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6 July 2004
Addiscombe Military Seminary, Pollock Medal, 1st type (1848-55), by B. Wyon, obverse: bust of Major-General Sir George Pollock facing left, in uniform, wearing the star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Bath and the Cabul Medal 1842, with a circumscription in four bands, (inner ) ‘Major General Sir George Pollock G.C.B. Bengal Artillery’; (intermediate 1) ‘Treachery avenged - British honor vindicated - Disasters retrieved - British captives delivered’; (intermediate 2) ‘Kyber Pass...
Hammer Price: £1,200
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Marquis of Granby Medal 1765, by T. Pingo, obverse: laureate head of George III facing right; reverse: robed and helmeted female standing facing left, holding a spear and palm branch, at her feet an owl and shield, with the legend, ‘Praemia Lavdi’ above; in the exergue, ‘D. M. Granby Mag. Gen. Ord. MDCCLXV’ (Henry Rudyard), 36mm., silver, pierced for ring suspension, ref: B.H.M. 93, Eimer 710, Balmer R.121 & R.589, Payne p.196-7, good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £310
Royal Artillery Institution Prize Medal 1871, by G. G. Adams, obverse: seated female, wearing robes, sword and helmet, with a lion to the right, above, ‘Scientia et Virtute’, in the exergue, ‘1871’; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel, ‘Royal Artillery Institution MDCCCXXXVIII’ (Major C. C. Robertson, R.F.A., 1908), 48mm., silver, minor edge bruising, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
Royal Artillery Institution Le Froy Medal 1890, by Elkington, London, obverse; Britannia, wearing armour and a helmet, seated by a cannon facing right, holding papers in her hands and with a telescope at her feet, in the background, coastal fortifications and the sea, ‘Arte et Marte’ above, in the exergue, ‘1890’; reverse: within a wreath of oak and laurel, ‘John Henry Le Froy Royal Artillery 1834-1890’ (Colonel K. E. Haynes, C.M.G., C.B.E., R.A., 1922), 48mm., gold, 61.45g.,...
Hammer Price: £460
School of Military Engineering Haynes Medal 1898, by F. Bowcher, obverse: bust of the officer facing right, ‘Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., 1861-96’; a bridged chasm in high relief, ‘Field Fortification S.M.E.’ (2nd Lieut. E. M. Sinauer, R.E., 1906), 56mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £180
Royal Engineers Armstrong Memorial Prize Medal 1902, by F. Bowcher, obverse: bust of Armstrong facing left, ‘Co. R. Y. Armstrong, C.B., Royal Engineers’; reverse: a hand thrust upwards from a mural crown grasping winged thunderbolts and lightning, ‘Armstrong Memorial Prize’ (Gentleman Cadet W. F. Anderson, 1925), 57mm., silver, extremely fine £100-140
Hammer Price: £520
Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill Medal 1871-1906, crowned shield bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, with scroll below, ‘Mente Manuque’; reverse inscription in raised latters (name and post-nominals engraved), ‘Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize awarded to R. P. Mears, B.A., M.I.C.E. in perpetual memory of the College and of those members who fell in the Great War 1914-1919’, 64mm., bronze, extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £220
Institution of Royal Engineers Prize Medal 1948, Royal Engineers coat of arms; reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Presented to the Most Distinguished Cadet of his term to enter the Corps of Royal Engineers’ (M. J. C. Ashmore, July 1967), 51mm., silver, extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £250
Army Medical School Parkes Memorial Medal, by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, obverse: head facing right, ‘Edmund Alexander Parkes, B.1819 - D.1876’; reverse: laurel wreath, ‘Army Medical School, Hygiene; Parkes Memorial Medal’, (M. Louis Hughes, Winter Session, 1889-90), 51mm., bronze, slight edge bruise to reverse, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
