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Louisbourg Taken, 1758, a brass medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Boscawen right, rev. ships in harbour, town and fortress, 37mm (MI II, 688/408; E 660; Betts 406). About very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Louisbourg Taken, 1758, a plated pinchbeck medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Boscawen right, rev. ships in harbour, town and fortress, 39mm (MI II, 689/411; E 659; Betts 403). Fine to very fine, scarce £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
British Victories, 1759, a silver medal, unsigned, laureate and armoured bust of George II left, rev. armorial supporters with inverted French fleur-de-lis, battle victories named around, 44mm, 32.20g (MI II, 708/444; E 677; Betts 418). Some surface marks, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, very rare in silver £700-900
Hammer Price: £850
Walker Colliery, Northumberland, 1762, engraved silver award medals (2), walker coll. won 13 jany. 1762 99 fathoms, revs. b * g and e tenebris lux, both 32mm, 12.54g, 12.64g (cf. SNC February 1981, 1127) [2]. First very fine, second fine, both very rare, former with integral suspension loop; worthy of further research £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
Blockade of Gibraltar, 1783, a copper medal, unsigned, ships in the Bay of Gibraltar, rev. the sinking of the Royal George, 33mm (E 800; MH 412). Extremely fine, attractive brown patina £100-150
Relief of Gibraltar, 1783, a silver medal by J.C. Reich, bust of Admiral Elliott right, rev. view of colony under bombardment, 43mm, 27.56g (BHM 254; E 802). Trifling edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine, attractively toned £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, a white metal medal by C.H. Küchler for M. Boulton, 49mm (Hardy 40; BHM 584; E 960; MH 493); GIBRALTAR, Command Sports Club, a bronze award medal, un-named, 38mm [2]. First fine and set in a gilt mount incorporating a loop for suspension, second very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a plated and cast uniface plaque, sailors carrying wounded Nelson to right, ship’s rigging and other sailors in background, 119mm (Hardy –). Very fine, decorative £50-100
Hammer Price: £85
Battle of Vitoria, Wellington Created Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1813. a silver medal by F. Sagau, bust left, rev. Victory on column, captured arms and standard behind, 46mm (Eimer 23; Bramsen 2251; E 1031). Some marks and scuffs, otherwise about very fine, toned £200-260
Victories of the Peninsular War, 1815, a bronze box medal by J. Porter for E. Orme, bust of Wellington left, rev. Victory seated under a tree and inscribing a tablet, 75mm; containing a set of 13 aquatint roundels depicting battle scenes (Eimer 80; BHM 866; E 1074) [Lot]. Medal and contents very fine; in a contemporary maroon fitted case [this scuffed] £400-600
Hammer Price: £800
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British Battles, 1815, a tubular brass box medal by Thomason and Jones inscribed ‘British Victories in the Peninsula’, lid inset with portrait medalet of Wellington, containing 20 [of 26] brass medalets, each with winged Victory, revs. the battles named (lacks Almaraz, Barrosa, Orthes, Toulouse, Vittoria and Waterloo), each 16mm, tube 38 x 19mm (Eimer 84; BHM 888; E 1076) [25]. Medals extremely fine, tube very fine £100-150
Colonel Davies, 1818, a silver medal, unsigned, colonel davies june 16 1818, wreath above and below, rev. the friend of the people in advocating a free representation, wreath above and below, hallmarked tk Birmingham 1819, 45mm (BHM –; Grant p.23). Brilliant mint state, toned, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-300
Hammer Price: £240
Mrs Daukes’s Boarding School, Walworth, an engraved silver award medal, named (Miss Jacket), 28mm; Mr Bruce’s Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, rev. engraved (Geometry Class), 35mm; J. Bruce’s Academy, a light bronze award medal, 34mm; an engraved silver award medal by A. Taylor, named (For the Best Swimming, awarded to Robert C. Appleton, Stockton, 1859), hallmarked Birmingham 1859, 40mm; an engraved silver Maltese cross, unsigned, named (The High...
Hammer Price: £340
Miles Distant from London, c. 1830, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, 51mm (Hawkins p.397; cf. DNW 134, 540); Great Exhibition, 1851, a white metal medal by Ottley, 53mm (Allen 265; BHM 2453); International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper medal by A. Bovy for Massonnet, 50mm (Allen B15); International Exhibition of Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1873, a gilt-bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, named (James Irving Carson, for Services), 70mm (BHM 2964; E 1622; Taylor 180a);...
