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Photographic Society of Ireland, a bronze award medal, unsigned [by J.A. Restall], arms in quadrilobe, rev. wreath, named (Class I, Lantern Slides, Montague Wickham, 1910), 51mm (Frazer p.199; cf. DNW 61, 1309). Good very fine £80-£100
£80–£100
Grocers’ Exhibition, Belfast, a gold award medal by J.A. Restall, arms and supporters, rev. named (Opened by Sir Newton J. Moore, KCMG, 1913), hallmarked Birmingham 1913, 29mm, 18ct, 15.39g. Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £100-£150
Hammer Price: £380
Trinity College, Dublin, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Ethicis et Logicis Feliciter Excultis, Alexander O. Hardy, 1914), 39mm; Trinity College Historical Society, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Composition, President’s Medal, J.A.O. Fitzpatrick, Session 1902-03), edge engraved (Replica of Gold Medal Freely Given in the Great War, 1914-1919), 39mm [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £120-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Execution of Sir Roger Casement, 1916, an iron medal by K. Goetz, noose being tightened around Casement’s neck, rev. spider’s web enveloping law books, 57mm (K 180). Extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Belfast Musical Competitions, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (Boys’ Choir (Open), M.C. Roddie, 1st, 1916), hallmarked Birmingham 1915, 35mm; Ministry of Education for Northern Ireland, Intermediate Examinations, a silver award medal by Gibson & Co, named (Middle Grade, Douglas L. Graham, First in Classics, 1924), hallmarked Birmingham 1924, 51mm [2]. First very fine, second virtually as struck and toned, very rare, with loop for suspension; in original brown fitted case by...
Hammer Price: £45
Diocesan Board of Religious Education, Armagh, a silver badge, unsigned, back named (The Shaw Hamilton Medal, Middle, Lois Joy Lindsay, 1916), hallmarked rbrs Birmingham 1916, 42 x 23mm; Portadown Musical Festival Assoc[iation], a silver badge, back named (Girls’ Solo, 1929, H.K. Haire), hallmarked wg&s Birmingham 1928, 30 x 26mm [2]. Very fine; with rings for suspension £40-£60
Hammer Price: £25
Belfast Thanksgiving Medal for SOLDIERS who Fought in the Great War, 1919, a white metal award medal, 33mm; Ulster VOLUNTEER Force, a pair of oval brass lapel buttons, stamped MC 235 and Gw 3950 AND, 28 x 21mm; together with miscellaneous items (8) [11]. Very fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £440
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, STONEY MEMORIAL Medal, a matt silver award medal for Anatomy by West & Son, bust of Richard Stoney left, rev. legend, un-named, 40mm. Extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £20
Ulster Medical Society, Campbell Memorial Trust, a bronze medal by Rosamond Praeger for Sir Thomas Houston on behalf of Pinches, bust of Robert Campbell left, rev. Campbell examining the leg of an infant being held on his mother’s lap, named (Thomas Houston, BA, MD, 1924), 76mm (Storer –; MJP p.19). Tiny spot of verdigris in centre of reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare; a poignant award to an original trustee and close friend of Robert Campbell £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Veterinary Medical Association of Ireland, a silver-gilt award medal by Vaughton, arms within wreath of shamrocks, rev. named (Awarded to J.H.M. Hughes, a Graduate of the Royal Veterinary College of Ireland, for having obtained the highest marks at his final examination, July 1925), 44mm. About extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £95
Ost-West-Ozeanflug der Bremen [First East-West Transatlantic Flight of the Bremen], 1928, silver medals by the Prussian mint (3), conjoined busts of Fitzmaurice, Köhl and von Hünefeld right, rev. aeroplane above the waves, 36mm (FMB 211; Kaiser 927). Extremely fine or better £30-£40
Hammer Price: £120
Tailteann Games, 1928, a silver-gilt award medal by the Irish Jewellery Co, coronetted female bust left, rev. Celtic strapwork circlet bearing the arms of the four provinces of Ireland, centre engraved (Boxing First), hallmarked Dublin 1928, 51mm. Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £150
Irish Polled Aberdeen Angus Association, Clonakilty Show, silver award medals (2), both named (Mrs. E. O’Mahony, 1930: Mrs. H. O’Mahony, 1933), both 45mm [2]. Latter with edge knocks, otherwise both very fine £150-£200
Northern Ireland Amateur Athletic Association, silver and enamelled medals by AS (2), named (Junior Cross Country Championship 6 Miles, Bdm W. Herbert, 1934; Junior Cross Country Championship 6 Miles, Bdm W. Herbert, 1935), both 33mm [2]. Suspension loops and rings, nearly extremely fine £40-£60
A GROUP OF mUSICAL award medals to ALEXA McKay: Irish Music Prize, gold medal, Piano and Cello Duet, 1935; Irish Music Prize, silver medals (2), Junior Piano A 1931, Senior Piano Duet 1932; Irish Music Prize, bronze medals (3), Junior Instrumental Trio 1931, Junior Violoncello 1932, Senior Piano 1932; The Read School Dublin, Senior Grade medal, partially engraved design; Portadown Musical Festival Association, silver (hallmark Birmingham 1925), and bronze crosses; Belfast Musical...
