Ancient, British & World Coins, Commemorative Medals and Books

PHILIPPINES, Jolo Campaign, 1876, a copper medal by F. Estruch, 32mm (Basso –; Guerra 758a); Sociedad de Tiro de Mariquina, Manila, 1883, a silver medal, unsigned, 37mm; Luzon Campaign, 1896-7, a copper medal by Gastells, 34mm (Basso 809); Admiral George Dewey, Manila, 1898, a white metal medal signed H.R., 38mm; Chief Justice Cayetano Arelliano, 1920, a gilt-bronze medal fashioned into a star, 72mm; Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, 1932, a bronze medal by C.S. Banks, 50mm (Basso 748); Real y Pontificia Universidad de Sto. Tomas, Manila, a shield-shaped gilt-bronze Profesorado award medal, 60 x 42mm; Carlos Romulo, President of the UN General Assembly, 1949-50, a gilt-bronze medal by J. Tupaz Jr for the Philippines Government, 68mm; Inauguration of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, 1965, a gilt-bronze medal by ‘El Oro’, 96mm [9]. Basso 748 fine, others very fine and better, some rare £200-300

Provenance: Penultimate medal Craig Whitford Mailbid Sale, 23 November 1991 (764)