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Click here to subscribeFoundation of the City of London School, 1834, a copper medal by B. Wyon, façade of building, rev. youth with seated figure of Knowledge, 58mm (BHM 1680; E 1279; Taylor 120a). Good extremely fine £100-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Local, OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford Gymnasium, a silver award medal, unsigned, building, rev. legend in wreath, named (1870, G.G. Monck BNC), 52mm 62.60g; Magdalen College, Oxford, a silver award medal, named (Magd. Coll. Rifle Challenge Cup 1864 Lieut J.C. Camble), 52mm, 64.20g [2]. Very fine to extremely fine £80-£100
Opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, 1897, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust of Victoria left, rev. view of the inside of the tunnel, Prince of Wales’ feathers above, royal arms below, edge inscribed (Presented to the Corporation of the City of London), 76mm (W & E 3475D.2; BHM 3615; E 1812). Extremely fine, scarce £300-£400
700th Anniversary of the Mayoralty of the City of London, 1889, a bronze medal by A. Kirkwood & Sons for the Corporation of the City of London, busts of Richard I and Victoria vis-à-vis in cartouche, rev. St Michael presenting sceptre to kneeling figure of Londinium, St Paul’s behind, 77mm (BHM 3377; E 1752). 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 ---
Local, YORKSHIRE, Thorp Arch Seminary, Wetherby, a silver award medal, unsigned, seated figure of Britannia attended by robed female and eight infant genii, rev. wreath, named (To John Matthews for Commercial Learning June 1811), 53mm, 57.50g (BHM –; E –; cf. BNJ 1938, p.183). Reverse hairlined, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare £100-£150
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 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Local, SUSSEX, Proprietary School, Brighton, 1836, Præpositors Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, female figure with lamp kneeling left, rev. named (William Henry Wilson, 1868), Good Conduct Medal, similar, named (Truth and Honour, William English Midsummer 1873), both 44mm, 42.5g, 42.6g [2]. Good very fine £40-£60
Local, LONDON, Christ’s Hospital Preparatory School, a silver award medal by Vaughton, arms, rev. pupil with banner, edge hallmarked Birmingham 1913 and named (Edgar Carden Andrews Michaelmas Term 1914), 51mm, 95.60g; City of London School, Stewart Memorial Prize, 1866, a silver award medal, unsigned, edge named (Edward Samuel Summers), 48mm, 47.03g; Highgate School, a silver award medal, unsigned, rev. named (Chris. A. Caslon, 1911, 10 Lengths), 44mm, 45.45g [3]. Very fine or better £100-£120 --- Chris Caslon appears to have gone to Eton after leaving Highgate. Eton School holds a small archive of his letters written from the Western Front in 1915-16.
Local, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham School of Art, Mayor’s Prize Medal, a silver award, unsigned, shield, rev. named (Presented by Sir James Oldknow Knt, Mayor of Nottingham to John M. Carr a Student of the School of Art for Excellence of Design as Applicable to Manufactures), 88mm, 182.00g. Nearly extremely fine, rare £80-£100
Local, YORKSHIRE, Ackworth School, Pontefract, a silver award medal by J. Moore, bust of John Fothergill right, rev. named (Awarded to C.P. Doubleday of Ackworth School, Ackworth Exhibition Class 1 & 2, 6mo 27 1879), 52mm, 60.70g (cf. BHM 3058); West Grove Academy, Halifax, a silver award medal for Writing, edge named (Won by Master C.H. Thomson December 1879...T.W. Field Principal), 44mm, 43.50g [2]. Extremely fine £70-£90
Corporation of Abingdon, 1835, a gold medal, signed I.B (?), the earl of abingdon high steward to the, crowned arms with supporters, rev. resident members of the corporation of abingdon on their dissolution, arms of Abingdon on shield, 32mm, 28.28g. Fields lightly hairlined, small edge knock, otherwise extremely fine, rare; in contemporary fitted case by Rundell Bridge & Co., Ludgate Hill £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: Phillips Auction 31140, date unknown, lot 823; Royal Berkshire Collection
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a silver 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, 216.64g (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Fields hairlined, otherwise extremely fine; in official case of issue £800-£1,000
