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France, Napoleon I, Coronation, 1804, a copper medal by A. Galle and R. Jeuffroy, laureate bust left, rev. seated Emperor receiving the homage of Paris, 68mm (Bramsen 358; Slg. Julius 1296). An early restrike, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
ENGLAND, Death of the Duke of Sutherland, 1833, a gilt-bronze medal by W. Bain, 49mm (BHM 1651); Duchess of Sutherland, 1837, a copper medal by W. Bain, 49mm (BHM 1748); Duke of Sutherland, 1840, a copper medal by W. Bain, 49mm (BHM 1963) [3]. Very fine or a little better £60-80
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
ENGLAND, City and Guilds, a silver award medal, named (Lucien Legros, Tools, Metal Working, 1st Prize, 1888), 52mm, in case of issue; France, Société des Ingenieurs Civils, Prix Michel Alcan, a gilt-bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, named (L. Legros, 1922), 58mm [2]. Virtually mint state; in cases of issue £60-80
ENGLAND, Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medals, after W. Wyon (10, four in silver), one engraved (To Messrs Hughes Bolckow & Co for Battleship Teakwood Garden Furniture, Holland House, 1915), others awarded in various years, 1882-1981, all 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154) [10]. Generally extremely fine £80-100
Great Britain, Walking, 1996, a cast bronze medal by Dana Krinsky for BAMS, figure walking left, head turned back, rev. legends on pathways, 102mm (Attwood 124). Extremely fine £40-60
William III, a silver medalet by J. or N. Roettiers, bust right, rev. radiate sun, non devio, 22mm, 3.48g (MI I, 695/92). Good very fine, lightly toned £40-60
ENGLAND, Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, a collection of badges and jewels (23), many with ribands attached, mostly base metal and enamel, a varied selection [23]. Mostly very fine £40-60
FRANCE, Pose de la première pierre de la statue du roi à Rennes, 1744, a copper medal signed F.M., 62mm (Divo 120); together with other miscellaneous base metal French medals (6) [7]. Varied state £60-80
FRANCE, Communications Aériennes, Paris, 1871, a bronze medal by C.-J. M. Degeorge for the Ministère de la Guerre, 62mm (cf. CGMP p.122; BDM I, 544; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.19, 48; Malpas 94); together with other French and Belgian base metal medals (5), by Coudray, Dupuis, etc [6]. About very fine and better £70-90
Engineering, Institution of Aeronautical Engineers, a uniface silver gilt award medal, unsigned, globe within wreath, eagle below, edge named (Awarded 1950 to A.N. Nuttley for his Paper on Navigational Systems and Instrument Aids), 50mm. Extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
Oxford University Boat Club, Eight-Oared Trial Race, 1938, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, arms over crossed oars, rev. legend in 5 lines, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1938, 51mm. Very fine £40-60
Music, Musical International College Ltd (Est. 1878), silver award medals (2), by Kenning, logo on line of sheet music, rev. named (Senior Violin Examination, Sunderland, 1901, John Thomas Brown), 50mm; unsigned [by J.A. Restall], named (Joseph Gray, Pianoforte, Senior Honours, Sunderland, Dec. 1931) [2]. Virtually as struck, first deeply toned, with loop for suspension; in fitted cases of issue by Kenning & Son, Medallists, Little Britain & Aldersgate St, London and J.A. Restall £40-50
France, 50e Anniversaire du Commission Européenne du Danube, 1906, a silver medal by H.A.J. Patey, Neptune reclining with trident and urn above a view of a boat on the Danube, rev. legend above tablet on wreath, 60mm (cf. DNW 38, 766). Matt surface, good very fine but has been cleaned £60-80
Great Britain, Centenary of The Times Newspaper, 1885, a silver medal by Strongi’tharm, conjoined busts of three generations of the Walter family, rev. The Times clock, 45mm (BHM 3202; E 1712). Good extremely fine, light tone; in case of issue £40-50
France, 700th Anniversary of St Louis Bringing the Crown of Thorns to Paris, 1939, a bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann for Arthus-Bertrand, standing figure of St Louis, rev. frontal elevation of Sainte-Chapelle, 80mm, edge stamped 239 (cf. ‘Medailles’, FIDEM, 1 June 1938, p.16; cf. DNW M7, 2636). Extremely fine £40-60
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
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
Welch, C., Numismata Londinensia: Medals struck by The Corporation of London…1831 to 1893, London, 1894, xi + 163pp, 14 plates (Manville 569); together with miscellaneous auction catalogues (245), from Glendining’s, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, St James’s, etc, dating back to 1961 [246]. First in modern blue cloth, others fine and clean, many with PRLs £60-80
Hammer Price: £35
Great Britain, National Art Competition, 1857, a copper electrotype award by A. Vechte, bust of Queen Victoria left, surrounded by a continual scene of allegorical figures, named (Luke Wells, 1858, Stage XXIIIc), 145mm (E 1512; cf. Burt, The Medal 5, p.48-9; cf. DNW M7, 2135). Fine to very fine £40-60
