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30 May 2012
Railways, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, a silver award medal by J. Moore for Gorton Literary Institution and Schools, seated figure left, rev. named (George W. Harwood, 18th December 1873), 48mm. Good very fine, toned, rare £100-150
£100–£150
Religion, Adelphi Sabbath Day Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, crown within wreath, rev. open Bible, named (Mary Anne Peacock, 26th Novr 1809), 38mm; together with other silver medals of a religious theme (14), viz. Catechism Medal, issued by Hampstead Parish Church (Agnes Rowley), 32mm; East Grinstead, 1924, 35mm; Huguenot Society of London, lozenge-shape, 1885 (Richard Mentz Tolley), 34mm; Ilford Church Cadets, 1930, 32mm; Manchester Diocesan Sunday School Long Service Medal, 1935,...
Hammer Price: £110
Religion, Association of the Children of Mary of Loretto Abbey, oval silver medals (2), unsigned, robed Madonna standing on crescent and encircled by rays, rev. Christian symbols above three hearts, revs. Rathfarnham, named (D. Lynch, 1 March 1891), Ballarat [Australia], named (Madge Mary Walsh, December 10th 1891), 48 x 41mm [2]. Good fine; both with suspension loops £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
Religion, Church of England Temperance Society, 1905, a shield-shaped silver award medal by D.G. Collins, shield, mitre above, rev. Prize Medal Crystal Palace Fete, hallmarked Birmingham 1904, 38 x 30mm; a similar medal by Toye & Co, 1906, hallmarked London 1905, both named (Presented to Kathleen Barker) (Allen 1905/005, 1906/001)[2]. Better than very fine with suspension loops, mounted with contemporary ribbons and bars, rare in silver £30-40
Hammer Price: £25
Religion, Church of England Temperance Society, shield-shaped silver award medals by D.G. Collins (2), shield, mitre above, revs. Prize Medal Crystal Palace Fete, 1907, 1908, both named (Presented to Eric F. Stroud), hallmarked London, 1906, 1907 (Allen 1907-25, –) [2]. Better than very fine with suspension loops, rare in silver £30-40
Religion, Church of Scotland, silver award medals (2), unsigned, Young Men’s Guild 1881, burning bush and motto, rev. ornate cross, edge named (D. Porter, Mains & Strathmartine, Higher Grade 1894); Women’s Guild, 1887, edge named (Louisa Reith, East Parish, Aberdeen, Second Grade, 1895, both 47 x 33mm; Free Church of Scotland, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Isabella Knowles, First Prize for “Joshua & the Conquest”, Middle Section, 1889), 52mm (CP 149.34; cf. DNW 41/696) [3]....
Hammer Price: £75
Religion, Liverpool Cathedral, 1934, a silver award medal by W. Gilbert, eagle above cathedral, rev. laurel wreath, for fellow workers, etc, edge named (The Archbishop of Canterbury), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 57mm (Eimer 26; E 2025; cf. DNW M10, 1440). Nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £370
Rowing, Castle Hill Boat Club, 1891, 38mm; E.A.R.E., Regatta, 1910, 26mm; Kingston Borough Regatta, 1930, (Kingston Grammar School), 41mm; Thames Rowing Club, 1910, Trial Eights, copper (with enamel flag), 44mm [4]. Very fine or better £50-70
Hammer Price: £80
Rowing, Fitzroy Rowing Club, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, diademed bust left, rev. wreath, named (Prize for Swimming Race swam [sic] in the River Thames, July 28, 1873, won by A.O. Tyrrell), 38mm. Nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
Rowing, King’s Lynn Royal Regatta, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, arms, rev. wreath, inscribed (Granta Challenge Cup 1888), edge named (J. Watt, Trin. Coll. Camb.), 41mm; Reading Working Men’s Regatta, Huntley & Palmers Challenge Bowl, 1892, a silver award medal by T, & J. Bragg, view of factory, rev. named (E.G. Avery, Carpenters Dept, 1912), hallmarked Birmingham 1912, 38mm [2]. Nearly extremely fine but first with edge knock £40-60
