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Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a copper award by W. & L.C. Wyon, conjoined heads of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (R.G. Tucker, Class IV), 77mm (Allen HP-A025; BHM 2462; E 1456). Minor surface corrosion, otherwise good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, For Services, a copper award medal by W. Wyon, bare head of Prince Albert left, rev. wreath, edge named (Lord Cowley), 48mm (Allen HP-A050; BHM 2465). Good very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor's Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon, bust of Prince Albert left, rev. globe within wreath, edge named (United Kingdom. Class 22. No. 570), 44mm (Allen HP-A055; BHM 2463). Good very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £60
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, Diedrich Uhlhorn’s Coining Press, 1851, a copper medal, unsigned, 37mm (Allen C340; BHM 2471; E 1464); International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper medal by C. Schnitzpahn and J. Wiener for H. Uhlhorn, 41mm (Allen 230; BHM 2743; Taylor 182u; E 1556); James Watt & Co, 1871, a copper medal by J. Moore, 39mm (BHM 2922; E 1617); Taylor & Challen Ltd, Birmingham, 1902, a silver medal, 32mm (Hawkins p.470); GERMANY, Uhlhorn Manufactory, 1876, a...
Hammer Price: £750
Death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852, a white metal medal by J. Hinks, 55mm (Eimer 139; BHM 2487); copper medals (2) by T.R. Pinches, 52mm (Eimer 141; BHM 2489); a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 51mm (Eimer 143; BHM 2476); white metal medals (2), unsigned [by Allen & Moore], 26mm (Eimer 171; BHM 2481) [6]. Very fine or better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £130
Opening of the Blantyre Suspension Bridge, 1853, a white metal medalet, unsigned, 20mm (E 1477); Opening of the Second Tay Bridge, 1887, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (BHM 3350; E 1741); Forth Bridge Opened, 1890, medals (2), unsigned, in bronze and white metal, both 35mm (BHM 3400; Brodie 306); Forth Bridge, a brass medalet, rev. Sir Walter Scott’s Monument, 19mm; The Forth Road and Rail Bridges, 1990, a bronze medal, unsigned, for Acer Freeman Fox, 44mm; The Forth Railway Bridge, a...
Visit of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie to England, 1855, a white metal medal by J. Pinches, 42mm (W & E 697; BHM 2564). Good extremely fine; housed in original Pinches & Co brass shells, scarce in this condition £40-£60
Hammer Price: £70
Death of Lord Raglan, 1855, a white metal medal, unsigned, funerary plinth, rev. military encampment in Crimea, 41mm (BHM 2570; E 1495). Very slightly bent, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £60-£80
£60–£80
North Dublin & Fingal Farming Society, a silver prize medal by I.C. Parkes, farmyard scene, rev. named (To E. Atkinson Esq, for the 2nd best pen of five Shearling Ewes, Sepr 28th 1859), 40mm, 24.27g. Lightly polished, otherwise good very fine and toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £200
Review of the Scottish Volunteers, 1860, a white metal medal by G. Dowler, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. Highland soldier standing, 44mm (W & E 813A.1; BHM 2685). About extremely fine £50-£70
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, For Services, a copper award by W. Wyon, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. wreath, edge named (The Duke of Buckingham & Chandos), 55mm (Allen SK-A015; BHM 2755A; E 1554). Extremely fine, rare; in fitted case £300-£400
Hammer Price: £900
International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, London, 1873, a gilt white metal medal by G.T. Morgan after J. Gamble, bust of the Prince of Wales left, rev. façade of buildings, edge named (J. Snowdon Henry M.P., For Services), 70mm (BHM 2964; E 1622). A few small corrosion spots, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £40
Alexander II of Russia, Visit to London, 1874, a bronze medal by C. Wiener for the Corporation of the City of London, uniformed bust left, rev. Alexander and Londinia standing, winged Peace behind, 77mm (Diakov 807.1; BHM 2981; E 1634). Lightly cleaned at one time, otherwise about extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Visit of the Fleet to Sunderland, 1874, a brass medal, unsigned, 30mm (BHM 2988); Army Temperance Medal, India, 1897, a silver medal, unsigned, 35mm; Borough of Newark, Transvaal Soldiers’ Fund, 1900, a bronze medal by Vaughton, 32mm; Army Temperance Association, Queen Victoria Memorial, 1901, a silver medal, unsigned, 35mm; National Rifle Association Jubilee, 1909, a bronze medal, unsigned, 38mm [5]. Very fine or better; first pierced, two others with suspension loops £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Nottingham School Board Swimming Association/New Trent Bridge, c. 1875, a copper award medal for 440 Yards, named (T.H. Orton), 50mm; Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, Ilkley Bridge, 1897, a gilt white metal medal by H.B. Sale, 32mm (W & E 3410V.1); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, Hebden Bridge, a white metal medal by T. Pope, 38mm (C & W 4502C.1); George V, Coronation, Hebden Bridge, 1911, a white metal medal by Fattorini, 38mm (W & E 5095G.1); Freeing of the Toll Bridge, Gainsborough, 1932, an...
