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Miscellaneous, Medallions, badges, etc., a small quantity, a few cased [Lot]. Mostly very fine or better (£60-80)
£60–£80
The Waterloo Medal, in silver, by J. Pinches, edge stamped 82, hallmarked London 1966, 64mm, in case of issue; other miscellaneous medals, in silver (3), base metal (7). [11]. Very fine (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £80
The Life Guards, bronze award medals (4), all awarded to P.K. Holmes, HQ (later 2nd) Troop, 44mm (2), 38mm, 32mm, some stamped 1912 or 1914; silver medal for Boxing, engraved (Winners RAF Team Championship, Iraq 1925), hallmarked Birmingham 1922, 45mm; Territorial Army Rifle Association, bronze medal, named (Lt. R.S.W. Baker), awarded 1935, 38mm; British Forces in Egypt, silver medal, named (E. Palmer, Team Tennis Championship 1931-32), hallmarked Birmingham 1931, 41mm, in case by Chas H....
Hammer Price: £30
Miscellaneous, “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples”, set 50 silver gilt medals by the Danbury Mint, in folder of issue. About as struck (£280-320)
£280–£320
Commemorative medals, in silver (8), 19th and 20th Century issues, mostly Crown-size and larger [8]. Generally very fine or better (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
A collection of 18th & 19th Century base metal medals, mostly British Naval & Military Victories, (40, including Death of Nelson, 1805 (E 957) [41]. Fair to fine, some better (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £210
Miscellaneous, Great Britian uniface lead squeezes (3), 47mm royal arms within collar of the Order of the Garter, name and titles of Queen Anne around. A somewhat similar piece but with the Scottish arms is described in Medallic Illustration (ii, 416/289) as being ‘a ticket or pass executed in Scotland... of very good workmanship... no particulars are known about it; two octagonal lead squeezes 91mm of the Corpus Christi College Cambridge Copeman Medal for Scientific Research, 1929 [3]....
£40–£60
Miscellaneous, Hugnenin, silver-plated Advertising Mirror, c.1924. Figure of Victory, with wreath in outstretched hand, blows a fanfare; beyond, two quadriga before a Greek temple, reverse mirror. Almost extremely fine and a scarce piece (£30-40)
£30–£40
Victoria (1837-1901), Royal Manchester, Liverpool and N.Lancashire Agricultural Society, 1880, silver, by Elkington. Armorial shields of the Society rev. seven-line engraved inscription (awarded for Japanese Porcelain, Metal Enamels and Lacquer Ware). Extremely fine, suspension loop and an early reference to this interesting subject matter (£60-80)
Victoria (1837-1901), University College, London, silver medal after W. Wyon, seated Minerva, named (W.T. Crawford, Practical Chemistry, 1897-8), 38mm (cf. E. 1198); City & Guilds Institute, 1901, bronze medal after L.C. Wyon, named (James Richard Brooke, Woollen & Worsted Spinning, 1906), 51mm (E. 1864); The Christian Herald, Attendance medal, bronze, named (Steep Lane Baptist S.S. [= Sunday School], Sowerby Bridge, presented to James R. Brooke for 34 years service), 51mm; Sunday School...
Hammer Price: £70
A Gold (14 ct) St. Christopher good luck medal, undated, uniface, 50 mm, St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child across a river, inscription around. Attractive, about extremely fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £120
Masonic: An important group of Jewels and regalia bestowed upon the Provincial Grand Master for Devonshire, Major George Sydney Strode Strode D.L., J.P., including the gold medal struck for the 50th Anniversary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of M.M. Masons, 1857-1907, obverse bust right of Major Strode, reverse shield; together with various documents and illuminated presentation books regarding major masonic events and other documents including invitations etc., in total thirty Jewels, medals...
