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27 February 2020
Viceroy Presentations, Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal for Rifle Shooting [1910], a silver award, unsigned [Hamilton & Co/Calcutta mint], arms and large supporters, rev. female Victory standing, holding two wreaths, legend at right, named (Corpl. G.A. Bennett, 2nd Bn, B.B. & C.I.V.R.), 51mm, 54.50g (Pudd. V, 960.28.6, not noted in silver); Lord Chelmsford’s Viceroy Presentation Medal [1916], a silver award, unsigned [Calcutta mint], arms and supporters, rev. legend dividing...
Hammer Price: £700
Societies, The Photographic Society of India, a silver award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, semi-naked Indian female seated left, arches of building behind, rev. wreath, named (Exhibition 1889-90, Class I, Section II (Amateur), Awarded to J.G. Apcar), 51mm, 78.80g (Pudd. I, 948.27.3; cf. DNW 55, 1668). Brightly polished, otherwise about very fine; an early award £120-£150
Hammer Price: £480
Viceroy Presentations, Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal for Rifle Shooting [1910], a silver award, unsigned [Hamilton & Co/Calcutta mint], arms and large supporters, rev. female Victory standing, holding two wreaths, legend at right, named (Lt M.G. Roe), 51mm, 75.02g (Pudd. V, 960.28.6, not noted in silver). Very fine, rare; with clip, ring, original green ribbon and suspender clasp inscribed ‘Viceroy’s Competition, I.V.R.A., 1913’ £150-£200
Societies, Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Calcutta, a silver award medal, unsigned [Calcutta mint], Hindu farmer ploughing field with two bullocks, palm-tree and temples with plain domes in background, rev. wreath, named (Presented to Captain J. McKean, 13th July 1824), 62mm, 144.27g (Pudd. I, 824.1.3 obv./824.1.1 rev.). Several minor surface and rim nicks and has been brightly cleaned in the past, otherwise about very fine and very rare, perhaps the earliest known award of this medal...
Hammer Price: £420
2 February 2021
Simla Art Society, Commander-in-Chief Prize, a copper award, unsigned and undated, draped female figure floating in air, rev. legend within wreath, 48mm (Pudd. 948.8). Extremely fine, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £400
General subjects, East Indian Railway Opened to Rajmahal, 1860, a silver medal, unsigned [after W. Wyon, Calcutta mint], coronetted bust of Victoria left, rev. the east indian railway…george turnbull, etc, 73mm, 96.37g (Pudd. I, 860.2; Moyaux 46; Swan 399). Bright from past cleaning and with a small spot by first i of victoria, otherwise good very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Nathdwara, an ornate gold shield, engraved (Awarded by H.H. Shriman Goswami Chiranjiv Shri Damodarlalji of Nathdwara), rev. named (Mr Jake Cox), 45 x 33mm, 12.51g; All India Swadeshi Exhibition, Delhi, 1931, an ornate silver shield, named (Presented to Mr Jake Cox by P. Jawaharlal Nehru), 53 x 47mm [2]. Both polished otherwise about extremely fine, second with minor graffiti; each with loop and ring for suspension, first with ribbon and pin £300-£400
General subjects, Defenders of the Indian Empire during the Sepoy Mutinies, 1857, a copper medal by J. Pinches, winged figure of Justice standing with foot on dead tiger, native captive kneeling behind her, chained to a sword she holds, rev. legends in and around wreath, 63mm (Pudd. I, 857.1; BHM 2601; E 1515). Virtually as struck, attractive patina £240-£300
Hammer Price: £360
Societies, Calcutta Art Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of Calcutta with pelican supporters, rev. wreath, named (Exhibition January 1892, Awarded to Miss N.A. Sabine Pasley, for Still Life or Flowers in Oils), 51mm, 64.12g (Pudd. I, 948.10). Small obverse rim knock at 2 o’clock and other trifling rim nicks, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £340
Exhibitions, Punjab Exhibition of Arts, Produce & Manufacture [1861], a silver medal after W. Wyon [Calcutta mint], coronetted bust of Victoria left, no wreath below, legend ends dei, rev. legend in wreath, riband below, 43mm, 42.78g (Pudd. I, 861.3, var.; cf. DNW 55, 1636). About extremely fine, attractively toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £320
Agra Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, 1867, a silver award medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, farm animals, rev. wreath, named (Collection of Fibres, Coir Company, Singapore), edge engraved, 64mm (Pudd. 867.3A). Good very fine, rare £200-£260
