We found 183841 price guide item(s) matching your search

Refine your search

Year

Filter by Price Range
  • List
  • Grid
  • 183841 item(s)
    /page

Lot 1227

10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, a plated bronze medal by C.L.J. Doman, 76mm (BHM 4132; E 2008). About extremely fine; in fitted case of issue £80-£100

Lot 1103

Restoration of Alnwick Castle, 1766, a silver medal by J. Kirk, bust of the Duke of Northumberland right, dated 1764 below, rev. view of the castle, 44mm, 39.80g (BHM 107; E 717 var.). Nearly extremely fine with peripheral toning, the variety with dated obverse extremely rare £300-£400

Lot 1054

Local, OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford University Boat Club, Challenge Prize Medal, Oars, a silver award, unsigned, arms over crossed oars, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (H.P. Senhouse 2nd OUBC Pair Oars, June 1865), 51mm, 61.80g. Extremely fine, rare £100-£120

Lot 1008

General, Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1897, a silver award by F. Bowcher, veiled and crowned bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (Geoffrey A. Baker, Subject 22A, 1901), 51mm, 95.65g (E 1825). About extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 1107

Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1800, a bronze medal by J.G. Hancock & P. Kempson, Britannia and Hibernia holding fasces, pyramid behind, rev. legend, lion on anchor below, 38mm (BHM 494; E 917). Scratched in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine [certified and graded by NGC as UNC Details, Scratches] £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1191

Visit of Christian IX and Louise of Denmark to the City of London, 1893, a light bronze medal by F. Bowcher for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts right, rev. Londinia seated, façade of the Guildhall behind, struck at the Paris Mint, 75mm (W & E 1766A.1; BHM 3454; E 1783). About extremely fine £150-£180

Lot 1182

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733). Good extremely fine, in original fitted case retaining paper insert £200-£260

Lot 1269

FRANCE, Entry of the Infanta Mariana Victoria into Paris, 1722, a copper medal by J. Le Blanc, busts of Louis XV and the Infanta face-to-face, rev. Infanta in carriage, passing under triumphal arch, 41mm (Page-Divo 42). Extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1092

George I, Coronation, 1714, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia crowning king, 34mm (MI II, 424/9; E 470). Good extremely fine, traces of original colour; some staining on reverse £150-£180

Lot 1014

Local, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Trinity Hall Boat Club, Cambridge, a silver award medal by Munsey, arms, rev. wreath, named (The Ellis Challenge Pairs, won by Bow H. Shinwell, Stk O. Shinwell, Steerer 1906), 51mm, 62.30g; Magdalen College Boat Club, Oxford, a silver award medal, unsigned, edge named (Commoners Four 1864, P.J.E. Welby Bow, R.H. Anstice 2, W.C. Masters 3, M.G. Knight Stroke, H.R Hyndman Coxn), 51mm, 60.00g [2]. Very fine or better £80-£100

Lot 1196

Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, veiled bust left, rev. young head left, 55mm, 85.74g (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a). Good extremely fine, iridescent toning; in fitted case of issue £100-£120

Lot 1296

ITALY, Foundation of the Cisalpine Republic, [1797], a copper medal by L. Manfredini, bust of Napoleon right, rev. Cisalpine Republic seated left, holding fasces and Liberty cap on staff, 63mm (Julius 553; BDM III, 554). Extremely fine with some original colour, rare £300-£400

Lot 1178

Colonial and Indian Reception at the Guildhall, 1886, a bronze medal by Elkington for the Corporation of the City of London, crowned arms and shields on mantle, rev. interior of the Guildhall, 77mm (BHM 3214; E 1726; Pudd 886.1.1; Taylor 185a). Good extremely fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1164

Blackfriars Bridge and Holborn Valley Viaduct Opened, 1869, a copper medal by G.G. Adams, coronetted bust of Victoria left, rev. City shield dividing views of both bridges, figures of Londinia and Britannia at sides, 77mm (W & E 1126.1; BHM 2906; E 1604). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1037

Local, LONDON, Cope and Nicol School of Painting, a silver award medal by F. Bowcher, standing winged female crowning a seated naked youth inscribing an escutcheon, rev. inscribed ribbon, palm branch behind, edge named (T. Cowper Painting a Figure, 1893), 57mm, 91.90g (Attwood p.45, 4; MJP p.32; BDM I, 253; cf. DNW M1, 1214). With added suspension loop, about extremely fine, scarce £60-£80

Lot 1190

Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the City of London, 1893, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts left, rev. Duke and Duchess in biga driven by Cupid, being presented with a cornucopia by Londinia, 76mm (W & E 1763A.1; BHM 3452; E 1780). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1150

Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a copper award by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined heads of Victoria and Prince Albert left, trident and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (A. Handyside, Class XXII), 77mm (Allen HP-A010; BHM 2462; E 1456). Extremely fine; in fitted case £300-£400 --- A. Handyside, Derby; awarded for Cast Iron Fountain

Lot 1094

Charles, Duke of Marlborough, 1742, a copper medal by J.-A. Dassier, armoured bust right, rev. legend, 55mm (Eisler 331; E 568). About extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 1122

Perth, Mr Scott’s Academy, undated, c. 1830 (?), an engraved silver prize medal, unsigned, rev. dux, stamped J.McK, 42 x 33mm, 7.37g (Grimshaw 108). Very fine, rare; with loop and ring for suspension £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A Mr Scott’s Academy was operating in or near Stormont Street, Perth, c. 1825-40. The maker’s mark J. McK is known with an Edinburgh hallmark for the year 1828. The silversmith’s identity is not certain but there were no less than five James McKays working as silversmiths in Edinburgh in the early and mid-19th century.

Lot 1203

Merchant Tailors’ School, Montefiore Hebrew Prize, 1838, a frosted silver medal by B. Wyon, arms with camel supporters, rev. legend, named on silver outer band (H.C. Jackson 1898), 51mm. Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £300-£400

Lot 1018

Local, HAMPSHIRE, Winchester College, a silver award medal by J. Milton, bust of William of Wykeham left, rev. Prince of Wales’ plumes, edge named (Henricus Miers Elliot Scholaris), 48mm, 54.10g (Grimshaw 13; BHM 931; MI I, 11/3; E 14). Some surface marks and hairlines, nearly extremely fine and rare £100-£150

Lot 1116

George IV, Accession, 1820, a copper medal by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, armoured bust facing, head turned to left, rev. legend within wreath, 70mm (BHM 1010; E 1123a). Good extremely fine £200-£260

Lot 1217

Peasedown, Somerset, a bronze award medal by A. Fenwick, angel, branches above and below, named (E. Kingdon), rev. wreath, engraved (Peasedown Arts & Crafts, 1911), 45mm. Extremely fine and scarce £30-£40

Lot 1082

William and Mary, Coronation, 1689, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], conjoined busts right, rev. Jove hurling a thunderbolt at Phæton who is falling from his chariot, 35mm, 21.36g (MI I, 662/25; E 312). Light marks, about extremely fine and toned £300-£400

Lot 1186

King’s Lynn Royal Regatta, a silver medal by J. Pinches, arms, rev. wreath, inscribed (Granta Challenge Cup 1888), edge named (J. Watt, Trin: Coll: Camb:), 41mm, 31.23g. Small edge bruise, otherwise about extremely fine, toned; in fitted case £60-£80 --- Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M12, 30 May 2012, lot 132 (part); Royal Berkshire Collection

Lot 1266

AUSTRIA, Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869, a silver medal by J. Tautenhayn, laureate head of Franz Joseph right, rev. Egypt seated on Sphinx, pyramids to left, ship to right, 72mm, 132.26g (Mont. 2735; BDM VI, 37). Fields lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine, rare £2,000-£2,600

Lot 1040

Local, LONDON, Harrow School, Viscount Strangford Prize, a frosted silver award medal by A.B. Wyon, bust left, rev. arms, named on outer silver band (Arthur Charles Hecht, 1882), 64mm, 172.00g (BHM 2905). Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £150-£200

Lot 1299

SAXE-MEININGEN, Bernhard Erich Freund, Silver Jubilee, 1846, a silver medal by F. Helfricht, bare head left, rev. Justitia and Fides standing, 45mm (BDM VII, 435). Fields brushed, otherwise extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 1167

Visit of Czar Alexander II to London, 1874, a bronze medal by C. Wiener for the Corporation of the City of London, uniformed bust left, rev. Alexander and Londinia standing, winged Peace behind, 77mm (Diakov 807.1; W & E 1225A.1; BHM 2981; E 1634). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1270

FRANCE, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, 1736, a copper medal by J. Dassier, bust facing three-quarters left, rev. two serpents coiled around club of Hercules, symbols of arts, science, war, and agriculture around, 54mm (Eisler 233). About extremely fine £60-£80

Lot 1002

General, Board of Education, National Medal [1911], a silver award by P. Metcalfe, crowned bust of George V left, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (Thomas Gibbins, Drawing of Torso from the Antique 1915), 51mm, 90.00g (E 1865). About extremely fine, scarce £80-£100

