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LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by J. Reily, named (Hy. Alexr. Ince), rev. legend (The First Proficient in Writing, 28 May 1824), hallmarked London 1824, 40mm, 9.44g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW M10, 1351). Very fine, rare; in contemporary [non-original] brown case £120-150
£120–£150
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Pitt Club, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Pitt the Younger right, rev. wreath, named (F.B. Taylor, Pitt Club Exhibitioner, from Christ’s Hospital, 1870), 45mm, 56.09g. Frosted surfaces, mint state, a little peripheral toning, rare; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, in which the medal has turned, clip and ring for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Amicable Society of Blues, an oval silver-gilt award badge, signed I.A., bust of Edward VI three-quarters left on stippled background, rev. old man seated left, attended by his three sons, all in classical attire, exergue named (Ernest Charles Laney 1924, President 1937), 60 x 43mm, 49.06g (MI I, 62/18; cf. W 2109; cf. D & W 151/387). Good very fine; scrolled suspender, original blue ribbon and clips for wearing £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy, British School, a uniface oval pallet-shaped gilt-copper ticket, c. 1800, Prince of Wales’ feathers, back engraved 126, 53 x 43mm, 21.82g (D & W 146/349; MG 1095). Very fine and very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
LONDON, Queen Victoria Street, City of London School, Arithmetical Prize, 1845, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school building [from the 1834 Foundation medal], rev. arms of Warren Stormes Hale, 58mm, 74.57g (BHM 1680 obv.; E 1279 obv.; Taylor 120a obv.; D & W 245/328 obv.). Small obverse rim bruise at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £50-70
LONDON, The Strand, Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Pallet, an oval copper specimen award, unsigned, legend in wreath, rev. scroll and brushes, un-named, 55 x 43mm, 49.48g (D & W 148/361; cf. Baldwin 81, 3245). Extremely fine, an original striking, un-pierced, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
MIDDLESEX, Chiswick, Chiswick Collegiate Schools, a silver award medal by S. Blanckensee & Son, shield in ovoid cartouche, back un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1900, 32mm, 15.73g. Good very fine; with clip, ring and silver suspender, original maroon ribbon £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1817, an engraved silver Prize Medal by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Non Salacon Sum, Tamen Præmium Per Diligentiam Acquisivi), hallmarked London 1816, 53mm, 14.72g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 226/192, this piece). Good very fine, very rare; decorative border and loop for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1818, an engraved silver Prize Medal, probably by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Qui Sequitur rem laborios’e Obteret omnes Difficultates), hallmarked London 1817, 50mm, 13.69g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 227/193, this piece). Very fine and very rare; decorative border [obliterating first initial of the maker’s mark] and loop for suspension £120-150
MIDDLESEX, Isleworth, Mrs Pincutt and Miss Hobbs’ Establishment, an engraved silver Music Prize by C. Rawlings, legend, rev. harp, hallmarked London 1828, 41mm, 14.95g. Very fine and toned, very rare; with fixed loop for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
MIDDLESEX, [New] Hampton, Ashleigh House School for Young Ladies, a silver award medal, unsigned, legend (From the Reverend Alex. J.D. D’Orsey, B.D. Camb. K.C.C., Professor K.C.L.), rev. wreath, named (To Mary M. Fagan, for History, Composition, Elocution & Astronomy…1885), 45mm, 30.84g. Extremely fine and toned, very rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Centenary of Sedgley Park School, 1863, a silver medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the School with wing buildings improved, rev. legends within and around quadrilobe, 43mm, 42.93g (Taylor 44b obv.; D & W 272/517). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
SUFFOLK, Framlingham, Framlingham College, an oval silver Goldsmith Medal, 1867, unsigned, façade of the College, rev. crest and motto above date, 28 x 22mm, 10.35g (cf. DNW 28, 812). Extremely fine and toned, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by J. Henry Watherston, Jeweller, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 42 Old Bond St, London W £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
SURREY, Croydon, Whitgift Middle School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (C.H. Kippen, 100 Yards, 10-11 1921), 45mm, 35.05g; Selhurst Grammar School, a silver award medal by Fattorini, arms, back engraved (S.C. Back Race), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 26mm, 8.06g; Tulse Hill, Strand School, a bronze award medal, frontal elevation of the School, rev. legend, un-named, 29mm, 12.08g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine; last two with clips and rings for suspension £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
SURREY, Guildford, Royal Grammar School, Merriman Memorial Medal, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm, 94.86g (cf. DNW M12, 246); SUSSEX, Lancing, Lancing College, Athletic Sports, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, arms, rev. wreath, named (F.W.K. Hanson, 2nd, Open 100 Yards, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm, 29.84g [2]. First with some surface spotting, otherwise very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £55
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, brass medalets (3), 1822 (2), 1826, all unsigned, façade of building, revs. central tablet, one engraved 79, all 25mm, 6.47g, 6.97g, 7.25g (D & W 208/54, 55 var); copper 1,000 Point medalets (3), all 1822, similar, revs. 1,000 above scroll, engraved 88, 100 and 327, all 25mm, 6.44g, 6.46g, 6.20g (D & W 208/52); together with other minor Merit medalets (10), mostly brass and c. 12-14mm, all different (D & W 208/59, 208/60, 209/61 and...
