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Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the City of London, 1893, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, similar, 76mm (W & E 1763.1; BHM 3452; E 1780). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
Visit of Christian IX and Louise of Denmark to the City of London, 1893, a light bronze medal by F. Bowcher for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts right, rev. Londinia seated, façade of the Guildhall behind, 75mm (W & E 1766.1; BHM 3454; E 1783). Virtually as struck; in black leather gilt-blocked case of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
Opening of Tower Bridge, 1894, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts of Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales left, rev. view of the bridge, the Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert, passing underneath, 76mm (W & E 1795.1; BHM 3476; E 1790; Taylor 225a). Extremely fine; in case of issue £180-220
Hammer Price: £280
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, medals by G.W. de Saulles (2), silver and bronze, both 55mm (W & E 3000; BHM 3506; E 1817); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, medals by G.W. de Saulles (2), silver and bronze, both 55mm (BHM 3737; E 1871) [4]. Extremely fine or better, in cases of issue, first case with H.F.N. impressed in block letters on lid £150-200
Hammer Price: £380
Return of City of London Volunteers from South Africa, 1900, a bronze medal by Sir G. Frampton for the Corporation of the City of London, soldier welcomed by seated Londinia, rev. Union and CIV flags flying on hill surrounded by trees, sun on horizon and cannon, 76mm (BHM 3684; E 1848). Extremely fine; in original black and gilt case of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Murray Marks, 1912, a cast bronze medal by C. Browne, bust left, rev. two naked children holding tablet inscribed (I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men’s stuff), 88mm (Attwood pp.58-9, 10). Very fine and very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £480
Centenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1925, a bronze medal by G. Bayes for Pinches, 44mm (Irvine/Atterbury p.139; BHM 4205; E 2001a; Moyaux 44A; MJP p.101; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.79, 11); together with other railway-related commemoratives (25), some in silver [26]. Extremely fine and better; first in card case of issue [this repaired] £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Olympic Games, London, 1948, a bronze Participant’s medal by B. Mackennal and J.R. Pinches, Houses of Parliament in cartouche, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, 51mm (GV 117.2; BHM 4422; E 2076; MJP p.118). Good very fine but sometime cleaned £120-150
Hammer Price: £140
A collection of medals awarded to the Irish politician George Colley: European Customs Union, 1968, a bronze medal signed Grunberg, rev. poem by Jules Romains, 68mm; 10th Anniversary of the European Investment Bank, 1968 [struck 1971], a plated bronze medal, unsigned, rev. the Dea Monetæ, 81mm; Opening of the SNIA Ireland Ltd Manufactory, Sligo, 1972, a silver medal by Lorioli, Milan, obv. stylised equestrian scene, 70mm; European Economic Union Conference, Paris, 1972, a silver-gilt...
Hammer Price: £340
Centenary of the Birth of Sir Winston Churchill, 1974, a set of 24 gold-plated silver medals by J. Pinches [24]. As struck; contained in fitted album of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £180
150 Years of Policing in Birmingham, 1989, a pewter medal, unsigned, back stamped acocks green, 73mm; together with other miscellaneous medals, etc, in silver (3), base metal (14) [18]. Many very fine, three in cases; together with a painted enamel tin £60-80
Hammer Price: £30
AUSTRALIA, Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887, a bronze First Order of Merit medal by E.A. Altmann, crowned bust of Victoria left, rev. legend in wreath, 76mm (Carlisle 1887/5; W & E 2013B.1). Minor surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine; in case of issue, the inside embossed McDowell Stevens & Co £100-150
Hammer Price: £70
AUSTRIA, Siege and Liberation of Vienna, 1683, a silver medal by J. Kittel, laureate bust of Leopold I right, rev. crowned bust of Ferdinand I right, 38mm, 15.26g (Julius 175; BDM III, 169). Tooled in fields both sides, otherwise fine to very fine, grey tone £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
BELGIUM, François-Joseph Fétis, 1858, a copper medal by L. Wiener, 60mm; GERMANY, Battles of Lissa and Rosbach, 1757, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 48mm (Wurz. 2821), and a bronze medal for the same event, unsigned, 47mm; ITALY, Visit of Gregory XVI to the Apostolico del San Michele, Rome, 1832, a copper medal by G. Cerbara, 54mm (Boccia 29); MALAYSIA, Malaya Borneo Exhibition, Singapore, 1922, a bronze award medal, unsigned, 45mm (Giordano 67a); RUSSIA, Centenary Memorial of Field-Marshal...