Rowing, Metropolitan Amateur Regatta (Est. 1866), Junior Eight Oared Challenge Cup, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, arms, rev. cup, named (Won by S.A. Adams 1892), 58mm. Extremely fine; in maroon case of issue £60-80
Rowing, Metropolitan Amateur Regatta (Est. 1866), Junior Eight Oared Challenge Cup, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, arms, rev. cup, edge hallmarked London 1906 and named (E.C. Goodall 1910), 70mm. Some surface marks and a slight edge knock, otherwise about extremely fine; in maroon case of issue £90-120
£90–£120
Rowing, Metropolitan Amateur Regatta (Est. 1866), Old Barnes Challenge Cup, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, cup between reeds, rev. wreath, named (Thames Rowing Club 1913, S.H.M. John, No 7), 58mm. Extremely fine; in maroon case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Shipping, Cunard Steam Ship Company, a silver medal, armorial lion with globe, named (F. Butler, R.M.S. Mauretania, 1924), 35mm; General Steam Navigation Company, an octagonal silver pass, named (Charles Busk, Esq) and numbered '47', 23mm [2]. Varied state; first with suspension loop £60-80
Hammer Price: £120
Sports, Miscellaneous sporting medals in silver (19), mostly 1920s-30s, 100 Yards, 1905, 32mm; Leander Swimming Club, 26mm; Canterbury & District Bat and Trap, 1934, 25mm; St. Cuthberts Gymnasium, High Jump, 26mm; Wix Shield, 37 x 28mm; Okell Squadron, 28mm; Mitchells & Bullers, 33mm; Birmingham & District Swimming, 28mm; King's Printers, Swimming, 25mm; City of London, Printing & Allied Trades, 28mm; Amphibion Swimming Club, 30mm; Amateur Diving Association, 45 x 23mm; Barnes Sports Club,...
Hammer Price: £130
Swimming, Amateur Swimming Association, Olympic Tests, 1921, a silver award medal for Diving, named (A.R. Knight, High Plain, 87 points), 29mm. Very fine and very rare; with suspension loop and ring £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Tennis, A group of silver prize medals (21), Evening News Gold Challenge Cup, 1922, 38mm; GLC, Womens Doubles, 1965, 39mm; London C.C., Boys, 1959, 38mm; C.H.L.T.C., Ladies Championship, 1931; Evening Express Tournament, 1931, 32mm (Winifred Leslie); Ladies Inter-County Hard Court Championship, 1921-2, Winner, 35mm and Inter-County Cup, Winner, 1921 (both Miss E. D. Holman); Inter-County, 1913 (Miss Holman), 34mm; Mens Inter-County Cup, 1933, Winner, 35mm; Lewisham, 1929, 32mm; Streatham,...
Hammer Price: £190
Theatre and Cinema, A group of 5 silver or plated medals awarded to Robert S. Wolff, Chairman of RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum): Second Royal Command Performance, 1947, 32mm; Fourth Royal Command Performance, 1949, 38mm; Royal Film Performance, 1952, 38mm; Coronation Royal Film Performance, 1953, 35mm; C.T.B.F. 30th Anniversary Film Performance, 1954, 35mm; first four with royal portraits, second and third with blue enamel border; together with a U.S. Treasury War Finance medal in silver,...
Hammer Price: £140
Theatre and Cinema, Western Philanthropic Institution [Est. 1811], a silver-gilt award medal by B. Wyon, two men distributing largesse to seated woman with boy, rev. named (Presented to Edmund Keane Esq, by the Western Philanthropic Institution, London, as a token of respect and gratitude for the kind exertions of his brilliant talents at their benefits in 1824 & 1827 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), 64mm (cf. DNW 47, 734 and 54, 749). Surfaces a little scuffed, otherwise better than very...
