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Click here to subscribeCOMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Anne (1702-1714), Accession to Throne 1702, Silver Medal, by John Croker, crowned and draped bust left, rev heart and crown within oak and laurel branches on pedestal, ENTIRELY ENGLISH around, 35mm (MI i 227/1; Eimer 388). Extremely fine, minor marks in the obverse field.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Anne, the Battle of Blenheim (Höchstädt), Silver Medal, 1704, by J Croker, bust of Anne left, lovelock on left shoulder, rev Britannia seated holds Victory in left hand, bound captive to right, crouched on trophies, 34mm (MI 256/49; Eimer 409). Very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Anne, Capture of Gibraltar and Naval Engagement off Malaga, 1704, Bronze Medal, by J Croker, bust left, rev Neptune offers his trident and crowns to Britannia, VICTORIÆ NAVALES, 39mm (Eimer 410; Jones, Art of the Medal, p.88; MI ii 266/64; MH 1919, 132). Good very fine, scarce.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Anne, Capture of the Citadel of Lille, 1708, Copper Medal, by J Croker, crowned bust left, ANNA. D: G: MAG: BRI: FR: ET. HIB: REG:, rev turreted victory holding the shield of Lille above a plan of the city walls, INSVLÆ CAPTÆ. MDCCVIII, 44mm (Eimer 435; Jones, Art of the Medal, 216; MI ii 338/169). Lightly polished, very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), architect, scientist and mathematician, cast Bronze Medal, by Gottlieb (George) Daniel Gaab (c.1714-1784), mid 18th Century, bust left, hair long, in buttoned shirt and loose mantle, CHRISTOP WREN EQVES AVR & ACHITECT - OBIIT AD 1723 ÆT 91, rev the West front St Paul’s Cathedral, VNVM PRO CVNCTIS FAMA LOQVATVR OPVS – INCEPT AD 1676 / PERFECT AD 1711, with AEDESS PAVLI LOND in exergue and signed G D GAAB SCVLP, rosette stops in legends to both sides, 99.5mm (MI 458/69; Eimer 497; Eidlitz 1073; JT pp.25-26). A superb contemporary example of this extremely rare medal, the images and lettering carefully tooled, extremely fine. The portrait is a reversal of the ivory bust, carved on an oval, by David Le Marchand (1674-1726), now in the National Portrait Gallery. Gaab exhibited two medallions of Sir Christopher Wren and of St Paul’s Cathedral at the Free Society from 5 King’s Street, Seven Dials in 1783, marking the 60th anniversary Wren’s death. The medal commemorates Wren’s greatest achievement, but before this he was a founding member of the Royal Society, had the chair of Astronomy at Gresham College (London) and was later the fourth Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, The Rev William Stukeley (1687-1765), Antiquary, “Archdruid” and Freemason, the Famous “Stonehenge Medal” on the Death of Stukeley, 1765, large Copper Medal, attributed to Gottlieb (George) Daniel Gaab (active 1744 - d. 1784), bare head of Stukeley right with a wreath of clover (or, more likely, oak leaves) in his hair, REV GVL STVKEKEY M D SR & AS, æt 54, rev view of Stonehenge, OB MAR 4 1765 / Æ 84, 84mm (BHM 94). Choice extremely fine, light patination and extremely rare. Stukeley was a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal College of Physicians, and the re-formed Society of Antiquaries. The source of the images on both sides of the medal relate directly to Stukeley’s most famous book “Stonehenge a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids [&] Abury, a Temple of the British Druids …”, published in 1740. The engraved frontispiece shows the same bust, which is taken, in turn, from a self-portrait, showing him as a Druid, that is now in the British Museum. The reverse, also taken from the book, shows a “Prospect of STONEHENGE from the southwest”. It was the late Thomas Stainton who attributed the portrait as after that by David Le Marchand (annotations to his copy of BHM), which is known to have been executed in 1722, when Stukely was 35 – not the 54 shown on the medal. The medal is believed to have been made around 1775, ten years after Stukeley’s death. The medallist was certainly confused by Stukeley’s age at the time of his death, he died aged 78 and not 84, as shown on the medal’s reverse. Daniel Gaab signed only one medal, that of Sir Christopher Wren (see previous lot). ex “English Collector”, Glendining, 22 November 1989, lot 131, and Roy Davids Collection. Another example was sold in Baldwin’s Auction 38, 4 October 2004, lot 1037
