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Click here to subscribeVisit of Sultan Abdul Aziz to the City of London, 1867, a copper medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust right wearing fez, rev. Londinia greets figure of Turkey, symbolic buildings behind, 76mm (W & E 1065.1; BHM 2872; E 1591). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
George III, Coronation, 1761, a silver medal by L. Natter, armoured bust right, hair ties straight, rev. Britannia crowning king, 35mm, 22.41g (BHM 24; E 694; Nau 42 var.); Queen Charlotte, Coronation, 1761, a gilt-silver medal by L. Natter, bust right, rev. Fame crowning queen, 34mm (BHM 66; E 696; Nau 43) [2]. First pierced otherwise good very fine, scarce, second set in Georgian brooch-mount, fine £100-£150
Local, LONDON, Hackney Charity School, Harry Sedgwick Medal, a silver award, unsigned, edge named (Diana Edwards 1830), 36mm, 24.00g; Hackney Free and Parochial Schools, Harry Sedgwick Medal, silver awards (5), mostly unsigned, view of school façade, rev. named (A. Villars 1873); view of church (4), revs. named (John W. Selzer 1909), (John Tinkler 1916), (Alfred Gray 1927) and (Leslie A. Milburn 1937), 41mm (3), 36mm, 33mm, 35.1g, 61.1g, 65.9g, 28.20g, 14.25g [6]. Very fine or better, first pierced, others with suspension bars or loops £100-£120
Local, LANCASHIRE, Manchester School of Design, Primrose Medal (founded 1848), a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Raphael right, rev. three standing figures, edge named (Presented to Mary Shaw for Excellence in Design 1907), 51mm, 60.90g (cf. DNW 123, 499). Nearly extremely fine, scarce £50-£70
Dedication of Epping Forest, 1882, a copper medal by C. Wiener for the Corporation of London, crowned and draped bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. view of the forest, Londinia standing at left, Victoria seated at right, 76mm (W & E 1400; BHM 3128; E 1689). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Local, WARWICKSHIRE, Atherstone Grammar School, a silver award medal by A. Wyon, arms, rev. legend, named (Awarded to H.G. Atkins 1888); King’s Grammar School, Warwick, founded 1546, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Samuelo Henrico Wilson, MDCCCLXXVIII), both 51mm, 69.70g, 55.20g [2]. Extremely fine or nearly so, both with prooflike fields, scarce £80-£100
Peace of Utrecht, 1713, a gold medal by J. Croker, laureate and draped bust of Anne left, rev. Britannia standing, holding olive branch, shield and spear, ships to left, farming scene to right, 35mm, 22.88g (Pax 432; MI II, 400/257; E 460). Some surface hairlines and minor edge marks, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £3,400-£4,000
FRANCE, Transfer of Napoleon’s Remains to Les Invalides, 1840, a copper medal by J.-P. Montagny [struck 1841-2], laureate head right, rev. conjoined busts of Genius of France and Napoleon right within rayed circle, names of battles around, 53mm (Bramsen 1993). About extremely fine, scarce £100-£120
International Health Exhibition, London, 1884, a gold medal by J.C. Wyon & J. Pinches, diademed and veiled head of Victoria left, rev. globe flanked by two standing female figures, 46mm, 57.88g (BHM 3175). Lightly cleaned with resultant hairlining, otherwise about extremely fine and rare; housed in a contemporary fitted case £3,600-£4,000
George VI, Coronation, 1937, a matt silver award medal by Mappin & Webb for the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society, conjoined busts within double legend, rev. two horses pulling plough, edge named (Robert Lawrence Esq Best Devon Longwool), hallmarked Birmingham 1936, 49mm, 64.05g (W & E –). About extremely fine, rare; in case of issue £80-£100
Local, LONDON, Westminster Technical Institute, Burdett-Coutts Medal, 1895, a silver award by O. Hale for Restall, bust of Baroness Burdett-Coutts left, rev. crowned arms and supporters, cartouche below, named (Presented to Frank Hewish Melhuish for Carriage Building, 1895), 77mm, 254g (cf. DNW 47, 987). Sometime cleaned, good very fine £100-£120