Exhibitions and Shows, Madras Exhibition, 1855, a copper award medal For Merit by B. Wyon, laureate bust of Victoria left, rev. wreath, edge named (T.D. Lushington Esq., 1855), 51mm (Pudd. I, 855.2; cf. DNW M12, 428). Virtually as struck; in gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Hancock, 39 Bruton Street [London], Jeweller & Silversmith £80-£100
Hammer Price: £300
Education, Ootacamund Grammar School, 1861, an engraved silver medal, unsigned, legend around date, rev. nec dextrorsum nec sinistrorsum on scroll, edge named (Good Conduct, George R. Hodgson), 45mm, 44.48g (Pudd. I, –). Virtually as struck, attractively toned, with clip and ring for suspension, very rare; in maroon fitted case by John Biden, Jeweller & Engraver, 37 Cheapside, London £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
Madras Exhibition, 1859, a copper award medal by B. Wyon, laureate bust of Victoria left, rev. female figure seated left beneath palm tree, edge named (Lt Col G.W.Y. Simpson), 63mm (Pudd. 855.4). Some contact marks, otherwise extremely fine, scarce £200-£260
Indian Rifle Association, a bronze award medal, un-named, 37mm; Lahore District Platoon Competition, 1929-30, a silver award medal, 32mm; Madras Volunteer Guards, a white metal award shield, named (Rifle Meeting 1910, The Championship Aggregate won by Corpl A. Bosser, “E” Coy, with 269 Points), 60 x 42mm; Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers, a silver award medal, rev. named (Telephone Cup Competition 1912-13, won by Sgt Frost), 31mm; Rifle Association of Southern India, a bronze medal,...
Army Rifle Association, India, 1921, bronze medals by Pinches (2), 55 and 35mm; Army Rifle Association, a bronze award medal, rev. named (Henry White-Head Cup, Highest Score, Sergts and Cpls, Segt Pee. J., 3rd D. Gds, India, 1922), 38mm; Bombay Contingent, a silver award medal, rev. named (Bombay Light Patrol, A.F.(I.), Shooting Comp., 1936-37, Winner, Pte H.M. Muir), 45mm; B.P.R.A., a silver award shield, engraved (Army v. Volunteers, Meerut 1900), 39 x 36mm; Cossipur Artillery Volunteers,...
Hammer Price: £260
Central Provinces Exhibition, Nagpore, 1865, a bronze medal, 51mm (Pudd. 865.1); Provincial Exhibition, North-Western Provinces, 1867, Drummond Medal of Honor, copper awards after W. Wyon (2), both un-named, 43mm (Pudd. 867.1); Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-4, a brass medalet, 22mm (Pudd. 883.2.4); Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886, bronze medals by L.C. Wyon (2), both 52mm (Pudd. 886.1.2); Minto Fancy Fete, Calcutta, 1907, a copper medal with silver insert, 38 x 31mm...
Mysore Dasara Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition, a silver medal by C.K. Chetty & Sons, Bangalore, pagoda and temple above panels containing scenes of ploughing and spinning, rev. legend within wreath incorporating arms and Mysore emblem, 39mm (Pudd. 948.21 var.). Extremely fine, toned £100-£120
The Maharajah’s Well, 1872, a white metal medal by J. Moore, the Maharajah of Benares seated, servant standing behind, rev. view of the well, 38mm (Pudd. 872.1). About extremely fine, rare £60-£80
General subjects, James Prinsep, 1840, a copper medal by W. Wyon [Calcutta mint, struck after 1843], bust left, rev. frontal elevation of Prinsep’s Ghat, 49mm (Pudd. I, 840.1.3; BHM 1966). Very fine, scarce £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
General subjects, Treaty of Lahore, 1846, a silver medal by G.G. Adams, bust of Viscount Hardinge left, rev. Victory receiving olive-branch from kneeling soldier, 58mm, 84.73g (Pudd. I, 846.1; BHM 2228; E 1404). Graze behind head and a small obverse edge knock at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine, partially toned, rare £150-£200
Viceroy Presentations, Earl of Reading’s Viceroy Presentation Medal for Rifle Shooting [1921], a silver award, unsigned [Calcutta mint], arms and supporters, rev. female Victory standing, holding two wreaths, legend at right, un-named, 51mm, 56.23g (Pudd. V, 960.28.8). Very fine, rare; with loop for suspension £150-£200
Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Regiment, a bronze medal, un-named, 38mm; Bombay Port Trust Docks, a bronze check, rev. stamped 52817, 30mm; Jherriah, a silver medal, engraved (Presented by Karam Singh & Kangji to J.P. Roberts Esq., Asst. Yard Master, Jherriah, 1926), 46mm; Jute Restriction, 1937-8, a silver award medal, un-named, 37mm (Pudd. 935.5 var.); Quetta, a bronze medal, wreath, engraved (R.A.F Quetta 1931), rev. blank, 38mm; Wynberg-Allen School, Mussoorie, a silver award...
