Peru / USA, Henry Meiggs, Verrugas railway viaduct and Peruvian Central Trans-Andean Railway completed, bronze medal 1872 by JS & AB Wyon for Tiffany & Co., bust of Meiggs right, rev. view of a train passing over the Verrugas Viaduct, 58mm (Julian UN-17). Very fine, scarceNotes: Henry Meiggs (1811-1877) was an American who ended up in South America on the run from the US authorities, having perpetrated a huge financial fraud. He became a successful railway builder, building railways in Peru, Chile and Costa Rica. 206 medals were struck in bronze.
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Russia, Alexander III, Survival of Tsar's Family after the Borki Railway Disaster 1888, bronze medal by A Grilliches, Tsar, Tsarina and family standing, rev. kneeling woman prays to an angel, train crash scene and victims in exergue, 89mm (Diakov 1010.1). Extremely fine, small trace of verdigris by obverse exergue, scarce
Sailing of the Mayflower 1620, 350th Anniversary, a set of six medals issued by Metalimport Company 1971, comprising four sterling silver, each 52.9g, two bronze, obverses pilgrim standing and the Mayflower, common reverses Jacobean Royal arms, arms of New Plymouth Society, each 50mm, in fitted case of issue with certificates numbered B 0069. About as issued, silver toned (6)
British and foreign commemorative medals, 18th to 20th century, including silver Victoria, Science & Art Department silver medal awarded Walter Scott Coventry 1868, 55mm, London, Metropolitan Amateur Regatta, silver, 43mm, Basel Bridge 1905, silver, 60mm, USA, Gutenberg 500th Year of Birth 1900, bronze, 69mm, and sundry. Varied state (11)
After A late 19th Century Auguste Rodin, (French, 1840-1917), cast patinated bronze, the nude portrayed contrapposto, with head inclined, the eyes closed and lips slightly parted, the right arm raised to meet the head, the left hand loosely forming a fist, inscribed A. Rodin and 1876 on the base. 96cm H x 22cm W x 23cm D
bronze, signed on base GEO. A. LAWSON. 1891(height: 36cm) Note: This is a bronze reduction copy of the fine statue of Robert Burns erected in Burns Statue Square, Ayr, by George A. Lawson. The original was unveiled in 1891. Lawson's statue was widely regarded as the most successful statue of Burns sculpted, and was the model for many other such statues around the world notably in Melbourne (Australia), Detroit (USA) and Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg (Canada).
A GROUP OF FIVE WORLD WAR I MEDALS AWARDED TO BELGIAN SOLDIER AUGUST-EDOUARD DE CYPER TO INCLUDE BELGIAN ORDER OF LEOPOLD II WITH SILVER PALM, WAR CROSS WITH BRONZE PALM, FIRE CROSS, INTER-ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL AND 1914-18 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL WITH FOUR SILVER BARS (2-3 YEARS FRONT LINE) AND ENAMEL RED CROSS WOUND BADGE IN A FRAMED AND GLAZED RELIEF PANEL WITH PHOTOGRAPH
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