Hammer Price: £170
SCHOLASTIC Award, a silver medal by West, Irish harp, symbols to either side, legend in Celtic. rev. engraved naming within a border of linked shamrocks, named (Isralia S. Cowan), 58mm, 82.58g. Very fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £140
EMERGENCY Service Medal, Defence Forces, 1947, by L. Campbell, Hibernia stands with wolfhound, rev. olive sprig, 35mm. Without suspender, very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £10
Royal Dublin SOCIETY, an oval silver award medal, Hibernia seated with cornucopia and harp rev. open wreath, named (Royal Dublin Society Horse Show 1949, Class 21, Hunter Mare First Prize Awarded to Mrs. G. Reddy for ‘Antonia Margherita’), 57 x 46mm. Extremely fine £40-£50
50th ANNIVERSARY of the Easter Rising, 1966, a pair of Crown-size silver medals, façade of the Post Office, rev. facsimile signatures, 38mm [2]. Extremely fine £30-£40
25th Anniversary of the University of Limerick, 1997, a silver medal, unsigned, arms, rev. hand supporting fish, 50mm. Mint state; in case of issue £30-£40
Hammer Price: £50
Arrival in Ireland, 1690, a pewter medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate bust of William III right, rev. eagle flying left, with sprays of bay and orange in beak and holding sceptre, seascape and fleet in distance, 48mm (MI I, 707/117; E 322; v. Loon III, 446). Some light surface corrosion, good very fine or better, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Battle of the Boyne, 1690, a silver medal by R. Arondeaux, laureate, armoured and draped bust right, rev. William III on horseback right, leading army across river, 49mm (Woolf 11:5a; MI I, 716/136; E 328). Some marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £4,600
Entry of William III into Dublin, 1690, a cast silver medal, unsigned (by J. Luder [?]), William on horseback left about to cross the Boyne, battle in background, rev. William, hand on tripod altar, offers Liberty cap to kneeling Hibernia, to the left, James II flees, leaving sceptre on ground, 50mm, 22.14g (MI I, 721/145). Old scratch in obverse field, good fine and very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £190
Amnesty in Ireland, 1690, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, laureate bust of William III right, rev. King dressed as a Roman general, offering olive branch to kneeling Hibernia, edge lettered, 41mm (MI I, 721/146; E 331). Nearly extremely fine, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,200
King and Constitution, 1690, a silver medal by W. Mossop [struck c. 1800], laureate and draped bust left, rev. crowned arms with supporters, 34mm, 16.76g (W 2005; E 324). Very fine or better; integral suspension loop £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
Battle of Aghrim, 1691, a silver medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate bust of William III right, rev. Hercules raises club over prostrate Irishman, 37mm, 31.20g (MI II, 32/207). Some surface and rim marks, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
Athlone, Galway and Sligo Taken, 1691, a silver medal by J. Smeltzing, conjoined busts of William and Mary right, rev. three cartouches murally crowned, containing city views, all over crossed sword and sceptre, edge plain, 49mm, 50.30g (MI 35/212; E 336). Extremely fine or better, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £5,500
Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a silver medal by D. Drappentier, conjoined busts of William and Mary right, rev. a lion clawing a hydra, spaniel fawning at the feet of a lioness, city with ships in a bay behind, edge lettered, 54mm (Woolf 11:10; MI II, 39/220; E 339). Extremely fine £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, laureate and armoured bust of William III right, rev. Victories with names and views of six Irish towns on shields, below William commands on horseback before Drogheda and Dublin, edge lettered, 41mm, 30.37g (MI II, 41/224; E 340). Good very fine and very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £750
Earl of Breadalbane 2nd Battalion Volunteers, 1798, an oval silver award medal by A. Gardner & Co, soldier in Highland attire, right hand on sword, initials J.C.D.L. engraved on upper ground line, rev. presented to the volunteers of the 2d battn. by their colonel the earl of breadalbane in testimony of their gallant conduct in having volunteer'd their services to ireland to suppress rebellion and to aid in repelling a french force which had invaded the kingdom, 49 x 35mm, 17.25g (cf. Noble...