Army Medical School Martin Memorial Medal 1876, obverse: shield bearing coat of arms, lion above, ‘In Memory of Sir James Ranald Martin, C.B.’; reverse: ‘Army Medical School, Prize for Military Medicine, Founded 1876’ (Lieutenant G. E. Charles, I.M.S., 1901), 35mm., silver-gilt, slight edge bruising / test marks, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Army Medical School Montefiore Medal 1881, obverse: coat of arms, ‘Ex Donis N. Montefiore F.R.C.S. Schol. Mil. Med. 1881’; reverse: a scene of surgery in the field, above, an inscription in Greek (Captain C. M. French, 89 Senior Postgraduate Course), 60mm., silver, extremely fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £100
Royal Army Medical College Tulloch Prize Medal in Pathology, by Spink, London, obverse: Tulloch in military uniform, ‘Lieut. F. M. G. Tulloch, R.A.M.C., Uganda 1906’; reverse: a seated and robed figure of the female ‘Scientia, ‘Royal Army Med. Coll. Prize in Pathology’ (Captain J. Carson, R.A.M.C., 91st Junior Officers Course), 45mm., silver, ref: Eimer 1892, extremely fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £90
North Persian Forces Medical Officers Memorial Medal 1921, obverse: snake coiled around a staff, branches of laurel and scimitars to either side, the sun in splendour in the background, scroll below, ‘North Persian Forces’ and on outer band, ‘Memorial Medal’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (year of award and name etc. engraved), ‘Presented by The Medical Officers N.P.F. 1921, Awarded for the Best Contribution to Tropical Medicine during the Year 1924 to Captain William Hood...
Leishman Memorial Medal, bust of uniformed officer facing right, ‘The Leishman Memorial Medal’; reverse: wreath of thistles within which is engraved, ‘22525355 Sergeant G. Pigott, R.A.M.C.’, 51mm., bronze, good very fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £20
Royal Military College Sandhurst Prize Medal, obverse: trophy of arms; reverse: Within an oak and laurel wreath, engraved, ‘23 March 1904, won by A. B. Haig’, 70mm., silver, good very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £160
Royal Military College of Music Cousins Memorial Prize Medal, by Mappin & Webb, London, obverse: bust of Cousins facing right; reverse: crowned lyre, ‘Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall’ (1st Prize. Pupil F. G. Carter), 44mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1953, in case of issue; another similar, obverse as for the previous reverse; reverse engraved, ‘The Directors Prize for Aural Training 1930, 5613752 Corpl. H. Jordan, 1st Bn. The Devon Regt.’, 44mm., silver, hallmarks...
Royal Air Force College Cranwell, The King’s Medal, G.V.R., by Bertram Mackennal (Patrick J. K. Pike, 1935), additionally engraved on reverse plaque, ‘P. J. K. Pike’, 44mm., 18ct. gold, 57.51g., Ref: B.H.M. 4373 sim., nearly extremely fine £550-650
Hammer Price: £1,700
Royal Air Force College Cranwell, The King’s Medal, G.VI.R. , by Humphrey Paget (James M. N. Pike, 1937), 44mm., 18ct. gold, 57.47g., Ref: B.H.M. 4373 sim., extremely fine £650-750
Hammer Price: £1,800
Royal Naval College Mathematical Prize Medal 1806, by T. Wyon Jr., laureate bust of George III right, ‘Royal Naval College, Founded by King George III MDCCCVI’; reverse: inscribed in raised letters (name and date engraved), ‘First Mathematical Prize, awarded to John Washington at an examination June 1816’, with branches of palm and laurel below, 53mm., silver, ref: M.H. 1919, 560 (obv.); Eimer 980, minor edge bruising, good very fine £140-180
Royal Naval College Mathematical Prize Medal 1820, by W. Wyon, bust of George IV left, ‘Georgius IIII D.G. Britanniarum Rex’; with ‘1820’ below bust; reverse: ‘First Mathematical Prize, Royal Naval College’, within a wreath of laurel is engraved, ‘Awarded to John Brocas Whalley Smythe Gardiner, Christmas 1828’, 57mm., silver, in fitted but slightly warped red leather case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £270
Royal Naval College Historical and Geographical Prize Medal 1820, by W. Wyon, bust of George IV left, ‘Georgius IIII D.G. Britanniarum Rex’; with ‘1820’ below bust; reverse: wreath of laurel, ‘Historical and Geographical Prize, Royal Naval College’, 57mm., silver, unnamed, good very fine £80-100
