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Death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852, white metal medals (2), by Allen & Moore and unsigned, 52 and 41mm (BHM 2476, 2493) [2]. Nearly extremely fine, but first with some tin pest £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Handel Centenary, Crystal Palace, 1859, a copper award medal by J. Pinches and W.J. Taylor, named (R. Hughes, Performer 2656); National Thanksgiving for the Recovery of the Prince of Wales from Typhoid, 1872, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, 58mm (BHM 2929) [2]. Good extremely fine; both cased £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a plated medal by J. Weiner, bust of Prince Albert left, rev. view of exhibition building, 42mm (BHM 2743). Small break in plating on edge at 10 o’clock, otherwise very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £70
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], edge named (E.J. Davis, Class III), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553); Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867, a copper award medal by H. Ponscarme, named (Edward-John Davis), 50mm (Divo 541); together with other miscellaneous British medals, in silver (5, including 1897 Diamond Jubilee by de Saulles, large size), base metal and mixed media (29) [36]. First very fine, second virtually as struc...
Hammer Price: £400
Upper Ossory Farming Society, a silver award medal by I. Parkes, robed female crowning male artisan with a wreath, plough in foreground, two horses at right, rev. wreath, named (To Peter R. Carter, for best Collection of Roots, 2nd Class, 18th Augt. 1863), 43mm. About extremely fine, toned £80-£100
Royal Caledonian Curling Club (Inst. 1838), Local Medal, a silver award by Sclater, legend, named (Won by Chas. J. Gibson, 7th Feb. 1876), rev. curling scene with four players, 40mm (D & W 114/114; Brodie 407). Very fine; with straight bar suspender, ribbon and engraved silver clasp; in case of issue £50-£70
Hammer Price: £300
Royal College of Science, Murchison Medal, 1866, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Roderick Murchison left, rev. Silurian fossils and geological hammers in saltire, named (Archibald Geikie, 1881) 55mm (BHM 2860; E 1588); Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, a bronze medal by F.M. Taubman, named (Sir Archibald Geikie, 1907) 52mm [2]. Extremely fine, first better; in original cases [these damaged] £100-£150
Hammer Price: £420
School and Sunday School attendance medals (14), viz. Bootle cum Linacre, 1887, white metal, 45mm; Borough of Kendal Elementary Schools (2), 1907-8, 1909-10, bronze, both named (M. Newby), 38mm; Bradford Cathedral Schools, plated bronze, named (Nellie Appleyard, 1919-20), 26mm; Christ Church, Claughton, plated bronze, undated, 38mm; Hay Mills Congregational Sunday School, 1903, white metal, named (Annie Farmer), 46mm; Immanuel Church Sunday Schools, 1892, pewter, 51mm; Oldham School Board, si...
Hammer Price: £90
Banbury Harriers Athletic Club, silver award medals for Gymanstics (3), engraved shield within wreath, revs. legend, named (J. Tustain), dated 1892, 1893 and 1894, 40mm, 45mm and 45mm [3]. Good very fine or better, with suspension bar and cased as issued £80-£100
Resignation of William Gladstone as Prime Minister, 1894, a large bronze medal by L.C. Lauer for J. Rochelle Thomas, bust left, rev. inscription recording the names of all members of the House of Commons, 95mm (BHM 3468; E 1792). A few trifling spots on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck; in maroon case of issue by J. Rochelle Thomas, Antiquarian & Medallist, Granville Chambers, Orchard St, Portman Square, W £180-£220
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 26mm (BHM 3506; E 1817b); Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1897, a base metal medal by A. Fenwick, 38mm; Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915, a cast English copy of the medal by K. Goetz, 55mm (BHM 4118; E 1941A, type c) [3]. Good very fine, second better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
School and Sunday School attendance medals (16) viz. East Dereham Parish Church Sunday School, white metal, undated, 38mm; Emmanuel School, West Hampstead, 1899, white metal, named (A. Fish), 45mm; London County Council, King Edward VII Medals (3), all gilt-bronze, named (R. Cairns, 1907-8; R. Cairns, 1908-9, C. Benneworth, 1908-9), all 39mm; Nottingham School Board, bronze (3), named (A. Kemp, 1887; A. Kemp, 1888; W. Perkins, 1889), all 42mm; St Mark’s Dalston, Sunday Classes, white metal, u...
