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Ireland, Orange Society, Reward of Loyalty, a silver medal by W.S. Mossop, obverse smoothed (or blank) and engraved ye glorious & immortal memory of william iii, William on horseback right, rev. legend in wreath, crown above, 40mm. Very fine, pierced for suspension, rare and unusual £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Death of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 1801, a copper medal by T. Halliday, uniformed bust left wearing cocked hat, rev. Britannia lying mournfully before tomb, 40mm (BHM 506; E 930). Good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £340
Battle of Copenhagen, 1801, a copper medal, unsigned, Justice standing beside column, portrait medallions of Admirals Parker and Nelson in front, rev. view of the battle, 39mm (BHM 510; E 933). About extremely fine £150-180
Hammer Price: £220
Ouzel Galley Society, Dublin, c. 1803, a gilt-copper medal, unsigned, standing figure of Justice, rev. galley left, 32mm (cf. W 2329ff). Pierced with loop-mount and ribbon attached, some marks in fields and a file-mark on edge, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare £200-260
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Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust left, rev. Bellona advancing right, 53mm (Hardy 63; BHM 577; E 957). Good extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £200-260
Hammer Price: £360
Manchester Pitt Club, 1813, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, bust left, rev. allegory of Pitt rousing Genius to resist the demons of anarchy, 50mm (W 1973; BHM 771; E 1039). Light graffiti and some other marks, otherwise extremely fine; in case £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
British Battles, 1815, a tubular brass box medal by Thomason & Jones inscribed ‘British Victories in the Peninsula’, lid inset with portrait medalet of Wellington, containing 20 [of 26] brass medalets, each with winged Victory, revs. the battles named (lacks Oporto, Buzaco, Almeida, Salamanca, Vittoria, and Waterloo), each 16mm, tube 38 x 19mm (Eimer 84; BHM 888; E 1076) [21]. Tube good very fine, medalets mostly extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £400
British Battles, 1815, a tubular brass box medal by Thomason & Jones inscribed ‘British Victories in the Peninsula’, containing 18 [of 26] brass medalets, each 16mm, tube 38 x 19mm (Eimer 84; BHM 888; E 1076); together with other boxes made from medals (3) and coins (10), and a paperweight made from a medal of Nelson [33]. Varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £650
Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 1817, a silver medal by T. Wyon, 27mm (BHM 961; E 1091); Accession of George IV, 1820, a copper medal, unsigned [possibly by J.G. Hancock], 45mm (BHM 1017); William IV, Coronation, 1831, a copper medal by W. Wyon, 34mm (BHM 1475; E 1251); Death of William Roscoe, 1831, a copper medal by S. Clint & J. Gibson, 47mm (BHM 1533) [4]. Third very fine, others extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
The Elgin Marbles, 1820, a set of 48 white metal medals by E. Thomason, royal arms with supporters, revs. fragments from the Parthenon frieze, each 48mm (BHM 1061; E 1140b) [48]. Varied state, some with minor corrosion, rare as a set; on four fitted trays within wooden binding [this damaged and partly repaired] £300-400
Hammer Price: £700
Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society, 1820, a silver award medal, un-named, 39mm; International Inventions Exhibition, 1885, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, un-named, 45mm (BHM 3198; E 1715); Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon, un-named, 52mm (BHM 3209; E 1725); Royal Photographic Society, a bronze award medal, named (C. Barrow Keene, 1895), 63mm; Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1897, a gilt-bronze medal by A. Fenwick, 38mm; Automobile Club Show,...