Aylesbury Bread Show, 1913, a silver medal, rev. named (Awarded to H. Ruffell, Maidenhead), 45mm; National Rose Society, Reading Show, 1913, a bronze medal by Pinches, rev. named (awarded to Mr F.A. Govett), 42mm; Harrow School, Prize Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon, edge named (J.G. Royde-Smith 1940), 43mm; Dig For Victory Competition, 1940, a silver medal, rev. named (Presented to Mr M. Ledger by the Mayor of Reading, Councillor W.E.C. McIlroy J.P.), 45mm; Shire Horse Society, a silver medal by Mappin & Webb, cased, named on inside of lid (Felden Sister, J.H. Cridlan, Newbury, 1947), 45mm; Smithfield Show and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, a gilt-bronze medal, rev. named (Awarded to J.H. Cridlan for the Best Beef Carcase, 1956), 38mm; together with other medals in silver (3) and base metal (9) [18]. Varied state; three cased £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Local, WALES, Cardiff Science and Art School, Town Prize Medal, silver awards (2), unsigned, arms in wreath, rev. legend, edge named (First Prize in Art, Emma E. South, 1873) and (Ernest G. Venn for Science 1880), 52mm, 29mm, 55.00g, 11.80g [2]. Both extremely fine and toned, first with suspension loop and ribbon £50-£70
Local, YORKSHIRE, Huddersfield College, engraved silver award medals by J. Moore (3), arms and supporters (2), revs. named (1st Classical Medal Presented by the Rt Hon The Marquis of Ripon to J.H. Hastings, Midsr. 1874), (2nd Classical Medal…to E.B. Hastings, Midsr. 1875); frontal elevation of the College, rev. named (French Medal Presented by Wm. Mallinson Esq to J.H. Hastings, Midsr. 1874), all hallmarked Birmingham 1873, first 71mm, others 66mm, total 142.72g [3]. Virtually as struck, with integral leaf borders and suspension loops, an attractive group; in maroon fitted cases of issue by Alfred B. Smith, Kirkgate, Huddersfield £240-£300 --- Provenance: R. Law Collection, DNW Auction 127, 8 December 2014, lot 3104 (part) [second from Baldwin April 1999, others from J. Whitmore June 1993] William Mallinson (1816-1902) was a long-time vice-president of, and a large shareholder in, Huddersfield College.
Wadham College, Oxford, Challenge Pair Oar Prize, a bronze medal by W.J. Taylor, rev. named (1874, F.W. Dunston, Bow, L.W. Lloyd, Stroke), 55mm; Oxford University Hare & Hounds Club, a bronze medal, rev. named (Nine Mile Cross Country Race v. Cambridge, 1882, H.G.H. Way), 51mm; Aylesbury Bread Show, 1911, a bronze medal, rev. named (W.H. Pratt, Cambridge), 45mm; together with assorted other medals (19), all base metal [22]. Varied state £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Local, HEREFORDSHIRE, Chandos House Collegiate School, Hereford, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (G.R.M. Guy), rev. (Coll. Prec. Lond. 1st Class 1st Div. 1883), 51mm, 59.40g. About extremely fine and apparently extremely rare £60-£80 --- Chandos House School operated from Chandos House, St Owen Street, Hereford between c. 1865 and 1885.
Royal Mint commemorative medals (6): 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey, 1965, silver medals (2), by M. Rizzello, 57mm (E 2107); End of Production at Tower Hill, 1975, cast silver medals (2), by R. Elderton, 54mm (E 2132); another, cast bronze, by R. Elderton, 54mm (E 2132); 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1990, a bronze medal, after B. Pistrucci, 63mm (E 2166, not listed in bronze) [6]. Mint state or virtually so; four cased £150-£200
1885 A.D.. Hawkins, E., Franks, A.W. and Grueber, H.A., Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II, 2 vols, London, 1885, 724 + 866pp (Manville 515) [2]. Publishers’ brown cloth, spines gilt; some pencil checkmarks in a 19th century hand, otherwise a clean set, vol. I with illustrated 5pp article from The Connoisseur, August 1903, entitled Stuart Medals and Royalist Badges, by P. Berney-Ficklin, and vol. II with ALS from H.A. Grueber to Mr Berney-Ficklin, 13 July 1904, bound in at p.181, and referring to the Peace of Ryswick medal, M.I. II, 181/476; ex libris Philip Berney-Ficklin. 3.52 kg total, 24.5 x 17 cm each (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.). Ex libris Philip Berney-Ficklin.Property of a Kent, UK, collector.Philip Berney-Ficklin, FSA (1849-1917), of Tasburgh Hall, Norwich; his collection of Stuart badges and medals, many of which were acquired at the Montagu sale in May 1897, was sold by Sotheby’s in November 1921. [2, No Reserve]
Dated 1839-1897 A.D.. Comprising: mixed denominations and issues of Victoria, including a commemorative medal issued by the Royal Mint in 1897. Obv: old head with VICTORIA ANNVM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN MDCCCXCVII legend. Rev: young head with date and foliage below dividing LONG- / -TVDO / DIERVM IN / DEXTERVS / EIVS in six lines to left and ET IN / SINISTRA / GLORIA in three lines to right. 26.56 grams total, 16-25 mm. . Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [6, No Reserve]
An assortment of UK proof and non-proof coins & sets. The lot to include a 90th Birthday Silver Proof Crown coin with certificate of authenticity, a 80th Birthday Silver Proof Commemorative Crown coin with certificate, a The Great Western Railway 150th anniversary Medal with certificate, a 80th Birthday coin collection for her majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Britain's First Decimal Coins, together with more.
