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22 February 1995
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The Charing Cross Hotel The Strand London WC2N 5HX
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Miscellaneous, Commemorative and prize medals, badges, etc., in base metal (79) generally late 19th and 20th century issues. Some corroded or discoloured, some very fine or better (79)
Hammer Price: £45
Edward VII (1901-1910), National Rose Society, a group of nine silver prize medals by Pinches, small shield on a background of roses, reverse a circular border of roses, the centre plain, all un-engraved except one, this with “N.R.S. Botanic Show 1909” , 41mm. Extremely fine or better, three attractively toned (9)
£60–£80
Miscellaneous, Commemorative medals (28) in white metal, mostly Victorian issues relating to exhibitions, Royal Jubilees, etc. Mostly very fine or better (28)
Hammer Price: £55
Victoria (1837-1901), Voyage of the Junk “Keying”, 1848, white metal medals, all different, by Halliday, 45mm (3) (BHM 2315, 2317, 2320), and Allen and Moore, 26mm (BHM 2322). Showing some corrosion and discolouration, otherwise very fine (4)
Victoria (1837-1901), North East Coast Exhibition, Tynemouth, 1882, silver prize medal, Neptune in marine car to left, ship and view of coast line in distance, reverse naval architecture marine engineering fishery life saving and coast lighting appliances etc tynemouth in eight lines, wreath around, 50mm, in case of issue. Extremely fine, nicely toned and rare
Miscellaneous, Medical and Jewish Interest, Lieutenant (later Capt.) A[listair] R[alph] S[Spiers] Alexander I.M.S., a group of three named prize medals: Military Hospital, Netley, Montefiore medal (Inst. 1881), by Dubois, bronze, 60mm (Eim. 1685); Army Medical School, Edmund Alexander Parkes Memorial medal (1911), by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, bronze, 51mm, and William Marshall Webb prize for Military Medecine (1911), by Allan Wyon, bronze, 51mm, all in cases of issue, the last case damaged on the...
Hammer Price: £240
Great Britain, Motoring Interest: an unusual brass ashtray issued by Daimler, in the centre an obverse cliché of a George V Coronation medal 1911, 115mm diameter. Fine
Hammer Price: £20
Great Britain, Manchester Automobile Club, a silver prize medal by Elkington & Co, arms, reverse female figure representing Victory with wreath, engraved ‘Manchester Automobile Club Reliability Run, May 16th 1914, Class 2, Section A, 1st Prize, Miss E. Wright, 16-20 Wolseley’, 51mm. Extremely fine; in original case of issue
Hammer Price: £130
Great Britain, Dunlop Jubilee International Race Meeting at Brooklands, 1938, silver medal by W.J. Carroll, legend above speeding ERA car, reverse symbolic tree representing the growth of the company, 35mm, hallmarked WJC Birmingham 1938. Good very fine, toned, rare; in original case of issue
Hammer Price: £50
Great Britain, British Racing Drivers Club, British Empire Trophy Race at Brooklands, 1936, uniface bronze Finishers Plaque, unsigned, figure of Victory holding BRDC insignia and wreath over a backdrop of two cars racing on the banked track by the footbridge, scroll inscribed ‘Entrant and driver of finishing car, A.P. Hamilton’, 88 x 64mm. Some scratching in centre, otherwise about extremely fine and rare; in original British Racing Green case of issue by D. George Collins, 118 Newgate...
