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Lot 1021
Three commemorative medals; George V. by P. Metcalfe, Silver Jubilee 1935, 57mm silvered in original case of issue; Queen Victoria young head by W. Wyon, 1856 Reverse printed National Medal for Success in Art Awarded by the Science and Art Department, around the edge Arthur C. Shorthouse 17c; 1893 55mm bronze in original case of issue, Queen Victoria Young Head by W. Wyon, reverse Students Prize Department of Science and Art 1853 around the edge Thomas Smart, Dudley, Stage 10 November 1854 45mm Bronze in original case of issue. (3)
Lot 499
Commemorative Medals, USA, Orville and Wilbur Wright (1871-1948 and 1867-1912), pioneer aviators, Congressional Medal for their Achievements, rectangular bronze plaquette, 1909, by C. E. Barber and G. T. Morgan, conjoined busts of Orville and Wilbur Wright to left, rev. the winged female figure of Genius of Aviation flying right, over a globe, IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THEIR ABILITY COURAGE AND SUCCESS IN NAVIGATING THE AIR SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES, 56mm. x 80.5mm., very fine The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 477
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Francesco Redi (1626-1696), physician to the Grand Dukes, entomologist and poet, cast bronze portrait medal, 1684, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi (1656-1740), draped bust r., with long hair, wearing gown and open shirt, FRANCISCVS. REDI. PATRITIVS. ARETINVS., rev. Minerva, a spear in her left hand, uncovering Nature, before a temple, signed in ex. M. SOLDANVS. F., 88mm. (V&T.37; Bargello 7838; Clifford 298; Johnson 140, fig.127; Lankheit 121; Brettauer 951; M&E Lankheit 711), good very fine with dark patination, minute piercing in rim The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 525
Commemorative Medals, Scotland, James V, cast bronze medal, by James Tassie (post 1791), bust three-quarters l. (after the portrait by Corneille de Lyon, c. 1536), wearing plumed hat and ermine cloak, rev. legend in 6 lines, 54.5mm. (MI.45/39 and note p. 13; BDM.VI, p.25), extremely fine, rare Tassie planned a series of medals of the Scottish monarchs to be made in opaque white glass, but it was never completed. Bronze casts were also made and MI records medals of James I, James IV and Mary, Queen of Scots, whilst a medal of Robert the Bruce was sold in Baldwin Auction 38, 4 October 2004 (lot 1161).
Lot 357
Commemorative Medals, Boer War Welcome Home and Tribute Medals, London, The Law Society of the United Kingdom, heavy specimen silver medal, 1902, Society’s arms and supporters, rev. legend over a crowned rose, shamrock and thistle, PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY … TO SOLICITORS AND ARTICLED CLERKS WHO SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1899-1902 … AT A BANQUET IN ITS HALL …, edge stamped SILVER, 111.65gms, 51mm (BHM.3879, Æ only; Eimer 1868, Æ only; Hern: 878, Æ only; Hibbard: J3, Æ only; Laidlaw 0512), matt surface, mint state and extremely rare The banquet, held on 18th December, 1902, was attended by some 150 people; the medal was presented, named, in bronze. Hibbard, appendix 13, gives a roll of names as produced by the Society.