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), Portobello Taken, 1739, small Brass Medal, three-quarter length bust to left, head facing, holding baton, rev panoramic view of the harbour and ships, HE TOOK PORTO BELLO …, 26.5mm (Adams-Chao PBv 43-SS, R6; McG-G 98; MI 538/119 ; Betts 224 var; MH 215). Well struck, extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), Portobello Taken, 1739, Brass Medal, three-quarter length bust to left, by cannon, ship to right, rev panoramic view of the harbour and ships, HE TOOK PORTO BELLO …, 40.5mm (Adams-Chao PBvi 5-E, R5; McG-G 96; MI 538/120; Betts 221; MH 212). Well struck, extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), Portobello Taken, 1739, Brass Medal, three-quarter length bust to left, by cannon and anchor, rev panoramic view of the harbour and ships, HE TOOK PORTO BELLO …, 38mm (Adams-Chao PBvi 6-G, R5; McG-G 98; MI -; Betts 208 var; MH -). Well struck, extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Abraham de Moivre 1741, French mathematician, Bronze Laudatory Medal, by J A Dassier, bust right, rev five line legend in elaborate border, 54mm (MI ii 565/197; E 563). Good extremely fine. Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754), mathematician, fled his native France for England after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 (de Moivre being a Huguenot). This medal is part of a series by Dassier on celebrated contemporaries.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Alexander Pope, Bronze Laudatory Medal, 1741, by JA Dassier, bust right, rev POETA ANGLUS (English poet) and date within ornamental cartouche, 54mm (MI ii 565/198; E 564). Good extremely fine. Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744). This medal is part of a series by Dassier on celebrated contemporaries.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Manchester Grammar School, Charles Lawson (1728-1807), Usher, 1749, and Headmaster, 1764-1807, Glazed Frosted Silver Prize Medal (1847), by William Wyon, bust of Lawson three-quarters right in clerical jacket, rev PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT within wreath, 56.5mm, glazing with silver border (BDM VI 684). An un-named specimen, virtually mint state, rare. After a portrait by William Marshall Craig and engraved by James Heath. At the school Lawson was referred to as “Millgate’s flogging Turk”, he always spoke to boys in the third person beginning with the phrase ‘Psha, blockhead’. He was however exceedingly caring and the School continued to flourish.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George II, the British Victories of 1759, including the Americas, Bronze Medal, by J Kirk(?), unsigned, laureate and armoured bust of George II left, rev shield with reversed (French) lily, battles and commanders names around, QUEBEC / CROWN POINT/ LAGOS / MINDEN / GUADALOUPE / NIAGARA, 43.5mm (MI 708/444; Eimer 677; Betts 418). Nearly extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George III, Accession, Copper Medal, 1760, by Thomas Pingo, armoured bust left, legend on ribband, signed on truncation, rev Tellus seated at right, wearing mural crown, lions and shield at her side, watching four maidens dancing around an oak-tree, tellvs jactabit alvmno, 54.5mm (BHM 1; Eimer, Pingo 16 “copper, rare”; Eimer 682). Extremely fine, handling marks and hint of obverse die flaw, rare. The medal is adapted from that struck to commemorate George attaining his majority.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, American Interest, John Paul Jones (1747-1792), The Capture of the British Frigate HMS Serapis by the USS Bonhomme Richard, 1779, later restrike Silver Medal, by the Paris Mint, from the ‘Comitia Americana’ series, by Augustin Dupré, uniformed bust right, his hair tied behind en queue, JOANNI PAVLO JONES CLASSIS PRAEFECTO, COMITIA AMERICANA, rev the naval engagement, HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS, AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII SEPT M DCCLXXVIIII, 55mm, edge stamped ARGENT with cornucopia (Betts 568; Adams & Bentley, Ch 8; BHM 222, R2; MH 580; CP 105/22; Ford XIV, 203); with a late Base-metal Restrike of Duvivier’s Medal for Washington at Boston (Jones, Art of the Medal, 249). Both extremely fine. