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16 December 2003
Hartley Colliery Medal 1862, obverse: an angel looks on, as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from the rubble; reverse inscription in raised letters, ‘Presented to those who risked their own lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow workmen buried in Hartley Colliery, January 1862’ (Thomas Hetherington), 51mm., silver, fitted with ring suspension, together with separate but original silver straight bar suspension and buckle, in J. S. Wyon, London case of issue,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Bank Colliery Medal 1866, a superb 65mm., silver medallion by Ottley, Birmingham, obverse: draped bust of Queen Victoria, left, in high relief; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel is engraved, ‘Presented to Adam Eckusley, by the Little Hulton Relief Committee, for his heroic conduct in rescuing at the risk of his own life, his fellow Workmen at the Bank Colliery Explosion, Decr. 10th 1866’, nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £980
Cannock Chase Coal Owners Rescue Briagades L.S. Medal, for 5 years, 1 clasp, 10 Years, (Smallman, S. J.), 32mm., silver, complete with brooch bar; Cannock Chase Coal Owners Rescue Competition Medal (1935 A. V. Homer), 32mm., silver-gilt, extremely fine (2) £60-80
Hammer Price: £120
Edinburgh Central Mining Rescue Station Proficiency Medal (James Brown, Newcraighall Colliery Brigade), oval, 29 x 21mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1946, in Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh case of issue, extremely fine; Edinburgh Mine Rescue Station Medal, obverse: rescuer in breathing apparatus carrying an injured miner, engraved, ‘Edinburgh Mine Rescue Station’; reverse inscribed, ‘Nisbet Campbell, Arniston No. 1 Team, 27.10.28’, edge inscribed, ‘Presented by Messrs. Siebe...
Hammer Price: £220
Lancashire & Cheshire Coal Owners Rescue Station Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘Joseph Yates’, 27mm., silver, complete with brooch bar; Brierley Rescue Station Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘ Ferrymoor Colliery, March 1925, W.H. Fairbotham’, 30 x 22mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1924; N.C.B. Mines Rescue Service 10 Years L.S. Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘J. H. Ogley, Wath Rescue Station’, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1950, very fine and better (3) £40-50
Hammer Price: £140
North Staffs Colliery Owners Rescue Team Medal, by Fattorini, Bradford, reverse inscribed, ‘Samuel Jackson’, 33 x 29mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, some enamel damage; Monmouthshire Coal Owners Association Rescue Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘J. Jenkins’, 35 x 27mm., gilt metal and enamel, very fine (2) £30-40
Hammer Price: £85
An Animal Life-saving pair to Private T. Leddie, Army Service Corps R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Awarded to Pte. Thomas Leddie, A.S.C., February 1919), complete with ‘Humanity’ brooch bar; Our Dumb Friends League Medal, heart-shaped, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded to Pte. Thomas Leddie, Royal Army Service Corps, May 1919’, in W. C. Lewis, Birmingham case of issue, good very fine and better (2) £300-400
Hammer Price: £520
R.S.P.C.A. Meritorious Service Medal, silver (G. S. Browne Esq., C.M.G. - 1938), with ribbon, slight edge bruise, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
R.S.P.C.A. Long Service Medal, bronze (Insp. Hawkins, C.) , with ribbon, extremely fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £90
Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by A. Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse inscription in raised letters (name, college and date engraved), ‘Presented to Master Thomas Clark (Fettes College) For the Best Essay on Humanity to Animals, January 1873’, 51mm., silver medallion, good very fine £80-120
Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by A. Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse engraved, ‘Presented to Inspector H. Angus, S.S.P.C.A. for energy, skill, tact and devotion displayed as humane slaughter demonstrator prior to and since the introduction of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928.’, 51mm., silver medallion, in J. Sanderson, Edinburgh case of issue, extremely fine £150-200
£150–£200
Belfast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse inscription in raised letter (name and year engraved), ‘To Sub Constable William Henry Man, 1872, for Humanity to Animals’, 35mm., silver, unmounted, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £500
Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse inscription in raised letters (naming details engraved), ‘To Guard A. G. Henry, 11846, Dublin, 1934 for Humanity to Animals’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Dublin 1934, unmounted, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £260
Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse inscription in raised letters (name, date and locality engraved), ‘To Con. Hamilton Hemingway, R.I.C., Lucan, Co. Dublin, 1912 for Humanity to Animals’, 35mm., bronze, with straight bar suspension, good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £310
National Canine Defence League Medal (T James Alfred Quick, for Saving a Dog, 1924), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1923, complete with brooch bar, in Vaughton, Birmingham case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £230
Our Dumb Friends League Blue Cross Medal, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Bess for the very great help she gives to the cause of charity’, 36mm., bronze, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £130
Four: Leading Mechanic A. J. L. Fillery, Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (F.10279 L.M., R.N.A.S.), first with official correction to number and initials; Life Saving Society, National Life Saving Competition Medal, 34mm., silver, hallmark for Birmingham 1903, reverse inscribed, ‘L. Fillery, Oct. 31st 1903’, with brooch bar inscribed, ‘London’; another, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘L. Fillery, Nov. 5th 1902’, with brooch bar inscribed, ‘Manchester’;...
Hammer Price: £80
Royal Life Saving Society, Award of Merit (7), all hallmarked silver, 1st type (K. D. Russell, 19th Nov. 1910); 2nd type (3) (R. C. Souter, 1921; L. Winden, 1928; L. H. Jones, 1929), second in case of issue; 3rd type (2) (D. Robertson, 1932, R. A. Mathews, 1933); 4th type (M. M. Dunlop, 1941), extremely fine (7) £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
Life Saving Society, Proficiency Medal, bronze (Gertrude E. Hole), in case; Competition Medal (2), hallmarked silver (L.S.S.A. Life Saving Girls Championships 1901 won by D. Osborne; L.P.T.S.A. Life Saving Competition won by Maud E. Quilter, 1903); Royal Life Saving Society, Distinguished Service Medal, silver and enamel (E. Wilson, 1928); Proficiency Medal (2), bronze, 1st type (C. H. Russell, July 1908); 6th type (S. Frank, Dec. 1950); Bronze Cross, 1st type (J. M. S. Ross, Dec. 1949);...