Lot 1036

Local, LONDON, City of London School, English Prize, 1868, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school building [from the 1834 Foundation medal], rev. arms, edge named (E.B. Nicholson 1884) (Taylor 120 var.); Edkins Prize, 1857, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms in wreath, rev. named (E.B. Nicholson 1882); Writing Prize, named (Joseph Beecham Edwards 26 July 1872), 58mm, 48mm, 38mm, 75.90g, 40.20g, 30.40g [3]. Very fine or better, first with some edge nicks and bruises £100-£120

Lot 1285

GENEVA, Louis le Fort, 1734, a copper medal by J. Dassier, bust facing with head turned to left, rev. Geneva seated right, four infant Genii to right, 54mm (Eisler 229). About extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 1059

Local, SUSSEX, Proprietary Grammar and Commercial School, Brighton, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (Midsummer Examination 1869, Presented by C.S. Hannington Esq to W. Stanford); Brighton Grammar School, a similar silver-gilt award medal, named (C.A. Crook, Punctuality, Christmas 1885), both 51mm, 59g, 60.5g [2]. Good fine and extremely fine £60-£80

Lot 1267

AUSTRIA, Death of Franz Joseph I, 1916, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, uniformed bust left, rev. Christ on cross of orb, eagle behind, 80mm (K 186). About extremely fine £150-£180

Lot 1042

Local, LONDON, Mercers’ School, a silver award medal, named (Awarded to G.F. Deeks for Athletics 1921), maker’s mark unclear, hallmarked Birmingham 1921, 51mm; together with other silver award medals (6), all early 20th century, from Bath, Birmingham, Hull, Tamworth etc, total weight approx. 290g [7]. Very fine or better £150-£180

Lot 1234

Berks & Bucks Football Association, a gold and enamel medal by W.J. Dingley, rev. engraved (Senior Cup Runners-Up 1936-37), 26mm, 9ct, 9.25g. Reverse lightly polished, otherwise about extremely fine; with loop and ring for suspension £120-£150 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 7 June 1988, lot 70a (part); Royal Berkshire Collection

Lot 1264

AUSTRIA, Centenary of the Order of Maria Theresa, 1857, a silver medal by W. Seidan, diademed bust right, rev. Cross of the Order, crossed sword and olive branch behind, 58mm, 105.30g (BDM V, 465). Cleaned at one time and now re-toned, some surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine £500-£700

Lot 1225

Derbyshire Football Association, Medal Competition, Winners 1926-7, a gold badge by Vaughton, un-named, 31 x 20mm, 9ct, 6.63g; Divisional Cup, Winners 1919, a silver badge by Vaughton, named (H.B. F.C. A. Smith), 36 x 28mm, 17.02g [2]. Good very fine; both in fitted cases £120-£150

Lot 1115

Binfield School, an engraved silver medal, c. 1820, rev. named (Reward of Merit, F. Young), 41mm; Reading Working Men’s Regatta, a silver medal, rev. named (E.G. Avery, Carpenters Dept, 1912), 38mm; Cookham Memorial Medal, a silver award, rev. named (Leslie James Emmett 1925), 40mm; together with other medals in silver (2) and base metal (2), and assorted co-operative society tokens (24) [31]. Varied state £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection [first from T. Millett 2010]

Lot 1157

Marriage of the Princess Royal and Frederick William of Prussia, 1858, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon for Hunt & Roskell, conjoined busts left, rev. date within wreath, 63mm, 121.68g (W & E 758A.3; BHM 2627; E 1517). Fields lightly brushed, some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine £600-£800

Lot 1130

Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon, arms, crest and motto of the City of London, rev. inscription, Bridge House Estates mark within oak wreath above, 27mm (BHM 1545; E 1247). Extremely fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1257

AUSTRIA, Marriage of Franz I and Carolina Augusta of Bavaria, 1816, a silver medal by F. Losch & J.B. Stiglmaier, conjoined busts right, rev. Minerva seated left on eagle, holding Three Graces, 41mm, 29.22g (Mont. 2461; BDM III, 478). Cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1096

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744, a copper medal by A. Dassier, bust left, rev. legend and date within cartouche, 55mm (Eisler 336; E 583). About extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1149

Opening of the New Coal Exchange, 1849, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, medallion portraits of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, rev. interior of the Coal Exchange, 89mm, flan thickness 10mm (W & E 581A.2; Taylor 161c; BHM 2357; E 1435). Good extremely fine £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1104

William Shakespeare, 1769, David Garrick’s Jubilee, a silver medal by J. Westwood, bust right, stop after f, rev. legend in nine lines, 32mm, 12.41g (BHM 136; E 731; Ogden, BNJ 1910, 43). Good very fine, rare; housed in a later fitted case £150-£180