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George III, Admiral Earl Howe, Naval Victory of 1st June 1794, Copper Medal, by W Wyon for Mudie’s Series, bust right, EARL HOWE ADML OF THE WHITE K: G:, rev Neptune in marine car right, FRENCH FLEET DEFEATED OFF USHANT …, 41mm (BHM 387; Eimer 856; Jones, Art of the Medal, 275; MH 1919, 418). Extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George III, Admiral Earl Howe, Naval Victory of 1st June 1794, Copper Medal, by W Wyon for Mudie’s Series, bust right, EARL HOWE ADML OF THE WHITE K: G:, rev Neptune in marine car right, FRENCH FLEET DEFEATED OFF USHANT …, 41mm (BHM 387; Eimer 856; Jones, Art of the Medal, 275; MH 1919, 418). Edge scuff, otherwise extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George III, Recovery from Illness 1801, Bronze Medal, by J G Hancock, uniformed bust of George III right, rev putto holds a torch to illuminate the sky, next to an altar inscribed GISBORN and REYNOLDS, staff of Aesculapius rests against the altar, THOU WILT PROLONG THE KINGS LIFE around, RECOVERED FROM ILLNESS MARCH 1801 below, 38mm (BHM 503; Eimer 928; Storer 6190). Extremely fine or better. The King suffered from mental health problems on several occasions, famously depicted recently in the film The Madness of King George. Thomas Gisborne and Henry Revell Reynolds were physicians who attended to him in 1788 and again in 1801.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, The Death of Nelson and Battle of Trafalgar, White Metal “Weeping Sailor” Medal, 1805, by P Wyon, the sailor at monument on which are naval trophies and medallic bust of Nelson, rev weeping Britannia and Neptune drawing veil over funeral urn, 52mm (BHM 579; Eimer 958; MH 511). Nearly extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Charles James Fox, Death 1806, Bronze Medal, by T Webb, draped bust right, rev Fame holds laurels standing on a globe, 54mm (BHM 605; Eimer -); another, in White Metal, by P Wyon, draped bust right, rev nine line legend, 53mm (BHM 608; Eimer -). Extremely fine and very fine. (2) Fox (1749-1806) was a radical Whig politician in favour of American independence, the French revolution and religious tolerance. He spent most of his political career in opposition.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Sir Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), Silver Tribute Medal on the erection of the Tenantry Column in his honour, 1816, by I Porter(?), bust left, rev the Column at Alnwick, 53.5mm (BHM 917, R2). Extremely fine and very rare. The Tenantry Column, designed by Charles Harper, was erected as a display of gratitude to the Duke by local tenants and farmers, who had had their rents reduced following the hardships of the Napoleonic Wars. The Duke believed that if the tenantry could afford such a monument they could also afford a return to full rent. This, in turn, led to many being forced into bankrupcy and without the continued subscriptions the Duke was forced to finish the “Farmers’ Folly” himself.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, London, Matthew Wood, Lord Mayor 1816-1817, Laudatory Bronze Medal, by T Halliday, bust of Wood right with chain of office, rev Londinia banishes Conspiracy whilst protecting innocence, 54mm (BHM 956; Eimer 1099). Good very fine, slight wear to highpoints. This medal refers to the intervention in the trial of three Irishmen convicted of coin forgery in London. After they were convicted it was shown that they were working under duress for their paymasters. They were pardoned and given the financial wherewithal to return to Ireland. Their paymasters were convicted and sentenced to death. Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet (1768-1843) became MP for the City of London from 1817 to 1843.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Coronation of George IV, 1821, Silver Medal, by B Pistrucci, laureate bust left, GEORGIUS IIII D.G. BRITANNIARUM REX F.D, rev George IV enthroned left, crowned by Victory, and attended by Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO around, INAUGURATUS DIE. JULII. XIX ANNO. MDCCCXXI in exergue, 35mm (BHM 1070; Eimer 1146; Jones, Art of the Medal, 273). Extremely fine, bright from cleaning.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS (1738-1822), astronomer, translucent Hardstone Double-sided Fob, set in a well made Georgian gilt-metal swivel mount, carved with intaglio bust to right, a comet behind his head, the reverse a cypher of initials, 52mm x 33.5mm, the intaglio 28mm x 26mm. In excellent condition.