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Tercentenary of King Edward’s Grammar School, 1852, a silver medal by P. Hollins for Allen & Moore, seated figure of Edward being presented with the founding charter by two courtiers, rev. a scroll depicting Charles Barry’s façade for the new building, 58mm, 111.60g (BHM 2502; D & W 208/50). A light stain on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and frosted, very rare in silver; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, this named (Presented by the Governors to the...
Hammer Price: £260
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, King Edward’s Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, bust of Edward VI three-quarters right, in cap and robes, rev. wreath, named (Won by J.W. Moore for 1 Mile Race, Birmingham June 1870), 37mm, 27.99g; a silver award badge, unsigned, similar, back named (1885, 10 Lengths, J.A. Berlyn, 1st Prize), 38mm, 16.77g [2]. Extremely fine, toned; first with clip and ring for suspension, second with original ribbon and silver suspender bar £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
WARWICKSHIRE, Leamington Spa, Leamington College, The Beaumont Medal for Literature, Science and Art, a silver award, unsigned, castellated tower over shield of arms, rev. central quadrilobe, named (H.G. Maud, July 1884), 58mm, 80.96g. Very fine £50-70
YORKSHIRE, Aberford, Filbert Grove Academy, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend around wreath, centre engraved (J.H., Aged 14, 1807), rev. legend below bee-hive, 35mm, 18.22g. About very fine, extremely rare; pierced for suspension and worthy of further research £80-100
YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Thorne Grammar School, an engraved silver award medal by C. Boyton II, legend (1st Prize Xmas 1878, the Gift of Mr. Wm. Rollett Sent.), rev. un-named, hallmarked London 1878, 50mm, 25.92g. About extremely fine; with scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £60-80
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, University of Leeds, John Hunter Medal (Est. 1831), a silver award by B. Wyon, bust right, rev. legend around wreath, chemia in centre, edge named (Edwardus Joy in Chemia Præstans, A.D. 1840), 51mm, 59.46g (D & W 238/277 obv.; cf. DNW M7, 2099). About extremely fine, grey tone, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £300
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, St James’s School, 1840, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (To Mr John Steven, For Improvement in Arithmetic), 36mm, 10.11g. Tiny rim nick on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Burgh School of Canongate, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented by Jas. Lewis Esqr to John Lindsay for Good Scholarship), rev. (29th July 1858, J. Stormonth, Head Master), stamped rt, 51mm, 32.97g. Some discolouration, otherwise very fine; with thistle suspender and ring £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
ISLE OF LEWIS, Stornoway, Free Church School, an engraved silver Dux’s Medal, Session 1870-71, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Awarded to George Stephen, March 1871), 38mm, 4.87g. Very fine and very rare £60-80
SCOTLAND, Uncertain location, an engraved silver award medal, uncertain maker’s mark, (Alexr. Adams, Teacher), rev. named (T. Brown, Dux, 1st Reading Class, 1839), Edinburgh hallmarks, 37mm, 9.55g. Very fine, research potential; scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £50-70