Hammer Price: £140
George IV, Death, 1830, a large copper medal by A.J. Stothard for S. Parker, bust right, rev. legend in and around thin wreath, 113mm (BHM 1364; E 1216a). Good very fine and very rare as a struck medal £240-300
Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of the Holy Scriptures, 1830, the set of sixty white metal medals, contained in the original velvet-fitted five volumes [Lot]. Medals extremely fine, but with some porosity, volumes in need of some attention; a rare set £500-600
Hammer Price: £600
Visit of Prince George of Cambridge to the Mint, 1833, a copper medal by W. Wyon, bust right [from a Farthing die], rev. h.r.h. prince george of cambridge visited the mint june 21st 1833 in six lines, 22mm (BHM 1645). About extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £500
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (Inst. 1784), a silver award medal by T.W. Ingram, arms and supporters in wreath, rev. seated robed female on plinth, standing artisans in front, named (Voted to Sir John Richardson of Pitfour, Bart, for a Report of an Extensive Embankment on his Estate, 1836), 44mm (D & W 136/272; cf. Brodie 91-3). Reverse edge knock, otherwise about extremely fine and toned; in original maroon case of issue [lid damaged] £70-90
Hammer Price: £120
Exhibition of Art, Manufacture and Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1840, a copper medal, unsigned, 42mm (Allen Pt 4; BHM 1982); Centenary of the Foundation of Ackworth School, Pontefract, 1879, a white metal medal by J. Moore, 52mm (BHM 3058); Inauguration of the H.W. Bolckow Statue, Middlesbrough, 1881, a white metal medal by A. Kirkwood, 44mm (BHM 3106); Ayton School Jubilee, 1891, medals (2), in bronze and white metal, unsigned, both 39mm; Borough of Thornaby-on-Tees Established, 1892, a...
Hammer Price: £40
A pair of medals awarded to Thomas Grissell and Samuel Peto, the construction engineers responsible for building Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London: Institute of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal, 1828, a silver award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon after W. Wyon, bust of Telford left, rev. Menai Suspension Bridge, edge named (Thomas Grissell, Assoc. Inst. C.E.…1844), 58mm (BHM 1328; E 1206); New Houses of Parliament, 1847, an electromagnetic medal by J. Davis, elevation of...
Extension to the Royal South Hampshire Infirmary, Southampton, 1844, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 44mm (W & E 454; BHM 2165); together with other miscellaneous medals, in silver (8), base metal (13), mostly British [22]. First extremely fine, others very fine and better £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
Durham Regatta, a silver award medal by J. Davis, rowing boats passing under bridge, rev. legend, named (Won by R. Stobbs, 1847), 51mm. Light scuffing, otherwise very fine, scarce £60-80
A pair of decorative repoussé plaques by E.W. Wyon after Sir Joshua Reynolds, published 1 June 1848 and 1849, both 192mm [2]. Extremely fine, attractive; with means of suspension on the backs £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Council Medal, a copper award by W. Wyon and J.F. Domard, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia crowning standing figures of Commerce and Industry, flags and artefacts behind, edge named (The Honourable East India Company), 89mm (Allen A1; BHM 2461; E 1455). Extremely fine, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by Barnby, Clerkenwell £400-600
Hammer Price: £1,700
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a copper award by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, tridents and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (J.P. Marrian, Class XXII, 77mm (Allen A25; BHM 2462; E 1456). Virtually as struck; in fitted case of issue by Barnby, Clerkenwell £300-400
Brighton Proprietary School, Præpositors Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Charles Cripps, Midsummer 1860), 44mm (cf. DNW 142, 1568); Denmark House, London, a silver award medal, unsigned, wreath, named (To Edith Hayldon, for Composition, Denmark House, 1876), rev. engraved (From The Rev. Alex J.D. McCrory, B.D. Cantab., Lecturer, K.C.L.), 44mm [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine; in cases of issue £60-80
Lieutenant-General Charles Fox, 1862, a copper medal by J.E. Boehm, 56mm (BHM 2714); ITALY, Memorial to Antonio Canova Erected, 1827, a copper medal by A. Fabris, 52mm; Dedication of the Canova Mauseoleum, 1831, a copper medal by A. Fabris, 52mm (BDM II, 64) [3]. Very fine and better £60-80
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, edge named (E.C.C. Stanford, Class II), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553); Dublin International Exhibition [of] Arts and Manufactures, 1865, a copper award medal by A. Geefs, named (Section II, British Seaweed Co), 75mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW M8, 2133); Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures, Dublin, 1872, a bronze award medal by J. Woodhouse, named (E.C.C. Stanford), 54mm (BHM 2941; Allen Pt 5; cf....
