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Preliminaries for the Treaty of Amiens, 1801, a copper medal, unsigned, oval shield on crossed swords, rev. Peace emptying cornucopia on quay-side, 38mm (BHM 516; E 935); France, Chambre de Commerce de Lyon, 1892, an octagonal silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, winged Genie unwinding a cocoon, rev. caduceus and branch of oak, 42mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 34; Gaz. Num. 1897, p.143, 38; BDM VIII, 176); together with other miscellaneous medals (4, one in silver) [6]. Mostly very fine...
Hammer Price: £350
William IV, Accession, 1830, a silver medal by W. Wyon after F. Chantrey, bust right, rev. adelaide regina cudi jussit mdcccxxx, trident below, within wreath, 68mm (BHM 1414; E 1220). Set in a silver raised rim with glazed lunette, about as struck, a superb medal (£400-600)
Pacis Visio, 1917, a uniface cast bronze medal by P. Roche, lighted menorah, 152mm (Canale, 1918, p.16, 73; BDM –; cf. BDW 13, 189). Very fine and very rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £360
London, International Exhibition, 1862, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (R. Evans & Co, Class XXIV), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553); together with other miscellaneous exhibition-related medals (12) [13]. First extremely fine, others very fine and better (£100-150)
Historical Society of Trinity College, Dublin, a silver award medal by Mossop, three allegorical figures, rev. wreath, named (Thomæ Maunsell…Mar. 27 1799), 52mm; Ennis College, silver award medals by Jones (2), implements of learning, revs. wreath, named (The Lord Bishop of Cashel, Dr Sandes, to Lewis M. Maunsell for Deligent Attention to the French Language in Ennis College, Revd. Dr King, Master, AD 1839…AD 1840), both 37mm [3]. First good fine but rims bruised, others good very fine...
Hammer Price: £380
Centenary of the St John del Rey Mining Company, 1930, a gold medal by Agil, morro velho on mountain, legend below, rev. miner dividing profundis, 38mm, 51.40g (Müseler 9.2; Hamlet 610; cf. DNW 37, 1133). Extremely fine (£350-400)
Hammer Price: £420
George IV to Elizabeth II, miscellaneous white medal medals (90), for exhibitions, events, etc [90]. Mostly fine to very fine, some better (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £430
London, Great Exhibition, 1851, Council Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon and J.F. Domard, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia crowning standing figures of Commerce and Industry, flags and artefacts behind, edge named (The Honourable East India Company), 89mm (Allen A1; BHM 2461; E 1455). Extremely fine, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by Barnby, Clerkenwell (£150-200)
Cutler, Palmer & Co, 1815, a uniface plated medal, unsigned, seated figure of Frank Cutler in naval uniform, tablet below engraved (Capt. Frank Cutler R.N., founder of the firm of Cutler, Palmer & Co in 1815), back named (Presented to P.J. Hennessey, O.G.B. Karachi), 68mm. Very fine and extremely rare; with integral hole for suspension (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £450
Tod am Ski [Death on Skis], 1916, a cast iron medal by W. Eberbach, skeletal figure of Death crouching on a ski, using ski-poles to support a rifle, rev. dem herzog von aosta within ornamental border, 68mm (Frankenhuis 1503). Virtually as struck, rare (£80-100)
La Poursuite, 1917, a uniface cast bronze medal by P. Roche, warriors on horseback subjugating female with turban, who sits on ground and holds club, 140mm (BDM VIII, 166). Good very fine, very rare (£120-150)
George V, Coronation, 1911, a large gold medal by B. Mackennal, crowned bust of George V, rev. crowned bust of Queen Mary, 50mm, 84.96g (BHM 4022; E 1922). Fine (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £480
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, Concours de Polo, a silver plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, winged Victory showering branches over city of Paris, rev. male athlete on a podium, robed, holding a branch, 60 x 42mm (cf. PBE 970; BDM VI, 243). Test scratch in obverse field, otherwise good very fine, very rare in silver (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £500
Madras Medical College, Lady Grant-Duff Medal, 1886, a white metal medal or prototype, unsigned, for Pinches, bust right, rev. legend in wreath, 48mm (Pudd. 886.5). Small spot on reverse at 1 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, very rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £520
Geological Society of London, Bigsby Medal, 1876, a gold award by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust of John Bigsby left, rev. starfish, edge named (Henry Hicks, M.D., 1883), 45mm, 62.21g (BHM 3033; E 1653). Brilliant, rare; in original maroon fitted case of issue (£500-600)
Hammer Price: £580
Friendly Association, St Petersburg, 1793, a hollow silver cast and chased oval badge, clasped hands, concordia aeterna above, crossed quills below, rev. engraved within a laurel wreath (The Friendly Association Constituted the 8th of Decemr. 1793, St. Petersburg), 75 x 55mm. Very fine and very rare; with integral loop for suspension (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £600
Captain James Cook, Memorial, 1784, a silver medal by L. Pingo, bust left, rev. Fortune leaning against a naval column with the British shield at its foot, placing a rudder on a globe, 42mm (Eimer 64; BHM 258; E 780; MH 374). Good very fine, toned, rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £650
Battle of Waterloo, 1815, a fine filled bronzed electrotype of the celebrated medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, conjoined laureate busts of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia and Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia within a circle of classical mythological figures, rev. the Duke of Wellington and Marshall Blücher in Roman costume riding left accompanied by Victory, Jupiter above and a depiction of the Battle of the Giants around, 133mm (Eimer 57; E 1067; BHM 870). As...
Hammer Price: £680
The Art Workers Guild, London, 1900, an openwork cast badge by Sir G. Frampton, robed figure holding casket and standing on orb, 107 x 82mm (BDM VII, 317). Very fine and extremely rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £720
Royal Society of British Artists, 1906, an openwork gilt award badge by Sir G. Frampton, female seated right holding brushes and easel, female statuary at right and lion above, un-named, 87 x 60mm (BDM VII, 317). Very fine and very rare; with loop for suspension (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £850
Death of George Washington, 1799, a silver medal, unsigned, bust left in wreath, rev. funerary urn, no period after s in legend, 29mm (Baker 166; Garrett IV, 1804, same dies); together with other miscellaneous medals (3), including a political piece of Thomas Paine [4]. Fine and better, first pierced for suspension (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £950
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a gold medal by G.W. de Saulles, young head left, rev. veiled head left, 56mm, 94.36g (BHM 3506; E 1817a). As struck; in case and envelope as issued (£600-700)
William Wyon, an important collection of bronze medals (32), viz. trials for war medals (12), George IV Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Naval General Service, Military General Service, Burma, Army of India, Jellalabad 1842, Kelat-i-Ghilzie, Army of the Punjab, China 1842 (proposed and adopted designs), Army of the Sutlej, Naval Long Service and Good Conduct; other medals (20), viz. Sir Joseph Banks, 1816, 41mm (BHM 911; E 1088); Royal Humane Society, 38mm; Sir Joseph Banks, 1820, 38mm...
Hammer Price: £2,300
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