Hammer Price: £140
Great Britain, Music Interest: Royal Military School of Music, Cousins Memorial silver prize medal, named on edge to R.P. O’Donnell South Wales Borderers 1903; Worshipful Company of Musicians, silver medal (presented 1909), together with miniature, in case of issue [3]. Rare, but both the medals heavily polished , with surface marks and badly knocked to rims, the miniature extremely fine (£60-80)
£60–£70
Great Britain, Railway Interest: Southern Railway, 50 Years Long Service medal, 9ct gold and enamel, crest of company in centre, legend around and on panel below, reverse engraved “e. hurford 1882-1932”, 29mm (cf. Swann Collection, 158, part). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £75
Great Britain, Sporting Interest: Golf, H.P.G.C., small 9ct gold medal, reverse engraved “h.p.g.c. mrs e.d.bates 1948”, with loop for suspension. Very fine
Hammer Price: £25
Great Britain, Sporting Interest: Soccer, Stockport F.A., Winners medal, reverse engraved “s & d. s.s.l. winners div ii 1924-5”, with loop for suspension. Very fine
Great Britain, Sporting Interest: Henley Regatta (established 1839), Thames Challenge Cup, silver prize medal , un-named, cup, reverse legend within wreath, 46mm. About extremely fine, dark tone
£50–£60
Great Britain, Sporting Interest: Olympic Games, London, 1908, Participation Medal, by MacKennal, bronze, 50mm (E. 1904). Good extremely fine
Great Britain, Sporting Interest: Golf, Chertsey Golf Club, silver prize medal by Vaughton, Birmingham, reverse engraved “Foursomes 1925 Winners A.N. Cowan and E. Shutte, 38mm. Extremely fine, somewhat discoloured
Hammer Price: £60
Great Britain, The following three lots consist of yachting medals awarded to Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget England, Royal Thames Yacht Club, silver prize medals (3), by Garrard, yacht in full sail, reverses engraved ‘1926 Cumberland Cup’, ‘1927 Cumberland Cup’, and ‘1927 Coupe de France’, all 39mm. Extremely fine (3)
France, France, Club Nautique de Nice, bronze prize medal, unsigned, yachts with cliffs in background, 51mm (awarded 1 April 1896); Union des Yachts Français, silver prize medals by F.C.V. de Vernon (5), large (69mm) size (3 – two gilt, awarded for 1st Prizes at Hyères and Monaco, 1897, other for 2nd Prize at Toulon, 1897), and small (50mm) size (2 – awarded for 1st Prizes at Monaco and Marseilles, 1897); Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Commission des Sports, a light bronze...
Italy, Italy, The Royal Italian Yacht Club, silver prize medal, unsigned, crowned arms, reverse legend in wreath with anchor at base, 54mm (awarded 30 March 1896). Extremely fine, rare
Hammer Price: £80
Miscellaneous, An unusual private issue engraved medal in the shape of a Maltese cross, gilt-bronze, the centres bearing a harp encircled by a wreath, legend ‘Presented from Farnworth to J.W. for his services at F.M. on April 17th 1876’, clip and ring suspension, ribbon and three engraved clasps, extremely fine; together with Kent, M.K. K.M., Life Members’ enamel badges (2), and a Lawn Tennis Umpires Assoc. enamel badge, fine and better (4)
Miscellaneous, The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, Juror’s bronze medal, unsigned, arms, reverse competitive exhibition, awarded 1877, edge impressed lord alfred paget, 49mm. Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £30
Ireland, Ulster Unionist Convention, 1892, silver medal by Gibson, Belfast, figure of Hibernia, a lion at her side, reverse crowned shields, with suspender, contemporary orange and blue ribbon and decorated top bar, engraved on rim “R. Tyler Bustard”, 38mm BHM 3433). Good very fine
Miscellaneous, Order of Buffaloes, an unusual silver gilt brooch, head of a buffalo in the centre on a tablet, buffalo horns either side, the reverse engraved “Presented to Mrs O. Griffiths by the Victory LodgeNo.2632 in Appreciation 1955”. Very fine, but one of the eyes of the buffalo, which were orginally red glass, is missing
Hammer Price: £15
Miscellaneous, An extremely unusual cast and engraved uniface cruciform silver medal, an urn in the centre, floral decoration either side, the upper and lower arms of the cross engraved with the figures ‘89’ and ‘99’, and ‘S’ and ‘B’ engraved on the two arms either side of the central medallion, a cast and chased pendant of a poodle suspended from the lower arm, the date 1909 on a panel in the centre, without hallmarks or maker’s mark. Very fine, rather crudely made but of...
