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Scotland, Aberdeen University, silver prize medal for Medical Chemistry, 1924, 52mm. Extremely fine but polished (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £25
Australia, Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, First order of Merit, 1887, bronze, by E. A. Altmann, large veiled and crowned bust Queen Victoria left, reverse inscription in a large wreath, 76mm. Good extremely fine, superb condition and scarce thus (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, Readiness for War, 1743, white metal, by A.R. Werner, bust right, decoratively draped, reverse the Queen as Minerva standing right, a raised shield in her left hand and a spear in her right hand, two encampments of soldiers in a distant landscrapt, 43mm. Almost extremely fine and scarce (£30-40)
£30–£40
Austria, Congress of Vienna, 1814-15, bronze medal, Victory standing on globe in centre, around are the heads of the fourteen attending princes and generals, reverse triumphal arch, 75mm (Eimer, Wellington 54; Bramsen 1528). Good very fine and better, very rare and unrecorded in this metal (£180-220)
£180–£220
Austria, Congress of Vienna, 1814-15, gilt bronze uniface medal, by Heuberger, uniformed bust of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, left, 55 mm (of Eimer, Wellington 55; Bramsen 1497). Nearly extremely fine and rare (£40-60)
£40–£60
Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Aloys Josef Krakowsky Kolowrat, Price Archbishop of Prague, 1831, silver, by F. Lang, bishop’s armorials and crests, reverse a shepherd seadted amongst his flock, with in an agricultural landscape, 34mm. Extremely fine and toned, rare (£80-100)
£80–£100
Burma, Burma, U. B. A. A., gold prize medal, peacock in centre, U. B. A. A. above, wreath around, reverse UPPER BURMA 1909 CHALLENGE CUP, 26mm. Very fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £35
France, Pair of religious uniface plaques, cast, bronze, probably French, late 18th century, each with a biblical scene, 104 x 137 mm., and 103 x 141 mm. (Weber-). Generally very fine, each with a medium-brown patination (£80-120)
Hammer Price: £120
France, Louis xv & xvi, silver Jetons, 1721, 1728, 1752, undated, c.1730 for Bayenne-Guyenne, reverse ship being loaded with stores, 1780, 1786 [6]. Mostly very fine or better (£200-250)
£200–£250
France, Battle of Fontenoy, 1745, copper medal by F.M. Marteau, 41mm (BDM III, 587); Visit of Francis I of Austria to the Paris Medal Mint, 1814, copper medal by R. Gayrard, 40mm (BDM II, 225); together with other miscellaneous European medals (2) and a cast copy of the medal for the Rye House Plot, 1683 [5]. First two very fine, others fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Louis xvi, Octagonal silver Jeton, 1775, Marseilles Chamber of Commerce, later restrike; silver Jeton, c. 1750, Duke of Luxemburg, both extremely fine; Sweden, Coronation of Charles xiv, 1818, silver medal, 29mm, plugged at 12 o’clock, very fine (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £85
France, Louis xvi, Octagonal silver Jeton, for the Military Order of St. Esprit (Holy Ghost), 1778. Very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
France, Balloon Flight in Lyon, ‘Le de Flesselles’, 1784, silver medal by N. Gatteaux, an angel seated beside a lion, balloon high above, reverse fourteen-line insciption, 42mm. (Malpas7; Button (1979)-). Nearly extremely fine, minor nicks in field, very rare (£300-500)
£300–£500
France, Louis xviii, Octagonal silver Jeton, 1819, reverse Phoenix; Charles x, Octagonal Jetons (2), 1825 Bank of Paris, 1826 Pont Gare [3]. Good extremely fine, toned, attractive (£70-100)
£70–£100
France, Napoleon iii, Award for Primary Education, 1868, silver, by J.B.E. Farochon, a standing female figure laureates two teachers, both of whom instruct a cluster of infant pupils, reverse French eagle, engraved award inscription around edge, 52mm. Extremely fine and attractively toned, scarce, contained within its original wooden circular case (£60-80)
France, Maurice Jouenne, 1894, a cast uniface bronze portrait medal, by Victor Peter, bust left, 79mm. Extremely fine and a very good quality cast, the medal seemingly unpublished (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £110
Germany, W. D. L. B. De Budburg, 1784, silver, by Abramson, bust right, reverse an infant in a state of mourning, seated besides a mound surmounted by a cross, indicates a palette and a bountiful cornucopiae, 43mm. Very fine and rare, trivial marks in field (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £150
Germany, Benediction Medal, by Loos, c. 1800, 39mm, about as struck, Bavaria, silver Farming medal, obverse plough, reverse legend in six lines, 35mm very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
Germany, Cast plaquettes in iron (3), and bronze (2), issued by German industry, various subjects, including one for Merit [dantk fur treue dienst], undated except one (this 1950), but probably all post-war [5]. Not quite as made, and showing some contact marks (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £160
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Germany, Olympic Games, 1972, a cast plaquette, in low relief, rectangular with corners rounded, 166 x 116mm, without maker’s name or signature. About as made (£20-25)