Hammer Price: £65
Humane Society of Massachusetts, designed by C. Schollay, dies engraved by C. C. Wright, obverse; ‘Humane Society of Massachusetts, Instituted, 1785’, a house by the shore bearing the word, ‘Succour’, with men in the foreground bringing in a lifeboat and with a wrecked sailing ship in the background; reverse in raised lettering, ‘Honor The Reward of Merit, Courage and Perseverance’, and engraved, ‘To James Gibb, 1st Mate of Ship Three Bells of Glasgow for meritorious conduct on...
Humane Society of Massachusetts, by B. Wyon, London, obverse, ‘Humane Society Massachusetts’, shield bearing the arms of the Society, above, a house with a scroll below bearing the word, ‘Refuge’, below the shield on a scroll the date ‘1791’; reverse engraved, ‘To John T. Quinn for rescuing two children from a burning house, East Boston, April 8 1891’, enclosed below by branches of laurel and above with inscription in raised lettering, ‘Honor Virtutis Præmium’, 57mm.,...
£300–£400
Ashton-under-Lyne Special Constabulary L.S. Medal, bronze open-work badge, unnamed, complete with integral brooch bar, good very fine £20-30
Birkenhead Constabulary Diamond Jubilee Good Service Medal, obverse: Queen Victoria, conjoined busts, ‘young’ and ‘old’ heads (G. S. Oldham, Chairman Watch Committee), 37mm., silver, with silver brooch bar, in Oldfield, Liverpool case of issue, extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
Birmingham Special Constabulary L.S. Medal 1916, bronze open-work badge, reverse inscribed, ‘J. Taylor’, with integral brooch bar, plus ribbon, good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £30
Blackpool Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal, obverse; coat-of-arms; reverse, inscribed, ‘For Services Rendered, Constable 35 A. Ernill’, 25mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, good very fine £70-90
City of Bradford Special Constabulary Medal, obverse: coat of arms; reverse inscribed, ‘To Chas. S. Kidmore, Stipendiary Magistrate from J. L. Magerison, Chief Special Constable, June 8th 1907’, 30mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1906, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £360
Bolton Borough Police Good Service Medal (P.C.116 Joseph Goulding, appointed 4.3.97), reverse engraved, ‘Presented by Watch Committee, March 1922’, 36mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, with ribbon, lacquered, good very fine £120-160
Bristol City Police Good Service Medal, 1 clasp, Twenty Two Years (Sgt. T. Smith), 36mm., silver, with ribbon, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Cardiff City Special Police Great War Medal 1914-19, 31mm., bronze, unnamed, with ribbon, very fine £40-50
City of Coventry Special Constabulary L.S. Medal 1914, reverse inscribed, ‘C. B. Odell’, 31mm., silver, with integral brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £40-50
Corporation of Dundee Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal 1914-19, reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Corporation of Dundee to Harry J. Cutler, Special Constable in acknowledgement of services rendered’, 38mm., frosted silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, with brooch bar inscribed, ‘2 Years’, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Edinburgh City Special Constabulary L.S. Medal, bronze open-work badge, unnamed, complete with integral brooch bar, extremely fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £40
City of Exeter Police Medal for Long Service and Efficiency, 2 clasps (loose) Twenty Two Years, Twenty Seven Years, 36mm., silver, with faint hallmarks for Birmingham 1936, extremely fine £120-160
Corporation of Glasgow Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal 1914-19, reverse inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Corporation of Glasgow to Adam Brown, Special Constable in Acknowledgement of Services Rendered’, 26mm., silver, hallmarked, complete with integral ‘2 Years’ brooch bar; City of Glasgow Police Athletics Club Medal, oval, 37 x 25mm., silver with gold coat-of-arms to obverse, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, reverse inscribed, ‘G.P.A.C....
Hammer Price: £50
Glasgow Police Medal, obverse: coat-of-arms; reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Ewan McDonald by the officers and men of B. Division on his retiral on pension from Glasgow Police, 1.7.08’, 35 x 26mm., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1907, good very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £70
Pair: Police Constable J. McKenzie, Goven Burgh Police Coronation 1911, Scottish Police (P.C.); Goven Burgh Police Good Service Medal, 1 clasp (blank), (J. McKenzie), 36mm., silver, good very fine and better, scarce (2) £250-300
Hammer Price: £350
Govan Police Sports Medal, obverse: national and local emblems; reverse: ‘Govan Police Sports Instituted MDCCCXCIV’ (J. Simpson, Glasgow), 36mm., silver,extremely fine £25-35
Hammer Price: £25
Gravesend Special Police Medal 1914-18, obverse: coat-of-arms, reverse inscribed, ‘C. B. Gilbert, European War, 1914-18’, 27mm., silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, good very fine £45-55
Burgh of Greenock Special Constabulary Medal, obverse: quay-side and sailing ship; reverse inscribed in raised letters (name engraved) ‘Greenock Special Constable R. McGibbon’, with ‘3 Years’ brooch bar, 32mm., frosted silver, hallmark indistinct, extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £210
County Borough of Grimsby Police Good Conduct Medal, reverse engraved, ‘Presented by the Watch Committee Oct. 1925’ (Constable William Foster), 36mm., silver, mounted as worn, extremely fine, scarce £120-160
Hammer Price: £160
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