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Opening of the Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, a bronze medal by J.P.M. Menger, bust of Paul Kruger left, rev. winged wheel within legend, 44mm (Moyaux 52; BDM IV, 26; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.107, 3; cf. Swan 405-6); together with other South African silver medals (2) [3]. First mint state, in original maroon card box, others in varied state, one with clip and ring for suspension (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £65
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, a silver medal by R. Aitken, two figures with cornucopiæ encircle globe, rev. standing male nude symbolising the opening of the Panama Canal, 38mm (Baxter 113; cf. Brand Pt. II, lot 1233; cf. DW 24, 508). About extremely fine, toned (£40-50)
Brighton Proprietary School, 1836, Præpositors Prize (Instituted 1850), a silver award medal, unsigned, kneeling robed female, rev. names of educational subjects, named (Harry W. Strevens, Christmas 1864), 44mm; Downside School, c. 1870, a copper award medal, unsigned [by T. Moring], pax in wreath, rev. legend, un-named, 45mm; Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1856, a bronze award after W. Wyon, coronetted head of Victoria left, rev. legend in wreath, edge named...
International Exhibition, 1874, a bronze award medal by J.E. Boehm and G.T. Morgan, bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. Albert Hall, edge named (Hart & Co, Catalogue No.7007), 51mm (BHM 2992; E 1633); Confectioners’, Bakers’ and Allied Trades Annual International Exhibition, London, a bronze award medal by Rowell, female figure with sickle and sheaf of wheat, rev. wreath, named (The ‘W’ (VisVitæ) Bread Co Ltd, London, Confectionery Class 25, 1913), 48mm; Liverpool Daily Post & Echo...
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, similar, 58mm (BHM 3219; E 1733a); Bedford Grammar School, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, arms, rev. b.g.s. gymnasium in wreath, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1914, 51mm; together with other miscellaneous medals, in silver (4), base metal (2) [8]. Very fine and better; first in case of issue (£80-100)
Les Sports, 1902, a silver-gilt award medal by M.-A.-L. Coudray, female Victory indicating the route to success for a young athlete, rev. bicycle and rifles in foreground, targets in distance, balloon above, tablet named (Prix Laurent, Handicap Simple, Juillet 1909, L. d’Estrees), 68mm (PBE 265; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.35, 30; CGMP p.104; cf. DNW 47, 1127). Good very fine; in original maroon gilt-tooled fitted case [this somewhat faded] (£50-70)
Royal Institute of British Architects, 1919, a bronze award medal by C.W. Thomas, decorated column with turreted crown supported by two lions, rev. named (Board of Architectural Education, Awarded to Allan Johnson, School of Architecture, Leeds, 1928), 89mm (BHM –; E –; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.87, 156; cf. Baldwin FPL 1999, 116, item ii; cf. DNW 47, 999); together with other architectural bronze medals (2), one related to Derby [3]. Extremely fine; first in original dark green case of...
Death of Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d’Orleans, 1842, a bronze medal by J-P. Montagny, bust right, rev. funerary urn, 52mm (BDM –); Louis-Marie de Corménin, 1842, a bronze medal by E. Rogat, bust left, rev. building and statues, 50mm (BDM V, 193); Le Président Distribué les Drapeaux à l’Armée, 1851, a bronze medal by V.M. Borrel, bust of Louis-Napoleon left, rev. flags, 52mm (Divo 92; BDM I, 224); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (8), by Borrel, Caunois, Catenacci,...
Im Kimm Glei, 1914, a uniface cast bronze medal by M. Olofs, naked warrior wearing horned helmet, lifting crown above three serpents, 62mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Good very fine and very rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £70
Gross-Admiral Anton Haus, c. 1915, an iron medal by R. Bachmann, bust three-quarters right, rev. destroyer, both 50mm (BDM VIII, 310); together with other miscellaneous medals and sets of coins (72) [73]. Very fine and better (£60-80)
Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1856, a bronze award after W. Wyon, similar, edge named (George Frampton, Lambeth, Stage 19d, 1882), 55mm (E 1511). Brilliant and as struck; in original brown fitted case (£40-50)
Drüber Weg Nicht!, Drunter Durch! [Not the Path Over There, Everything is Upside Down!], 1916, a cast iron medal by E. Zehle, weasel clambering under netting, rev. fishermen in boats with drag nets, lord cecil dem großbritannischen blockademinister, etc, 75mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Good very fine, very rare (£80-100)
Septembervertrag der Entente [Treaty of September], 1914, cast bronze, Russian bear holding quill pen and inscribing a document, watched by bulldog and Gallic cock, rev. wolf with head of bulldog in his jaws, demolishing Gallic cock, 58mm (K 144; Frankenhuis 1413). Very fine (£60-80)
Amerikafahrt des Zeppelin 126 [Flight of Zeppelin 126 to the United States], 1924, a bronze medal by Mayer & Wilhelm, bust of von Zeppelin right, rev. winged Mercury supporting the rear half of the dirigible above the waves, 40mm (Kaiser –); Ost-West-Ozeanflug der Bremen [The East-West Flight of the Bremen], 1928, a silver medal by K. Goetz, conjoined busts of Baron von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl left, rev. two putti saluting the passage of the aeroplane over the Atlantic, 36mm (K 393;...