Medals Related to Sports, Australia, Victoria, Swimming and Life Saving Medal by Stokes, the edge impressed ‘Brenda Crowe 1926.27, silver plated. Very fine
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Australia, Australia, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956, bronze commemorative medal by Andor Meszaros, published by K.G. Luke Ltd., in original plastic capsule. About as struck
Hammer Price: £180
Austria, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1896, bronze portrait medal by Anton Scharff, on the inaugaration of his monument, 57mm (cf BDM 9, 666). Extremely fine
Argentina, Argentina, Argentinian Army shooting competition, 1937, gold medal presented to Baron Ludwig von Kummer, 15.1 gms, 29mm, with ring and loop for supension. Extremely fine
£80–£100
Belgium, Belgium, Orphans of War, silvered bronze medal, 1917, by Paul Dubois, figure representing Belgium gathering orphaned children around her, reverse refugees fleeing, j.w.vine stamped on exergue, edge stamped coupe 1925 2e prix, 60mm. Silvering beginning to wear away, good very fine
Belgium, Belgium, an interesting group of medals for Gymnastics, viz. Arlon, Société de Gymnastique, 1893, silver prize medal by A. Weber, Verviers, gymnasts’ horse, ladders, ropes, bar bells, etc., un-named, 39mm, suspension loop; Brussels, Silver Wedding of Leopold II, 1878, Fête Nationale de Gymnastique, bronze medal by A. Fisch, 54mm, suspension loop; Gilly, Concours International de Gymnastique, 1894, bronze medal, unsigned, 51mm, suspension loop; Lille, an engraved bronze medal...
Hammer Price: £40
Brazil, Brazil, Institute of Nacional and Artistic Heritage, Fort Coimbra, 1979, silver medal by Lorcas, 50mm, matt finish. Mint state
£15–£20
France, France, Napoleon, Battle of Marengo, 1799, uniface cliché by Andrieu, in contemporary shagreen case lettered in gilt. Extremely fine, case somewhat worn
Hammer Price: £70
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, France, Automobile Club de France, Société d’Encouragement, 1895, a silver-gilt prize medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, naked female figure in chariot in the clouds, reverse tablet inscribed CALAIS-DOUVRES 1904 SIR WILLIAM CRUNDALL, wreath behind, 68mm (PBE 95; cf. BDW 9, 665). Tiny test mark on obverse rim, otherwise as struck, rare; in original maroon and gilt blocked case, initials WC inscribed on front
Hammer Price: £160
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, France, France, Olympic Games, Paris, 1924, bronze medal by R. Bénard, winged figure crowns athlete, reverse city view in cartouche, legend below, 55mm (cf. BDW 3, 202). Better than very fine, rare
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, France, Le Touquet, International Automobile Week, 1928, a bronze plaque issued by Arthus-Bertrand, arms, LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE, reverse wreath, legend on tablet below, 69 x 43mm. Extremely fine; in original red case of issue
Medals Related to Navigation, France, France, Fédération des Sociétés de Yachting de la Côte d’Azur, silver prize medal by E. Monier, two yachts racing in a stiff breeze, reverse oak wreath, tablet inscribed ‘M. Paget, Yacht “Sirena” 1929’, 49mm. Mint state, attractive olive tone; in maroon case of issue by A. Chobillon, Paris
£30–£40
France, France, Paris Mint bronze re-strike medals (5), including a fine ‘Art Deco’ medal by Bazor for the International Colonial Exposition and a high relief portrait medal of President Paul Kruger for his visit to Utrecht, 1902, by M. Dubois. Extremely fine (5)
France, France, General Martial Valin, 50th Anniversary of Service to his Country, 1967, a large cast bronze medal by D. de Jaeger, bust of Valin in cap left, reverse eagle and stars within wreath, 80mm. Two spots of verdigris on obverse, otherwise a superb high relief medal, extremely fine
Germany, Germany, Centenary of Marienbad, 1908, silver medal, matt finish, unsigned, 40mm. Extremely fine , toned
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