Royal Naval College Mathematical Prize 1830, by W. Wyon, bust of William IV right, ‘Gulielmus IIII D.G.Britanniarum Rex’, with ‘1830’ below bust; reverse: ‘First Mathematical Prize, Royal Naval College’, within a wreath of laurel is engraved, ‘Awarded to Henry Simpson Harvey, Christmas Vacation, 1836’, 57mm., silver, cleaned, edge bruising, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Royal Naval College Prize for Gunnery, obverse: cannon and shot with a naval crown above, ‘Prize for Gunnery’; in exergue, ‘Royal Naval College’; reverse: within a wreath of oak leaves is engraved, ‘Awarded to John Richardson at an Examination December 1827’, 36mm., silver, in fitted red leather case of issue, slight edge bruise, very fine £60-80
Greenwich Hospital School Prize Medal, bust of Nelson left by Halfhide, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital School, to Reward Denton W. Speer 1844’, 35mm., silver, unmounted, good very fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £280
Pair: John Richards, Greenwich Hospital School Greenwich Hospital School Prize Medal (2), bust of Nelson left by Halfhide, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital Upper School for General Information and Good Conduct, John Richards, 1853’, 35mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension; another, same obverse; reverse: ‘Greenwich Hospital Nautical School for Nautical Science and Good Conduct, John Richards,...
Hammer Price: £150
Greenwich Hospital School Prize Medal, obverse: head of Nelson left, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital School, to Reward Wm. Edwd. Kirby, 1858’, 27mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension, good very fine £80-100
Greenwich Hospital School Prize Medal, obverse: bust of Nelson left, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital School, for Attainments and Good Conduct to Hy. S. Rashbrook, 1872’, 41mm., silver, lacking suspension, minor edge bruise, good very fine £50-70
Greenwich Hospital School Riddle Prize Medal, obverse: bust of Nelson left, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital School, Riddle Prize for Navigation and Nautical Astronomy to O. S. Gwyther, Dec. 1903’, 41mm., silver, straight bar swivel suspension, claw slack, good very fine £50-70
Royal Hospital School Greenwich Prize Medal, obverse: bust of Nelson left by Vaughton, Birmingham, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Royal Hospital School Greenwich, for Attainments and Good Conduct to L. P. Gadstone, July 1916’, 41mm., silver, with milled rim, straight bar swivel suspension, claw slack, good very fine £50-70
Royal Naval School Medal 1833, by W. Wyon, obverse: three figures in classical garb, one, a man pores oil into a lamp held by a youth, whilst another youth watches, ‘Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat’, in exergue: ‘MDCCCXXXIII’; reverse: inscription in raised letters, ‘Schol. Reg. Nav. Alumno in Lit. Humanior. Palm. Merito.’ (John George Gamble, 1858), 47mm., silver, attractive, extremely fine £80-100
Royal Naval School, New Cross, Cookney Prize Medal 1854, obverse: façade of the school, in the exergue: ‘Royal Naval School, New Cross, Incorporated 1840’; reverse: a wreath of oak and laurel with crown above enclosing the inscription, ‘The Cookney Prize Medal’, around the circumference, ‘For Industry and Good Conduct’ and in small letters, ‘Instd. 1854’ (T. C. A. Fox, 1863), 45mm., silver, good very fine £60-100
Hammer Price: £65
Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers’ Daughters Good Conduct Medal, obverse: seated figure of Britannia right, a sailing ship and lighthouse in the background; reverse: wreath of oak and laurel with naval crown above enclosing the inscription (name and year engraved), ‘Presented to Augusta M. Perry for Good Conduct 1897’, 41mm., silver, milled rim, fitted with a swivel scroll suspension, with silver brooch bar, in fitted Warrington, London case of issue, lid inscribed, ‘Royal...