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Benjamin Arthur Heywood (1755-1828), Banker, the Royal Mechanics’ Institution, Manchester, founded 1823, Silver Medal, by William Wyon, bust right, B A HEYWOOD behind, rev façade of the Institution, 50.5mm (BHM 1209, R2; Eimer 1170; JT 111a). Matt surface, obverse with dark tone, very fine, reverse better, very rare. The Heywood family were Liverpool merchants who later established the bank Heywood, Sons & Co in 1773, becoming Heywood Brothers & Co in 1788. Almost a century later, in 1874, they were acquired by the Manchester & Salford Bank for £240,000, in turn Williams Deacon’s Bank, and finally, in 1930, the Royal bank of Scotland. Benjamin Arthur Heywood was a founder of the Royal Mechanics’ Institution and this medal was a prize in his name. It would have been issued in a glazed frame. His son Benjamin Heywood was also a founder of the Institute, serving as its president for 15 years from its foundation until 1840.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), historical novelist and poet, Silver Complimentary Medal, 1824, by William Wyon, for Sir Edward Thomason, bust right, rev allegorical female figures of Truth and Fiction, TRUTHS SEVERE IN FAIRY FICTION DRESSED, 54.5mm (BHM 1238). Extremely fine, scarce. The figure of Fiction holds a book marked WAV representing the Waverley novels
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George Canning (1770-1827), statesman, Death 1827, French Silver Medal, by André Galle, bust left, rev A LA CONCORDE DES PEUPLES, 51mm (BHM -); smaller Copper English Medal, by T W Ingram, bust left, rev figures mourn at tomb, 36.5mm (BHM 1301). Both extremely fine. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria (1837-1901), Visit to the Corporation of London, 1837, Copper Medal, by W Wyon, diademed bust left, VICTORIA REGINA, rev façade of the Guildhall, IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY’S VISIT TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON 9TH NOVEMBER 1837, 55mm (BHM 1775; Eimer 1304). Light scuff to diadem, otherwise extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, John Charles, Earl Spencer, President of the (Royal) Smithfield Club, Personal Award Silver Medal, by William Wyon, 1843, bust left, rev legend, engraved in centre, RIGHT HONBLE EARL SPENCER ALTHORP NORTHAMPTON, edge AS BREEDER OF THE BEST BEAST IN CLASS I, 1843, 48.5mm. Pierced for suspension loop, very fine. A fascinating association item to the family of Diana, Princess of wales, who was the daughter of the 8th Earl Spencer.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579), Opening of the Royal Exchange, Silver Medal, 1844, by William Wyon, bust of Sir Thomas Gresham left, in high relief, rev statue of Queen Victoria before the façade of the Royal Exchange, 74mm (BHM 2185; Eimer 1390; JT 146x). Extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Prince Albert, Bronze Medal, 1845, by W Wyon, bust right, ALBERTUS PRINCEPS VICTORIAE REGINAE CONJUX, rev St George and the dragon, TREU UND FEST, 56mm (BHM 2204; Eimer 1398; Jones, Art of the Medal, 289). Lightly brushed, about extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), engineer and son of George Stephenson, The Completion of the Britannia Tubular Bridge, Copper Medal, 1850, by L C Wyon, bust of Stephenson right, rev view of the bridge with a train emerging, left, past the lion guardians, 58mm, in case (BHM 2402; Eimer 1441; Moyaux 36; Taylor 164a; Swan 67-9). Extremely fine. Robert Stephenson designed the Britannia Tubular Bridge crossing the Menai Straits to Anglesey to link the port of Holyhead to the railway. It takes its name from the Britannia rock on which the central support was built. Following a fire in 1970 the bridge was converted to carry both road and rail services.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria, Art Union of London, William Wyon, 1854, Bronze Medal, by L C Wyon, bust right, rev Britannia with four hippocamps, 56mm, with original card box of issue (BHM 2535; Eimer 1480; Jones, Art of the Medal, 290). A beautiful example, as struck and with the original cotton wool padded card case.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Poland / Great Britain, Lord Dudley Stuart, Bronze Memorial Medal, 1859, by J F A Bovy, bust of Stuart right, rev map of Poland in relief, 63mm (BHM 2659; E 1530; C-P 126/81). Good very fine. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803-1854), Liberal politician and advocate of Polish independence. He married a scion of the Bonaparte family.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Reception by the City of London, large Copper Medal, 1863, for the Corporation of the City of London, by J S and A B Wyon, bust left, her hair pulled back but ringlets over shoulder, rev Prince of Wales introduces the Princess to Londonia, 77mm, in red leather case of issue (BHM 2783; Eimer 1561; W 9). Extremely fine, the case in excellent condition.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Alexander II of Russia 1874, City of London series, Visit of the Tsar to the City of London, Bronze Medal, by Charles Wiener, uniformed bust of Alexander II left, rev Londinia attended by two cupids welcomes Alexander, overlooked by Peace, Russian imperial eagle to left, 77mm (Diakov 807.1; BHM 2981; E 1634; Welch 14; WE 1225; Forrer VI/481). Good very fine or better, minor scratches near head, small verdigris spot on reverse. Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881). Part of the series of medals issued by the Corporation of the City of London, this one in an edition of just 400.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, George I of Greece, City of London series, Visit of George I to the City of London 1880, Bronze Medal, by G G Adams, bare head bust left, GEORGE I KING OF THE HELLENES around, rev Londinia and Britannia welcome Hellas, views of the Parthenon and St Paul’s Cathedral beyond, 76mm, in original gilt-blocked case of issue (hinge missing) (BHM 3077; E 1668; Welch 16). Good very fine, two edge bruises. Struck in an edition of just 400 by the Corporation of the City of London. George I (1845-1913) was the second son of Christian IX of Denmark. He was assassinated in 1913.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria, International Inventions Exhibition, London 1885, Gold Medal, by L C Wyon, VICTORIA REGINA bust left, rev figures of Invention and Music above a plaque inscribed 1885 INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION, 45mm (BHM 3198; Eimer 1715). Exceptional, as struck.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Official Bronze Medal, by Sir J E Boehm and (reverse) Frederick, Lord Leighton, engraved by L C Wyon, crowned and veiled bust left, rev the Queen enthroned surrounded by seven figures of the Arts and Industries of Britain, 68mm, in red leather case of issue (BHM 3219; Eimer 1733). Smallest of marks in obverse field, otherwise choice extremely fine and the case excellent.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Official Bronze Medal, by Sir J E Boehm and (reverse) Frederick, Lord Leighton, engraved by L C Wyon, crowned and veiled bust left, rev the Queen enthroned surrounded by seven figures of the Arts and Industries of Britain, 68mm, in red leather case of issue (BHM 3219; Eimer 1733). Smallest of marks in obverse field, otherwise choice extremely fine and the case excellent.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria (1837-1901), Diamond Jubilee, 1897, Gold Medal, by G W de Saulles after T Brock and W Wyon, veiled bust left, VICTORIA ANNVUM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN. MDCCCXCVII., rev young head left, on laurel, LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA, 1837, 56mm, in red leatherette case (BHM 3506; E 1817a). Good extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria (1837-1901), Diamond Jubilee, 1897, Gold Medal, by G W de Saulles after T Brock and W Wyon, veiled bust left, VICTORIA ANNVUM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN. MDCCCXCVII., rev young head left, on laurel, LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA, 1837, 56mm (BHM 3506; E 1817a). Very minor surface abrasions, otherwise extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Victoria (1837-1901), Diamond Jubilee, 1897, Gold Medal, by G W de Saulles after T Brock and W Wyon, veiled bust left, VICTORIA ANNVUM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN. MDCCCXCVII., rev young head left, on laurel, LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA, 1837, 26mm (BHM 3506; E 1817b). Minor surface abrasions, otherwise extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Colonel R Y Armstrong (died 1894), Royal Engineers, Silver Armstrong