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a silver medal by Younge & Deakin, legend in four lines under scroll, named (M. McKay), rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, 48mm, 50.59g (Grimshaw p.46; cf. E 1013; MG 928; cf. DNW 138, 443). Somewhat scuffed and with suspension removed, otherwise about very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a copper medal by T.W. Ingram, legend in five lines under scroll, rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, un-named, 48mm, 51.16g (Grimshaw p.46; E 1013; cf. DNW M5, 1013). Scratch in reverse field, otherwise very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, King William’s College, silver award medals by Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst (3), College arms, revs. wreath, named (Quarter [Mile], 57.2 Sec., H.W. Gregg, 1925; Sen. Cross Country, H.W. Gregg, 1925; 1926 Mile Open, 4M 49 Sec., H.W. Gregg), all hallmarked Birmingham 1926, 38mm, 23.18g, 23.26g, 23.16g [3]. Very fine and better, but remains of adhesive labels on reverses £100-150
Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Francis II, 1558, a mid-19th century copper medal, unsigned [by J.B. Salmson], 52mm (MI I, 92/5; E 40); Kings and Queens of England, 1731, Edward V, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, 41mm (MI I, 18; E 21); together with other medals in silver (2), copper (2) [6]. Mostly very fine £80-100
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, rev. thistle flower, 29mm, 11.62g (MI I, 265/60; E 123). Obverse about very fine, reverse better and toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £550
Sir Thomas Fairfax, c. 1645, a later cast and chased silver badge by J. Stuart, facing bust in armour, rev. arms with branches of palm and laurel, wreath border, 54 x 40mm, 25.41g (cf MI I, 319/153; cf. DNW 58, 1324). Good very fine; wreath border, pierced for suspension £240-300
Hammer Price: £340
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal signed F, bust three-quarters left, rev. King’s severed head below a rampant seven-headed monster, 47mm, 32.35g (MI I, 352/210; E 163 and pl. 19, this piece; v.L. II, 320). Small obverse rim knock at 4 o’clock, otherwise good extremely fine £1,000-1,200
£1,000–£1,200
Marriage of Princess Mary to William of Orange, 1677, a silver medal by N. Chevalier, bust of Mary left with pearl necklace, rev. armoured bust of William right, 42mm, 27.73g (MI I, 568/235; E 256; v.L. III, 222). Very fine, toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £420
Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, edge lettered, 39mm, 27.07g (MI I, 577/247; E 257a); together with a small silver cliché of William and Mary and a silver medalet for the Birth of the King of Rome, 1811 [3]. About very fine, but first pierced and with rim knocks £80-100
Landing of William of Orange at Torbay, 1688, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, armoured bust right, wearing lace cravat, rev. William on horseback at the head of his army, fleet at anchor beyond, Justice raised in foreground, edge lettered, 48mm, 53.24g (MI I, 639/64; E 297Ba). Good very fine, toned, rare £700-900
Hammer Price: £600
Security of Britain, 1689, a wooden medal by P.H. Müller, conjoined busts of William and Mary right, rev. Britannia seated left under orange tree decorated with a crown, edge lettered, 55mm (MI I, 681/60; E 313). About very fine, unusual in this material £60-80
Campaigns of 1694, a silver medal by P.H. Müller, seven infant genii holding flags of the allied powers, rev. standing robed figure of Victory, river-gods at her feet, edge lettered, 49mm, 44.27g (MI I, 101/327; E 360; Forster 686; BDM IV, 199; cf. Künker 116, 4414). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Queen Anne’s Bounty, 1704, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. Queen presenting charter to kneeling clergy, 44mm, 37.41g (MI II, 251/43; E 404). Some scuffing, otherwise about very fine, toned £120-150
Hammer Price: £200
Queen Anne’s Bounty, 1704, a copper medal by J. Croker, 44mm (MI II, 251/43; E 404); Capture of the Citadel of Lille, 1708, a copper medal by J. Croker, 44mm (MI II, 338/169; E 435) [2]. Very fine, but second with some marks in obverse field £100-150
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