Auction Catalogue

14–16 June 2017

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Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Paper Money and Numismatic Books

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№ 1671

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16 June 2017

Hammer Price:
£170

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, A collection of medals related to Bristol, viz:
Brislington United Club, 1821, white metal, unsigned, 51mm (W 1987 [not seen]; D & W 113/04); Launch of SS Great Britain, 1843, white metal (2), both by J. Davis, 45mm (W & E 397A.2), 44mm (W & E 399.1; BHM 2116); Passage of SS Great Britain to London, 1845, white metal, by J. Davis, 44mm (BHM 2210); Opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864, white metal, by J. Moore for Payne & Thompson, 46mm (BHM 2825); Bristol, West of England and South Wales Industrial Exhibition, 1865, silver, by W. Mack, 44mm (Allen Pt I; BHM 2840 [neither in silver]); Bristol & West of England Amateur Photographic Association, bronze awards (2), both unsigned, named (W. Cobb & Son, 1883-4; Lantern Slide Competition, 1912, E.J.L. Gardiner, also 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933), 56mm; Visit of Victoria to Durdham Down, 1899, white metal, by Birmingham Mint, 39mm (W & E 1872A.1); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, Bristol, silver, by A. Fenwick for W.W. Kemp & Co, 51mm (W & E 4237C.2; BHM 3762); City of Bristol Asylum, Nursing, silver, unsigned, named (Arthur Legg, May 1908), 42 x 39mm; Opening of the King Edward VII Memorial Infirmary, Bristol, 1911, gilt-bronze, by Birmingham Mint, 35mm (W & E 5441A); Bristol Humane Society, Long Distance Swimming, white metal, unsigned, named (Regld. Horler Swam 1/4 Mile, 1911), 45mm; Bristol Home Life Exhibition, 1918, gilt-bronze award, unsigned, named (Awarded to W. Edge & Sons Ltd, Bolton, for ‘Movol’ and ‘Drummer Dyes’, 45mm (cf. DNW 66, 1121); University of Bristol, bronze award, unsigned, named (Obstacle Prize won by E. Atkinson, 1921), 44mm; Bristol Musical Competition Festival, bronze award, unsigned [by W.W. Kemp & Co], un-named, 41mm; Bicentenary of the Birth of Joseph Fry, 1928, silver, by H. Youngman, 51mm (BHM 4221; E 2013); University of Bristol Dental School, L.E. Attenborough Medal, bronze award, unsigned, un-named, 51mm [18]. The 1865 medal mint state and very rare, many others extremely fine, an attractive group £180-220