Lot 471
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, ‘Vive Bourgogne’, “Les Bourguignons Sales – 1421”, bronze medal, artist’s proof of a limited private edition of 100 specimens, active battle scene, rev. shield, VIVE BOVRGOGNE, edge stamped “Epreuve d’Auteur”, 62.5mm. (cf.Canale [Classens] 1928), very rare, extremely fine In 1421, the inhabitants of Aigues-Mortes defeated a Burgundian garrison and passed it to the sword. The inhabitants then covered the bodies with salt, to prevent the spread of disease. See footnote to lot 465. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 478
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Vatican, Alexander VIII (1610–1689-1691), Pietro Vito Ottoboni, The Pope’s Monument, gilt-bronze medal, 1700, by Ferdinand de Saint Urbain, bust of the Pope l., in papal vestments, ALEXANDER . VIII . OTTHOBONVS . VENETVS . PONT . MAX., rev. elevation of the Pope’s tomb in St Peter’s, with group of admiring figures to the right, PETRVS. CARD. OTTHOBONVS. S.R.E. VICECANO PATRVO. MAG. BENEMERENTI. POSVIT, MDCC, 64.5mm. (Linc.1512; Ciech 264; Weber 361; Roma Resurgens 137; Venuti XXI; Miselli II, 287; Hall, II, 1188), extremely fine, the slightest rubbing to the gilding The magnificent tomb was commissioned and paid for by the Pope’s nephew, Cardinal Pietro Ottobone. Designed by Carlo Enrico Sanmartino (d. 1726), as stated on the exergual line, COM. CAROLVS. H-S. MARTIN. INVEN., and it was sculpted by Angelo de’Rossi and Giuseppe Bertosi. Work on the tomb commenced c.1696 but was not completed until 1725. Central to the group on the right a figure, believed to be Sanmartino, is seen holding open a plan of the tomb. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 406
Commemorative Medals, Charles I, Memorial, 1649, gilt-bronze medal, by James or Norbert Roettier, c.1695, armoured bust r., love-lock over left shoulder, rev. hand issuing from cloud holding a celestial crown, above a landscape with sheep, VIRTVT EX ME FORTVNAM EX ALIJS, 50mm (MI 347/200; Eimer 162; vL II, 320; Foley 293), test-mark to edge, extremely fine, the gilding contemporary Traditionally described as by John Roettier, the medal is now believed to have been issued c.1695, by James and Norbert Roettier (cf.A. Griffiths, ‘Advertisements for Medals in the London Gazette’, The Medal, No. XV, pp.4-6). The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 498
Commemorative Medals, USA, George Washington (1732-1799), the centenary of his Inauguration celebrated in New York, large cast bronze medal, 1889, by Augustus Saint Gaudens (1848-1907) and Philip H. Martiny (1858-1927), half-length bust left wearing frock-coat and cravat, fasces to right, rev. eagle over New York City arms, legend in 13 lines, …BY THE AVTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION…, 115mm. (Douglas 53), good very fine with well patinated obverse This medal was Saint Gaudens’s first official medallic commission, from the Committee on Art and Exhibition of the Washington Centennial Celebration. The medal was to be the official souvenir for the centennial of George Washington’s swearing-in as first president of the United States on April 30, 1789 at New York’s Federal Hall. Philip Martiny was Saint Gaudens’s assistant and it was he who did most of the actual modelling. The medal, which was cast by the Gorham Company, was issued in an edition of 2000 specimens in bronze and 10 in silver. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 377
Commemorative Medals, Education and Sport Medals, University of the Cape of Good Hope, HRH George, Prince of Wales [later George V] appointed Chancellor, specimen medal, silvered-bronze, by Allan Wyon [1901], bust left, rev. arms of the University, 51mm., matt surface, mint state During a world tour of the Dominions in 1901, the future king was appointed Chancellor and received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of the Cape of Good Hope. He served as Chancellor from 1901 to 1912, an association that brought the University significant financial benefit.
Lot 467
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, ‘Alain Bouchard - Le chroniqueur de Bretaigne’, uniface bronze medal, the scribe seated at a desk, holding the Chronicles open on a lectern, 79mm. (Bouchard, end page), extremely fine One can only believe that Henri Bouchard took the great chronicler Alain to be an ancestor. Alain Bouchard (145?–(?)1530), worked on the Croniques de Bretaigne for King Francis II and the image on the medal is derived from a well-recorded woodcut. See footnote to lot 465. From an edition of 150 specimens, numbered 10/150 and signed on reverse The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 479
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Vatican, Clement XI (1649-1700-1721), Giovanni Francesco Albani, a superb large uniface cast bronze medallic plaquette, 1706-07, by Charles Claude Dubut, bust r., wearing robes and tiara, CLEMENS: XI: :PONT: MAX: AN: VII, raised border, 131.5mm. (Miselli pp. 74-5, 64a: Roma Resurgens 148), a superb medal, with a contemporary suspension loop attached through rim, good very fine and well patinated with age Charles Claude Dubut (1687-1742) was a sculptor, stuccoer, medallist and wax modeller. He was educated in Paris and Rome and later worked at the Dresden court, then Berlin, before he settled in Munich. See also, Arne R. Flaten, Medals and Plaquettes in the Ulrich Middeldorf Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, 2012. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 303
Commemorative Medals, Field Marshall Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, Siege of Mafeking, bronze portrait medal, 1900, unsigned [by F. Bowcher] for Spink, facing bust, rev. soldiers and sailors bringing up a gun, BLOEMFONTEIN PRETORIA, 45mm. (BHM.3677; Eimer 1843; Hern 150; CMZAR 64), good very fine
Lot 305
Commemorative Medals, Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the Defence of Mafeking, bronze portrait medal, 1900, unsigned [by F. Bowcher for Spink], facing bust of Baden-Powell in uniform and hat, rev. soldiers and sailors bringing up a gun, 45mm.; with small silver medal, similar, 22.5mm. (BHM. 3677; Eimer 1843; Hern 106), latter with suspension loop and ring, extremely fine and very fine (2)
Lot 552
Commemorative Medals, France, ‘Orphée Endort Cerbère Aux Sons De Sa lyre’, massive uniface bronze medal, c.1893, by Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray (1864-1932), head of Orpheus with lyre, 115mm. (MeF.261; Classens 40; BM Acq. 1983-1987, p.18, 28; Coll R Marx 463; The Medal 44, p.41), minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine At the entrance to the Underworld, Orpheus was able to lull Cerberus to sleep with the sounds of his lyre.