Lot 1010

General, Royal Naval College, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of William IV right, rev. first mathematical prize, named within wreath (Awarded to Henry Simpson Harvey, Christmas Vacation 1836), 58mm, 79.10g (BDM VI, 681). Edge bruise, cleaned, very fine, rare £100-£120

Lot 1041

Local, LONDON, King’s College, Warneford Prize Medal, silver awards (2), unsigned, arms with supporters, revs. named (First Warneford Prize George Johnson, MDCCCXLII) and (Eardley Lancelot Holland 1901); Botanical Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, similar, rev. named (Legavit G.R. Carter, MDCCCLXXIX); 50mm, 44mm, 41mm, 54.10g, 74.90g, 46.40g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine, second with suspension loop and chain £120-£150

Lot 1200

HMS Foudroyant Wrecked, 1897, a bronze medal, unsigned, bust of Lord Nelson facing, rev. view of the ship, 38mm (BHM 3613; E 1813). Extremely fine and toned; in fitted case £60-£80

Lot 1035

Local, LONDON, City of London School, Beaufoy Shakespearian Prize (founded 1851), a silver award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Shakespeare left, rev. Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff and Henry V, edge named (Christian Mortimer, 1853), 77mm, 308.10g (Ogden, BNJ 1910, 57). Almost extremely fine and extremely rare £200-£260 --- This award was given very sparingly; W. Sharp Ogden states that only four were awarded between 1853 and 1885, of which this is possibly the first.

Lot 1139

Victoria, Accession, 1837, a bronze medal by J. Ottley, half-length bust three-quarters left, rev. legend within wreath, 51mm (W & E 40A.2; BHM 1762). Extremely fine, rare £150-£180

Lot 1188

Royal Society, 1897/1889, Davy Medal, a bronze award by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned laureate bust left [from the Diamond Jubilee Medal], rev. inscription and date in 13 lines, the royal society to william henry perkin frs in accordance with the will of humphry davy who devoted the testimonial presented to him by the coalowners of the tyne and wear to the encouragement of chemical research, 1889, 51mm (W & E –; BHM –). Extremely fine with traces of original colour, presumably excessively rare £200-£300 --- Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his accidental discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauvein, in 1856.

Lot 1128

William IV, Coronation, 1831, a copper medal, unsigned, 47mm (BHM 1497); Victoria, Coronation, 1838, a white metal medal by T.W. Ingram, 55mm (BHM 1832) [2]. About extremely fine, first with stain on reverse, second with edge bruise £70-£90

Lot 1205

Royal Horticultural Society, 1836, a silver-gilt award medal by W. Wyon, Flora standing facing surrounded by attendants, rev. wreath, named (to Messrs J. Hill & Son For Ferns Temple Show 1899), 54mm, 69.41g. Extremely fine and lightly hairlined; in fitted case £80-£100

Lot 1011

Local, AVON, Bath Blue Coat School, Brodrick Medal, a silver award by Allen & Moore, bust of Robert Nelson three-quarters left, rev. inscription, edge named (Henry Ridley, Decb 29th 1874), hallmarked Birmingham, 1874, 44mm, 45.40g (D & W 23). With integral suspension loop, extremely fine £60-£80

Lot 1208

Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, crowned bust right, rev. crowned bust of Alexandra right, 55mm, 85.79g (W & E 4100A.4a; BHM 3737; E 1871a). Good extremely fine; in original fitted case £120-£150

Lot 1063

Local, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Chamberlain Medal, a silver award by J. Moore, bust right, rev. view of the school, edge named (Reginald Bowley, 1935), 60mm, 95.50g (BHM 3146; E 1699). Extremely fine or better, attractively toned £60-£80

Lot 1121

Obsequies for the Duke of York, 1827, a copper medal, unsigned [by J. Ottley], bare head right, soldier standing beside funerary urn on plinth, 46mm (BHM 1294). About extremely fine, scarce £100-£120 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection

Lot 1166

Visit of the Shah of Persia to the City of London, 1873, a bronze medal by A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, bust of Nasir al-din three-quarters left, rev. Londinia standing between shields of London and Persia, St Paul’s and Tower behind, 77mm (W & E 1202A.1; BHM 2951; E 1623). Extremely fine £1,000-£1,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Lot 1290

GERMANY, The Watch on the Rhine, 1920, a cast bronze medal by K. Goetz, helmeted African head right, rev. naked female tied to helmeted erect penis, 58mm (K 262). Some casting flaws, otherwise good very fine £100-£120

Loading...Loading...
  • 183841 item(s)
    /page

Recently Viewed Lots