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Click here to subscribeCharles James Fox, [1806], gilt-copper clichés (2) of the obverse of the medal by T. Webb for Thomason & Jones, one incuse, each 53mm (cf. BHM 605) [2]. Extremely fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, a copper medal by T. Webb & G. Mills for Mudie, 49mm (BHM 940); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, silver (2) and bronze medals by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm, 55mm (BHM 3737); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 32mm (BHM 4249) [5]. Good very fine or better; one cased, another boxed £100-£150
Emancipation in the West Indies, 1838, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, five standing figures, palm tree behind, rev. names of abolitionists within wreath, 41mm (BHM 1879; Roehrs 1709). Extremely fine, rare [certified and graded by NGC as MS 61] £100-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Launching of the John Williams Missionary Ship, 1844, a white metal medal by J. Davis, ship sailing right, rev. legend in seventeen lines, 40mm (BHM 2201). Holed at top, otherwise good extremely fine [certified and graded by NGC as MS 63] £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
University College, London, silver award medals (2), unsigned, named (Robt. B. Smart, Botany Junior Class, 1850; Robert Morley, Painting from Antique, 1874-5), both 38mm; Catholic Poor School Committee, 1860, a copper award medal by L. Wiener, 47mm (D & W 216/113); Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition, London, 1920, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 45mm, stamped silver; Borough of Bromley Education Committee, a bronze Regular Attendance award medal by Elkington, un-named, 33mm; University College, London, Malden Prize Medal, a bronze award by N. Macphail, edge named (Dorothy E. Green, Greek, Session 1927-28), 70mm (MJP p.210; cf. DNW 66, 1100); University of London Fencing Club, a bronze award medal, unsigned, engraved (Annual Tournament, 1929, Foil, Third Prize), 51mm; 900th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, 1966, a silver medal by Collinge for Spink, 58mm; Board of Trade, Rocket Apparatus, Proof of Service at a wreck, a bronze medal, 35mm; together with miscellaneous medals, buttons, etc (19) [28]. Very fine and better, silver medals toned £100-£150 --- Provenance: first BDW Auction 13, 31 May 1995, lot 53 Robert Morley (1857-1941) painter; exh. RA 1884-99; b. Kentish Town, lived at Haverstock Hill, London, and Tilford Farm House, Farnham, Surrey
Exhibition of Art Treasures, Manchester, 1857, a white metal medal by Pinches, view of the exhibition buildings, floral border around containing four shields and names of artists on ribbon, rev. three muses seated, 63mm (BHM 2605; E 1513a). About extremely fine; in original brass box £60-£80
Department of Science and Art, Queen’s Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon, edge named (William Burnet, Edinburgh, Stage 3B, 1865), 55mm (E 1511); George V, Coronation, 1911, a bronze medal by B. Mackennal, 51mm (BHM 4022); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, a silver medal by W. Goscombe John, 35mm (BHM 4079); Board of Education, National Medal, a silver award by B. Mackennal, edge named (James Moxon, Designs for Wineglasses and Tumblers, 1914), 51mm [4]. Good very fine or better, first two cleaned; third in original case £100-£150
Victoria, Visit to Wolverhampton, 1866, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, 65mm (BHM 2851); British Dairy Farmers’ Association, a bronze prize medal, rev. named (Samuel Draper, for Milk Perambulator, Dairy Show, 1883), 55mm; Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon, 52mm (BHM 3209); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal by G.W. de Saulles, 56mm (BHM 3506) [4]. Very fine or better, two cased £100-£150
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, a silver prize medal by Kirkwood & Son, rev. named (To William Duthie Collynie, For Shorthorn Bull, Formartine, 1880), 35mm; The Kennel Club, a silver prize medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 57mm; Anerley Poultry Show, a bronze prize medal by Pinches, un-named, 50mm; The Poultry Club, Middlesex Branch, a bronze prize medal by L. Simpson, un-named, 45mm [4]. Varied state £80-£100
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, 218.51g (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Fields hairlined, otherwise good extremely fine; in official case of issue with card insert £1,000-£1,200
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a copper 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.1; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Extremely fine; in case of issue [this scuffed] £120-£150
The District Messenger Service & News Co. Ltd, Award of Merit, a uniface silver medal by H.T. Lamb, undated, hallmarked London 1889, 29mm; London Philatelic Exhibition, 1890, a bronze medal by J.A. Restall, 39mm (BHM 3409); Post Office, a white metal check, rev. named (Luke Arnold), 38mm; Post Office, Letter weight, brass, 29mm, 29.40g; A. Kirkwood, Edinburgh, a bronze medalet, undated, 24mm; Stanley Gibbons, London, a bronze medal, undated, 51mm [6]. Varied state £70-£90
Royal Humane Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (A.C. Francis, Blundell’s School, 1896), 51mm (E 759); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 55mm (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal, unsigned, for St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico, 78mm (W & E 3760E.2; BHM –); together with other miscellaneous 19th and 20th century medals (13, one in silver) [16]. Mostly extremely fine; five in cases or boxes of issue £200-£300 --- Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Devon
