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LONDON, Drury Lane, Middlesex Music Hall, zinc Threepence by W.J. Taylor, 28mm, 9.53g (W 777; cf. DNW 147, 1739); Shoreditch, Standard Theatre, copper, 38mm, 13.97g (W 416; D & W 35/378; cf. DNW 147, 1764) [2]. Some scratches, otherwise fine, both scarce £50-£70
Hammer Price: £25
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, his excellency the minister of, named (The King of Greece), e.y.w. henderson chief commissioner, 80 x 54mm, 19.33g (W –; D & W –). Fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£500
Hammer Price: £440
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, his excellency the minister of, named (The King of Portugal), e.y.w. henderson chief commissioner, 80 x 54mm, 18.61g (W –; D & W –). Fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, his excellency the minister of, named (The Argentine Republic), e.y.w. henderson chief commissioner, 80 x 53mm, 18.74g (W –; D & W –). About fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-£300
Hammer Price: £260
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, named (The Danish Minister), e.y.w. henderson commissioner of police of the metropolis, 69 x 47mm, 15.01g (W –; D & W –). About very fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-£300
Hammer Price: £220
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, named (Siamese Ambassador), e.y.w. henderson the commissioner of police of the metropolis, 70 x 48mm, 13.49g (W –; D & W –). About very fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £200-£300
LONDON, Metropolitan Police, uniface oval ivory Carriage Pass, named (The Turkish Ambassador), charles warren the commissioner of police of the metropolis, 69 x 49mm, 15.31g (W –; D & W –). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, The Jumble Club (Inst. 1799), white metal, jumble club in wreath, rev. instituted december 1799 in wreath, 35mm, 20.79g (W 1842; BHM 480; cf. DNW 137, 320). Some surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £85
Gambling, a card box of approx. 250 brass card or gambling counters, in the style of a Venetian ducat, 19th century [approx. 250]. Mint state or virtually so £80-£120
Hammer Price: £70
Charles II, Restoration, 1660, a cast silver medal, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], armoured and draped bust right, rev. three crowns on leafless oak-tree, sun above, 32mm, 10.12g (MI I, 453/38; E 215b). Lightly chased, very fine; with loop and ring for suspension £200-£260
Hammer Price: £170
PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust of Anne left, rev. Anne stands as Britannia, sea and fleet in background, 35mm, 14.87g (MI II, 400/257; E 460). Extremely fine, attractively toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £150
Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, a plated medal by C. James, bust of George III right, rev. bust of William III right, 33mm, 12.51g/12h (DH Middlesex 186; Woolf 75:6; BHM 286). Obverse virtually as struck, reverse extremely fine, uneven rainbow tone £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Wellington’s Victories, 1812, a cast in Berlin iron of Wyon’s medal, 42mm (Eimer 16; BHM 737; Julius 2522); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (13) [14]. Varied state £90-£120
Hammer Price: £80
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate bust left, rev. Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia approaching the enthroned King being crowned by Victory, 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146a). Extremely fine, toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £200
Birmingham Town Hall Completed, 1834, a white metal medal, unsigned, for Thomason, 73mm (BHM 1678; E 1277; Taylor 108d); Birmingham Music Festival, 1834, medals by Halliday (2, in copper and white Metal, both 49mm (BHM 1675; Taylor 108b), and another medal in white metal, 39mm (BHM 1676; Taylor 108c); Birmingham Town Hall Enlarged, 1837, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 52mm (BHM 1754; Taylor 108e) [5]. Extremely fine, an attractive group £100-£150
Birmingham Town Hall Completed, 1834, a white metal medal, unsigned, for Thomason, 73mm (BHM 1678; E 1277; Taylor 108d); Birmingham Music Festival, 1834, a white metal medal by Halliday, 49mm (BHM 1675; Taylor 108b); Birmingham Town Hall Enlarged, 1837, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 52mm (BHM 1754; Taylor 108e) [4]. First pierced, this and one other very fine, others better £40-£60
Hammer Price: £30
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, an Exhibitor’s copper medal by W. Wyon, bust of Prince Albert left, rev. dove atop globe within wreath, named (Western Africa No. 19, to Captn. P.P. Faddy, Royal Artillery), 44mm (Allen A55; BHM 2463; E 1459). Small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £50-£70
St Giles & St George Charity School, Bloomsbury, c. 1860, a silver award medal, named (Unity Wallace), 38mm; Hackney Free and Parochial Schools, a silver award medal, named (A. Jones, 1869), 41mm; City of London, Banquet to Ragged School Union Children, 1895, a silver medal, 30mm; Westminster College, award medals (2), in silver, named (Senior Chemistry, G.F. Westlake), in bronze (Dispensing, C.H. Temple), both 38mm; Henry Raine School, medals (2, one in silver), both 38mm [7]. Very fine...