Hammer Price: £260
CEYLON, Ceylon Kennel Club, an award medal stamped d & cd, shield with elephant and palm trees, rev. wreath, un-named, 38mm (cf. R.J. Ford Ceylon 306). Good very fine and toned, scarce £60-80
FRANCE, Prise de Belfort, 1654, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 35); L’assiduité du Roi à ses conseils, 1661, a copper medal by J. Mauger and J. Boskam, 41mm (Divo –); Prise de Limbourg, 1675, a copper medal by J. Mauger and T. Bernard, 41mm (Divo 146); L’île de Cayenne reprise, 1676, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 158); Campagne d’Allemagne, 1678, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 174); Bombardement de Gênes, 1684, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo...
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE, Établissement de l’Hôpital Général, 1656, a copper medal, unsigned [by T. Bernard], 42mm (Divo 42); La maladie du Roi, 1686, a copper medal by J. Roussel, 41mm (Divo 217); Recapture of Prague, 1744, a pinchbeck medal by J. Kirk, 42mm (MI II, 592/239); together with other miscellaneous 19th and 20th century medals of France, Netherlands, Switzerland, etc, in silver (12), base metal (23), by Rasumny, E. Dropsy, Lemaire, Goetz, Holy, Dubois, Siber, etc [38]. First two extremely...
FRANCE, Mathieu I and Bertha of Sweden, c. 1730, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, 46mm (BDM V, 310, no. 26); Nicolas of Anjou, c. 1730, a copper medal by F. de Saint-Urbain, 46mm (BDM V, 310, no. 40); together with an engraved silver badge depicting a hand holding a torch, perhaps Spanish, with maker’s marks, 83mm [3]. Last very fine, others about extremely fine £90-120
FRANCE, Battle of Quiberon Bay, Belleisle, 1759, a copper medal by J. Kirk for the Society of Arts, 40mm (MI II, 706/441; E 676); together with other European base metal medals (11) [12]. Fine and better £80-100
FRANCE, La nouvelle ère française, 1792, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 41mm (Nocq 250); Camp de Boulogne, 1804, a copper medal by R.V. Jeuffroy and F. Jaley, 40mm (Br. 318); Victoires pendant l’année 1807, a copper medal by F. Jaley, 40mm (Br. 674); Bataille de Lutzen, 1813, a copper medal by A.J. Depaulis and N.G.A. Brenet, 41mm (Br. 1229); Enterrement de Napoléon à St Helena, 1821, a copper medal by Thomason & Jones, 53mm (Br. 1851) [5]. About extremely fine and better £80-100
Hammer Price: £440
FRANCE, Le Senat et le Peuple, AN XIII [1804], a silver medal by B. Andrieu, 32mm (Br. 326); Mariage de Napoléon et Marie-Louise, 1810, a silver medal by A. Galle and J.-P. Droz, 26mm (Br. 955); Les Orphélines de la Légion d’Honneur, 1810, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and A.J. Depaulis, 41mm (Br. 980); together with a collection of Napoleonic copper medals (154), all different, various sizes; contained in a purpose-built 19th century cabinet, 23.5 x 23.5 x 21mm, comprising 15 trays with...
Hammer Price: £8,000
FRANCE, Louis-Marie de Lescure, a copper medal from the Galerie de la Fidelité series by A. de Puymarin, 1824, 51mm; Louis XII, Francis I and Henri II, copper medals from the Galerie Numismatique des Rois de France series by A.A. Caqué, 1836, all 51mm; Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, 42mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 21; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 147; BDM V, 230; cf. DNW M14, 1345) [5]. Very fine and better £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE, Visit of the Empress Eugénie to the Paris Mint, 1854, a copper medal by A.A. Caqué, 50mm; Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a copper award medal by H. Ponscarme, named (Siemens Frères), 68mm (Divo 539; BDM IV, 656); together with other miscellaneous French medals (19, one in silver), many of the Napoleonic era [21]. First two very fine, others in varied state £100-150
Hammer Price: £650
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a copper medal by E.-A. Oudiné, 68mm (Divo 239); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, award medals by H. Ponscarme (2), silver and copper, latter named (W.M. Cadell), 37 and 68mm (Divo 539, 545); Sommet de la Tour Eiffel, 1889, a plated bronze medal by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, 41mm (PBE 145; Coll. R. Marx 245); Semper, 1901, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, un-named, 41mm (Roty Compagnnonage p.92; PBE 866; CGMP p.360; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 61; BM Acq....