Hammer Price: £440
Miscellaneous Subjects, Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, 1688, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, bust right, rev. busts of the seven bishops in medallions, edge si fractus, etc, 51mm, 53.86g (MI I, 622/37; cf. E 288). Some edge nicks and bruises, very fine £100-150
Miscellaneous Subjects, George III, c. 1775, a silver-gilt presentation medal by L. Pingo, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. named (Prize for the manual exercise awarded to H.G. Fitzgerald), 40mm (Eimer 54; cf. BHM 265 for obv.; E. 764A). Nearly very fine £150-200
Miscellaneous Subjects, George III, Recovery from Illness, 1789, a silver-gilt medal by L. Pingo, laureate bust right, rev. West front of St Paul’s Cathedral, named (Benjn. Phillips Steward), edge engraved (Struck by Order of the Patrons of the Anniversary Meeting who assembled with 5000 Children on the Happy Event), 54mm (BHM 312; E 825). Pierced for suspension, nearly extremely fine and very rare; housed in contemporary case £250-350
Hammer Price: £330
Miscellaneous Subjects, Centenary of the Union of England and Scotland, 1807, a silver medal by T. Wyon Sr. and T. Martyn, conjoined busts of George III and Queen Charlotte left within ornate borders, rev. allegorical figures of England, Scotland and Ireland in the style of the Three Graces, edge named (Viscount Chetwynd, Colonel of the Duke of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteers, 30th July 1803), 84mm (BHM 628; E 981). Good very fine, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £780
Miscellaneous Subjects, George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by T. Halliday and P. Kempson, laureate bust left, rev. coronation scene, edge impressed (A Token of Friendship from J-C to Mary Spurdle, July 19 1821), 49mm (BHM 1073). Small piercing at top and edge nicks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £70-90
Miscellaneous Subjects, Perth Highland Society, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, city arms, rev. wreath of thistles, named (Best-dressed Highlander, william forbes, 1865), 45mm (Brodie 275, this piece; CP p.163.3). Extremely fine; with integral suspension loop £50-70
Hammer Price: £90
Miscellaneous Subjects, Dufferin’s Pattern Viceroy Presentation medal, c. 1884, a silver award medal by A. Wyon for Pinches, coronet over shield of arms of Blackwood, rev. modified arms of Blackwood, heart in crescent moon within garter, flags left and right, engraved legend (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1892), edge named (A. Stephens), 51mm (Pudd. 884.1.2/1.1; cf. MJP p.37; cf. DNW 58, 1441). Extremely fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Miscellaneous Subjects, Dufferin’s Pattern Viceroy Presentation medal, c. 1884, a silver award medal by A. Wyon for Pinches, coronet over shield of arms of Blackwood, rev. modified arms of Blackwood, heart in crescent moon within garter, flags left and right (including Burma), engraved legend (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1895), edge named (First Prize won by the “Jessie”, C.J. Parish & H.S. Leigh, 1895), 51mm (Pudd. 884.1.2; cf. MJP p.37; cf. DNW 58, 1441). Extremely fine, rare...
Miscellaneous Subjects, Caledonian Society of London, 1888, a silver award badge, unsigned, lion rampant within garter, rev. named (G.A. Hobson, M. Inst. C.E., Member), 38 x 25mm; Centenary of the Death of Robert Burns, Dumfries, 1896, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, edge named (Junior Recitation Competition, First Prize, Thomas D. Meredith, Castle Douglas), 45mm (BHM 3495; E 1803; Brodie 180); Holyrood House, a silver High Constable’s badge by Hamilton & Inches, suspender named (Col....
Hammer Price: £85
Miscellaneous Subjects, Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada, 1888, a silver medal by J. Carter, busts of Elizabeth I and Victoria in cartouches, rev. Victory inscribing the names of the English admirals on a column, edge named (Presented to Alex H. Varnier, Hon. Fin. Sec. A.T.C. for Valuable Services, Feby 2nd 1891), 45mm (BHM 3364; E 1745). Extremely fine, toned, very rare in silver; in fitted case of issue £60-80
Hammer Price: £270
Miscellaneous Subjects, Scottish Phonographic Association, 1897, a silver award medal (Alexander Angus-150 words a minute), 44mm; Pitman Schools, medals (3), by A.G. Wyon, differing reverses, 1896, 1918 and undated, 41mm; and smaller medal, Fernbank Private Commercial School, Kirkcaldy, 1923-24, 36mm [5]. Very fine and better £80-100
£80–£100
Miscellaneous Subjects, Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, a silver award medal, unsigned, robed female with flowers overseeing putto holding branches, rev. legend and wreath, named (Awarded to Messrs. Hogg & Roberton, for collection of Gladiolus Sweet Pea & Annuals, Autumn Show, 1899), 41mm (cf. Baldwin FPL 1994, 43); Veterinary College of Ireland, a silver award medal, unsigned, montage of shields in trilobe, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to F.W. Beattie for Junior Anatomy, Session...
