamel award medals (2), named (J. Welsby 1914), hallmarked Chester 1913, 44mm, named (Class 10, 2nd, A.E. Clarke), hallmarked Birmingham 1926, 32mm; Croydon Bakers Exhibition, a...
Hammer Price: £150
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dr Mapother's Silver Prize Medal for Anatomy and Physiology, legend in and around wreath, rev. named (Cuthbert Fitzsimon, 1872), 51mm. Very fine £40-60
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