Hammer Price: £85
School and Sunday School attendance medals (13), viz. Clare Terrace Girls School, Falmouth, white metal, named (Laura Toye, 1902), 45mm; The Dean’s Medal, Hereford School, undated, white metal, 45mm; Gloucester Education Authority (5), 1909, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1923, all bronze, 26mm; St Mary Redcliff Sunday School, undated, white metal, 45mm; St Paul’s Elizabeth Day Schools, Penzance, 1898, white metal, 45mm; St Thomas Sunday Schools, Dodbrooke (3), 1921, 1922, 1923, white metal, 52mm; Wolboro...
Hammer Price: £80
Freedom of the City of London, an enamelled badge by Kenning & Son, named (Lord Curzon, 1904), 38 x 30mm; Royal Naval & Military Tournament, 1909, a celluloid Press badge, named (62, Dr A.S. Graham), 33mm; County Cricket Competition, Gillette Cup, 1976, a Winners silver award medal by Garrard & Co, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1976, 38mm [3]. Very fine, but second with repaired crack £60-£80
Richard Phené Spiers, 1905, a bronze plaque by E. Lanteri for Pinches, bust left, rev. capital of an Ionic column, 78 x 58mm (BHM 3921; E 1884). About extremely fine £50-£60
Hammer Price: £30
City of London, market porter's arm badges (5), c. 1920, in red on white enamel, numbered 91, in green on white enamel, numbered 1554, in white on green enamel (2), numbered 285 and 844, in black on yellow enamel, numbered 16; Covent Garden, base metal market porter’s badge, 1872, coronet, numbered 8 [6]. Fine to very fine; last pierced with remains of mount on reverse, others with original leather strap attachments £80-£100
The General Strike, 1926, a bronze medal by E. Gillick, Britannia seated left holding laurel branch, rev. three female figures stood with their backs to each other, supporting two locomotives, 51mm. Extremely fine, but one time cleaned £60-£80
Nursing badges, in silver and enamel (10), viz. Bolton & District Royal Infirmary, Victoria Hospital Burnley (2), Municipal General Hospital Burnley, Eccles & Patricroft Hospital, Prestwich Hospital, Chester Royal Infirmary Training School, Victoria Hospital Blackpool, Preston [&] Chorley Nursing School, Victoria Central Hospital Wallasey, several named, 1931-73; base metal (10), from Chester, Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancaster, etc [20]. Very fine and better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £600
Geological Society of London, Bigsby Prize, a light bronze award medal after A.B. Wyon, named (Percy Edward Kent, 1955), 45mm; Geological Society of London, Murchison Medal, a bronze award by Pinches (after L.C. Wyon), named (Percy Edward Kent, 1969: The Geological Society), 55mm (BHM 2869; E 1588); Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Sorby Medal for Distinguished Services, a copper and enamel award, unsigned, named (Sir Peter Kent, FRS), 76mm [3]. Mint state; in cases of issue £140-£180
Hammer Price: £320
Tercentenary of the Great Fire of London, 1966, a set of silver-gilt medals by Spink (2), panorama of London, revs. Samuel Pepys standing beside burning buildings, 57 and 39mm, edges stamped with matching serial numbers (E 2111) [2]. Brilliant mint state, toned; in maroon case of issue, with certificate £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969, a silver medal by M. Rizzello, 45mm (E 2116b); together with other miscellaneous silver medals for royal occasions (8) [9]. Mostly about as struck; all except one in cases of issue £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
International Amateur Athletic Federation, a bronze award plaque by Sporrong & Co, named (R.O. Stirling, G. Craig, P.B. Lowe, S. Carey (G.B. & N.I.), Worlds Record Holder, 4 x 800m Relay, 8:25.0, 5-9-1970, Crystal Palace), 100 x 70mm; together with other miscellaneous sporting medals (15, one in silver) [16]. Very fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £200
Referendum on British Membership of the European Community, 1975, a silver medal, 45mm; 1776 Exhibition, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1976, a silver medal, 51mm; MONACO, Casino de Monte Carlo, a silver 100 Francs token, undated, 40mm [3]. All as struck; in cases of issue £60-£80
80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1980, a silver medal by L. Durbin and P. Nathan for Spink, 57mm (E 2138a); Marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981, silver medals by M. Rizzello for Spink, 57mm (2), 38mm [4]. As struck; in cases of issue £100-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Badges, etc, in silver (6), base metal (19), of Manchester City FC, West Ham United FC, Newcastle United FC, Winchester City FC, and from Wallasey, York, Bognor Regis, Leeds, etc; together with enamelled coins (2), one a Victoria Halfcrown, 1881 [27]. Varied state £40-£60