Hammer Price: £75
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, a silver prize medal by Kirkwood & Son, rev. named (To William Duthie Collynie, For Shorthorn Bull, Formartine, 1880), 35mm; Royal Veterinary College, Centenary, 1891, a silver medal, unsigned, rev. named (A.E. Clarke), 41mm; The Kennel Club, a silver prize medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 57mm; Anerley Poultry Show, a bronze prize medal by Pinches, un-named, 50mm; The Poultry Club, Middlesex Branch, a bronze prize medal by L. Simpson, un-named,...
Worshipful Company of Coach Makers and Coach Harness Makers, a bronze award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, rev. named (Third Prize, to John H. Johnson of Newcastle on Tyne, for Drawings of Carriages to Scale, 1881), 58mm; a silver award medal, similar, rev. named (First Prize, to John H. Johnson of Newcastle on Tyne, for Working Drawings to Scale, 1882), 58mm [2]. Extremely fine and about extremely fine; each in fitted case by Wyon, 287 Regent Street £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, a silver medal by J.C. Wyon & J. Pinches, diademed and veiled head of Victoria left, rev. globe flanked by two standing female figures, 46mm (BHM 3175). Lightly cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
International Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, un-named, 46mm, 46.08g (W & E 1497A.1; BHM 3198; E 1715; Allen Pt 3). Of bright appearance, about extremely fine £80-£100
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, bare head left, rev. legend in wreath, 52mm (W & E 1514A.1; BHM 3209; E 1725). Good extremely fine; in fitted case by Ralph Heaton & Sons, The Mint, Birmingham £70-£90
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Of bright appearance, fields prooflike but lightly hairlined, good extremely fine; in case of issue £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, similar, 77mm (W & E 2000A.1; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Extremely fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a uniface trial striking in bronze by Sir J.E. Boehm, bust of Victoria left wearing small crown, victoria d g regina et imperatrix, signed j.e. boehm on truncation, 120mm (cf. Dyer and Stocker pl. 2, 16). About extremely fine and presumably extremely rare; mounted on maroon velvet in a contemporary glazed gilt wooden frame; the paper on the reverse inscribed ‘A bronze Medallion Modelle[d] by the late Sir J. Edgar Boehm Bart R.A., Sculptor [in] Ordinary to...
Hammer Price: £550
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Sir Alfred Gilbert], for the Art Union of London, crowned bust right, rev. ship sailing left, cherub at prow and angel standing at stern, 63mm (W & E 2150; BHM 3246; E 1735). Reverse edge knock at 11 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £800-£900
Hammer Price: £950
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a white metal medal, unsigned, 33mm (W & E 2682A.1); Diamond Jubilee, 1897, silver and bronze (2) medals by G.W. de Saulles, 26mm, 55mm (W & E 3000A.1, 3000A.3); a bronze medal by H. Grueber, 32mm (W & E 3125A.2) [5]. Varied state; two in cases of issue £80-£100
Opening of Victoria Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, 1887, a white metal medal by Pinches, 36mm (W & E 2320A.1; BHM 3281); Completion of the Newcastle Tramways Extension, 1923, a plated bronze medal by Lomax, 51mm (BHM 4180; E 1982); ‘Tyneside Line’ Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a bronzed impression of the company’s Seal, 55mm; together with a modern aged copy of the 1830 medal by T.W. Ingram for the opening of the Middlesbrough Branch Railway, 45mm (cf. BHM 1464; E 1227) [4]. Very fine and...