Hammer Price: £600
Apprentice Boys of Derry, 1814, a white metal medal by W.S. Mossop, bust of George Walker three-quarters left, rev. the gates of Derry with the attackers repulsed, 41mm (BHM 855; E 1060). Good very fine; pierced with loop for suspension, ribbon attached £50-£70
Lower Gardiner’s Street School, Dublin, an oval engraved silver Reward of Diligence, unsigned, legend (Revd. J.A. Coughlan AB, Master, 1819), rev. named (Wm Mawdesley Best, Aged 9 Years, Obtained this Medal for his Superior Answering in Latin, Histy. & Geogy), 47 x 37mm, 13.75g (Grimshaw –). Good very fine and attractively toned, rare; with loop for suspension £150-£200
Hammer Price: £1,000
Election of Richard Talbot, 1820, a copper medal by W.S. Mossop Jr, draped bust right, rev. legend, 43mm (BHM 1052; E 1128; Frazer p.463). Small attempted piercing above head, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80
Daniel O’Connell Elected MP for Co Clare, 1828, a copper trial striking from unfinished dies of the medal by I. Parkes, bust left, rev. Hercules breaking bundle of sticks watched by Hibernia and attendants, 49mm (cf. BHM 1324). Good very fine, very rare £100-£120
Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by T.W. Ingram after W.H. Lizars, seated Hibernia crowning farmworker with wreath, plough and animals at sides, rev. wreath, named (R.G. Brooke Esqr., Ballymoney, 1842), edge impressed (for the best five acres of turnips in the ballymoney farming society), 45mm. Once cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
£150–£180
Death of Daniel O’Connell, 1847, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Allen & Moore ?], bust left, rev. Hibernia kneeling in mourning before tomb, 38mm (BHM 2272). Extremely fine, very rare £150-£180
Flax Improvement Society for Ireland, a silver award medal by R. Neill, Belfast, Hibernia seated, indicating paddle-steamer left, factory at right, two workers in foreground, rev. wreath, engraved “In Commemoration of the Visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria & H.R.H. Prince Albert to the Exhibition of Flax & Linen Fabrics in the Linen Hall, Belfast, on the 11th Augt. 1849”, edge named (worn by sir r.a. o’donnell bart. a vice president), 48mm (cf. DNW M6, 1010). Very fine and very rare;...
Hammer Price: £200
Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853, a white metal medal by W. Woodhouse, bujst of William Dargan right, rev. façade of the exhibition buildings, 44mm (BHM 2521; E 1473). Some light scratches, otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
£60–£80
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Steele Prize, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, helmeted head of Minerva left, rev. legend, named (Mathematical School, Charles V. McIvor, Midsummer A.D. 1862), 48mm (D & W 269/494; Grimshaw 117; cf. DNW M5, 1161). Virtually as struck, toned £120-£150
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Steele Prize, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, helmeted head of Minerva left, rev. legend, named (Latin & Greek, James McIvor, Midsummer A.D. 1862), 48mm (D & W 269/494; Grimshaw 117; cf. DNW M5, 1161). Virtually as struck, toned £120-£150
Hammer Price: £220
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