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30 May 2012
Miscellaneous Subjects, The Atlantic Charter, 1941, a silver medal by Turner & Simpson, conjoined crowned busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth right, rev. busts of Roosevelt and Churchill vis-a-vis, flags between, 76mm, edge named (Leonard Nathan, Commemorating his Year as President of the B.J. & S. Assoc. from W.S.T.), hallmarked Birmingham 1941 (BHM 4397; Engstrom 7). Extremely fine or better, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £820
Cycling, British Empire Cycling Championships, a gold award medal by W.J. Carroll, crowned arms, rev. named (4 Mile Championship 1908, won by D. Flynn), hallmarked Birmingham 1908, 15ct, 32mm, 20.8g; Scottish Cyclists Union, gold award medals (2), unsigned, arms, rev, named (10 Mile Championship. Won by D. Flynn 1902), hallmarked Birmingham 1902, 32mm, 18ct, 17.5g; by C. Michael & Co (?), crowned arms, rev. named (1 Mile Championship. Won by Dan Flynn), hallmarked Birmingham 1906; United...
Hammer Price: £780
Miscellaneous Subjects, Centenary of the Union of England and Scotland, 1807, a silver medal by T. Wyon Sr. and T. Martyn, conjoined busts of George III and Queen Charlotte left within ornate borders, rev. allegorical figures of England, Scotland and Ireland in the style of the Three Graces, edge named (Viscount Chetwynd, Colonel of the Duke of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteers, 30th July 1803), 84mm (BHM 628; E 981). Good very fine, very rare £800-1,000
13 July 2011
Long Service, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (Est. 1926), award medals by Fattorini and Vaughton (17), in gold (3), silver and enamel (14), all named, viz: Alexander Walker & Co Ltd (G. Irvine, 34 Years, 1928); British Copper Manufacturers Ltd (2, gold: J. Williams, 40 Years, 1928, 9ct, 19.14g; silver: W. Owen, 27 Years, 1928); The British Leather Cloth Manufacturing Co Ltd (A. Shaw, 25 Years, 1928); Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd (2, gold: W. Kettle, 40 Years, 1931, 9ct, 16.87g; silver: J....
Hammer Price: £550
Medical, St Thomas’s Hospital, London, Cheselden Medal, a glazed silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of William Cheselden right, rev. male cadaver on operating table, the silver rim uniting the two glasses engraved (Presented by G. Vaughn Esq to C. Greaves 1863, for Proficiency in Surgical Anatomy), 74mm (BHM 1339). Extremely fine, the medal frosted, some peripheral discolouration below glass £350-500
Hammer Price: £500
13 May 2015
Horticultural Society of London, Banks Medal, 1820, a silver award by W. Wyon, named (Presented to Mr Patrick Flanagan for his Exhibitions of Fruits in 1820), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; D & W 137/281; MJP p.154); Foundation Medal (Est. 1804), a silver medal by G.F. Pidgeon after R. Batty for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, named (Presented to Mr Patrick Flanagan F.H.S., November 8th 1821), 68mm (D & W 155/422; E 955); Knight Medal, 1836, a silver award by W. Wyon, named (To Mr P. Flanagan for...
Hammer Price: £480
Clubs and Societies, Liverpool Female Parent Abstinence Society, an engraved silver award medal, signed Fairhurst Sc - Leigh Sc, mothers with banners, a child beside them, as supporters of an armorial shield, ‘Estabd. 15th Aug. 1838. Thos Freme President’, rev. legend in 11 lines, named (Presented to Thomas Freme, 17th July 1839), 68mm, Very fine or better, handsomely engraved with an ornate floral border and elaborate suspension loop £120-150
Hammer Price: £470
Ornithology, LONDON, Sydenham, Original Challenge Cup Medal, a silver award by J.A. Restall, four pigeons standing, rev. wreath, named (1889, Crystal Palace, Awarded to Mr Joseph Smith for Best Satinette bred in 1889, Class 389), 51mm; Cage Bird Show, Crystal Palace, 1893, a silver award medal by E. Tyler, named (For Must Points, Foreign Birds, won by Mrs Pretyman), 38mm (Allen 1887/010); Great National Pigeon Show, Crystal Palace, 1900, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, named (3rd...
