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Jamaica, Jubilee of the Baptist Mission, 1842, a white metal medal, unsigned, façade of school building, rev. legends, 26mm. Bright very fine, small piercing £40-60
Hammer Price: £20
Peru, General San Martin, Proclamation, 1821, a silver Half-Peso size medal [struck c. 1850], sun in majesty, rev. legend in wreath, 29mm (Fonrobert 8998). Very fine £60-80
£60–£80
Peru, Constitution Proclaimed, 1839, a One-and-a-Half Peso-size silver medal by A. Davalos, standing Liberty on three-tailed monster, rev. legend (Fonrobert 9062). Good very fine, deeply toned £200-300
£200–£300
Poland, Equestrian Statue of Johann III Sobieski at the Wilanów Palace, Warsaw, 1789, a copper medal by D.F. Loos, statue, depicting the King on horseback, brandishing a sword and trampling on a Turkish soldier, rev. Polonia standing with shield and sword amidst trophies, 52mm (cf. H.Cz 3309 [silver]; Racz. 537). Very fine, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £70
Poland, Stanislas August, a large uniface cast bronze plaque by F. Lallemand, bust right, 162mm (BDM III, 279). Extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £30
Romania, 10th Anniversary of the Foundation of the International Association of Penal Law, 1938, a plated medal by P. Theunis for Fonson, bemedalled and uniformed bust of Vespasian Pella left, rev. legends, scales and olive branch below, 76mm. Very fine, scarce £70-90
Hammer Price: £220
South Africa, British Atrocities in South Africa, 1901, a silver medal, unsigned, Dutch and Spanish infantry and cavalry fighting in the Dutch War of Independence, rev. Boer farmstead in flames, 33mm. Extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
South Africa, Transvaal Bisley, 1904, a thin curved silver competitor's badge, crowned armorial shield against four Transvaal vignettes, 67mm. Good very fine, scarce £80-100
Hammer Price: £50
South Africa, Anglo-American Corporation, 1950, a bronze award medal, unsigned, two miners work rock face, a 'gold' tablet between them, rev. legend, named (B.H. Pelser), 51mm. Extremely fine; in case of issue £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Spain, Isabella II, Proclamation, 1834, Ecija, a copper medal, unsigned, sun face, rev. wreath, 36mm (Herrera 10). Some surface marks, otherwise very fine or better for issue £40-60
Sweden, The Excellent Character of Queen Christina, 1665, a cast bronze medal by G.F. Travani, bust right wearing classical helmet, rev. phoenix rises from flames, 63mm (V & T Bargello II/511; de Bildt 45, 50; Hild. 104b; Bargello 17). A particularly pleasing cast, medium brown patination, good very fine and rare £200-250
£200–£250
Sweden, Queen Christina Rejecting Life on Earth, c. 1675, a struck copper medal by G.B. Guglielmada, bust right, loosely draped, rev. globe with 7 stars, 39mm (de Bildt IX, 37, 39; Hild. I, 318, 118). About extremely fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £90
Sweden, Bicentenary of the Death of Gustav II Adolph, 1832, a silver medal by C.M. Mellgren, laureate bust left, rev. standing female figures holding cross and mirror, 41mm (BDM –). Some hairlining, otherwise extremely fine or better £70-90
Sweden, Scandinavian Polar Expeditions, 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). Extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
Switzerland, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, a silver medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz, semi-naked female seated, rev. building, tablet and wreath of oak, 61mm (BDM II, 424). About very fine £40-60
Switzerland, Grand Tir de l’Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, a bronze medal by H. Bovy, eagle with shield, rev. female figure firing bow, mountains behind, 48mm. Extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £65
Thailand, Prince Attsadang Dachawut, 1889, a silver medal, unsigned, crowned arms and supporters, rev. legend in 9 lines, 34mm. Extremely fine, rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £150
Tobago, Naval Victory off Tobago, 1677, a copper medal by J. Mauger, bust of Louis XIV right, rev. Victory hovers over ancient galley, 41mm (Betts 52; Divo 159). Probably an early 19th century restrike, extremely fine, scarce £180-220
Hammer Price: £170
United States of America, Societies of Merchants to Both Indies (Founded 1664), a copper medal by J. Mauger, bust of Louis XIV right, rev. Mercury stands with caduceus and money-bag, with emblems trade and commerce, 41mm (Betts 40; Divo –). Probably an early 19th century restrike, small die flaw by second s in christianissimvs, otherwise extremely fine, scarce £200-250
Hammer Price: £130
United States of America, George Washington, c. 1798, the ‘Voltaire’ medal, a copper medal, unsigned, bare head right with short cropped hair, rev. stack of military trophies with a cannon and drums to the front, 40mm (Baker 78; Ford II, 109-11). A most pleasing example, extremely fine and scarce £600-800
£600–£800