Great Britain, Downside School, a silver award medal, unsigned [by T. Moring], pax in wreath, rev. named (Charles Mostyn, Matriculated in the first division at the University of London, June 1883), 45mm (cf. DNW M1, 1366). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise extremely fine; in original black case of issue £30-40
ENGLAND, Sporting medals (19), all in base metal, for swimming, boxing, equestrianism, athletics, cricket, shooting, etc [19]. Mostly extremely fine; all in cases of issue £60-80
FRANCE, Auguste Bella, 1889, a silver medal by A. Borrel, 38mm; together with other miscellaneous medals, plaques, electrotypes, etc (11) [12]. Many very fine £50-70
germany, La Belle Alliance durch Blücher und Wellington, 1815, a silver medalet by G.F. Loos, 15mm; together with other silver medalets (2), for Troyes and the Hanseatic League, 1815 [3]. Generally very fine; two with loop mounts £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
Battle of London, 1944, a plated bronze medal by L.E. Pinches for the RAF Benevolent Fund, view of the dome of St Paul’s, plane above, rev. Tower of London, V1 rocket above, 57mm (BHM 4406; E 2066). Very fine £40-50
Pharmacy, Brighton Technical College School of Pharmacy, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, arms, rev. named (Presented to Winifred A.M. Rainsford by the Eastbourne Association of Pharmacy, 1930), hallmarked Birmingham 1930, 45mm. About extremely fine £30-40
France, Manby Wilson & Cie, c. 1820, an octagonal silver jeton by Leveque, flame atop narrow column, buildings either side, sun rises beyond, rev. company name, 32mm. Extremely fine £40-60
France, Bateaux à Moteur, 1908, a bronze award plaque by L.J.H. Cariat, boats race along shoreline, rev. trophies and tablet, un-named, 65 x 45mm (BDM VII, 152; cf. DNW 42, 1352). Very fine £40-50
France, Viniculture, 1968, a large bronze medal by G. Guiraud, naked lady amongst vine and grapes, leopardess behind, rev. trio stamping grapes, 115mm (cf. DNW 58, 1563). Good very fine £40-60
DENMARK, a set of four terracotta roundels by L. Hjorth depicting neo-classical scenes, each stamped on reverse ‘L. Hjorth 455 Enerot’ [4]. Attractive and much as made; rims pierced for suspension £60-80
ENGLAND, 23rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, a copper medal by Hancocks, named (Presented to Viscountess Wolseley by Lieut. Col. Routledge and Officers, 23rd Middsx. R.V.C. 1885), 52mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (3, one in silver) [4]. Very fine and better £60-80
ENGLAND, Institutions of Mechanical Engineers and Electrical Engineers, Peter William Willans Medal, a gilt-bronze award by S. March, named (John Hall Rider, 1910), 51mm; Sweden, 25th Anniversary of Aktiebolaget Separator, Stockholm, 1908, a silver medal by E. Lindberg, 50mm (Ehrensvärd 68) [2]. First extremely fine and in case of issue, a softly-sculpted and rare medal, second about extremely fine £60-80
Babelon, J., Great Coins and Medals, London, 1959, 37pp, 167 plates, dj; together with other references (6) [7]. Publishers’ bindings £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Grove, F.W., Medals of Mexico, vol. I, Guadalajara, 1970, iii + 203pp, illustrations in text, copy no. 443 [of 1,000], 1970 valuation sheet tipped-in; Baxter, Barbara A., The Beaux-Arts Medal in America, New York, 1987, 91pp, illustrations in text; Jones, M., A Catalogue of French Medals in the British Museum, vol. II, 1600-1672, London, 1988, 335pp, illustrations in text, dj; Attwood, P., Acquisitions of Medals (1983-1987), BM Occ. Paper 78, London, 1991, vi + 136pp, 146 plates (Manville...
Midland Counties Institution, silver award medals by Fattorini (2, one gilt), student crowned with wreath, mine headframe beyond, revs. named (Alan Hill, 1949-50; A.E. Naylor, 1951-52), both 44mm [2]. Matt surfaces, extremely fine; in cases of issue £40-50
France, Centaur, c. 1900, a uniface plated bronze medal by Ercuis, centaur left, holds arrow, approx 95 x 95mm. Very fine, decorative £40-60
Great Britain, Joseph Chamberlain, c. 1910, a bronze portrait plaque on a thin metal sheet, unsigned, full-face portrait wearing monocle and large button-hole, 182 x 132mm. Very fine; in oak frame £40-60
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
France, Seal of the Republic, a base metal impression, standing figure of Liberty holding fasces to her left and staff topped by Phrygian cap to right, border of stars around, 121mm. Small piercing at top and edge nick at bottom, otherwise good fine and very rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £20
BELGIUM, L’Association des Ingénieurs de l’École des Mines de Mons, 1908, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, 60mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.75, 38); Victor Mirland, 1908, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, 60mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.75, 40); Albert and Elisabeth, c. 1915, uniface pale bronze plaques by C. Samuel (2), both 118mm; Exposition Internationale, Antwerp, 1930, a bronze award medal by H. Heuser, named (Provinciale Veeprijskamp, 21-22 Juni 1930), 60mm; together with other base metal Low...
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