National Art Training School, South Kensington, Queen’s Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. legend in four lines, wreath around, edge named (Annie Baker, Stage 17B, 1888), 50mm (BHM 3049). Lightly cleaned at one time and now re-toned, otherwise extremely fine; in fitted case £100-£120
Opening of the Forth Bridge, 1890, a bronze medal by L.C. Lauer, view of bridge, rev. legend in twelve lines, 65mm (BHM 3399; Moyaux 42; E 1754). Obverse very fine but scuffed in upper field, reverse better, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Woodside, Exhibition of Industry & Art, 1891, a silver medal, unsigned, three figures, one standing, one seated, one reclining, rev. wreath, named (James Innes, 1891), 32mm; Edinburgh, Scottish & National Exhibition, 1898-1899, a gilt-silver medal, unsigned, Scottish arms with supporters, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Palethorpes Limited, Glasgow, Potted Meats & Sausages), 45mm [2]. First holed at top otherwise fine and rare, second good very fine £60-£80
Ireland’s Army of Independence, 1891, a white metal medal by Johnson, bust of Parnell left, rev. legend in six lines, 27mm. Good fine, polished; with integral suspension loop £80-£100
Hammer Price: £300
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the City of London, 1893, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts left, rev. Duke and Duchess in biga driven by Cupid, being presented with a cornucopia by Londinia, 76mm (W & E 1763A.1; BHM 3452; E 1780). Some minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
Winchester College, 500th Anniversary, 1893, a bronze medal by G. Frampton, William of Wykeham seated facing, surrounded by pupils, rev. view of the College chapel, arms to right, 76mm (BHM 3464). About extremely fine £60-£80
Cinque Ports, 1893, Lord Warden’s Prize Medal, a silver award, unsigned, crowned arms with supporters, rev. order chain, heart in centre, crossed flags behind, coronet above, un-named, 51mm. Extremely fine; in fitted case by Wyon, 287 Regent Street, London £200-£260
Hammer Price: £700
Dunlop Agricultural Society, a silver prize medal by J. Cameron & Son, rev. named (Presented to Dunlop Agricultural Society by Mr Allan Kirkwood, for the Best One-Year Old Quey), hallmarked Birmingham 1896, 47mm; Houston & Kilallan Agricultural Society, 1927, a silver prize medal by J. Moore, rev. named (Presented By A.A. Hagart Speirs, Esq., for the Best Animal of the Ayrshire Breed), 45mm [2]. Good very fine and better £60-£80
City and Guilds of London Institute, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon for Pinches, named (Percy Claude Cameron Isherwood, Alkali Manufacture, 1st Prize, 1896), 51mm (E 1764); together with other medals (8), mostly base metal [9]. Varied state £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
British Dairy Farmers’ Association, a bronze medal, unsigned, edge named (Awarded to J. Glazard, for Single Gloster Cheese, 1896), 47mm; another, similar, edge named (Awarded to J. Skillman, for Skim-Milk Brown Bread, 1896), 47mm; a bronze medal, unsigned and un-named, 55mm; Suffolk Sheep Society, a bronze medal by Elkington & Co., 48mm; Master Bakers & Confectioners Society, a gilt-white metal medal, undated, named (J. Skillman, for Self Raising Flour), 25mm; Agricultural Reward, a bronze...
Hammer Price: £180
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, diademed veiled bust left, rev. young head left, 55mm (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506). Dark tone, extremely fine; in case of issue £100-£120
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, diademed veiled bust left, rev. young head left, 55mm (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506). Cleaned, small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine; in case of issue £80-£100
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, medals (3) by G.W. de Saulles, in silver (2), 83.75g, 83.61g and bronze, veiled bust left, rev. young bust left, all 55mm (W & E 3000; BHM 3506; E 1817a) [3]. Extremely fine, first toned; all in Royal Mint cases of issue £200-£260
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 26mm (BHM 3506); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm (BHM 3737); together with other Victorian and Edwardian medals (11), all base metal [13]. First two extremely fine and cased as issued, others in varied state £80-£100
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