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Extraction of Gold from Bullion Captured in the First China War, 1842, a gold medalet, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], crown above this gold discovered in sycee silver, etc, rev. the rt hon w gladstone master, etc, 16mm, 1.54g (BHM 2070; cf. BDW 1, 618). Trifling hairlines and a striking flaw on the obverse rim at 11 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,250
Foundation Stone of the New Royal Exchange Laid, 1842, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 54mm (W & E 326.1; BHM 2072; Taylor 146a); International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper medal by Pinches, 42mm (Allen B200; BHM 2739), a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, edge named (West of England Soap Company, Class IV), 77mm (Allen A1; BHM 2747; E 1553); International Exhibition of Fine Arts, London, 1874, a copper medal, named (Harry Edward Mitchell, Catalogue No. 4124, etc), 51mm (BHM...
Hammer Price: £190
Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners’ Benevolent Society, 1843, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 44mm (BHM 2110; E 1376); Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (R.A.C.A.S., Medal for Greatest Number of Marks, 76, Won by G.F. Heath, Apl. 8th, 1880), 42mm; Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, un-named, 52mm (BHM 3209; E 1725; Pudd. 886.1.2); Royal Engineers, Armstrong Memorial Prize, 1902, a silver award by F. Bowcher,...
Hammer Price: £150
Perth, Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan Agricultural Association, award medals (4), in silver and copper (3), all unsigned [by Garrard & Co], all 55mm (Brodie –); Glasgow Agricultural Society (Inst. 1851), copper award medals (2), unsigned [by Muirhead & Kirkwood], un-named, both 45mm (Brodie 83); Caithness Agricultural Society, Centenary Show, 1934, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (Cross Polled Cattle, 2nd Class…won by Donald Robertson, Braeval), 45mm; Tercentenary of the...
Hammer Price: £140
Visit of Victor Emanuel II to the City of London, 1855, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, 76mm (W & E 717.1; BHM 2567; E 1499); Visit of George I of Greece to London, 1880, a copper medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, 76mm (W & E 1372.1; BHM 3077; E 1668); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a copper medal by A. Scharff for the Corporation of the City of London, 80mm (W & E 2340.1; BHM 3284; E 1732) [3]. Very fine or better £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1859, in silver, by W. Wyon, named (Robert Butter, Steam, 1872), 38mm (Eimer –); together with other award medals in silver (2), base metal (5), mostly relating to Scotland [8]. First nearly extremely fine and scarce but polished, others very fine or better; all but two cased as issued £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
A Medal awarded to the designer of Tower Bridge, London International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1874, a bronze award medal by G.T. Morgan, bust of Prince Albert left, rev. façade of buildings, named (Horace Jones, V.P.R.I.B.A, for Services), 52mm (BHM 2992; E 1633; Taylor 180b). Mint state, a rare medal by association; in maroon case of issue by George Morgan, 144 Finboro Road, London £100-200
Hammer Price: £110
Opening of Firth Park, Sheffield, 1875, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (W & E 1275.1); Visit of Edward VII to Sheffield University, 1905, a white metal medal by Spink, 40mm (W & E 4885.1, die 2; BHM 3909); together with other miscellaneous medals, tokens, etc (83), mostly in base metal, including a range of religious medals [85]. Varied state; sold with some related background information £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
Erasmus Smith School, Tipperary, a silver award medal by J. Woodhouse, head of Minerva left, engraved (Tipperary School, Rev. W.R. Lindesay, Head Master, 1880), rev. arms over anchor within palm wreath, named (Arthur Scott, Head of lower 4th form), 44mm (cf. D & W 221/155; cf. Went, Heritage, 134-5; Spencer 1212). Virtually as struck and attractively toned £200-250
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum, 1885, a white metal medal by W.O. Lewis, 46mm (BHM 3187; E 1714); a copper medalet of Gordon and Khartoum, 17mm; Visit of Edward VII to the Royal Engineers Balloon School, Farnborough, 1907, a bronze medal by A. Fenwick, 32mm (W & E 4920.2; BHM 3697); together with miscellaneous white metal medals (2) [5]. Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Central Banffshire Farmers Club Show, Keith, 1885, an engraved silver medal, named (Special Prize Awarded to Adam Peterson, for Best Kept Harness and Groomed Horses), 39mm; Golden Jubilee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, 1888, a copper medal by Edward & Sons, 75mm (Brodie 418); Scottish Arboricultural Society (Inst. 1854), award medals (3), in silver and copper (2), unsigned, named (Awarded to A.T. Williamson, Corstorphine, for Report on the Creation of Leasehold Timber Farms,...