Lot 476
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), sculptor and architect, cast bronze portrait medal, 1674, by Charles Jean François Chéron (1635-1698), bust of Bernini to r., wearing gown, signed on truncation, EQVES. IOA. LAVRENT BERNINVS. ETATIS. SVE. .ANNO 76 1674, rev. allegorical figures of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Mathematics, SINGVLARIS. IN SINGVLIS. IN. OMNIBVS VNICVS., 71mm. (V&T.19, 6; Johnson 125; Rizz.886; BDM.I, 420; Hall I, 575), the medal still wrapped in its original 17th century folded paper, this inscribed, ‘Joa. Laurentius Berninus’, good very fine Louis XIV commissioned Chéron to make this medal, even though the King’s patronage during Cheron’s visit to France in 1665 had been disappointing. The figures on the reverse represent the various arts in which Bernini excelled: sculpture, architecture and painting. At the time that this medal was made, Bernini was working on an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, which on its arrival in France, was so disliked by the King that he had the head replaced and the statue banished to a distant part of the park at Versailles. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 347
Commemorative Medals, Medals of the Z.A.R, Paul Kruger (1825-1904; President 1883–1900), Visit to Utrecht, bronze plaquette, 1902, by Henri Dubois, struck at the Paris mint, bust of Kruger l., in ex. LE PRESIDENT KRÜGER and above, UTRECHT JUIN 1902, rev. draped Fame walks in clouds over aerial panoramic map of South Africa, 70.5 x 47mm. (CMZAR 165), much as struck with matt surface, extremely fine
Lot 286
Commemorative Medals, British Empire, David Livingstone (1813-1873), Missionary and Explorer, copper proof or specimen of the Royal Geographical Society’s Bearer’s Medal, 1874, by Alfred Benjamin Wyon, bust of David Livingstone three-quarters r., rev. legend in eight lines, PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON – 1874, 37mm. (Fearon 325.2; Eimer 1637; Storer 2229; cf. Magor 403), numbered “411” on edge, proof-like surface, choice mint state and extremely rare It has long been understood that the Wyon family kept a reference collection of their medals, each with an impressed number on the edge. No key to the numbering system has ever been discovered and it would seem to have followed a random form. Other medals in the present sale also carry “Wyon numbers”. Of the 60 silver Bearer’s Medal medals struck, less than 10 examples are believed extant, four of which are in institutional Collections [British Museum; Livingstone Museum, Zambia; Blantyre Museum, Malawi; and the Royal Geographical Society]. The copper proofs must also be exceedingly rare. Pridmore writes (Pridmore, Major F. and Simpson, D. H., Faithful to the End, SNC, May 1970, pp.192-6), that two obverse dies were needed to complete the order of 60 medals as both fractured, “but lasted long enough to complete the total ordered and a few bronze proofs”. For further reading see also, Roland Hill, David Livingstone’s Bearers’ Medals, OMRS Journal, December 2008, pp.229-38. The W. V. R Baldwin Collection of the Medals of Southern Africa
Lot 470
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, the Colonial Exposition, Marseille, bronze award medal, 1922, three soldiers of the Empire and colonial scenes (Laos, Cambodia, Marocco etc), rev. view of the port of Marseille with the hill-top Palais de Longchamps, MARSEILLE - METROPOLE COLONIALE, named in tablet, MR DELMAS, 67.5mm. about extremely fine See footnote to lot 465. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 388
Tokens, A small group of medallions, tokens, badges, etc. (12): Durban Club, Natal Sixpence 1860; C.I.S., Elandsfontein, 6d, octagonal; Diamond Mining Co. Ltd, Griqualand West, 2/-; Krugersdorp Volunteer Corps, a pair of uniform buttons; Kaffraria, 1858-1908, bronze medal; Union, 1910, white metal medal; George V, Coronation 1910 (2), Union and Natal, bronze medals; George V, bronze Peace medal, 1919; rev. Visit of the Prince of Wales [Edward VIII], to Cape Town, 1925; others (3), including Bantu Investments & Loans Association, c. 1964, varied state (12) The Krugersdorp Volunteer Corps was established in 1904 manned mostly by Scottish soldiers who had remained in South Africa after the Boer wars. Envelope to last states “One of the Defunct (fraudulent) Bantu Investment & Loans Association and cover seized when charged”. In 1958 the Promotion of Black Self-Government Act was passed, and the Bantu Investment Corporation was established to promote economic development and the provision of employment in or near the homelands to create employment there.