Death of John Pinches, 1905, an oval bronze medal, unsigned (by G.W. Saulles), bust right, rev. legend, 25mm x 32mm (E 1885); Herbert Seaby, 1976, a cast bronze medal by M. Holloway for J.R. Gaunt, bust facing, rev. legend, 61mm, 101.37g; together with an engraved halfpenny, reading dum vivo cnn’i 1785, four whist counters contained in a brass box, a 1951 Crown and miscellaneous weights (7) [15]. Fine to about as made; the Crown in original carboard box £60-£80
International Exhibition, London, 1911, a gilt-bronze medal by S. Salières for Arthus Bertrand & Cie, allegorical female figure riding waves, rev. Britannia standing facing, St Paul’s to left, Crystal Palace to right, 59mm (BHM –; E –). Gilding somewhat worn on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £100-£120
Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915, a cast English copy of the medal by K. Goetz, liner sinking, legend and date 5 may 1915 in exergue, rev. passengers buying tickets from a skeleton at the Cunard booth, 55mm (BHM 4118; E 1941A, type c). About extremely fine; with original box and leaflet £60-£80
King Alfred’s School OTC, a silver medal, rev. named (Cpl G.N. Sale, For Efficiency, 1916), 51mm; Regent Street Polytechnic, a bronze prize medal by J.A. Restall, rev. named (P.W. Stephen, Mathematics, Matriculation Dept, 1921), 45mm; Mond Nickel Company, 25th Anniversary, 1925, nickel medals (2) by P. Metcalfe, each 45mm; George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 57mm (BHM 4249) [5]. Varied state, two polished; three cased £100-£150
Royal Society of Arts, 1910, President’s Medal, a silver award by B. Mackennal, bare head of George V left, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (Jack Keith Lovell, Advanced Examinations 1922, Book-keeping), 55mm (BHM 4004, E 1917). Cleaned, otherwise extremely fine; in fitted case £70-£90
Southern Railway, a gold and enamel medal for 50 Years Service by J.A. Wylie & Co., shield of arms, rev. named (T.W. Bell, 1883-1933), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 29mm, 9ct, 10.03g. Reverse polished, otherwise good very fine, with loop and ring for suspension; in fitted case [worn] by J.A. Wylie & Co., 62 Holborn Viaduct, London £150-£180
COURLAND, Death of Maurice of Saxony, 1750, a white metal medal by D. Kam, 56mm; NORWAY, Visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Christiania, 1890, a bronze medal by I. Throndsen, 31mm; PORTUGAL, University of Coimbra, 1872, a bronze medal by J. Molarinho, 54mm; SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria Agricultural Association, a bronze prize medal, unsigned, rev. named (Tangyes Ld., Pump, 1898), 43mm; SWITZERLAND, General Dufour, 1866, a bronze medal by A. Bovy, 60mm (BDM I, 245); Geneva, a silver prize medal for Literature by Chaponniere, undated, 41mm [6]. Varied state £100-£150
FRANCE, Francis I, a restrike bronze medal, 1515, unsigned, 54mm (CGMP p.103); Henry II (1547-59), a restrike bronze medal unsigned and undated, 60mm (CGMP –); Charles IX (1560-74), restrike bronze medals (2), 1568, unsigned [by G. Martin], 34mm (CGMP p.116); Henry III (1574-89), a restrike bronze medal, unsigned [by C. de Héry], 43mm (CGMP p.121); Charles X (1589-90), a restrike bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 43mm (CGMP –) [6]. About extremely fine or better £100-£150
FRANCE, Aid Given to the Dutch, 1666, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 89); Naval Victory at Beachy Head, 1690, a copper medal by J. Mauger, 41mm (Divo 229); BELGIUM, Universal Exposition, Antwerp, 1885, a bronze medal by C. Wiener, 60mm (BDM VI, 483) [3]. Very fine or better £80-£100
FRANCE, Expulsion of the English from St Christopher, 1666, a copper medal by J. Mauger (& ?), bare head of Louis XIV right, rev. colonia fr stabilita, seated female figure holding French shield, British shield on ground at her feet, 41mm (Divo 90; Lec. 1; Betts 42). Extremely fine [certified and graded by NGC as MS 62 BN] £150-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
FRANCE, Battle of Cassel, 1677, a restrike bronze medal by J. Mauger & J. Roussel [struck after 1880], 41mm (Divo 161); Monument to the Duke of Berry, 1822, a copper medal by A. Caqué & J.-J. Barre for Beaussier, 50mm (BDM I, 129) [2]. Second possibly once cleaned, otherwise both extremely fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Annexation of Corsica, 1770, a copper medal by C.N. Roettiers, laureate head of Louis XV right, rev. France standing left, holding Corsican shield, 64mm (Divo –; BDM V, 154). Some surface marks, otherwise very fine; suspension loop added at top £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
FRANCE, Battle of Wagram, 1809, a copper medal by L. Manfredini, 42mm (Bramsen 862); PRUSSIA, Accession of Frederick the Great, 1740, a copper medal by J. Dassier, 54mm (Eisler 252; Olding 511; Slg Julius 333); together with other European medals (5, one in silver) [7]. Very fine and better; two in cases of issue £150-£200
GERMANY, 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Frederick the Great, 1912, a silver medal by K. Goetz, 36mm (K 12); 80th Birthday of Paul von Hindenburg, 1927, a silver medal by K. Goetz, 36mm (K 386); 400th Anniversary of the Death of Albrecht Dürer, 1928, a silver medal by K. Roth, 36mm [3]. About extremely fine; first in fitted case £80-£100
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