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Bombay, 1921, oval bronze medals by C.W. Thomas (2), bust right, rev. legend in six lines, 58 x 31mm (Pudd. 921.3; W & E 6175; E 1975) [2]. Good very fine, one with ring for suspension (£60-80)
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a white metal medal by J. Barber for Griffin & Hyams, crowned and draped bust left, rev. Queen attended by courtiers, 61mm (BHM 1803; E 1311); together with other Coronation and Jubilee, etc, medals, 1761-1977, in silver (12), base metal (57) [70]. Many very fine or better; first in maroon case of issue (£80-120)
L’Angleterre et le Chiffon de Papier, 1914 [struck 1923], a bronze medal by H. Dropsy, Britannia holding scales, her right foot on the promontory of Pas-de-Calais, rev. facsimile of the Treaty of London, 68mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, 49; CGMP p.153; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.55, 58; cf. DNW 30, 748); Siège d’Anvers, 1914 [struck 1921], bronze medals by P. Wissaert for Mauquoy (2), standing robed female with sword, revs. three standing robed females, both 70mm (BDM VIII, 281); Yser/Ypres, 1918,...
Home for Little Boys (Established 1864), Hanbury Memorial Prize, a bronze award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust of Princess Alexandra left, rev. legend on scroll, 51mm; The Homes for Little Boys, Farningham & Swanley Kent Incorporated, Hanbury Memorial Prize, a copper award medal by A. Wyon, crowned bust of Queen Alexandra left, rev. flowering wreath, 51mm; together with Charles, A.O., The Story of the Little Boys, London, nd, 120pp, engraved illustrations in text including one of the...
Royal Anthropological Institute, Huxley Medal, 1895, a large bronze maquette of the obv. by F. Bowcher [after E. Onslow Ford], bust left, 263mm (cf. BHM 3488; cf. E 1794; cf. Storer 1734; BDM I, 255). Extremely fine; set into wooden frame, with provision for hanging on the back (£90-120)
Les Éprouvés de la Guerre, 1917, a bronze plaque by R. Lamourdedieu, partly disrobed young female and her child seated in the middle of the ruins of her house, ICI LES BARBARES SONT PASSES, rev. robed female figure offering compassion to another female seated with her daughter, wounded man being helped along a path by an elderly lady in background, 70 x 56mm (Frankenhuis 217; CGMP p.220; BDM VII, 529; cf. DNW 53, 1184). About extremely fine; a powerful rendition of the horrors of war on...
Royal Dublin Society, 1884, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, similar, rev. prancing horse above horse show, named (Captain Batson, best pair of Cobs, Class 17, No.737 & 736), 44mm. Harshly cleaned, fine, the reverse type rare (£30-50)
Bath, Prior Park, a bronze medal, unsigned, side elevation of the building, rev. two seated figures supporting arms, edge named (J.H. Rendall, 1933), 51mm; Bolton, Chadwick Orphanage, 1873, a gilt-bronze medal by H. Whewell, statue of Dr Samuel Chadwick, rev. frontal elevation of the building, edge named (James Fogg, Mem. Memorial Com.), 38mm (BHM 2956); Buckhaven, Technical College, Wellesley Colliery Medal for Mining (Inst. 1954), a bronze award medal, unsigned, pit-head shaft and winding...
Iron and Steel Institute, Bessemer Medal, 1873, a bronze award by G.T. Morgan and L.F. Day for Pinches, bust of Henry Bessemer left, rev. tablet, named (R.F. Mushet, 1876), 51mm (MJP p.66); Edinburgh Association of Science and Arts (Founded 1870), a bronze award medal, named (Presented to F.A. Macdonald, C.E., Glasgow, for his paper on Reinforced Concrete, Read on The 29th. Nov. 1909), 48mm (Brodie –); together with other miscellaneous medals (6), related to the rubber and chemical...
