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Law Student’s Debating Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, bust of Cicero left, rev. legend around wreath, named (R.E. Osborne Legal Debate 1886), 39mm (BDM VI, 548). Swivelling suspension loop, extremely fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £75
Society of the Attorneys & Solicitors of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, arms and greyhound supporters, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Thos. Geo. Quirke at the Competitive Examination, Michaelmas Sittings, 1886), 39mm (Frazer p.195). Obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so, rare £100-£120
Lismore Farming Society, a silver award medal by T. Ottley, farm animals and birds, buildings and church spire in background, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Jos. Reali Esq, Lismount, For Best Pen Short woolled Ewes, 1884), 47mm (cf. T. Millett FPL 2007, 36; cf. Baldwin FPL 1995, 32). Very fine, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Dublin International Exhibition [of] Arts and Manufactures, 1865, a copper award medal by A. Geefs, similar, named (Section II, Bruneel & Co), 75mm (Allen Pt 5; cf. DNW 57, 1316). Extremely fine £100-£150
FOUNDATION of the APPRENTICE Boys of Derry Club, 1814, a white metal medal by W.S. Mossop, bEWIGGED bust of George Walker three-quarters left, rev. city gate of Derry, flying the Union flag, the besiegers being driven away, beyond ships at anchor, 40mm (BHM 855). Small piercing at top, otherwise very fine £40-£50
LOYALIST ASSOCIATION, a copper member’s medal by I.C. Parkes, laureate and draped bust of William III left, rev. crowned Irish harp between crossed trophy flags, 39mm. Very fine, perhaps once gilt £80-£100
Carmichael School of Anatomy, MEDICINE and SURGERY, a bronzed electrotype medal by W.A. Fagan, bust of Richard Carmichael left, rev. legend, 38mm (BHM 2353; Storrer 562; BDM VII, 2). Good very fine and very rare £40-£60
Church of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, bishop’s mitre atop bible and prayer book, rev. wreath, named (Harold’s Cross Young Mens Christian Association…Awarded to S.A.O. FitzPatrick for Oratory, 1887), 44mm. Extremely fine and toned; with clip and ring for suspension £120-£150
Royal Dublin Society, silver award medals (2), named (1st Prize, Three-Yrs-Old Fillies, Class 28, won by James Milling for ‘First Violet’, Horse Show, 1904; Horse Show, 1923, Class 18, Hunter Gelding, 1st Prize Awarded to James Milling for ‘Cahirciveen’), both 51mm; Royal Dublin Society, oval silver award medal after Mossop, named (Horse Show 1949, Class 21, Hunter Mare, First Prize Awarded to Mrs G. Reddy, for ‘Antonia Margherita’), 57 x 47mm [3]. First brilliant and practically...
Hammer Price: £85
Irish Artisans Exhibition, Dublin, 1885, a Royal Dublin Society silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, arms and supporters, rev. harp and Celtic knots, central tablet named (Maguire & Sons, for Sanitary Fittings), 55mm (Went 40; Allen –). Pierced for suspension, very fine, obverse toned £120-£150
LIMERICK DIOCESAN BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, a silver award medal, student at lectern, rev. named (Awarded to J.J. Victor Boyd, 1898), 44mm. Fine, with suspension loop added £30-£40
Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse adapted for the North Wexford and Gorey Poor Law Union Farming Society, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Chas. M. Doyne, Esq, D.L., Wells, for his red cow ‘Shamrock’, calved Nov. 11th 1881, By Mentor, 1887), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 2). Virtually as struck, toned £100-£120
Hammer Price: £95
Waterford Farming SOCIETY, a silver award medal by Ottley, animals in farmyard setting with buildings and hayricks, rev. legend, named (Farm – Between 20 & 50 Acres, First Prize, Michael Carroll, 1865), 51mm. Very fine £120-£150
Royal Dublin Society, Exhibition of Manufactures, 1838, a silver award medal by W.S. Mossop, Minerva seated right, holding cornucopia and spear, rev. named (To Mr E. Sherlock, for 12 Skins of Parchments), 43mm (Went 3; Frazer p.461). Very fine £100-£120
Veterinary Medical Association of Ireland, a silver-gilt award medal by Vaughton, arms within wreath of shamrocks, rev. named (Awarded to J.H.M. Hughes, a Graduate of the Royal Veterinary College of Ireland, for having obtained the highest marks at his final examination, July 1925), 44mm. About extremely fine £80-£100
Clongowes College, a silver medal by J. Woodhouse, frontal elevation of the college, exergue named (Ricardus Ingham, 1867), rev. standing robed figure of Mary, 34mm (Frazer p.204; Went, Heritage 119). About extremely fine, toned, rare; with ring for suspension £100-£150
Upper Ossory Farming Society, a silver award medal by J.C. Parkes, farm animals standing outside a house, trees in right background, farm workers baling hay in left background, rev. named (To William Owen Esq, For the 2nd best Oats, 1845), 43mm. Pierced for suspension, numerous rim nicks and cleaned in the past, otherwise about very fine £120-£150
Waterford Farming Society, a silver award medal by T. Ottley for C.N.B., farm animals, plough and other agricultural implements, buildings and haystacks in background, rev. wreath, named (Collection of Poultry, P.K. Reid Esqr, 1856), 51mm (cf. DNW 68A, 1453; cf. T. Millett FPL 2007, 34-5). A couple of minor edge bruises, otherwise very fine and an early award, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £100
Arthur Jacob, 1860, a copper medal by J. Woodhouse, bust left, rev. legend, 64mm (BHM 2675). Virtually as struck; in original case of issue [this with W. Woodhouse label on the base] £80-£100
Visit of Edward VII and Queen ALEXANDRA, 1903, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, facing crowned bust holding sceptre, rev. harp on shield, 32mm (BHM 3883). Extremely fine £80-£100