A large collection of early 20th century and later ephemera to include; Coins - 2 x The Official England Squad Medal Collection 1998 (complete) and FA Cup Centenary medal coins 1872 - 1972 (complete). Multiple official league, milk cup final, football association, football league, FA Charity Shield football programmes (1958-82) - 10 x England Internationals / World Cup, 40 x Bristol City, 40 x Bristol Rovers, 40 x Tottenham Hotspur Football Club season, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, QPR, Coventry, Fulham, Ipswich, Birmingham City, Newcastle, Luton, Celtic, Rangers, Notts County, Chelsea, Arsenal, Southampton, Watford & Chelsea amongst many others. Vintage tickets - 6 x Bristol City, England/Scotland (1953), England/France (1976), 2 x Wembley Stadium. England World Cup Poster - Spain 82, 16 x Esso / Squelchers booklets, an Evening Post supplement for Bristol Rovers 1972.
A 20th century 1975 Royal Mint commemorative Tower Hill hallmarked medal coin, alongside two others in bronze. The medals produced to mark end of production at Tower Hill. The medal features a depicting of the Tower Hill mint to the obverse, with the reverse showing the spokes of the flywheel intermittent with components of the Royal Mint's crest. Approximate silver weight 58.8g.
A late 19th century circa 1890 Mauritian Sir John Pope Hennessy commemorative bronze medal, alongside a 1953 'La Bourdonnais' Compagnie Des Messageries Maritimes bronze medal. The Sir John Pope Hennessy medal having a portrait bust to the obverse and the lady of Mauritius waving a steamer to sea on the reverse.
A collection of 20th century British and foreign commemorative coinage. The collection to include two 1977 Royal Mint Silver Jubilee silver proof crown coins, two 1973 Royal Mint St. Helena tercentenary 25 pence piece coins, a 1973 Queen's award for industry Royal Mint medal, and a 1974 Sedlabanki Islands Mint 1100th Anniversary of the Settlement of Iceland proof coin set.
A collection of 20th century British commemorative coins. The collection to include two 1981 Royal Mint HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer coins, three 1972 silver proof crown coins, a 1953 five shillings, a 1973 50 pence coin, a 1969 Prince of Wales Investiture Medal, four 1980 Queen Mother crown coins, two 1977 Silver Jubilee crowns, two 1960 five shillings coins, two 1965 Sir Winston Churchill Commemorative crowns, alongside a collection of three half crown coins, and one pence pieces.
A group of militaria, decorations and other items, in part relating to Lieutenant Colonel L. C. Cooper, including a group of WWI and WWII miniature medals, cap badges for the Sherwood Foresters and the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, other decorations, coins, a Civil Defence Long Service Medal awarded to Miss Catherine Beelie accompanied by a newspaper cutting outlining that she was the first person in Northumberland to receive the award for post-war service alone, Masonic medals including a silver example named to W. Bro Donald Bigge, other collectables including Ingersol pocket watch, knife, compass etc. *For two infantry officer's swords, understood to have belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Cooper, see lots 11 and 12.
First World War – 1914-1918 British War & Victory Medal pair awarded to 25104 PTE H. COOK R. LANC. R. Harry Cook. Together with various personal effects collected by Cook, including; Spurs (x2, one having animal motif), Scissors made by Crookes, Bullet Casing (2), Coins, pokey knife, Australia shoulder title, and pair of horseshoe cufflinks. Interesting selection of personal effects.
QEII medal pair awarded to M936538V D.A.WELCH, includes; GSM with South Arabia clasp inscribed M. 936538 D. A. WELCH. L. P. M. R.N. & For Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with bar inscribed M936538V D. A. WELCH RPG HMS TAMAR. Together with Certificate of Discharge from Regular Service in the Royal Navy, for Derek Arthur Welch, Master At Arms, HMS St. Vincent with cause of discharge being Pension. Held within a HMS Centurion Gosport folding wallet.
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