Hammer Price: £460
Theatre and Cinema, Western Philanthropic Institution [Est. 1811], a silver-gilt award medal by B. Wyon, two men distributing largesse to seated woman with boy, rev. named (Presented to Edmund Keane Esq, by the Western Philanthropic Institution, London, as a token of respect and gratitude for the kind exertions of his brilliant talents at their benefits in 1824 & 1827 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), 64mm (cf. DNW 47, 734 and 54, 749). Surfaces a little scuffed, otherwise better than very...
Hammer Price: £440
15 December 2005
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)
Hammer Price: £430
14 December 2004
Great Britain, Olympic Games, London, 1908, a silver participant’s medal by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, Victory standing holding laurel spray and trumpet, rev. two victorious athletes in quadriga, exergue named (J.R. Cheetham), 51mm (BHM 3963; E 1904; cf. DNW 54, 981). Very fine, toned (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £420
Medical, St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London, 1874, Mead Medal, a frosted silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Richard Mead right, rev. Salus standing left, snake entwined on right arm, vase of flowers to left, antique lamp to right, edge named (Founded by Mr & Mrs Newman-Smith for proficiency in Practical Medicine, F.B. Thornton, 1895), 73mm (BHM 3000; E 1609). Better than extremely fine, set in a silver ring with glazed lunettes; housed in original gilt-blocked case of issue...
Hammer Price: £410
Medical, British Empire Cancer Campaign, 1934, a silver-gilt award medal signed A.G.W., St George on horseback spearing dragon, rev. wreath, named (For Research into the Cause and Cure of Cancer, Garton Medal, Hector Alfred Colwell, 1934), 75mm. Extremely fine; in fitted case of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £370
Religion, Liverpool Cathedral, 1934, a silver award medal by W. Gilbert, eagle above cathedral, rev. laurel wreath, for fellow workers, etc, edge named (The Archbishop of Canterbury), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 57mm (Eimer 26; E 2025; cf. DNW M10, 1440). Nearly extremely fine £100-150
Architecture and Building, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1919, a silver award medal by C.W. Thomas, decorated column supported by two lions, rev. named (Board of Architectural Education, Awarded to Elie Mayorcas, School of Architecture, Architectural Association, London, 1932), 89mm (BHM –; E –; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, p.87, 156). Extremely fine; in green fitted case of issue £150-200
Hammer Price: £360
6 July 2005
Exhibitions: Isle of Man, Isle of Man International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, 1892, a gilt-bronze medal by J.A. Restall, Britannia with trident, kneeling figure and implements of industry around, lighthouse and ship at left, rev. dolphins supporting tablet, named (Awarded to Messrs Dodd & Oulton, 8 Stanley St, Liverpool, for excellency of material in Paint and for design & finish of Brass Work), 57mm (Kelly 64; Allen Pt 5). Extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
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)
Miscellaneous Subjects, George III, Recovery from Illness, 1789, a silver-gilt medal by L. Pingo, laureate bust right, rev. West front of St Paul’s Cathedral, named (Benjn. Phillips Steward), edge engraved (Struck by Order of the Patrons of the Anniversary Meeting who assembled with 5000 Children on the Happy Event), 54mm (BHM 312; E 825). Pierced for suspension, nearly extremely fine and very rare; housed in contemporary case £250-350
Hammer Price: £330
Miscellaneous Subjects, Dufferin’s Pattern Viceroy Presentation medal, c. 1884, a silver award medal by A. Wyon for Pinches, coronet over shield of arms of Blackwood, rev. modified arms of Blackwood, heart in crescent moon within garter, flags left and right, engraved legend (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1892), edge named (A. Stephens), 51mm (Pudd. 884.1.2/1.1; cf. MJP p.37; cf. DNW 58, 1441). Extremely fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Miscellaneous Subjects, Dufferin’s Pattern Viceroy Presentation medal, c. 1884, a silver award medal by A. Wyon for Pinches, coronet over shield of arms of Blackwood, rev. modified arms of Blackwood, heart in crescent moon within garter, flags left and right (including Burma), engraved legend (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1895), edge named (First Prize won by the “Jessie”, C.J. Parish & H.S. Leigh, 1895), 51mm (Pudd. 884.1.2; cf. MJP p.37; cf. DNW 58, 1441). Extremely fine, rare...