Memorial Prize Medal, by Frank Bowcher, 1902, awarded 1924 to 2nd Lt J C R Fitzgerald-Lombard, RE, bust three-quarters left wearing fur wrap, rev hand rising from crown clasps thunderbolt, 56mm. Matt surface, extremely fine, rare. Colonel R Y Armstrong, CB, FRS, joined the Royal Engineers in 1858, retiring in 1892. He was one time Inspector of Submarine Defences, contributed to the development of signaling and was Instructor in Telegraphy at Chatham. The medal was awarded annually to the cadet at the Royal Military Academy who showed the greatest proficiency in Electricity. James Cotter Roger Fitzgerald-Lombard (1905-1981), was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to be a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1925 serving, before the War, in India, China and Hong Kong, then during the War, in France, Iceland, France and Belgium. He commanded the Royal Engineers, Sussex and Surrey, 1950-1951 before retiring with the honorary rank of Colonel.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900-2002), cast circular Bronze Portrait Plaque, 1920s, unsigned, bust left, her hair short, wearing triple strand of pearls, 186mm. Much as made, softly sculpted and extremely fine, small piercing at top. The plaque offers no clues as to artist or founders and the cataloguers have been unable to make any attribution to what, without doubt, is a well presented portrait.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Austria and Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI (1685-1711-1740), small Copper Medal, undated, signed H, and with title … III HISP REX, bewigged and armoured bust right, rev open oyster shell revealing a pearl, floats on a calm sea, cœlo concepta sereno – fœcvnditati avgustÆ, 24.5mm. Very fine. In 1700 Charles had unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain as Charles III following the death of its ruler Charles II.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Canada, Edward Prince of Wales, Opening of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Copper Medal, 1860, bust of the Prince of Wales, three-quarters left, wearing high-collar uniform with sash and the Star of the Order of the Bath, rev view of the bridge, over which a steam locomotive is crossing, 43.5mm (BHM 2671, R2; W&E 828b; Breton 177; Le Roux 642; Moyaux 47). Choice extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Egypt, Egypt / Nelson, Battle of the Nile, 1798, White Metal Medal, unsigned, bust of Nelson right, NELSON PRAEFECTUS CLASSIS ANGLICAE, IETTON, rev Neptune attacking a hippocamp, TERROR TERRIBILIUM around, I: AUGUSTI MDCCLXXXXVIII in exergue, 33mm (Eimer 894; MH 1919, 480). Good very fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Egypt, Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1904) and the Suez Canal, Centenary of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, Bronze Medal, 1952, by R Bretannier, bust of Lesseps three-quarters right with plan of the canal behind, rev crest of the company, 1952, 59mm, in card box of issue. Extremely fine.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715) and Marie-Thérèse of Spain (1638-1683), on their marriage, Silver Medal, undated (1660), by Jean Warin (unsigned), bust of each to right, he laureate and draped, she with pearl earring and necklace, lovelocks on shoulders, 37mm (BMC [Jones] 267; Trésor II, 24, 8; vL II, 468). Extremely fine with light tone.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Capture of Tournai and Courtrai by the French Army, large Bronze Medal, 1667, unsigned, armoured and bewigged bust right, his cravat tied in a bow, rev Louis stands as Roman general, crowned by Fame and the figures of the two cities kneel and offer keys, River Gods of Lisa standing and Scaldis reclining, CIVITAS TORNACENSIS ET CVRTRACENSIS, edge plain, 88.5mm (TN XI, 6; vL -). Nearly extremely fine, rare.
WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, The Bonaparte Sisters, Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, Countess of Compignano, the Via da Lucca, Pisa, small Silver Medal, 1808, by N G A Brenet, diademed bust right, Greek legend and signature, rev semi-draped reclining figure of Fortune, VIA DA LUCCA A PISA, 23mm (Br 775; Julius 1984); another, Copper, signed ANDRIEU F, without legend, rev blank, 23mm (Br -; Julius 1985). Both extremely fine. (2)
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