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Tokens, checks, etc (93), from Argentina (11), Bolivia (5), Brazil (1), Chile (10), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (13), Cuba (5), Ecuador (2), El Salvador (4), Guatemala (19), Mexico (7), Peru (5), Puerto Rico (1), Santo Domingo (2), Virgin Is. (7); together with other miscellaneous tokens and checks (45) [138]. Many very fine; the majority in envelopes described £250-300
Hammer Price: £460
World coins (18), jetons (2), tokens (4), various types, mostly base metal [24]. Varied state, one pierced £200-250
Hammer Price: £150
World tokens, tickets, checks, etc (141), from Magdalen Is, Fort Davis, Algeria, Tydd, Racine, Koblenz, New York, Kansas, Montreal, etc; Victory Medal, named (7821 Pte. A. Cooper, Br. W.I.R.), lacking suspension [Lot]. Many very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £430
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, 40mm (Adams PBv 13-K; MI II, 532/96); Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, 36mm (Adams PBv 22-S; Betts 200; MI II, 536/111) [2]. First with high rim, about fine, second good fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, half-length figure of Vernon three-quarters left, with short baton, rev. six ships at the harbour entrance, 37mm (Adams PBv 34-GG). Face of Vernon weak and some minor marks in obverse field, otherwise very fine, reverse better, attractively patinated £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, half-length figure of Vernon three-quarters left, with long knobbed baton, rev. six ships at the harbour entrance, 27mm (Adams PBv 39-LL; Betts 207; MI II, 540/130). Small metal flaw below date, otherwise good very fine with dark patina £120-150
Hammer Price: £140
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, full-length figure of Vernon facing left, with baton, canon and ship, rev. view of harbour with six ships, 40mm (Adams PBvi 5-E; Betts 221; MI II, 538/120); together with a second specimen of the same variant [2]. First good very fine and patinated, second about fine and with old tag attached £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, full-length figure of Vernon facing right, with baton, canon and ship, plain platform, rev. view of harbour with six ships, 38mm (Adams PBvi 11-P; Betts 238; MI II, 538/119). Very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £500
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a copper medal, unsigned, full-length figure of Vernon facing right, with baton, canon and ship, lined platform, rev. view of harbour with six ships, 38mm (Adams PBvi 17-Y; Betts 234; MI II, 537/117). About very fine, reverse better, patinated £100-150
Capture of Porto Bello, 1739, a bronze or pinchbeck medal signed I.W., crowned arms with lion and unicorn supporters, rev. view of harbour with six ships, 38mm (Adams PB 2-D; Betts 270). Obverse plated, about fine, pierced £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon, tree and ship behind, rev. view of harbour with six ships, 39mm (Adams FCv 3-B; Betts 279). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, pinchbeck medals (2), unsigned, from the same dies as previous, 39mm (Adams FCv 3-B; Betts 279) [2]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £110
Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, full-length standing figure of Vernon to right, ship and fort to left and right, rev. view of Porto Bello harbour with six ships, 37mm (Adams FCv 12-P; MI II, 543/139). Good fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Capture of Cartagena, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon half-left, rev. view of ships in the harbour at Cartagena, 37mm (Adams CAv 4-E; Betts 333; MI II, 550/159). Good very fine with glossy brown patina £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
Capture of Cartagena, 1741, pinchbeck medals (2), unsigned, both 37mm (Adams CAv 6-G; Betts 334; MI II, 548/155; E 558) [2]. Fine to very fine £150-200
Capture of Cartagena, 1741, a brass or pinchbeck medal, unsigned, standing figures of Vernon and Ogle greet each other, rev. ships in harbour, 38mm (Adams CAvo 4-F; Betts 324; MI II, 550/160). Very fine £150-200
£150–£200
Duke of Argyle and Sir Robert Walpole, 1741, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, Argyle standing right, leaning on column, rev. Devil striding into the mouth of Hell, leading Walpole by a halter, 37mm (Adams NLa 1-A; Betts 247; MI II, 561/190; E 561). About extremely fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £270
AUSTRIA, Vienna, c. 1850, Salvator medal by K. Lange, in gold, bust of Christ left, rev. city view, 34mm, 20.92g (Unger pl. iii, 23). Edge bruise at 2 o’clock and some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine £600-800
£600–£800
AUSTRIA, Winter Olympics, Innsbrück, 1964, a gilt and enamel Bundespolizei [Federal Police] badge by F. Orth, Vienna, 41 x 29mm; FRANCE, Winter Olympics, Grenoble, 1968, a gilt and enamel Organiser’s badge by Arthus-Bertrand, 52 x 37mm [2]. Extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £65
AUSTRALIA, Visit of the Prince of Wales, 1920, a gilt-bronze medal by Stokes & Son, 27mm (Giordano 50b; W & E 6160A); INDIA, Visit of the Prince of Wales to Bombay, 1921, an oval bronze medal by C. Thomas, 60 x 32mm (Giordano 64a; Pudd. 921.4; W & E 6175; E 1975) [2]. Very fine and better £80-100
Hammer Price: £40
AUSTRALIA, Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a plated two-medal pin badge by Stokes, 33 x 17mm (Giordano 265, recté plated); a small uniface oval bronze medalet [by Weller], 27 x 21mm (Giordano 303) [2]. Extremely fine, both rare £50-70