United States of America, George Washington, a bakelite copy of the Eccleston Tribute Medal of 1805, in separate halves, 74mm (cf. Baker 85). Bronzed surface, very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £60
United States of America, The Green Cross of Florida, Amalia Island Medal, 1817, a copper award, unsigned, cross within wreath, duce mac gregorio libertas floridarum, rev. date within wreath, 33mm (BHM 957; E 1093; MH 806a; Rulau 10). Minor spotting and handling marks, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,200
United States of America, South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, Charleston, 1901-2, a gilt-bronze medal struck at the Exhibition by the U.S. Mint, winged angel, rev. legend and floral spray, 34mm (H-K 294). Extremely fine £40-50
Miscellaneous, Rose croix, a well-made early 19th century Continental silver jewel, perhaps French, in the form of a cross, in centre a glazed medallion decorated with pelican feeding young on enamel field, rev. a rose and cross, paste brilliants, all surmounted by a crown, decorated with emerald green stones, 100 x 70mm. Very fine and attractive; loop for suspension £200-250
ARGENTINA, Rebellion of the Triente y Tres Orientales, 1825, a light bronze medal; La Plata, Centenary of Coinage, 1913, a copper medal, 39mm [2]. Extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £35
ARGENTINA, Inauguration of the Port of Parana, 1904, a bronze medal, 52mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals (52) [53]. First very fine, others in varied state £70-90
Hammer Price: £80
ARGENTINA, International Medical Congress, 1910, a plated bronze plaque, unsigned, 66 x 49mm; together with other Argentinian medals and plaques (4) [5]. Very fine and better £60-80
AUSTRALIA, Newcastle Hospital, 1948, a light bronze award medal by A. Meszaros, named (O. Olsson), 64mm; together with philatelic award medals (6, one in silver), 1980-90, from Canberra, Melbourne etc. [7]. Mostly extremely fine or nearly so £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
AUSTRIA, Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Vienna, 1888, a coin-like silver medal, 29mm; together with other German medals, in silver (4), base metal (3), of Paul von Hindenburg, Durer, Hitler, von Zeppelin, etc [8]. Mostly very fine and better £100-150
BELGIUM, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Ypres, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (2e Division d’apres l’Antique, 2e Prix, 1880), 41mm; La Ferme, c. 1910, a gilt-bronze award medal by L.-J. Cariat, named (Basse-Cour Familiale de Flandres), 49mm; together with a copper medal of the Antwerp Fox-Terrier Club, 1894 [3]. Very fine or better £30-40
BELGIUM, Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, a bronze award medal by G. Devreese, un-named, 71mm (BDM VI, 320; cf. DNW 86, 202); Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1910, a square plaque by O. Yencesse, 68mm (Coll. R. Marx 165; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 202; BDM VI, 698; cf. DNW 44, 848) [2]. Very fine or better £30-40
BELGIUM, Entrée du Roi à Bruxelles, 1918, a bronze medal by H. Le Roy for Mauquoy, 70mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17, 83); FRANCE, À la Gloire des Alliés, 1916, a bronze award plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, 61 x 47mm (CGMP p.233); together with other bronze medals (4), by Lordonnois, H. Dubois, etc [6]. Very fine and better £100-150
Hammer Price: £120
BOLIVIA, Ferdinand VII, Proclamation, 1808, Potosí, a silver medal of 8-Réales size (cf. Fonrobert 9392; cf. Medina 346); together with a Proclamation 2 Réales, 1808 [2]. Varied state £60-80
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (18), all 1-Sol size, 1826, 1829, 1831, 1839, 1840 (2), 1841 (3), 1841 (2), 1843 (3), 1844 (2), 1849 (2) [18]. Varied state, all pierced £80-100
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (16), all 2-Soles size, 1838 (2), 1852 (3, two varieties), 1853, 1854 (4, different varieties), 1856, 1863 (3, two varieties), 1865 (2) [16]. Varied state, all pierced £100-150
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (23), all 1-Sol size, 1841, 1850, 1852 (3), 1853 (6), 1854 (6), 1856 (2), 1857 (4); Half-Sol size (8), 1835, 1865 (4), 1868 (3) [31] Varied state, the majority pierced £90-120
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (3), all 2-Soles size, 1849, 1853, 1855 [3]. Extremely fine and better £80-100
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (7), 1-Sol size (6), 1849, 1851, 1852, 1856, 1857, 1862, Half-Sol size, 1865; other Proclamation medals (8), 1852-65 [16]. Those described extremely fine, others in varied state £80-100
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (5), 8-Soles size, 1852; 4-Soles size (4), 1824, by A. Devalos, 1839, 1850 (2) [5]. Second extremely fine, others in varied state £100-150
BOLIVIA, silver Proclamation medals (8), all 4-Soles size, 1854, 1861 (4), 1867 (3); together with a silver medal for the Cochabama Railway, 1917, 30mm [9]. Varied state £80-100
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