Hammer Price: £720
Masonic: Accra Lodge Founder Member’s Badge, undated (1904), silver gilt, an enamel badge by Spencer 32 x 50 mm with loop and blue riband suspended (now detached) from an enamel stick pin inscribed founder. Slight damage to enamel on badge but otherwise very good condition (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £40
Music: The Incorporated London Academy of Music, medals (3), 9ct gold (5.89gm), silver and bronze, all named (Marjorie I. Carter, Elocution, 1925-7); College of Violinists, silver prize medal by Toye & Co, named (Marie A. Osman, South Norwood, Summer 1916), hallmarked Birmingham 1914, 38mm; Horticulture: Sidcup Horticultural Society Chrysanthemum Show, November 1906, silver-gilt award medal for Best Bloom, 45mm; other horticultural bronze medals (2), both un-named. [7]. Very fine or better,...
Hammer Price: £25
Ireland, School Prize, 1842, silver, youth laureated, temple on hill beyond, reverse nine line engraved inscription,39mm. Nearly extremely fine, suspension loop (£40-60)
Ireland, Dublin, Wesley College, 1883, silver prize, 1883, by J.C Parkes, pupil with book being laureated, globe at feet, reverse three-line engraved inscription in wreath, 40mm. (sim. Grimshaw, Scottish and Irish Schools, no.149). Nearly extremely fine, suspension loop (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £50
Ireland, Great Brunswick School, 1886, Good Conduct silver prize, 1886, head of Minerva left, reverse armorial shield of Erasmus Smith (the medal’s donor), 44mm. (Grimshaw-). Good very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £35
Ireland, Parliamentary Tour, 1899, silver, by West & Son of Dublin, clasped hands, inscription around, reverse three-line engraved inscription (named to Mrs Spencer), 24mm (BHM-). Nearly extremely fine and scarce (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Argentina, Centenary of Capt. Gen. Justo José de Urquiza, First President of Argentina, 1901, plated bronze medal by J.M. Ludary, 72mm; Completion of the First Section of the Rambla, Mar del Plata, 1913, plated plaque, unsigned, 74 x 53mm; Centenary of Independence, 1916, silver medal, unsigned, 40mm; Alberto Blancas, Argentine Ambassador to Brussels, 1916, silver-gilt medal by Jullagae, 76mm; Chile, Erection of the Cochrane Monument at Valparaiso, 1873, bronze medal by A. Dubois, 51mm....
Hammer Price: £20
Argentina, Centenary of the Foundation of the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1922, bronze, 76 mm by C.Ronsi, two allegorical figures, reverse inscription. Very fine (£30-40)
Austria, Prince Carnival, Vienna, 1893, lozenge shaped silver medal by Scharff (unsigned), seated dandified figure, reverse frog and coat of arms, 37mm x 37mm, pierced for suspension. Extremely fine, an unusual medal of fine workmanship (£20-30)
Austria, International Festival, Innsbruck, 1896, uniface restrike of the obverse of the silver medal by J.C. Christelbauer, 55mm (Wurzbach 2105); 50th Anniversary of the Vienna Sangerbund [Singers], 1906, uniface bronze Art Nouveau plaque by H. Rathausky, 50 x 37mm; 50th Anniversary of the Death of Anton Bruckner, 1946, bronze medal by A. Hofmann, 56mm (Niggl 429). [3]. Last very fine, others extremely fine, the second of charming style (£20-30)
Austria, Benjamini Kallay de Nagy Kalló, silver memorial plaquette, 1903 the top rounded by Pawlik, bust to right, reverse family arms dividing ten line legend, 55mm x 45mm. Good very fine (£20-30)
Belgium, 25th Anniversary of Independence, 1855, copper medal by L. Wiener, 74mm (Wurzburg 607; BDM VI, 493); Silver Jubilee of Leopold I, 1856, copper medal by L. Wiener, 75mm (BDM VI, 493); International Free Trade Congress, 1856, bronze medal by A. Geefs, 54mm (BDM II, 234); Death of Auguste Delfosse, 1858, bronze medal by C. Jehotte, 60mm (BDM III, 67); other Belgian copper portrait medals (2). [6]. First and third extremely fine, others about very fine and better (£50-70)