Hammer Price: £360
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (Oephalonian Committee, Class III), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553). Extremely fine; in maroon case of issue £90-120
Hammer Price: £150
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (P.J. Ekman, Class IX), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553). About extremely fine; in maroon case of issue, named blocked in gilt on lid £80-100
East Cheshire Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by Ottley, named (Presented to Mr John Parkinson…1870), 47mm; Staffordshire Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by Ottley, named (Presented to Reuben Cluett for Cheesmaking Apparatus & Dairy Utensils, 1889), 48mm; The Shorthorn Society, silver award medals by J. Pinches (2), named (Awarded to Lt. Col. E.C. Atkins at Leicestershire Agricultural Society’s Show, 1932, for his Heifer 115263, Baskerville Ann; For the Highest...
Royal Caledonian Curling Club (Inst. 1838), a silver District Medal, un-named, 41mm; Ancient Order of Shepherds, Past Master’s silver badge, named (Presented to P.P.M. Bror. Wm. Truscott…Septr. 1871), 85mm; together with other silver award medals, etc (17), from Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Westerton, Durham Light Infantry, etc [19]. Mostly very fine £80-100
International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, London, 1873, a gilt-bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, draped bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. façade of buildings, edge named (Sir Charles Lyell, Bart, for Services), 70mm (BHM 2964; E 1622; Taylor 180a). Extremely fine; in black fitted case of issue by George Morgan, Medallist, Brompton, London £80-100
Hammer Price: £260
Huddersfield College, engraved silver award medals by J. Moore (3), arms and supporters (2), revs. named (1st Classical Medal Presented by the Rt Hon The Marquis of Ripon to J.H. Hastings, Midsr. 1874; 2nd Classical Medal…to E.B. Hastings, Midsr. 1875); frontal elevation of the College, rev. named (French Medal Presented by Wm. Mallinson Esq to J.H. Hastings, Midsr. 1874), all hallmarked Birmingham 1873, first 71mm, others 66mm, total 142.72g [3]. Virtually as struck, with integral leaf...
St Pancras Industrial Exhibition, bronze award medals (2), unsigned, named (H.W.A. Lawes, 1880; un-named, 1881), both 38mm (Allen Pt 3); Alexandra Palace Industrial Exhibition, 1881, a silver award medal by J.F. Wright, named (H.W.A. Lawes, 1881), 48mm (Allen Pt 2; cf. DNW 132, 1626) [3]. Very fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, silver award medals after W. Wyon (3), bust of James Watt left, revs. legend in wreath, edges named (Holman Brothers, for the Cornish Patent Rock Drill, 1882; Holman Brothers, for Rock Drill with Water Spray, 1906; Awarded to Holman Bros Ltd for Exhibit of Mining Machinery, 1908), latter two by J.A. Restall and hallmarked Birmingham 1906 and 1908, all 45mm (E 1272); together with a ceremonial wooden gavel bearing a silver plate, named (Presented to Mrs F....
Sir Gilbert Scott, 1884, a silver medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. façade of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, 57mm (BHM 3170; E 1709). Obverse field scuffed, otherwise good very fine, reverse better, toned; in original maroon case of issue £150-200
Visit of Prince and Princess of Wales to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1884, a silver medal by W.O. Lewis, 39mm (W & E 1478A.3); York Historical Pageant, 1909, a silver medal by J. Moore, rev. Mrs Shaw, 29mm; a George V Florin, 1912, obv. planed flat and engraved (Won from Danl. Firth Esq., The Billiard Expert, by F.E. Brown, June 14th, 1913); together with other silver award medals and badges (11), from Sheerness, Manchester, Sunderland, Lindisfarne College, etc [14]. Very fine and better but first...
Hammer Price: £60
East Hardwick School, Manchester, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, named (From E. Lord & S. Slack…George Jennison, Camb. Local Jnr., Dec. 1884), 44mm; Queen Elizabeth Free Grammar School, Penrith, William Bleamire Prize, a silver award medal by J. Fenton, named (1909, F.S. Herd), hallmarked Birmingham 1911, 47mm (Farthing 11.82a) [2]. Extremely fine; first in case of issue by E.H. Flower & Son, Goldsmiths, 12 St Ann’s Street, Manchester; second in case of issue by Wilson,...
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