Lot 307
Commemorative Medals, The Absent Minded Beggar, the National Commemorative Medal, silver, 1899-1900, by F. Bowcher [Spink and Son], soldier with headband, helmet discarded, standing holding rifle with fixed bayonet, rev. Union flag with rose, thistle, shamrock and palm branch, THE QUEEN GOD BLESS HER and further legend, 45 mm. (BHM.3680; Eimer 1851; Hern 68; CMZAR 26); another, smaller, gilt-bronze with patriotic enamelled suspender, 22.5mm., in red and pale blue card boxes of issue, both matt surface, mint state (2) The inner lids of the boxes state respectively, “… price 12/6 of which amount 1/- [price 2/6 of which amount 6d] - will be handed to the proprietors of the Daily Mail for the Kipling Poem War Fund”. The obverse image is after the drawing by Richard Caton Woodville commissioned by the Daily Mail to illustrate Kipling’s poem.
Lot 468
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, Paul Vitry (1872-1941), art historian, curator of sculpture at the Louvre, uniface bronze tribute plaquette, 1939, from his colleagues, bust l., legend before his face, 79 x 64.5mm. a well sculpted portrait, very fine; Frantz Jourdain (1847-1935), Belgian architect, 1928, bronze portrait medal 72mm. this a 1976 restrike (Bouchard 27 CGMP 62A), mint state (2) Jourdain best remembered for the splendidly Art Nouveau La Samaritaine building in Paris. See footnote to lot 465. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 500
Commemorative Medals, USA, Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974), pioneering aviator, the ‘Lone Eagle’ medal, 1931, gold-plated bronze medal, by Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937), commissioned by the Society of Medalists, heroic head and shoulders three-quarters l., looking upwards and wearing leather helmet, partial image of plane beyond, rev. a lone eagle battling wind and lightening as the figure of Death retreats in defeat, 73mm. (Marqusee 249), extremely fine, scarce when gold-plated The Society of Medalists, formed in 1930, was a New York-based collectors’ organization established to support superior medallic efforts. This was the fourth medal in a long series and the Society gave artists the freedom to choose their own subject matter. MacMonnies commemorated Charles Lindbergh’s May 1927 transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 332
Commemorative Medals, Medals of the Z.A.R, Paul Kruger (1825-1904; President 1883–1900), “the brave fighters for right and freedom”, a pair of medals, silver and bronze, by Anton Scharff, facing bust, rev. oak tree, legend to left, AAN DE DAPPERE STRIJDERS VOOR RECHT EN VRIJHEID 1899-1900, 39.5mm. (Hern 260; CMZAR 115), matt surface, extremely fine (2) The bronze in envelope of the dealer Robert Ball Nchf, Berlin
Lot 466
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, ‘Il Était une Bergère’, large uniface bronze medal, a shepherdess, holding a lamb with her left arm, sheep around her, 100mm. extremely fine See footnote to lot 465. The title is taken from a popular folk song dating from the 17th century. From an edition of 150 specimens, numbered 19/150 and signed on reverse. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 465
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, ‘Les vendanges en Bourgogne’, large uniface bronze medal, three figures before the vines, a girl loads grapes into a basket on a man’s back, a second man takes his basket to a truck behind them, 100mm. extremely fine Bouchard trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris and, in 1901, won the Grand Prix de Rome. In 1910 he was appointed professor at the Académie Julian in Paris. After the Second World War he was accused of collaboration with the Nazis for having accepted an invitation from Goebbels to tour Nazi Germany with a group of French artists. His studio in the rue de l’Yvette was for some time a museum, but its entire contents have now been transferred to the Musée de La Piscine in Roubaix. From an edition of 250 specimens, numbered 2/250 and signed on reverse. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 480