£20–£25
Italy, Giovanni, Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), Governor of Milan, large bronze, uniface oval portrait plaque dated 1396, bust of Visconti left, in a decorative draped garment, armorial shield and coronet below, 110 x 157mm. Extremely fine and a superb cast with an attractive dark patina (£200-400)
£200–£400
Italy, Timoteo Maffei, Canon of Verona, bronze medal, by Matteo de’ Pasti (fl. 1441-1468), bust left, wearing a habit, reverse Dove of the Holy Spirit on a lightning cloud 90mm (Hill 159; Armand 1, 18, 4 ). Later cast, nearly very fine, holed near the top, attractive medium-brown patination (£120-150)
Italy, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1466-1519), lead medal, by Bartolomeo Melioli, bust right, richly decorated, reverse Hygeia standing right, between sea and a fire, holding a medicine basket, 71 mm (Hill 196; Kress 69; Armand 1,80, 4 ). Very fine, a later but old cast (£60-80)
Italy, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-94), lead medal, by Niccolo Fiorentino, bust right, hair long, reverse The Three Graces, 81 mm (Hill 998; Kress 277; Armand 1, 86, 9 ). Cut on both sides, but attractive nonetheless, the portrait with much character, very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £65
Italy, Francesco de’ Medici and Giovanni of Austria, bronze medal by Domenico Poggini (1520-90), his armoured bust right, reverse her armoured bust right, 40mm (armand 1, 257, 15; Bargello 395a). Nearly very fine (£60-80)
Italy, Pope Pius vii, 1815, silver medal by Brandt, bust right, in Papal robes and beretta, reverse a group of six standing female figures, 43mm. Very fine and rare, die flaw on the right-hand edge of the reverse (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £100
Japan, The Opening of the Osaka Mint, Meiji 3 [1870], a bronze medal, unsigned, view of the Mint building, reverse legend in 10 lines, 67mm. Brilliant and practically as struck, rare; in original maroon case of issue (£50-70)
Japan, Imperial Mint, Osaka, a silver medalet, c.1900, with an engraved vignette of the Mint building, 23mm; together with a Russian copper medal of Alexander II [2]. Both fine, former with small piercing (£20-30)
Netherlands, Capture of Breda, 1590, a silver medal by G. van Bijlaer, Dutch troops disembarking from a boat, reverse arms of the United Provinces and Prince Maurice of Nassau, legend below, 40mm (v.L. I, 403; cf. Veth Coll. 1416). Good very fine, attractively toned (£160-180)
Netherlands, Economic Congress in Haarlem, 1778, silver, by J.G. Holtzhey, delegates seated around a long rectangular conference hall, reverse seven infants nourish a newly-planted sapling, to the left flourishes a mature tree, 48 mm (v. Loon 531). Nearly extremely fine and rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £140
Peru, Trans Andean Railway, Arequipa a Puno, Inauguration and Blessing of the first stone, 1870, silver medal by Bryant, Lima, train on bridge, mountains in distance, reverse legend, 50mm (Moyaux 434; Swan 382). Good very fine but harshly polished (£30-40)
Singapore, Singapore, Centenary of Foundation of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, medal, 1919, struck in ’Selangor Pewter’, standing figure, reverse legend, 38mm. Good very fine, rare (£60-70)
Hammer Price: £60
Spain, Philip II, 1566, a small oval silver medal, unsigned, bust left in ruff, EN TOVT FIDELLES AV ROY, reverse clasped hands passing through centre of a belt buckle, IVSQVES A PORTER LA BESACE, 27 x 21mm, 8.63gm. Very fine; with ring mounts soldered at the compass points and with a loop for suspension (£40-60)
Switzerland, Martin ii, Gerbert zu Hornau, 1783, white metal, by A. Guillemard, draped bust right, reverse Abbey of St. Blasien, 41mm. Very fine and scarce (£30-40)
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a pair of 14ct white gold cuff-links, together with three gold tie studs, contained in a Wm. Wise & So, Brooklyn, N.Y. box. Extremely fine (£120-150)
£120–£150
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a Gentlemans ring, 14ct white gold, the shank decorated with Masonic symbols, the bezel, a Scimitar inset with diamonds. Extremely fine (£240-260)
£240–£260
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a Gentlemans ring, 10ct white gold, the shank decorated with Masonic symbols, the bezel, a “G” and compass inset with diamonds. Extremely fine (£240-260)
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a Gentlemans ring, silver, the bezel decorated with Masonic symbols, together with a silver charm decorated with Masonic symbols [2]. Extremely fine (£240-260)
£50–£60
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a gold label badge, 24mm dia, the obverse decorated with Masonic symbols, the reverse engraved a monogram. Extremely fine (£50-60)
Masonic Medals, United States of America, Masonic, a gold open work label badge, 15mm dia, decorated with Masonic symbols; together with an oblong silver locket, the top decorated with Masonic symbols, the bottom engraved “Audbon Lodge 1915-1925 [2]. Very fine (£50-60)
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