Hammer Price: £160
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze 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 2000.1; BHM 3219; E 1733). Scratched before bust, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
County Fire Office (Est. 1807), a bronze plaque, 218 x 169mm; Union Fire Office (Est. 1714), an oval bronze plaque by Vaughton, 215 x 180mm; a thin bronze plaque of ‘No 1 Engine’ alongside the Bulmer Stone, 227 x 100mm; The New Photographer, c. 1900, an electrotype prize plaque, 124 x 100mm [4]. First fine but somewhat bruised, others very fine; each mounted on wood for display £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
The important group of awards and medals to Stanley Bacon, from Camberwell, London, the British wrestler who competed in the Olympic Games of 1908, 1912 and 1920, winning the Gold Medal in 1908. Bacon was 15 times British National Wrestling Champion and he, with his fellow 1908 Gold Medallist George de Relwyskow, who Bacon defeated in the final, devised a programme of close-quarters combat fighting for troops which forms the basis of armed forces training today. Northampton Institute...
Hammer Price: £9,500
Franco-British Exhibition and Olympic Games, London, 1908, a bronze plaque by C.-P. Pillet, Britannia extends a welcoming hand to Gallia, rev. Peace seated with trophies, the Olympic stadium in panorama beyond, 71 x 58mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 44, 123; BDM IV, 538; cf. DNW M2, 2372). Extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910, a cut-away penny of Edward VII, set in a silver frame with hardstone mount, on red and white rays; together with a bronzed electrotype of a medallic portrait, perhaps Boer War-related, 117mm, enamelled silver coins (2), both 1902 and a group of Coronation, etc, medals (11), including Dundee, Scarborough, Bermondsey, Keighley, Sheffield, etc, and other pieces (2) [Lot]. Very fine and better, first amusing; second in deep carved oak-wreath frame £120-£150
Hammer Price: £110
George V, Coronation, 1911, a gold medal by B. Mackennal, crowned bust left, rev. crowned bust of Queen Mary left, 31mm, 16.61g (W & E 5035.5; BHM 4022; E 1922b). Scuffed and possibly removed from a mount, otherwise almost extremely fine £700-£800
Withdrawn
The Three British Kings of 1936, a set of three bronze medals by Turner and Simpson, George V, Edward VIII and George VI, all 51mm (BHM 4263, 4280, 4351; E 2030; Giordano 359a [Sale, lot 173]) [3]. Mint state; with descriptive card, in red leather fitted case of issue £70-£100
George VI, Coronation, 1937, small official medals (4), silver, gilt-bronze, bronze (2); others, by various makers (19, four in silver) and one uniface bronze on a hexagonal flan (W & E 7490); others (2), George VI-related [25]. Many mint state or virtually so £80-£120
George VI, Coronation Regatta, 1937, a silver medal by H.B. Sale, 51mm (W & E 7805A.1; BHM 4385); George VI, Coronation, 1937, uniface plaques by Turner & Simpson (2), silver and bronze, both 65 x 45mm (W & E 7353; BHM 4352), silver medals by Turner & Simpson (2), 38 and 32mm (W & E 7341-2), and a bronze medal, 51mm (W & E 7340); other medals for the same subject (7) [13]. Mint state or virtually so £100-£150
Hammer Price: £240
Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a silver medal by J. Fray, 39mm (BHM 4432); silver medals by J. Pinches (2, one matt), both 35mm (W & E 8058 B), others (2), one silvered, one smaller, bronze, 28.5mm; silver medals by Turner & Simpson (2), 38 and 32mm (W & E 8100B); a bronze medal by the South African Mint, 33mm (W & E 8090); National Playing Fields (4), different metals and finishes (W & E 8056); by Spink (2), gilt-bronze and bronze, both 32mm [15]. Mint state or virtually so and a good...
Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a bronze medal by J. Pinches for the Jewish Orphanage, Norwood, London, 36mm (W & E 8054; BHM 4441); together with a group of medals, bronze (14, including London Zoo) and base metals (4) [18]. Mint state or virtually so and a good group of portraits; the London Zoo medal in case of issue £120-£150
Death of the Duke of Windsor, 1972, an oval black basalt plaque by Wedgwood, bust left, rev. h.r.h. the duke of windsor..., no. 1368 in a limited edition of 2000, 108 x 95mm (Giordano CM388 [Sale, lot 179]). As made, extremely fine; in original card box of issue with descriptive leaflet £80-£100
£80–£100
Bicentenary of the Birth of Sir Humphry Davy, 1978, a cast bronze medal by C.J. Dean, bust three-quarters right, bookshelves behind, rev. a hand holds a miner’s lamp in a coal mine, 107mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.81, 51; SCMB June 1978, p.169). A splendid large medal, about as made £100-£150
Miscellaneous British and World medals in silver (8), base metal (24) [32]. Varied state; three cased £150-£200
AUSTRIA, Weltausstellung 1873, Vienna, a copper medal for Verdienste by J. Tautenhayn and K. Schwenzer, 70mm (Hauser 2911; Wurzb. 2494; BM Acq. 1983-6, pl.1, 1; BDM VI, 37; cf. DNW M7, 2548); FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310); together with other World medals, tokens, etc (10) [12]. Some very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £90
BELGIUM, Brussels City Commission, 1885, a silver medal by J.-C. Chaplain, St Michael, sword in hand, holding down the Devil with his foot, rev. legend listing the mayor and his aldermen, etc, 41mm. About extremely fine and toned, scarce £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
Belgium, World War I, American Generosity Acknowledged, 1914, a bronze medal by G. Devreese, 70mm; Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth, in case of issue and covering letter, 20 June, 1918; together with a pair of plated award plaques by A. Bonnetain, named (Alex. Everaerts, 1930), both 70 x 63mm [4]. Extremely fine, latter two toned; all except first in cases of issue, second with covering letter, 20 June 1918 £80-£100
Brazil, 65th Birthday of José Maria da Silva Paranhos Jr., 1910, a bronze medal by L.-A. Bottée, bust left, rev. pipiry guassu oyapoc acre…, 96mm. Extremely fine, rare £70-£100
£70–£100
Brazil, Independence Centenary International Exposition, Rio de Janeiro, 1922-3, a bronze award medal by G. Devreese, Brazilia flies free from the figure of Portugal, rev. Brazilia crowns a winning entrant, engraved on plinth, (Grand Premio Estados Unidos da America No. 92), 74mm. Extremely fine, an interesting recipient £70-£90
£70–£90
Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Silver Jubilee, 1955, a silver medal, unsigned, 32mm (Gill S34); Asmara Exposition, 1969, a gilt-bronze medal, signed BEN, 51mm (Gil –) [2]. Extremely fine; first with loop and riband £70-£90
Finland, Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952, a bronze Participant’s medal by K. Räsänen, male and female athletes holding torches, rev. classical head reflected on the stadium, 54mm (GV 125.2; cf. DNW 105, 1319). Two rim bruises, otherwise good very fine £100-£150
FRANCE, Henri IV, Marie de Medici and the Dauphin, 1603/5, a restruck bronze medal after G. Dupré, 100mm; Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855, a copper medal by A.A. Caqué for Massonnet, 50mm; Comice Agricole de l’Arrondissement de Wissembourg, a copper award medal by E.-A. Oudiné, 50mm; Château de Pau, 1947, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, 68mm (CGMP p.168); together with other medals of Henri IV and Colbert (6) [10]. Very fine and better; two in cases of issue, a third with...
Hammer Price: £130
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