Pangbourne Nautical College Founder’s Medal, obverse: an attractive scene of a clipper under sail; reverse: within a laurel wreath, ‘Founders’ Medal, The Nautical College Pangbourne’ (Cadet V, G. K. Webster), 45mm., silver, in F. Phillips, Aldershot fitted case of issue, extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Marine Society Reward of Merit (4), Britannia holding the hand of a young sailor, ‘Marine Society Instituted MDCCLVI’, in exergue, ‘Incorporated MDCCLXXII’; reverse: a wreath of rose, thistle and shamrock enclosing inscription (name engraved), ‘Reward of Merit to John Rivett’, 47mm., silver, thin straight bar swivel suspension; another similar, name engraved on raised crescent, ‘John Reed’, 42mm.; another similar, without crescent, ‘Alfred B. Govett, 1st Septr. 1910’,...
Chichester Training Ship Medal (2), by W. J. Taylor, London, figure of Hope standing by rocks on the seashore, mantle flowing behind, one hand raised, the other resting on an anchor, a sailing ship in the background, all enclosed by a plain band; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘“Chichester” Training Ship, Presented to Farmer Hodges for Special Good Conduct while on board the Ship’, 38mm., silver, swivel ring suspension; another, same obverse; reverse with...
Arethusa & Chichester Training Ship Medal (3), figure of Hope standing by rocks on the seashore, mantle flowing behind, one hand raised, the other resting on an anchor, a sailing ship in the background, enclosed by a band inscribed, ‘England expects every man to do his duty’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name engraved), Arethusa & Chichester Training Ships, Presented by the Committee to J. E. Step, for 18 Months Service at Sea with a Very Good Character’, 38mm., silver,...
Hammer Price: £110
Arethusa Training Ship Medal (3), figure of Hope standing by rocks on the seashore, mantle flowing behind, one hand raised, the other resting on an anchor, a sailing ship in the background, enclosed by a band inscribed, ‘England expects every man to do his duty’; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name engraved), ‘“Arethusa” Training Ship, Presented to George Flood for Special Good Conduct while on board the Ship, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1924, swivel ring...
Conway Training Ship, The King’s Medal, G.V.R., by Bertram Mackennal, reverse: ‘Mercantile Marine Service Association Liverpool School Frigate H.M.S. “Conway”’ (1919 L. Scott Evans), 44mm., 18ct. gold, 56.87g., in fitted red leather case of issue, Ref: B.H.M. 4367 sim., test mark to edge, otherwise extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
Conway Training Ship Prize Medal, three-masted warship, in exergue; ‘H.M.S. Conway’; reverse: engraved within a wreath of laurel, ‘Hobson Cup, Xmas 1920, J. W. Holgate, Starbd. Fore’, 32mm., silver, by ‘W.J.D.’, hallmarks obscured, unmounted; H.M.S. Worcester & Conway Boat Race Medal, Neptune seated holding trident and shield, two ‘coxed six’ skiffs in the middle distance, and a three-masted warship in the background; reverse: inscription in raised letters (ship and date...
Cumberland Training Ship Prize Medal 1871, by Elkington, conjoined busts of the Marchioness and Marquis of Lorne left; reverse: ‘H.M.S. Cumberland, Clyde Industrial Training Ship, Prize presented by Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise Marchioness of Lorne, 2nd September 1871’ (John McGregor), 39mm., silver, with ball and ring suspension, minor edge bruise, good very fine, scarce £80-120
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