Miscellaneous Subjects, Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by W.J. Arnsby, bust right, rev. wreath, named (Presented by Alderman D. Simpson J.P, C.A., Mayor 1902, Arithmetic Kate Holland), 38mm (W & E –); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, edge named (M.S.L. Shipley from H.W.Y. & M.R.M.Y. Opening of Lusaka, 31.5.35), 57mm (BHM 4249; E 2029a) [2]. Extremely fine; in cases of issue, first rare £60-80
Miscellaneous Subjects, George V, Coronation, 1911, County Borough of Warrington, a gold and enamel award medal by W.J. Dingley, conjoined busts left, rev. arms, named (Mr William Childs), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 26mm, 8g (W & E –). Nearly extremely fine, rare; in case of issue £80-100
Miscellaneous Subjects, Oxford Millenary, 1912, a silver award medal by C.W. Thomas, standing figures holding aloft hourglass, rev. view of city within walls, edge named (To Rev. Canon Rawnsley - IMO “A Youthful Knight” of Oxford City Oct. 5. 1908), 51mm (BHM 4094; E 1932). Extremely fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £220
Miscellaneous Subjects, The Seagrave Medal, 1939, a bronze award, unsigned, bust of Sir Henry Seagrave left, rev. the Seagrave Trophy, named below in tablet (Lt. Comdr. P. du Cane. R.N. [Retd], 1939), 51mm. Matt surface, almost extremely fine and an exceptionally rare item associated with the breaking of the World water speed record £400-600
Miscellaneous Subjects, The Atlantic Charter, 1941, a silver medal by Turner & Simpson, conjoined crowned busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth right, rev. busts of Roosevelt and Churchill vis-a-vis, flags between, 76mm, edge named (Leonard Nathan, Commemorating his Year as President of the B.J. & S. Assoc. from W.S.T.), hallmarked Birmingham 1941 (BHM 4397; Engstrom 7). Extremely fine or better, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £820
Miscellaneous Subjects, Heather Club, a silver and enamel award medal by A. Kirkwood & Son, thistle within border over St Andrew’s cross, rev. named (A. Grandison 1971-72), hallmarked Edinburgh 1971, 43mm; together with other medals of Scottish interest (3), all 20th century [4]. Very fine or better, all with suspension loops, two with original ribbons £40-60
Hammer Price: £60
13 July 2011
Accountancy, Chambers of Commerce, LANCASHIRE, The Institute of Municipal Treasurers & Accountants Incorporated (Est. 1885), a silver and enamel badge, shield, back named (John Ainsworth, MBE, City Treasurer, Liverpool, President 1946-47), hallmarked London 1944, 50 x 32mm; LONDON, Central Association of Accountants, a silver Award of Merit by Vaughton, named (Final Examination, June 1915, Presented to Ralph Lazarus), hallmarked Birmingham 1915, 45mm; YORKSHIRE, Sheffield & District Society...
Hammer Price: £40
Accountancy, Chambers of Commerce, LONDON, London Chamber of Commerce Incorporated (Est. 1881), a silver award medal by Mappin Bros, standing and seated robed figures, rev. wreath, named (Senior Examination 1903, T.A. Warburton, for Methods & Machinery of Business), hallmarked Birmingham 1902), 38mm; NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle and Gateshead Incorporated Chamber of Commerce (Inc. 1875), a silver-gilt award medal by Reid & Sons Ltd, unsigned, named (Municipal College of Commerce, Session...
Hammer Price: £70
Architecture, KENT, School of Military Engineering, Chatham, Francis Fowke Memorial Medal, 1865, a silver award by G.T. Morgan, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (2nd Lieut. C.J.S. King, R.E., 1911), 58mm (BHM 2490; E 1581; Taylor 233a). Virtually as struck and attractively toned, rare in silver £100-150
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