Royal Horticultural Society, Veitch Memorial Medal, a gilt-bronze award by J. Pinches after J. Moore, exotic fruits and flowers on the tomb of James Veitch, rev. tablet in wreath, named (Sir Arthur W. Hill, KCMG, VMH, for his Services to Horticulture, December 1936), 76mm (MJP p.157). Virtually as struck, rare; in maroon case of issue £100-150
London, Royal College of Science, Murchison Medal, 1866, a bronze award by L.C. Wyon, bust of Roderick Murchison left, rev. Silurian fossils and geological hammers in saltire, edge named (Charles G. Cullis, July 1891), 55mm (BHM 2869; E 1588); Statistical Society, Howard Prize (Founded 1873), a bronze award medal by A.B. Wyon, bust of John Howard left, rev. wheatsheaf, edge named (Clement Dukes, M.D., Lond., B.S. Lond., M.R.C.P. Lond., November 1884), 76mm; Royal Astronomical Society, a cast...
Hammer Price: £310
Engineering, Institute of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal, 1828, a silver-gilt award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon after W. Wyon, bust of Telford left, rev. Menai Suspension Bridge, edge named (Alfred Weeks Szlumper M. Inst. C.E., Session 1891-92), 58mm (BHM 1328; E 1206). Extremely fine or better, rare; in fitted case of issue £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
Golf, Pilt Down Golf Club, Sussex, a silver award medal, unsigned, golfer teeing off, rev. winged figure with engraved naming on scroll (The Hon. F.G. Hamilton-Russell, 1908), 45mm; together with other local Club medals in silver (12), Artisan Golfers Association (3), 1934, 1937, 1940; Bexhill, 1895, 26mm; Devon County, 1981, 26mm; East Brighton, 1935, 25mm; Eton Manor, 25mm; Kent Golf Union, 1931, 34.5mm; Norfolk County, 1933, 32mm; Seaford Golf Links, 1912, 26mm; Suffolk Golf Union,...
Medical, Birmingham School of Medicine (Inst. 1828), a glazed silver award medal by T.W. Ingram, façade of the building in Snow Hill, rev. named within wreath (George Vaux Hoc Praemio donavit Guliel Sands Cox Prælector de Anatomia), 52mm (Taylor 93a). The silver rim with watch-type suspension loop, virtually mint state £150-250
Royal Events, Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a gold badge by J.A. Gaunt for the Corporation of Glasgow, crown, rev. arms and supporters, named (Coun. Wm. Bow), 28 x 23mm, 18ct, 15.53g (W & E 4260C, not listed in gold). Extremely fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £250-300
Hammer Price: £280
Royal Horticultural Society, medals (5), viz. a silver-gilt award after W. Wyon [1836], named (Mr W. Hayward for Floral Decorations, June 20 1906), 55mm (MJP p.155); Affiliated Societies, a silver-gilt award by J. Pinches, named (R.L. Horsley, 1910), 44mm (MJP p.154); George V Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver award by J. Pinches, named (Mr Prentice, Sunbury, Shepperton & Dist. Hort. & Allot. Assoc. 1935), 35mm; Victoria Medal of Honour, a gold award by J. Pinches, named (Col. The Lord Digby,...
Miscellaneous Subjects, Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada, 1888, a silver medal by J. Carter, busts of Elizabeth I and Victoria in cartouches, rev. Victory inscribing the names of the English admirals on a column, edge named (Presented to Alex H. Varnier, Hon. Fin. Sec. A.T.C. for Valuable Services, Feby 2nd 1891), 45mm (BHM 3364; E 1745). Extremely fine, toned, very rare in silver; in fitted case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £270
Miscellaneous Subjects, The Seagrave Medal, 1939, a bronze award, unsigned, bust of Sir Henry Seagrave left, rev. the Seagrave Trophy, named below in tablet (Lt. Comdr. P. du Cane. R.N. [Retd], 1939), 51mm. Matt surface, almost extremely fine and an exceptionally rare item associated with the breaking of the World water speed record £400-600
Ballooning, Aero Club of Great Britain, 1908, a copper medal for the F.A.I. International Balloon Contest, London, balloon over London cityscape, with small plane and dirigible also in sky, rev. engraved details, named (C. Ceerts), 38mm (Malpas 171). Extremely fine, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £260
Rathdown and Rathdrum Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, farm animals in foreground, buildings and trees behind, rev. legend, named (Class 106, 2nd Prize, won by John Bowers Esq, with Grey Mare, ‘Lady Ewing’, 1900), 44mm (cf. DNW M5, 1234). Brightly cleaned and with some rim knocks, otherwise about very fine £100-150
Municipal, Greater London Council, a silver award medal by D.J. Gaunt, arms, London buildings around, rev. Presented at the Final Meeting of the Greater London Council, The County Hall, London, 27 March 1986, edge hallmarked London 1986, named (Sir Horace Cutler, OBE, DL), 58mm. Practically as struck, in brown Royal Mint case £100-150
Hammer Price: £250
Worshipful Company of Broderers, an oval gilt award badge, unsigned, arms, back named (Raymond George Fonteyn, Master, 1961-62), 54 x 34mm; Glass Sellers Company, a bronze award medal by B. Sulman, three shields, rev. wreath, named (H.W. Cooper, Exhibition, 1876), 49mm; Worshipful Company of Joiners Exhibition, 1888, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. named (Silas Evans, 1892) 51mm; Worshipful Company of Plumbers, 1893, a bronze medal, unsigned, arms, rev. St George standing,...