Hammer Price: £260
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 1146). Extremely fine and attractively toned £150-200
Hammer Price: £440
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, similar, 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146a). Some contact marks, otherwise extremely fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
Infant Orphan Society, Reward of Merit, an engraved silver medal, legend, rev. named (Presented to Louisa Jones, June 2nd A.M. 5594), hallmarked London 1829, 50mm. Very fine and toned, pierced for suspension, rare £200-300
Kings and Queens of England, 1830, a complete set of Thomason’s re-worked set of the Dassier medals, with additional medals for George III and George IV (36), in white metal, each with portrait obverse, revs. legend with biographical details, each 41mm (excepting Cromwell, 38mm) (BHM 1437; E 1236) [36]. Mostly extremely fine or better, scarce as a complete set; in three contemporary fitted trays £300-400
Hammer Price: £500
Scientific and Philosophical Medals, c. 1830, by E. Thomason, a complete set (16) in white metal, each 73mm (BHM 1336; E 1237b) [16]. Very fine or better, most with some minor corrosion, rare as a set; in original case [this partly repaired] with magnifying glass £200-300
Liverpool Botanic Garden, c. 1830, a silver award medal by Sheriff, bust of Charles Linnæus left, rev. liver bird between two cornucopiae, un-named, 51mm (E 1235). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare; in contemporary case £150-180
William IV, Coronation, 1831, a silver medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, 17.92g, 33mm (BHM 1475; E 1251). Scuffed, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Reform Bill, 1832, a copper medal by B. Wyon, 50mm (BHM 1603; E 1254); Erection of Nelson’s Column, 1843, a brass medalet, 25mm (BHM 2128); Art Union of London, William Wyon, 1854, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, 55mm (BHM 2535; E 1480); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a silver medal by T. Brock, 39mm (W & E 2030A.2; BHM 3226; E 1737); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal, 36mm (BHM 3598, not listed in silver); Montague Rendall, 1924, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher, 64mm (BHM 4186; E...
Hammer Price: £280
Foundation of the City of London School, 1834, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the building, rev. Knowledge seated right, instructing youth leaning on tablet, 58mm (BHM 1680; Taylor 120a; E 1279; D & W 245/328). FDC, toned; in black case of issue by Wyon, 287 Regent Street, London £140-180
Marquis of Camden Installed as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1835, a silver medal by the Soho Mint for J. Peters, bust left, rev. interior of Senate House, 44mm (BHM 1685; E 1282). Mint state, attractively toned; in case of issue £200-260
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, 36mm (W & E 88.1; BHM 1801; E 1315); together with small silver Coronation medals of Edward VII and George V [3]. First a little hairlined and edge bruised at 12 o’clock, otherwise almost extremely fine and toned, second cleaned, third good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, rev. Victoria receiving crown from standing figures, 36mm (W & E 88.2; BHM 1801; E 1315). About extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case £60-80
Hammer Price: £150
Opening of the Brighthelmston Dispensary, 1850, a white metal medal by J. Ottley, 53mm (BHM 2401); Brighton Proprietary School, Præpositor’s Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Harry W. Strevens, Christmas 1864), 44mm; Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Borough of Brighton, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (W & E 2501D.1); Mahomed’s Gymnasium, Brighton, a copper award medal, unsigned, named (G.K. Rawlinson, April 7th 1894), 51mm; George VI, Coronation, 1937, Hotel Metropole,...
Hammer Price: £100
Harrow School, Joseph Neeld Prize, 1851, a bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, 46mm; together with other British commemorative medals in silver (1), base metal (10) [12]. Varied state £100-150
Royal Naval School, New Cross, Cookney Prize Medal, 1854, a pair of silver clichés, each 45mm; Scotch Railway Strike, 1890-91, a silver badge by H. Wilkie, Glasgow, 24mm; Dorking Fine Art Exhibition, 1899, a copper award medal, named (C.W. Collins, Models, 1st), 39mm (Allen Pt I); Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1905, a white metal medal by Spink, 32mm (BHM 3923), a bronze medal, 29mm (BHM 3924) and a bronze medalet, 17mm; Mond Nickel Company, 25th Anniversary, 1925, a nickel medal by...