Hammer Price: £95
Four Generations, Penny-size medals (2), by Grueber, for Remington Typewriters, both 1896, Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (3, one with rev. Imperial Hotel, Winnipeg); smaller, uniface, cupro-nickel, 21mm (4); for the Cyclorama, Sydney [Australia]; other related base metal medals (6), by Birmingham Mint, Britannia Stamping Co, Spink etc (Giordano 2, –, 3a, 4, 5a, 6, 7, 7.1, 8a, 8c, 15) [16]. Very fine and better, some scarce £100-150
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1897, a brass star with photographic centre of 'Four Generations'; a set of bronze card counters by W. Comyns (4), c. 1900, including Prince Edward (Giordano 10, 14a-d); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, a silver medal by W. Goscombe John, 35mm (Giordano 23b; BHM 4079; E 1925); together with other base metal medals relating to the Investiture, Coronation, Visits to Canada, Australia, etc (10) (Giordano 27, 28b, 31a, 33, 36b, 40a, 47a, 48b, 50b) [16]. Card...
Hammer Price: £90
Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, a group of award medals by Kirkwood (23), in silver (12), 44mm (4), named (James Paterson, Mill of Drumnahoy…1900; Messrs. W. & E. Innes…for Aberdeen Angus Bull, Huntly, 1939; Messrs. R. & G. Young…for Clydesdale Mare, Huntly, 1939; A. Johnston…Oban, 1948); 35mm, named (Miss Jeannie Fraser, West Middlefield, for Oat Cakes, 1910); 29mm (7), named (To Alexr. Kevan, Inch, for Ploughing, 1877; William Jackson, Carroll Side, for Ploughing,...
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 56mm (W & E 4100.4; BHM 3737; E 1871a); Death of Winston Churchill, 1965, a silver medal by F. Kovacs for Spink, 39mm (Engstrom 30; E 2104b); Sir Francis Chichester, 1967, silver-gilt medals by P. Vincze for Spink (2), 57 and 38mm (E 2113a, 2113b); Final Voyage of RMS Queen Elizabeth, 1968, a bronze medal by Netonia Tarbox Ltd, London, 39mm (E 2114); Launch of the Sea Cadet Training Corps Brig T.S. Royalist by Princess Anne,...
Hammer Price: £160
George V, Coronation, 1911, Worcestershire, a silver medal by T. Halliday, conjoined busts left, rev. pear tree laden with fruit, comitatus wigorniensis, 64mm (W & E 5075.2; BHM 4042; E 1923). Cleaned at some time, otherwise good very fine, scarce £120-150
£120–£150
Durham Football Association, Challenge Cup Winners, 1914-15, a gold fob engraved ‘C.A.C’ on reverse, 9ct, 12.64g; together with other sporting fob-type gold medals (3), all 9ct, total wt 19.82g; other medals (6) [10]. Varied state £200-300
Sinking of the S.S. Lusitania, 1915, English copies of the medal by K. Goetz in iron (2), both 55mm (E 1941Ab) [Lot]. Very fine; mounted in a glazed frame with a card box of issue £100-150
£100–£150
Kelsall & Kemp, Rochdale, and Lingholm House, Portinscale, silver Long Service badges by Spink (3), c. 1920, for 15 Years (2), both 38mm, and 5 Years, 25mm (Farthing –); together with a badge by Edwards & Bryning Ltd, Rochdale, enclosing a portrait photograph of George Kemp [4]. Very fine and better, extremely rare; the badges in original black cases of issue £100-150
Empire Day, uniface portrait trial strikes (2) by Pinches, in bronze, bare head left, 35mm (cf. Giordano 79), in bronze gilt, 27mm (Giordano 80b); together with other base metal medals for Royal Visits, 1923 (4), British Empire Exhibition, 1924 (4, one gilt), by Pinches, Gaunt, etc (Giordano 70, 71, 83a, 83b, 86b, 86.1a) [10]. Very fine to extremely fine, first two rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, bronze medals by C.L.J. Doman (2), both 76mm (BHM 4132; E 2008); together with George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, official silver medals (4, one large); George VI, Coronation, 1937, official South African issue medals (2), silver and bronze [8]. Extremely fine or better; all in cases of issue £150-200
The Three Kings of 1936, a set of three silver medals by Turner & Simpson, all 51mm (Giordano 359a-c) [3]. Extremely fine, with original card inset; in red leather case of issue £100-150
The Three Kings of 1936, a set of three plated bronze medals by Turner & Simpson, all 51mm (Giordano 359a-c); together with a similar set of bronze medals, all 51mm (Giordano CM 359a-c) [6]. Extremely fine; in red leather cases of issue [second slightly damaged] £100-150
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, medals by A. Fenwick (2), crowned bust right, revs. inscription within wreath (Giordano 197a), Coronation scene (Giordano 204), both 51mm; together with smaller base metal medals and medalets by Fenwick (11), various sizes (Giordano 195c, 196a, 200a, 200b, 201c, 203b, 203c) [13]. Many extremely fine, some scarce £100-150