Der Verkappte Ritter [The Disguised Knight], 1916, a cast iron medal by M. Götze, German eagle opening vizor of a seated knight writing at a table, mole below, rev. armoured fist crushing a three-headed turtle, 77mm (Frankenhuis 1447). Very fine, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £75
Entente, 1917, a cast iron medal by H. Harders for Ball, allegorical representation of the Allies looking to right, rev. seated figure on statue, holding heads of associated nations on cords, 70mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM VII, 417). Very fine (£60-80)
Battle off Cape St Vincent, 1797, a white metal medal by T. Wyon Sr, uniformed bust almost facing, rev. two infant genii display earl’s coronet and British ensign above the sea, legend above and below, 38mm (BHM 433; E 883). About extremely fine (£40-50)
École Nationale des Arts Industriels de Roubaix, 1890, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated naked male pupil drawing a flower held by a standing robed female, rev. standing naked figure of Genius, holding a laurel branch over his shoulder, 68mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 190; BDM I, 403). Very fine, rare (£60-80)
Centenary of the Government of Victoria, 1951, a bronze award medal by A. Meszaros for Pinches, naked male and female on horseback left, rev. legend above flowering wreath, named (South African Cricket Touring Team, 1952-53, G. Innes), 64mm (Carlisle 1951.3; MJP p.224). Good very fine, rare; in original blue fitted case with descriptive leaflet (£80-120)
40th Anniversary of the Accession of Franz Joseph I, 1888, a silver medal by F. Leisek, bust right, rev. legend under radiant crown, 43mm (BDM III, 382; Wurz. –); Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, 1914, an iron medal by A.R. Weinberger, facing bust, rev. prone naked male encircled by open-mouthed serpent, 50mm (Frankenhuis 287; BDM VIII, 266); Franz Joseph I, 1914, a bronze medal by R. Neuberger, bust right, rev. standing winged Victory above three soldiers lying...
Defence of Veurne, 1914, a bronze medal by P. Theunis, two soldiers with rifles, rev. fallen standard, 70mm (cf. BDW 9, 710); Pax, 1915, a copper medal by P. Dubois for Fonson, female bust left, rev. man holding lyre, caressing the head of a woman with an infant on her lap, 60mm; Ville de Louvain, 1916, a bronze plaque, unsigned, façade of a building, rev. shield and palm branch, 58 x 38mm; Pro Patria, 1920, a bronze medal by A. Mauquoy, wounded soldier with two diaphanously draped females,...
Cech, c. 1908, a uniface bronze plaque by Prof. S. Sucharda, head of a Czeck wearing a fur cap, 56 x 51mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.24, 19; BDM V, 713; cf. DNW 60, 1576). Very fine, rare (£50-70)
Cambridge University, bronze award medals by Munsey (2), arms, rev. penny-farthing bicycle in wreath, one with edge named (C.U.B.C. 4 Mile Freshmens Race won by W.L. Raynes, Oct: 1887), the other with metal plaque inscribed (C.U.B.C. versus O.U.B.C., 4 Mile Race, 2nd, W.L. Raynes, Pemb: Coll:, 1888), both 51mm [2]. Virtually as struck, in original fitted cases of issue and an interesting numismatic recipient (£40-60)
Victory of the American Troops at St Mihiel, 1918, a bronze medal by E. Fraisse, female standard bearer representing America urging combat troops in battle, rev. map of the battlefield surmounted by helmet and shield, bi-lingual legend below, 68mm (CGMP p.183; cf. DNW 37, 1261); Paroles de Pershing, 1918, a bronze medal by C.P. Pillet [struck 1922], Foch, Pershing and Clemenceau standing in front of American soldiers, rev. Pershing’s declaration in French, Gallic cock below, 68mm (CGMP...
Craft: Comrades Lodge, Past Masters Jewel, silver gilt, 1943; other Masonic medals, Stewards badges, etc (12), mostly base metal [13]. Very fine or better (£60-80)
The Law Student’s Debating Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, bust of Cicero left, rev. wreath, named (President’s Medal for Legal Essay, Henry James Monahan, 1895), 40mm. Mint state, with suspender loop and original silk neck ribbon; in maroon fitted case of issue (£40-60)
Trinity College, Dublin, a silver award medal by West & Son, bust of Elizabeth I three-quarters right, rev. arms, named (Arturus C. Hearnden, 1900), 50mm. Mint state; in original fitted case by West, 18 & 19 College green, Dublin (£40-60)
Tailteann Games, 1924, a bronze award medal, unsigned [by O. Sheppard], bust of Queen Tailte to left, wearing head band and veil, rev. Celtic strapwork circlet bearing the arms of the four provinces of Ireland, centre engraved (Clay Bird), 51mm (cf. BDW 7, 740). Virtually as struck; in brown fitted case of issue by P. Quinn & Co, North strand, Dublin, cased medals very rare as such (£30-40)
Die Torpedierung der Lusitania [The Sinking of the Lusitania], 1915, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, similar, 58mm (K 156). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Gott-War Mit-Uns, 1915, a cast bronze medal by G. Schliepstein, eagle grasping British bulldog, Gallic cock and Russian bear in its talons, rev. sword dividing wreaths, 87mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
Au Japan Deutsche Wacht in Kiau-Tschau [A Message for Japan], 1914, cast bronze, two heads above legend, rev. warrior with standard planted on the rocks of Kiautshau, beating off sea-monster with sword, 58mm (K 139; Frankenhuis 1422). Good very fine (£80-100)
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