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Aviation, ‘Crociera Aerea del Decennale’, Art Déco bronze medal, 1933, by Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963), head of Speed facing l., into the wind, ROMA-CHICAGO NEW-YORK-ROMA below, rev. angled bird’s eye view of the progress of the flight from the Colosseum to New York skyscrapers, polar bear at top, sea below, legend in centre, REDIT ITALIA PER AETHERA MVSSOLINI DVCE BALBO DVCTORE, 60.5mm. a few surface spots, almost extremely fine On the 10th anniversary of the Mussolini government General Italo Balbo (1896-1940), the then Minister of Aviation, led a mass formation of twenty-five flying boats to the Chicago World’s Fair, then on to New York before returning to Rome. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 314
Commemorative Medals, Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC (1832-1914), created an Earl, a pair of medals, silver and bronze, 1900, by Emil Fuchs, bust full-face, rev. Fame stands on ship’s prow, 31mm. (Hern 142; BHM.3670; Miller 23; cf Eimer 1847, note), matt surface, virtually as struck, rare (2)
Lot 341
Commemorative Medals, Medals of the Z.A.R, Christian de Wet and Koos de la Rey, bronze medal, 1902, by Anton Scharff, facing busts, the latter r., in hat and with flowing beard, rev. Boer standing with flag in right hand, points with left to injured British lion slinking right, legend HANDS OFF!, 39mm. (Hern 232; CM.ZAR 103), extremely fine with some original colour
Lot 531
Commemorative Medals, Exploration: Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1872-1876, and the ‘Report on the Scientific Results of the Challenger Expedition, 1886-1895’, large bronze medal, by William S Black and William Birnie Rhind, Neptune holds wreath around head of Britannia, rev. armoured knight by naval trident, throws down gauntlet, name inscribed on the edge, W. C. M’INTOSH, 75mm. (BHM.3487 [R2]), about extremely fine and rare William Carmichael McIntosh, FRS, FRSE (1838-1931), was a botanist and Marine Zoologist, Professor of Natural History, St. Andrews University. He was one of the world’s premier specialists invited to conduct the investigations into the expedition’s finds and publish them in the the various Challenger Reports. He appears (No. 71) on Glenn Stein’s ‘The Challenger Medal Roll (1895)’. Only 120 medals believed issued by the Challenger office in Edinburgh.
Lot 537
Commemorative Medals, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Death, set of 8 medals, 1965, by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, comprising gold, gilt-silver, silver and bronze (2 of each), facing bust (after Karsh photograph), rev. Churchill arms within Garter, 58 and 39mm.; gold 110.21gms and 41.38gms, 22ct, in fitted case of issue, with certificate (381 of 1000), matt surface, mint state (8)
Lot 306
Commemorative Medals, Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the Defence of Mafeking, a pair of medals, 1900, bronze and white metal, unsigned [by F. Bowcher for Spink], facing bust of Baden-Powell in uniform and hat, rev. soldiers and sailors bringing up a gun, 45mm. (BHM.3677; Eimer 1843; Hern 106), extremely fine (2)
Lot 482
Commemorative Medals, Italy, First Decade of Fascism, bronze medal in the futurist style, 1932, by Ernesto Michahelles, signed Thayaht, head to l., fasces behind, PRIMA ADUNATA PROFESSIONISTE E ARTISTE, rev. a hand reaches for a star, ROMA ANNO DECIMO, 50.5mm., extremely fine Ernesto Michahelles (1893–1959), who used the pseudonym Thayaht, was a revolutionary artist and designer of the Futurist movement in Italy. The head depicted on the medal was first seen as a sculpted bronze of 1929 called ‘Dux’. Today he is better remembered for his close partnership with the couturier Madeleine Vionnet and designing a type of jumpsuit known as the TuTa. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 481
Commemorative Medals, Italy, Aviation, ‘Crociera Aerea del Decennale’, a massive American Art Déco bronze medal, 1933, by Onorio Ruotolo (1888-1966), struck by the Medallic Art Co., New York, head of General Italo Balbo in flying helmet and goggles, facing a line of Fascist eagle-topped fasces, dedication from the Italians of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, rev. a powerful sun-god directing light and holding wreath, 94.5mm., extremely fine, rare *ex Stephen Martin collection, DNW auction, 1 July, 2008 (lot 2505) On the 10th anniversary of the Mussolini government General Italo Balbo (1896-1940), the then Minister of Aviation, led a mass formation of twenty-five flying boats to the Chicago Worlds Fair, then on to New York before returning to Rome. Onorio Ruotolo was an Italian born American sculptor and poet. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 497