National Rifle Association, 1860, a silver award medal, un-named, 38mm (BHM 2682; E 1542); National Rifle Association, King’s Trophy, 1925, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 51mm (E 2002); National Rifle Association, Wakefield Medal, a silver award, undated, named on edge (Cpl. O.K. Chambers, Jamaica Police), 41mm; Army Rifle Association, India, a silver award medal, named on edge (Sub. Mohd Khan, 20 Inf, 1929), 35mm [4]. Varied state; second in original Royal Mint case £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Birmingham School of Design, a silver award medal by J. Moore, turreted female bust right within quatrefoil, rev. arms surrounded by instruments of art and design, all within quatrefoil, edge named (Edwin F. Sage, Best Outline of the Madeleine Scroll, 1873), 48mm (D & W 211/85; E 1371). Extremely fine £90-120
Eastbourne Exhibition of Sanitary Appliances & Fine Art, a silver award medal by F.V. Hadlow, female figure seated holding wreath, town behind, rev. legend, named (Mr J.T. Rodda, Secretary, 1881), 51mm (cf. Allen Pt I). Extremely fine; in fitted case of issue by Hadlow, Medallist, Brighton £80-100
North East Coast Exhibition, Tynemouth, 1882, Prize Medal, a silver award by Reid & Sons, Newcastle, Neptune in sea chariot left, ship and coastline in distance, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (Presented to Whitley Partners, Leeds), 51mm (Allen Pt 4; cf. BDW 10, 450). Extremely fine and toned, rare; in case of issue £80-100
North East Coast Exhibition, Tynemouth, 1882, a uniface silver prize medal (rev. only), awarded on edge but inscription not fully legible, 50mm; together with other exhibition-related medals (6), from Sydney, Dublin, New Orleans, Barcelona, etc [7]. Varied state; all fixed with screws to card mount £80-100
Hammer Price: £45
International Inventions Exhibition, 1885, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, un-named, 46mm (BHM 3198; E 1715); Home Industries Exhibition, 1889, a copper award medal by H. Herkomer, named (Jabez Jackson for Watch Making), 51mm; Workmen’s & Apprentices’ Industrial Exhibition, 1889, a copper award medal by J.A. Restall, named (Jabez Jackson), 51mm; Manchester Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1891, a copper award medal by Elkington, named (John Reid Gray), 58mm; Birmingham Trades Exhibition,...
Western School of Medicine, Glasgow, a silver award medal by Kirkwood, named (John Crawford, 1st Prize, Junior Anatomy, 1885-86), 49mm; Hove Industrial and Horticultural Society, 1893, a silver award medal by A.H. Darby, named (Henry Everett, Marine Subjects, 1st Prize), 44mm; Institution of Civil Engineers, Birmingham, a silver award medal by Ottley, named (G.B. Sharples, for best Students’ Paper, 1907-08), 50mm [3]. Extremely fine or better; all cased [first case broken] £100-150
Worshipful Company of Coach Makers and Coach Harness Makers, a silver award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, arms and supporters, rev. legend, named (W.G. Dobson, for Drawings of Carriages to Scale, 1893), 58mm. Virtually as struck and attractively toned, rare; in fitted case of issue by Wyon, 287 Regent Street, London [lid of case broken] £200-260
Bristol Hospital for Sick Children & Women, a silver award medal, named (Mr G. Coles, Church Parade, L.U.A.S., 1894), 38mm; together with a cast copy of the Spanish Armada medal, 1588 [2]. Fine to very fine; first set in brooch mount £50-70
Hammer Price: £170
Goodman’s Limited Capital, 1896, a silver medal, unsigned, bust three-quarters left, rev. craftsman seated at workbench within ornamental cartouche, 38mm. Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare; in contemporary fitted case £100-150
Hammer Price: £60
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a gold medal by G.W. de Saulles, veiled bust left, rev. young bust left, 26mm, 12.77g (W & E 3000.2; BHM 3506; E 1817b). About extremely fine; in gilt-blocked case of issue £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a small silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, similar, gilt and rev. enamelled in four colours (W & E 3000.1; BHM 3506; E 1817b). Medal very fine, the enamel-work of exceptional quality; set in brooch-mount £100-150
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a trial strike in brass of the official medal by G.W. de Saulles, similar, 56mm, 98.59g (cf. BHM 3506; cf. E 1817). Very fine and extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £200
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust left, rev. royal arms surrounded by small shields bearing names of British territories, 76mm (W & E 3475A.5; BHM 3511; E 1816). Lightly polished, otherwise about extremely fine, scarce; in box of issue £150-180
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