Hammer Price: £240
Exhibitions: England and Wales, Birmingham, National Trades & Industrial Exhibition, 1899, a gilt-bronze Award of Excellence by J.A. Restall, robed female dividing two cartouches containing a sculptor and a blacksmith, arms below, rev. wreath, named (E.F. Spicer, for Artistic Taxidermy), 51mm; Birmingham Industrial Polytechnic Exhibition, 1901, a bronze award medal by Jenkins Ltd, blacksmith and artisan in forge, rev. two shields, named (Frederick Winstone), 63mm (Allen Pt I); National...
Exhibitions: England and Wales, Bristol, Bristol Exhibition, 1912, a copper award medal by J.A. Restall, arms and unicorn supporters, rev. wreath, named (Bristol Photographic Club, Portraiture, Awarded to Mrs F. Wild), 64mm; Bristol Exhibition, 1913, a copper award medal by J.A. Restall, similar, named (Bristol Photographic Club, Awarded to Mrs Wild), 64mm; Bristol Home Life Exhibition, 1918, a gilt-bronze award medal, unsigned, female seated right in her kitchen, daughter at her feet and...
Ornithology, LONDON, The London Cage Bird Association, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, five birds on branch, rev. wreath, named (To V. Wynn, Winner of Egg Food Competition, 1906), hallmarked Birmingham 1906, 39mm; Middlesex Columbarian Society, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, named (Novice Cup Hen, 1914, John McMahon, Pigmy Pouter), hallmarked Birmingham 1914, 39mm; The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a gold award medal by Fattorini, named (Geoffrey Dent, For Services...
25 November 2013
Clubs and Societies, National Society of Amalgamated Metal Wire and Tube Makers, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall for W.J. Davis, bust of Davis three-quarters left, rev. standing winged female holding cap of Liberty and fasces, edge named (Presented to Mrs W.J. Davis, Dec. 13 1902), hallmarked Birmingham 1902, 45mm (BHM 3869; cf. DNW M11, 1213); British Empire Companion of Honour, 1922, award medals (2), in silver and bronze, unsigned, edges named (W.J. Davis, Birmingham, Peace over Land...
Stirling, Stirling Regatta (Instituted 1854), Macfarlane Amateur Champion Cup Medal, a silver award, unsigned, finely detailed engraved scene of four boats in a race on the River Tay, rev. arms, named (To Thomas Elliot Ogilvie Horne, Esq, of the Crew of the Amateur Winning Boat, Blue Jacket, of the Champion Cup Race at the Stirling Regatta 1855), 48mm (Brodie –). Knock in reverse field, otherwise very fine and a detailed piece of engraving, very rare; with clip and ring for suspension...
Hammer Price: £230
Exhibitions: England and Wales, London: Crystal Palace, London International Exhibition, 1884, a copper medal by J. Pinches and Fisch, Britannia holding caduceus and key, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (S.W. Partridge & Co), 63mm (Allen 5; BHM 3174); Peoples’ Palace Workmans’ Industrial Exhibition, 1888, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, standing figure of Britannia holding caduceus, robed females clasping hands in greeting at her feet, rev. legend around wreath, named (Geo. T....
Exhibitions: England and Wales, London: Shepherd’s Bush, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910, a uniface gilt-bronze plaque by Vaughton, medieval Japanese and British soldier supporting circular tablet, named (Presented to Gerald A. Kiralfy, Esq), back engraved (Presented to Gerald A. Kiralfy Esq, Architect-in-Chief of the Japan-British Exhibition, 1910, Shepherd’s Bush, London, as a memento and in his appreciation of his untiring efforts towards the success of the Exhibition…), 55 x 40mm....
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