Commemorative Medals, Sweden, Karl Renald Berch (1706-1777), numismatist, antiquarian, author, etc., bronze portrait medal, 1757, by Johann Carl Hedlinger (1691-1771), bust of Berch r., rev. legend in 6 lines, IN ABSENTIAE SOLATIUM FECIT AMICA MANUS HEDLINGERI, 36.5mm. (Felder 191; Hild.185.2; BDM.II, 462, illus.), contained in turned fruitwood box, extremely fine, scarce; a second example, white metal, this nearly very fine (2) *First bt. D. Fearon The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 469
Commemorative Medals, France, Henri Bouchard (1875–1960), sculptor and medallist, ‘Vive Bourgogne’, 1904 - 1911, 1915-1919, massive bronze medal, 1929, a sommelier to l., tastes the wine, rev. the grape harvest, 109.5mm. numbered 114 on edge (Bouchard, back cover), good very fine See footnote to lot 465. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals
Lot 311
Commemorative Medals, Colonel W. H. Mackinnon, City Imperial Volunteers, white metal medal, 1900, bust three-quarters l., 29mm. (Eimer 1849; Laidlaw 0211); Baden Powell, Defence of Mafeking, white metal medal, 1900, facing bust, rev. scrolled legend, etc, around Lord Roberts, 35mm. (Laidlaw 0801), pierced; Lord Roberts, Occupation of Pretoria, lozenge-shaped bronze medal, 1900, by Vaughton for the Burgh of Stirling, 51 x 31.5mm. (Laidlaw 0333); other bronze medallets (2), Peace and Kitchener, last fine others very fine and better (5) Colonel William Henry Mackinnon helped form the City Imperial Volunteers and was their Colonel Commandant.
Lot 574
Commemorative Medals, Russia, Nicholas I, bronze medal commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the 6th Prussian Cuirassiers Regiment, 1842, crowned monogram, ZUM ANDENKEN below, rev. 1817 1842 within wreath, legend around, 36mm. (Diakov 566.2 [R1]), certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 64 Brown Nicholas I was honorary commander of the regiment.
Lot 528
Commemorative Medals, William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV), Appointed Lord High Admiral, bronze-gilt medal, 1827, by John Henning, bare head right, rev. Britannia stands on the waves, with shield and spear, ships beyond her, HER MARCH IS O’ER THE MOUNTAIN WAVE …, 65mm. (BHM.1296), extremely fine The reverse legend from Thomas Campbell’s poem, Ye Mariners of England: ‘Britannia needs no bulwarks / No towers along the steep; / Her march is o’er the mountain wave, / Her home is on the deep’.
Lot 313
Commemorative Medals, Termination of the South African War, 1899-1900, bronze medal, by Emil Fuchs, an angel tending a fallen soldier, … QUEEN AND COUNTRY, rev. Bellona sheaths her sword, troops embark beyond, 44.5mm. (BHM.3679; Eimer 1850; Miller 21); the medal re-issued and adapted, 1899-1902, copper, … KING AND COUNTRY, 52.5mm. (BHM.3876 [a 1900 medal illustrated and described in error]; Eimer 1850, note; Miller 36), this extremely fine, the first very fine (2) The first for the Mint, Birmingham, the second for Elkington.
Lot 340
Commemorative Medals, Medals of the Z.A.R, Paul Kruger (1825-1904; President 1883–1900), “Hands Off”, bronze medal, 1902, by Anton Scharff, facing bust, rev. Boer standing with flag and pointing to the injured British lion that slinks to r., HANDS OFF!, 39mm. (Hern 264; CMZAR 17), extremely fine, scarce
Lot 584
Commemorative Medals, USA, Hudson-Fulton Celebration, official commemorative bronze medal, 1909, by Emil Fuchs, for the American Numismatic Society, Hendrik Hudson on deck of the Halve Maen, rev. Navigation, Commerce and History seated with model of Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat, edge stamped with name of recipient, WERNER F. REITH, and manufacturer, WHITEHEAD-HOAG, 101.5mm., very fine Werner F. Reith of Dolgeville, New York.
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