£50–£70
AUSTRALIA, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956, an enamelled Participant’s badge by K.C. Luke, back numbered 9190, 50 x 30mm (Gadoury 102). Very fine, rare; pin-back brooch, light blue ribbon £90-120
£90–£120
BELGIUM, copper medals by J. Wiener (4), viz. Charleroi, Maison d’Arret, 1853; Dinant, Maison d’Arret, 1851; Liege, Maison de Sureté, 1850; Tournai, Grand’ Garde, all 50mm [4]. Mostly good very fine or better £80-100
BRITISH GUIANA, an enamelled silver badge, 31 x 25mm. Very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
CANADA, Duke of Devonshire as Governor-General of Canada, 1916, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher, conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire left, rev. arms and supporters, 51mm (cf. DNW 49, 860). Extremely fine £60-80
EGYPT, Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust of Isma’il Pasha three-quarters left, rev. bird’s eye view of canal, legends in Arabic and French, 37mm (Fonrobert 5258). Very fine; with integral suspension loop £40-60
FALKLAND IS., Centenary of British Sovereignty, 1933, a tombac medal by B. Mackennal, 36mm (BHM 4241; E 2023A); together with a bronze medal of Mussolini and two silver medalets of Napoleon [4]. Very fine to extremely fine; first housed in contemporary cardboard case £60-80
£60–£80
FINLAND, Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952, Olympic Cross of Merit, First Class, by Tillander, white enamel and gilt, 40mm; MEXICO, Olympic Games, Mexico City, 1968, Great Britain's official gilt and enamelled shield for Participants, 34 x 27mm [2]. First extremely fine and rare, with ring for suspension and ribbon, second virtually as struck £200-300
Hammer Price: £180
FRANCE, La Parure, 1925, an octagonal bronze repoussé plaque by P. Turin for La Gerbe d’Or, 81mm (Classens 131), together with another bronze repoussé plaque by O. Yencesse for La Gerbe d’Or, 95 x 76mm; Compagnie pour la Diffusion d’Électricité, c. 1927, an Art Déco bronze medal by P.-M. Dammann, 64mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.54, 62; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 74; cf. DNW M7, 2627); together with other miscellaneous bronze medals (2) [5]. First two have been cleaned, first with faded...
FRANCE, Canadian War Memorial on Vimy Ridge Erected, 1936, a bronze medal by A. de Possesse, weeping widow with olive branch, rev. the memorial, 50mm (Giordano 181.7a). Extremely fine £40-50
germany, Sodom and Gomorrah, a cast silver-gilt medal, 1535, unsigned (by W. Milicz?), Joachimsthal, citizens of Sodom, rev. Lot and his daughters, gen xix in exergue, 45mm, 16.36g. Nearly very fine, very rare; with suspension loop £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
GERMANY, Rebuilding of the Fleischbrücke, Nüremberg, 1598, a cast medal in lead, unsigned, arms, rev. inscription, 76mm; Laying of Foundation Stone for the New Rathaus, 1616, a cast medal in lead, unsigned, 84mm (cf. Slg. Erlanger 1015); together with a similar uniface medal, 1619 (cf. Slg. Erlanger 1020) [3]. Probably somewhat later casts, about very fine £100-150
GERMANY, Religious Freedom of the Reformed Church in Silesia, 1742, a silver medal, unsigned, Ark of the Covenant with flowering rod of Aaron, rev. inscription in 9 lines, 31mm (Friedensburg/Seger 4280; Olding 546b; Slg. Whiting 483). Nearly extremely fine, rare £100-150
GERMANY, Death of Frederick II of Prussia, 1786, a silver medal by J.G. Holtzhey, bust left in ribboned hat, rev. urn on pedestal in centre, symbols of Arts, Science and military success around, 45mm, 26.92g (KPK 3486; Henckel 1843). Sometime cleaned, otherwise good very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £120
GERMANY, President Hindenburg, medallic 5 Marks, 1927d, by K. Goetz (K 387; Bruce X85); together with other medals in silver (6), base metal (2), including Hitler, Ludendorff, Saarland, Zeppelin, etc, 1924-38 [9]. Mostly better than very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £250
GERMANY, Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936, a cast bronze plaque for the Nippon Rikujo Renmei [Japanese Athletic Federation], bust left regarding hands reaching for wreath, rev. legend in Japanese characters, 100mm. Very fine and much as made, very rare; in original fitted case £200-300
GERMANY, Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936, a Participant’s (silk?) scarf, featuring the flags of the 47 competing nations, no maker’s name, 84 x 76mm. In good condition, a little stained around edges; an unusual Olympic item £100-150
£100–£150
GERMANY, silver medals (27), including Konrad Adenauer, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Albrecht Dürer, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Munich Olympics, Richard Nixon etc, mostly c. 1965-75, approx 13oz [27]. Mostly as struck £120-150
Hammer Price: £160
GREECE, Olympic Games, Athens, 1896, a bronze Participant’s medal by N. Lytras and W. Pittner, Hellas with phoenix, rev. legend in wreath, date in cartouche, 50mm (cf. DNW 105, 1314). Several minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £400
INDIA, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, 1899, a copper award medal by A. Wyon, conjoined busts of Lord and Lady Curzon left, rev. arms and supporters, edge named (B.P.R.A. 1903 Major C.H. Macdonald), 51mm (Pudd 899.1; BHM 3643; E 1835). Sometime cleaned, otherwise good very fine, scarce £80-100
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