Auction Catalogue

23 September 2005

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 869

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23 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£240

Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson Memorial 1805 (3), by P. Wyon, obv. seaman stands mournfully by a tomb; rev. a grief stricken Britannia seated beside a pedestal, ‘In Life Victorious in Death Triumphant’, 52mm., white metal, Ref. Eimer 958; 150th Anniversary of Trafalgar 1955, by P. Vincze, obv. uniformed bust of Nelson left; rev. Neptune rising from the sea, 58mm., silver, ref. Eimer 2095; Nelson and Foudroyant 1897 (5), obv. uniformed bust of Nelson, three-quarters left; rev. H.M.S. Foudroyant, 37mm., bronze, Ref. Eimer 1813; Battle of the Nile, by T. Wyon Sr., obv. uniformed bust of Nelson three-quarters right; rev. naval battle, 38mm., bronze, Ref. Eimer 893, severe edge bruising, poor; Nelson Commemorative, by P. Wyon, obv. figure of Nelson on pedestal; rev. ‘He finished a course of glory in the arms of victory, 52mm., bronze, very fine and better except where stated (11) £80-100