USA, Boston, City Medal for Females, a hexagonal silver award, city medal for females instituted by the school committee boston 1821 (the 21 engraved), rev. merited by M.A. McMellen for superior scholarship a.d. 1838 (the 38 engraved), 35mm, 15.34g (Sallay C 3 [high R6, 3-30 specimens known]). Slightly speckled tone, nearly extremely fine, very rare; integral suspension loop with ring £150-£200 --- Provenance: Watts Collection The city medals followed the town medals, both instituted in 1821, following a tradition that begins with the death of Benjamin Franklin in 1790. His will established the first Boston School Medals, awarded in 1792, and the City medals are a part of Franklin’s legacy. cf. John Sallay. "The Boston School Medals", The Numismatist, April 1978. pp. 677ff
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a gold medal by T. Brock & J. Pinches for the Imperial Institute, crowned and laureate bust left, rev. elevation of the Institute, legend in banner to left, 38mm, 28.55g (W & E 2030A.4; BHM 3226; E 1737; Taylor 221b). Minimal hairlining, better than extremely fine and extremely rare thus; housed in a contemporary fitted case £2,400-£3,000 --- The obverse of this medal displays an early prototype bust by Thomas Brock, later modified for the 1893 Recoinage to replace Boehm’s unpopular ‘Jubilee’ portrait.
Department of Science and Art, Queen's National Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, diademed head left, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (William Mills, Birmingham, Stage 15A, 1879), 55mm, 93.83g (E 1511 var.). Extremely fine and toned; in fitted case by Wyon, 80 Boundary Road, London NW £200-£260
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust left, rev. royal arms with supporters, names of British territories on small shields around, 76mm, 161.77g (W & E 3475A.4; BHM 3511; E 1816). Extremely fine and toned, rare in silver; in fitted case by Spink [lid inscribed The Silver Challenge Medal, Frickley-cum-Clayton and Hooton Pagnell, Presented for Annual Competition by Mr & Mrs Warde-Aldam, June 22nd 1897] £600-£800
John Neilson Institution, Paisley, Mr Coats’s Medal, a silver award, rev. named (Isa Marshall, 1904), 39mm; Montague Rendall, 1924, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher (after R. Gleadowe), 64mm (BHM 4186) [2]. First about extremely fine, with loop and ring for suspension; second extremely fine, in fitted case £60-£80
Treaty of Ryswick, 1697, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], laureate, armoured and draped bust right, rev. restitvtori, Britannia seated left, holding trident and shield, 69mm, 104.03g (MI II, 192/499; Pax 348; E 372). A few minor marks, otherwise extremely fine; in fitted case [this somewhat distressed] £1,500-£1,800
National Utility Poultry Society, a gold award medal by Elkington, robed female seated left, holding chick in her right hand, rev. wreath, named (National Test, 1928-9, Section III, Miss I. Burton, 6 Black Leghorns, 1259 Eggs, Score Value 1258), 29mm, 9ct, 11.43g. Extremely fine; in fitted case £200-£300
Royal Army Medical College, Tulloch Medal, a silver award by Spink, uniformed bust of Forbes Tulloch facing, rev. Hygeia seated, flanked by serpents, edge named (Lieutenant M.G. de L’Isle Sturm, R.A.M.C., November 1927), 45mm (E 1892). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: DNW Auction M7, 1 July 2008, lot 2190 Dr Lt Forbes Tulloch, RAMC (†20 June 1906, aged 27), originally from Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland, died from sleeping sickness while working in Uganda.
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). Attempted piercing at 12 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine; in case of issue £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Duke of York Shipwrecked, 1682, a silver medal by G. Bower, bust of the Duke of York right, rev. ship in distress off a high rocky shore, a small boat nearby, 42mm, 26.63g (MI I, 586/263; E 264). A few minor hairlines, about extremely fine and extremely rare £1,200-£1,500 --- In the early morning of 6 May 1682, James Stuart, Duke of York, travelling on the HMS Gloucester, was shipwrecked off the coast of Norfolk while en route to Scotland.