LOYALIST OR Free FORESTERS, a silver Maltese Cross, hand of Ulster on leaf cross, L-U-O-F in angles, engraved acanthus leaf scrolls on arms of cross, rev. plain, but with two makers’ marks, HP and W & H, plain edge, suspension bar at top (blue ribbon attached), 52mm. Extremely fine £150-£200
Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, cornucopiæ, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Adam J. Macrory, Esq, Duncairn, Co Antrim, for the best Eighteen Variegated Plants, August 1863), 46mm. Tiny obverse rim nick, otherwise extremely fine and attractive £200-£300
Idrone Farming Society, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, cow, plough and harrow, building at right, other buildings and fields in background, rev. wreath, named (To Edw. Vigors Alcock, Esqr., For the Best Poultry, 1855), 43mm. Extremely fine, obverse most attractively toned, rare £150-£200
The North Great George’s Street School, a silver award medal, seated figure of Minerva, resting on a shield, an owl beside her, rev. named (Nth Gt. George’s St. School Dublin – Revd. J.P. Sargent A.M. Principal – Medal for best General Answering adjudged to W.H. Simons, Decr. 1836), 36mm (cf. Grimshaw, Irish, 150, and British 144). Nearly very fine £200-£300
Royal Dublin SOCIETY, a silver award medal, Hibernia seated with cornucopia and harp, rev. laurel wreath, named (1st Prize Hunter Geldings up to 13 to 14 Stone 5yrs old or over, Class 11, won by Ernest Bellaney, Esq, for ‘Plum’ Horse Show, 1904), 51mm. A little scuffed, nearly extremely fine £30-£40
Horticultural Society of Ireland, a silver award medal, unsigned, cornucopiæ, rev. wreath, named (Presented to Mr Kelly, Having Taken the highest number of First Prizes in the Classes of Fruit at the Exhibitions of 1858), 42mm (Frazer p.618). Very fine, toned £60-£80
Legal and Literary Debating Society, Dublin, a silver award medal, unsigned, crowned arms, rev. wreath, named (First Prize for Oratory Presented to Norris Goddard, Session 1873-74), 39mm. About very fine; with ring for suspension £100-£120
Londonderry District Farming Society, Prize Medal, a silver award by W. Woodhouse, wreath, rev. heads of bull and ram, named (Awarded to H.G. Long Esq, M.D., for obtaining the first Place in the Exhibition of Clover & Grass Crop for 1844), 51mm. Many edge knocks, otherwise fine or better, very rare £150-£200
Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse adapted for the Meath Farming Society, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Alexander Montgomery, Kilmer House, for The Best Boar, 1850), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 2). About extremely fine, toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
RESTORATION of St PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, Dublin, 1864, a copper medal by W.T. Parkes, bust of Benjamin Lee Guinness left, rev. view of the Cathedral, 65mm (BHM –). Struck with a deep rim to protect the high relief, extremely fine £60-£80
Trinity College, Dublin, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Ethicis et Logicis Feliciter Excultis, Alexander O. Hardy, 1914), 39mm; Trinity College Historical Society, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Composition, President’s Medal, J.A.O. Fitzpatrick, Session 1902-03), edge engraved (Replica of Gold Medal Freely Given in the Great War, 1914-1919), 39mm [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £120-£150
Tyrhugh, Bannagh and Boylagh Farmers’ Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, shamrock, rev. named (Presented to Margaret Colvin…for the neatest House, 1826), 37mm (D & W 128/217). Rim knocks, otherwise fine and very rare; with ring for suspension £200-£300
Royal Dublin Society, Robert Boyle Prize, 1899, a copper award medal by A. Wyon, bust right in open shirt, rev. seated figure of Hibernia with spear and shield, 72mm. With suspension loop, extremely fine and extremely rare £100-£150
Royal Dublin Society, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, crowned arms and supporters, rev. wreath, named (Spring Cattle Show, Nathaniel Barton, best Pair of Plough Oxen, 1861), 51mm (Went 16; BDM VI, 548). Two spots on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and toned £80-£100
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Steele Memorial Prize, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, bust of Frederick Steele right, rev. legend, named (J. Courtenay Clarke, 1897), 52mm (Frazer p.203). Rather scuffed, about very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £200-£300
Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by T.W. Ingram after W.H. Lizars, seated Hibernia crowning farmworker with wreath, plough and animals at sides, rev. wreath, named (John G. Coddington, Timolin, 1843), edge impressed (For the Best Five Acres of Thorough Draining in the Ballytore Farming Society), 45mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 1). Some scratching in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, an early award £150-£200
Wexford United Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, cow, plough and harrow, building at right, other buildings and fields in background, rev. named (Frank Cullen, Best Two Shear B.L. Ram, 1873), 43mm. About very fine, uneven reverse tone £100-£120
Hammer Price: £120
Catechetical Examination, 1836, an engraved silver Second Order award medal, named (Adjudged to Maria Jane Mayberry), 48mm. Nearly extremely fine and rare; with loop for suspension £150-£200
Death of SCHOMBERG at the Battle of the Boyne, 1690, a light boxwood medallic draughtsman, from a medal by P.H. Müller, similar, 57mm (MI I, 717/139 (and note); Himmelheber 194; vL IV/9). Very fine, minor ‘striking’ flaw on obverse £150-£200
Battle of Aghrim, 1691, a white metal medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate bust of William III right, rev. Hercules raises club over prostrate Irishman, 37mm (MI II, 32/207). Slight curvature to flan, very fine and very rare £200-£300
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