Grant Medical College, Bombay, McLennan Medal, a silver award by B. Wyon, bust of John McLennan left, rev. view of the College, edge named (J.B. Farrell 1879), 45mm (Pudd. 855.1). Extremely fine, scarce £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Viceroy Presentations, Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal [1910], type II, a bronze award, unsigned [Hamilton & Co/Calcutta mint], arms and large supporters, rev. legend dividing palm trees, scroll un-named, 51mm (Pudd. I, 910.4.2, not listed in bronze). About extremely fine, rare £100-£150
East India College, Haileybury, Sanskrit prize, c. 1809, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler, standing female wearing elephant’s head adornment, rev. legend in Sanskrit, 37mm (Pudd. 948.1.2; Pollard 32). Some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £200
Allahabad District Exhibition, a copper award medal, unsigned, view of Allahabad Fort, rev. wreath, named (V. Winn, 1910), 45mm (Pudd. 948.22). Very fine and rare; with loop and ring for suspension £100-£120
Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta, a silver award medal, unsigned, ornamental cartouche, engraved (First Prize, Equine Medicine & Surgery), rev. wreath, named (Awarded to S.M. Ismail, 1917), 38mm (Pudd. 948.86). Good very fine, rare; with swivel suspension ring £80-£100
Hammer Price: £190
Agricultural Exhibition, Roorkee, 1864, a copper medal after W. Wyon, 43mm (Pudd. 864.8); Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India, a copper award medal, un-named, 44mm (Pudd. 824.1.3); Agricultural Show, Calcutta, 1864, a copper award medal, un-named, 64mm (Pudd. 864.5); AgriHorticultural Society of Burma, a silver award medal, named (Presented to Mrs Short, 22nd January 1910, for Exhibit of Lemons), 32mm; Calcutta Agricultural Exhibition, 1864, Exhibitor’s Medal, copper, 43mm (Pudd....
Calcutta Exhibition, 1882, a bronze award medal, unsigned, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. wreath, un-named, 43mm (Pudd 882.1.1). Good very fine, rare £100-£120
Rajkumar College, Kathiawad, Macnaghten Medal, a copper award by A. Wyon, bust left, rev. legend within wreath, un-named, 45mm (Pudd. 897.1). Extremely fine, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £180
Jubbulpore Exhibition, 1866, a silver medal by W. Wyon, T. Stokes, and J.L. [?], crowned head of Victoria left, rev. robed female crowning girl and child bearing agricultural gifts, 43mm (Pudd. 866.2). Scuffed, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £150-£180
Hammer Price: £170
Punjab Exhibition of Arts, Produce & Manufacture, [1861], a silver award medal after W. Wyon, crowned head of Victoria left, error legend fid dei, rev. wreath, edge engraved (Engineer), 43mm (Pudd. 861.3). Polished, otherwise about extremely fine, rare; in contemporary fitted case [this slightly damaged] £150-£180
Lord Lawrence, 1882, a copper medal by T. Woolner and J. Moore, bust left, rev. badge of the Order of the Star of India, 51mm (Pudd. 882.2). About as struck £150-£180
Hammer Price: £160
Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Calcutta, a copper award medal by Pinches, ploughing scene, rev. wreath, un-named, 51mm (Pudd. 824.1.2). About as struck, scarce; with suspension bar £100-£120
Lord William Bentinck, a copper medal by Carter, Hardman and Iliffe, bust left, rev. legend, 52mm (Pudd. –). About extremely fine, very rare £100-£120
Bombay Presidency War & Relief Fund, miscellaneous medals in silver (2), base metal (9) (Pudd. –, 917.4.1, 917.4.2) [11]. Varied state; all with clips or rings for suspension £100-£150
General subjects, Treaty of Lahore, 1846, a copper medal by G.G. Adams, from the same dies as previous, 58mm (Pudd. I, 846.1; BHM 2228; E 1404). Very fine, reverse better £70-£90
Education, Doveton College, Calcutta, an engraved silver award medal, inscribed (First Year, F.A. Class), rev. wreath, named (Presented to S.R. Ewing, 1889), 44mm, 28.96g (Pudd. I, –). Cleaned in the past, otherwise extremely fine, with clip and ring for suspension; in blue fitted case by Perry & Co, Watchmakers, Jewellers, Silversmiths [and] Opticians, Lucknow & Naini-Tal [this damp-stained] £90-£120
Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee, a silver award medal, unsigned, lion on plinth within wreath, rev. wreath, named (Sergt J. Taylor, Upper Subordinate Class, Surveying, 1895), 55mm (Pudd. 948.38.9). Scratched below wreath on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, attractively toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £150
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