Local, LONDON, University College, a silver award medal, unsigned [after W. Wyon], Minerva seated left, holding wreath, rev. wreath, named (D.N. Nabarro Physiology, 1892-3, Second Prize), 37mm, 31.90g; University of London, a similar medal, rev. named (Session 1835-36, Henry Weeks Anatomy Third Prize), 44mm, 46.80g; together with later University of London silver award medals for Athletics and Boxing [4]. Very fine or better £80-£100
Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm, 12.76g (BHM 3737); George V, Coronation, 1911, a silver medal by B. Mackennal, 31mm (BHM 4022; E 1922b); a plated bronze medal by A. Toft, 35mm (BHM 4055); Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 57mm, 86.24g (BHM 4249) [4]. About extremely fine and better; three in cases of issue £120-£150
Smallholder Championship Medal, silver awards (2), revs. named (1934, Mrs G. Maskell, Ashampstead), (1936, Mrs G. Maskell, Ashampstead), 38mm & 35mm; Berkshire Society of Beekeepers, a silver medal, rev. named (W. Preston, 1936), 44mm; Masonic, a silver badge, rev. named (Bro. D.A.D. Oxlade, No. 5894), 69 x 35mm; Metropolitan Amateur Regatta, Old Goring Challenge Cup, a silver medal, un-named and undated, 51mm; together with other medals in silver (1), base metal (5) [11]. Varied state; one cased, two boxed £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
AUSTRALIA, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888, a gold award medal by Stokes & Martin, coronetted bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (Doulton & Co.), 38mm, 45.75g. Edge bruise or file mark at 2 o’clock, otherwise virtually mint state and extremely rare thus; in fitted case of issue £3,000-£3,600 --- The recipients are doubtless the famous ceramics company based at Lambeth (south London) and Burslem (Staffordshire)
Visit of Napoleon III to London, 1855, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Eugenie facing three-quarters left, rev. Britannia introduces France to Londinia, 76mm (Page-Divo 233; BHM 2561; E 1496). Extremely fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Opening of Tower Bridge, 1894, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher, conjoined busts of Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales left, rev. view of the bridge, the Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert, passing underneath, 76mm (W & E 1795.1; BHM 3476; E 1790; Taylor 225a). Extremely fine £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Local, LONDON, Mrs Newcomen’s Schools, Southwark, a silver award medal by T. Moring, head of Athena and other implements of classicism, rev. wreath, named (17th December 1879, Thomas Henry Baldock, 2nd, Silver Medal), 40mm, 32.60g; North London Collegiate School, Marylebone, a silver-gilt award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (H.A.H. Cole, 1881), 57mm, 78.60g (cf. DNW 57, 1284) [2]. Very fine to extremely fine £60-£80
Buckinghamshire Amateur Athletic Association, a silver medal, rev. named (1920, 880 Yds, Schools Relay Champion, 1st, G. Mayger), 32mm; North of the Thames Cross Country Association, a silver and enamel medal, rev. named (1920 Championship, Third Team, Elstree A.C., E.V. Palmer), 39 x 27mm; Luton Schools Athletic Association, a silver medal, rev. named (1931, 220 Yds [Senior], 2nd July, J. Fountain), 29mm; Leyton Schools’ Sports Association, a silver medal, rev. named (1934, High Jump, 1921 Group, H. Unwin, 1st), 32mm; Middlesex County Amateur Athletic Association, a silver and enamel medal, rev. named (One Mile Junior Relay Championship 1937, 2nd, Thames Valley H., W.B. Kuy), 39 x 28mm; together with other sporting prize medals (5), all base metal [10]. Varied state £70-£90 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Local, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge University Cricket Club, a silver award medal by A. Wyon, conjoined arms, rev. wreath, edge named (In the O and C Cricket Match 1890 E.C. Streatfeild for Cambridge took 7 Wickets for 43 Runs, Cambridge Winning by 7 Wickets), 64mm, 128.90g. Very fine £80-£100
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