FRANCE, Les Sciences, 1894, a silver award medal by L.A. Bottée and A. Rivet, named (La Ste Industrielle de Rouen à A. Deshayes), 50mm (PBE 28; CGMP p.61 for obv.); Contemplation, c. 1905, a uniface bronze artist’s trial for the plaque by A. Maillard, back stamped 40 02, 70 x 56mm (PBE 574; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.43, 106; cf. DNW M10, 1502); ITALY, Centenary of the Athenæum, Brescia, 1902, a bronze plaque by A. Cappuccio for Johnson, 71 x 53mm (BDM III, 80) [3]. Very fine and better £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
FRANCE, Syndicat Général de la Construction Électrique, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, named (M. Jules Hervalet), 68mm (cf. DNW M11, 1791); 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 132, 1711) [2]. Very fine and better £100-150
FRANCE, La Parure, 1925, an octagonal bronze repoussé plaque by P. Turin for La Gerbe d’Or, three female figures, one standing naked at front, 81mm (Classens 131; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 123; The Medal 44, p.50; cf. DNW M14, 1271). Very fine; with original maroon cord for suspension £70-90
FRANCE, Faisan, c. 1930, a cast bronze plaque by Duval, pheasant left, 125 x 52mm. High relief, superb golden patina with the bird plated, minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine and rare £80-100
FRANCE, Les Chats, 1981, a bronze medal by Dodie Yencesse, 72mm; ENGLAND, George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe (3), 57mm (W & E 5668; BHM 4249; E 2029a); Centenary of the British Numismatic Society, 2003, a bronze medal by Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn, 45mm (E 2210); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (15) [18]. Very fine and better; second and third in cases of issue £70-90
GERMANY, Death of Heinrich Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, 1613, a copper medal, unsigned, shields arranged around armorial device, rev. bust right in ornate cartouche, 56mm (Fiala 115, 430). Fine £100-150
GERMANY, Conquest of Breisach, 1638, a copper medal by J. Blum, bust of Bernhard von Weimar half-left in ornate cartouche, rev. city view and fortifications, 51mm (Merseb. 3860). Minor rim nicks, otherwise about very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £120
GERMANY, Kartenkönig [King of Cards], 1921, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, Kaiser, helmet in hand, walking left in front of the Netherlands Tax Office, speech bubble indicating his claimed net worth, rev. double conjoined portrait of Kaiser holding sceptre, 160 millionen gold in centre, 60mm (K 277). Very fine £60-80
GREECE, University of Athens, 1837, Contributor’s medal, a copper award by K. Lange, 44mm (BDM III, p.270; Loulakakis Sale, 376); Georgian Institute of Chemistry, 1936, a bronze medal by B. Phalereas, 54mm (Loulakakis Sale, –) [2]. First fine, second better than very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £50
ITALY, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, a bronze cast of the obv. of the medal by Pisanello, 79mm (cf. Hill 33; cf. Kress 12); uniface electrotypes of decorative plaques featuring naked men (2); together with other miscellaneous medals, copies, etc (8) [11]. First very fine and patinated, others in varied state £120-150
ITALY, Constantine the Great, c. 1470, a cast bronze medal by C. de Geremia, bust right, rev. Pax greets Concordia, 71mm (Hill 755; Pollard 241; cf. Clifford 50). A somewhat later cast, obverse edge knock at 3 o’clock, otherwise fine or better, green patina £200-300
NETHERLANDS, Capture of Breda, 1590, a silver jeton, unsigned [by G. van Bijlaer, Dordrecht], 29mm, 6.06g (Dugniolle 3255; v.L. I, 402); Election of Prince Maurice as Stadtholder, 1590, a silver jeton, unsigned, 30mm, 7.73g (D 3256; v.L. I, 405) [2]. Fine, first toned £120-150
Netherlands, The Murders of Johan and Cornelius de Witt, 1672, a silver medal, unsigned, conjoined busts right, rev. 8-line legend within floral border, 48mm, 39.56g (v.L. III, 87.3; KPK 1082). Very fine, light grey tone £120-150
Hammer Price: £85
NETHERLANDS, William IV Appointed Governor of the United Provinces, 1747, a copper medal by J. Dassier, laureate bust left, rev. Prince greeting a seated Genius, 54mm (Eisler II, 335, 5c; v.L. 234). About extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £80
SOUTH AFRICA, Durban & Coast Society of Agriculture & Industry, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (F.J. Bennee, for White Bread, Second Prize, 1895), 40mm; Witwatersrand Agricultural Society, 1914, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Boreland & Cowell, for Made of S.A. Grown Flour), 45mm; together with other miscellaneous South African commemorative medals, 1892-1992 (99), virtually all different [101]. Very fine and better, a useful lot; in packets described £200-300
Hammer Price: £160
SOUTH AFRICA, President Kruger Sworn in for a Fourth Term, 1898, a white metal medal by Delfos, bust left, rev. legend, 54mm (Hern 40; AM Cat. 16; cf. DNW 122, 1700). Surface marks on reverse and edge nicks, otherwise fine to very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £150
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