Belgium, Anton van den Peereboom, 1878, bronze medal by L. Wiener, 38mm (BDM VI, 495); Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, copper jetons (5), 1876-1936, with busts of van Mieris, de Coster, van der Chijs and Cocheteux. [6]. Very fine and better (£30-40)
Belgium, Memorial to Karel de Denterghem, Burgomaster of Ghent, 1898, bronze medal after V. Lemaire, 51mm; Gaston de Laval, 1920, bronze medal by A. Bonnetain, 70mm; other Belgian medals, plaques, etc., 1865-1930 (8), bronze (6), white metal (2). [10]. First two extremely fine, others very fine or better (£30-40)
Belgium, Anatole de Cock de Rameyen, c.1900, silver portrait medal by E. Deckers for Fonson et Cie, issued by the Agriculture and Horticulture Committee of the Province of Antwerp, bust left, reverse sower scattering seed, 70mm, edge stamped 5. Very fine and very rare (£30-50)
Belgium, Louis Coetermans, Belgian Consul General to Persia, 1906, bronze, by G Devreese, bust of Coetermans in Persian Court dress, reverse inscription, 53 x 78 mm. Extremely fine and scarce (£60-80)
Belgium, Jules van den Heuvel, Minister of State, 1907, silver medal by J. Lagae, 50mm (BDM VII, 527); other Belgian medals, in silver (5), bronze (4). [10]. Very fine and better, some toned (£30-40)
Belgium, “Hygieia”, a rectangular Art Nouveau bronze plaquette, rounded at top, by J. Lecroart, issued by Société Hollando-Belge des Amis de la Médaille, 1913, bust of Hygieia on tablet, her hair garlanded with fruit, reverse naked standing figure of the goddess holding aloft a bowl overflowing with fruit, sleeping child to her right, 70mm x 65mm. Some small spots of discolouration, otherwise about extremely fine (£30-40)
Belgium, “Mimine”, a small octagonal bronze plaquette by G. Devreese, head of an infant girl left, reverse offert par g. devreese et p. fisch leurs confrères de société de la médaille d’art, 38 x 31mm. A little discoloured, but otherwise about extremely fine and a charming study (£25-30)
Belgium, Adolphe Max, Burgomaster of Brussels, 1937, silver medal by E. de Brémaecker for Fisch & Cie, bust left, reverse Brussels Town Hall, 70mm. Extremely fine and scarce, an attractive and detailed medal (£35-50)
£35–£50
Belgium, Exposition International de la Technique de L’Eau, Liege, 1939, a bronze Art Deco medal by Georges Guirard, standing naked female figure, behind a merman playing a shell horn, reverse trident, wheel, etc. 68mm. Good very fine (£20-25)
Belgium, a fine square bronze Art Deco presentation plaque by Marcel Renard, satyr playing a tambourine, reverse inscribed ‘gala de la presse bruxelloise à mme m deville 7-12-1959’, 52 x 52mm. Extremely fine (£20-30)
Bohemia, Czech king, uniface rectangular bronze plaquette, undated, by Sucharda (unsigned), head right in high relief, 56 x 51mm. Extremely fine (£20-30)
Bohemia, King Krok, uniface rectangular bronze plaquette, undated, by Sucharda, head right in high relief, 50mm x 56mm. Extremely fine (£20-30)
Ethiopia, Menelik II, bronze medals (2), obverse bust right, reverse steam Locomotive, 32 mm [2]. With top ring suspender, very fine or better (£60-80)
Ethiopia, Haile Selassie gold coronation medal ee 1923 (AD 1931), crowned bust of Menelik II left, reverse trilobe, 40mm, 44.8 gms (Bruce xm9). Very fine (£450-550)
£450–£550
Finland, Finland, Finland, Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952, bronze Participation Medal, by Kauko Räsanen, heads of athletes, running track behind, reverse athletes in ancient Greek costume, five rings logo in front, 54mm. Flaw on rim (2 o’clock), otherwise extremely fine (£80-100)
Finland, Finland, Finland, Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952, Official’s Badge, silvered and enamelled, pin-back and dark blue ribbon, 48mm x 30mm. Good very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £60
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