Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

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

Lot

№ 1405

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£80

David Lloyd-George, 1917, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, facing bust, rev. Victory standing, 45mm (BHM 4130; E 1959b); Peace, 1919, a bronze medal by the Mint, Birmingham Ltd, Victory standing on trophy of flags, rev. man ploughing, shields below, 52mm (BHM 4144; E 1965), and a silver medal by Turner & Simpson, bust of George V left, rev. Peace attended by cherubs, 39mm (BHM 4147); World War I Memorial, 1919, a plated bronze medal by A. Drury for Derry & Toms, Minerva tending a fallen warrior, rev. soldier and sailor standing by plinth, 43mm (BHM 4150 [this size not seen by Brown]); Sea Services Commemoration, 1919, a plated bronze medal by Heming & Co, Britannia with lion on rock, rev. legend in wreath, 52mm (BHM 4151; E 1966); Field Marshal Sir John French, c. 1925, a bronze award medal by H. Huguenin, bust three-quarters left in cap, rev. arms and military trophies, un-named, 50mm (BHM –; cf. Frankenhuis 91-2) [6]. Very fine and better (£60-80)