ARGENTINA, Exposition Internationale and Centenary of Independence, Buenos Aires, 1910, a bronze plaque by F.-J.-A. Roques for the Comité Français, rearing horseman by a paddock containing bulls, rev. naked artisan proferring an olive branch to a robed female, 72 x 62mm (PBE 833; BDM –; cf. DNW 66, 1443). Very fine, rare £40-£60
Hammer Price: £40
ARGENTINA, Exposition Internationale and Centenary of Independence, Buenos Aires, 1910, uniface copper models (2) and impressions (2) for the plaque by F.-J.-A. Roques for the Comité Français, similar, models each 150 x 130mm, impressions each 160 x 140mm (cf. PBE 833; BDM –; cf. DNW 66, 1443) [4]. Minor corrosion on one impression, otherwise very fine, very rare £100-£150
AUSTRIA, Cardinal Andreas, a cast gilt-bronze medal, unsigned and undated, bust facing three-quarters right, rev. view of a fortified town, 56mm (Domanig 137). Very fine, rare £100-£150
AUSTRIA, Free State, 1918, a cast bronze medal by O. Thiede, composed of two pieces joined at the rim, youth kneeling on cloud, holding banner, rev. demonstrators with right hands raised, flags behind, 79mm. Verdigris spot on edge, otherwise good very fine, rare £40-£60
Hammer Price: £35
AUSTRIA, uniface lead squeezes by A. Scharff (10), various types, mostly signed (cf. BDM V, 358-74) [10]. Good very fine or better, an interesting group £100-£150
BELGIUM, Leopold II, a silver-gilt award medal by L. Wiener, bust left, rev. cherubs representing the arts, named (Fs Are Homo de Coumercy, 1er Prix de Peinture d’Après Nature), 51mm. Gilding worn on reverse and some minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine £30-£40
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 80th Birthday of Jozef Skultéty, 1933, a bronze medal by F. Stefunko, 60mm; ITALY, Lionel d’Este, a cast bronze medal by Pisanello, 66mm (Hill, Corpus, 30), Filippo Strozzi, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, 88mm (Hill, Corpus, 1018; Kress 286); USA, Death of Louis Agassiz, 1873, a gilt-bronze medal by W. Barber, 64mm, Carter Glass, 1922, a bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, 76mm [5]. Generally about very fine, second and third aftercasts £60-£80
Hammer Price: £75
FRANCE, États de Bretagne, 1778, a silver jeton by B. Duvivier, bust of Louis XV left, rev. crowned arms, 32mm, 6.77g (Feuardent 8784). About extremely fine, toned £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
FRANCE, Homage of the National Guard, Paris, 1789, an octagonal copper medal by R. Dumarest, uniformed bust of General Lafayette left, rev. shield surmounted on flags, 32mm (Hennin 103; F 5479). Very fine £80-£100
FRANCE, Execution of Marie Antoinette, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, bust left, rev. Queen rides towards her execution in an open cart, crowd of onlookers behind, 48mm (Pollard 4; BDM III, 239). Extremely fine ; in original metal shells £150-£200
Hammer Price: £360
FRANCE, Taking of the Bastille Prison, Lyon, 1793, an octagonal lead medal, unsigned, Liberty cap atop crossed pick, mallet and spade, rev. legend in 8 lines, 47mm (Hennin 548). Fine, very rare £70-£90
Hammer Price: £45
FRANCE, Napoleon Landing at Fréjus, 1799, a silver medal by A. Galle, Bonus Eventus standing facing, rev. ship sailing right, 33mm, wnr (Julius 715; BDM II, 197). Good very fine and toned, rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, Napoleon I, a cast bronze portrait mounted on marble, unsigned and undated, laureate bust right, 99mm. Very fine £40-£60
FRANCE, La Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, 1825, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (E. Schallet), 50mm; Société Academique de la Marne (Chalons), a silver award medal by J.-J. Barre, named (Mr Louis Daniel, 1842), 51mm; Grand Prix d’Honneur de Paris, a silver-gilt award medal by A. Bescher, named (Bardou Job, 1886), 46mm; Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, a silver award medal by N. Tiolier, named (Mr Pelosse, 1890), 51mm; Cercle de la Librairie de l’Imprimerie et de la...
FRANCE, Auguste Panseron, a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned, bust left, 142mm (Niggl 1570). About extremely fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £15
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