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, medals by J. Moore (4), in silver, 32mm (Giordano 236), in white metal (3), 32mm, 28mm (Giordano 242, 244 var; BHM 4311, –); medals by J. Pinches (6), in silver (2), bronze (2), 35 and 28mm (Giordano 246-7; BHM 4291), plated bronze (?), bronze, 35mm (Giordano 252) [10]. Mostly extremely fine, some scarce, first not listed in silver £100-150
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, medals by H.B. Sale (3), in white metal, plated bronze (2), 50mm, 38mm (Giordano 256-7; BHM 4295), by Spink (2), both cupro-nickel, 33mm (Giordano 260a, 261a; BHM 4302, –); together with other medalets (7), by Stokes & Martin, Stratton, Tiptaft, Turner & Simpson (Giordano 264, 267b, 269, 270a, 274a) [12]. Many extremely fine, some scarce £100-150
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a plated bronze medal by L. Hujer, bust left, rev. vivat crescat, etc, 81mm (Giordano 300; BHM 4289; E 2042). Extremely fine, rare £100-150
Centenary of the Universal Postal Union, 1974, a gold stamp replica of the £1 Postal Union Congress 1929, by Hallmark, numbered 23 of a mintage of 3,000, 22ct, 40.23g; together with a 9ct wedding ring, a 9ct signet ring and a pair of gold ladies’ ear-rings, total wt. 6.67g [Lot]. First as made, others in varied state £700-800
Hammer Price: £600
Bicentenary of the Birth of Sir Humphry Davy, 1978, a cast bronze medal, unsigned [by Susan Watson for the Royal Mint], bust three-quarters left, rev. Davy safely lamp, 122mm (SCMB June 1978, p.169; cf. Baldwin Auction 74, lot 1829, recté S. Watson). Extremely fine and very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £75
50th Anniversary of Amy Johnson’s Solo Flight to Australia, 1980, a cast bronze medal, unsigned [by Susan Fuller for the Royal Mint], facing bust in flying cap, rev. aerial montage, 117mm (SCMB June 1981, pp.169-70). Extremely fine, rare £100-150
Sheep Moor II, 1982, a cast bronze medal by R. Dutton for BAMS, open furrowed landscape, horizon high, etc, rev. sheep grazing on moonlit landscape, 78mm (Attwood 4; E 2141; Shepherd Coll. 4). Extremely fine, a pleasing abstract low relief image; the inaugural BAMS medal £100-150
Charles Dickens, 1983, a bronze medal by R. Searle for BAMS [Birmingham Mint], facing bust, draped, rev. standing figure of Dickens leaning against a pile of books, 68mm (Attwood 11; E 2144; Shepherd Coll. 11). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £120
Samuel Pepys, 1984, a bronze medal by R. Searle for BAMS [Birmingham Mint], draped bust three-quarters left, head facing, rev. standing figure of Pepys taking a bow, 70mm (Attwood 20; Shepherd Coll. 19). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £65
Head, 1984, an oval cast bronze medal by J. Kalmár for BAMS, juxtaposition of facing and profile head, rev. artist’s monogram, 97 x 66mm (Attwood 21; Shepherd Coll. 20). Extremely fine, a tactile image £100-150
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Virginia Woolf – a Room of One’s Own, 1989, a cast bronze medal by Leonda Finke for BAMS, Woolf admiring the stem of a flowering plant, rev. naked standing female in portico, 94 x 79mm, edge stamped 40 (Attwood 59; Shepherd Coll. 53). Extremely fine £100-150
Homage to Collectors, 1990, a cast bronze medal by J. Lobban for BAMS [Royal Mint], magpie holding a likeness of a Renaissance medal at left, squirrel burying treasure at right, rev. gentleman in frock-coat running left, gathering treasures in a butterfly net, 100mm, edge stamped 72 (Attwood 66; Shepherd Coll. 59). Extremely fine £100-150
The Muse and the Mother, 1990, a cast bronze and gilt medal by Marian Fountain for BAMS, naked muse to front, holding life cord as a skipping rope, rev. naked female with life cord entangled in her baby in foreground, 115 x 98mm (Attwood 72; Shepherd Coll. 65). Extremely fine £150-200
The Parma, 1991, a cast bronze medal by M. Appleby for BAMS [Niagara Falls], crafted in the shape of the artist’s father’s head, windjammer sailing left, rev. vessel anchored off Port Broughton, Australia, 67 x 60mm, edge stamped 12 (Attwood 81; Shepherd Coll. 73). Extremely fine £100-150
Pavement Series Medal No. 1, 1995, a cast bronze medal by R. Shelton for BAMS [Lunt Castings], 72mm (Attwood 107); John Cooke, 1997, a cast bronze medal by R. Dutton, 63mm (The Medal 38, p.5); Night Scape, 1999, a cast bronze medal by R. Hannam for BAMS, 70 x 65mm (Attwood 150; The Medal 38, p.130) [3]. Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
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