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Click here to subscribeA collection of British proof sets and commemorative issues, mainly post-decimal, mainly in cases of issue; together with various commemorative and prize medals, including: Toye Kenning and Spencer, silver box medal, Winston Churchill centenary of birth, containing 13 printed cards depicting the important events of his career, cased; Red Poll Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland, five silver prize medals, cased; and other items.
An India General Service Medal 1854-95 to Acting Bombardier John Newlands, Northern Division Royal Artillery, 3 clasps: Burma 1885-7, Sikkim 1888, Samana 1891 (49902 Actg Bombdr J. Newlands No 9 By 1st Bde N Dn R.A.), engraved. Good very fine or better. Recipient confirmed on the rolls for these campaigns. Formerly with 9/1 Northern Division R.A.; latterly with No 3 Mountain Battery. Clasps with irregular looking rivets, perhaps consistent with separate issue of each.
A Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 to Able Seaman R.A. Mackney, Royal Navy, Elizabeth II, clasp: Near East (C/ JX. 921871. R. A. MACKNEY A.B. R.N.), toned, nearly extremely fine; together with a miniature Victoria Cross, suspension link lacking, otherwise extremely fine; and a miniature Air Force Cross (ER II), nearly extremely fine. [3]
The Great War flying Military Cross group of eight medals to Squadron Leader John Tudor Powell Whittaker, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, comprising: M.C., George V, reverse privately engraved 'Capt. J.T.P. Whittaker/ R.F.C./ January 1917'; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal (MAJOR J.T. WHITTAKER R.A.F.); India General Service Medal 1908-35, George V, clasp; Waziristan 1921-24 (S/L. J.T. WHITTAKER. R.A.F.; France, Croix de Guerre, with Palm; Italy, Order of The Crown, Knight's badge; Medal for Military Valour, silver, reverse engraved 'Whittaker John Tudor/ PIAVE TRENTINO, HIVERNO 1917-18'; War Merit Cross; offered with a small collection of photographs and research, Order of the Crown badge with bend in junction of upper arm causing weakness and slight loss to enamel, medals otherwise good very fine or better. Born in Lewisham 20/02/1894. University School Cadet Corps Hastings; Fesltead School O.T.C.; 103 Calgary Rifles (Canada); Canadian A.S.C.; Joined A.S.C. Salibury Plain 11/11/14; Served with R.F.C. in the field from 17/03/16; Gazetted 2nd Lt. A.S.C. and seconded for duty with R.F.C.; gazetted Flying Officer 04/06/16; 24/07/16 attacked transports on road from Corcelette; 22/08/16 "Captain J.T.P. Whittaker..or 4 Sqn...was attacked in turn by a Fokker biplane and a L.V.G., both of which were driven off" * At 10am on July 1st 1916 (the first day of the Somme), the recipient arrived over the battle front in his BE2c biplane. Observing a German gun position that threatened the beleaguered ground troop he descended to 700 feet to attack it with machine gun fire. He then saluted men of the Liverpool and the Manchester 'Pals' battalions (advancing in one of the more successful areas of the battle) by flying low over their heads and waggling his wings - to be greeting by enthusiastic arm waving.** August of that year found him engaging in successful dog fights with Fokkers, before sustaining a bullet wound to the abdomen, 25/08/16. While convalescing his M.C. was gazette 01/01/17 Declared fit again 06/07/17, he returned to duty on the Italian front as a Major in command of 66 Squadron.Italy: Order of the Crown, Silver Medal for Valour both L.G. 02/11/18. France: Croixe de Guerre L.G. 08/11/18. * Cole, 'Royal Flying Corps 1915-1916' ** Giblin and Franks
A small collection of coins and other numismia, including: George III, copper twopence, Birmingham mint, 1797 (S 3776), near very fine; Bristol and Bath Copper Company, penny token, 1811, near very fine; a worn 1797 penny countermarked with a capital E; 1897 Jubilee commemorative medal, silver 26 mm (E 1817), fine; National Rifle Association, Astor County Cup prize medal, copper 38 mm, good very fine or better; a bronze coin, ' Ceasar Vesp Aug', 26mm; and various other coins, medals, coin weights and a jeton modelled on a guinea. [25]
A small collection of medals, including: O.B.E. (Military), attributable to Lt-Col William T. Forsdyke, R.A.S.C., cased with transmission slip, toned, extremely fine; a Great War pair and Memorial Plaque to Charles Victor Roy Tuck, Oxford And Bucks Light Infantry (30118 PTE. C.V.R. TUCK. OXF. & BUCKS. L.I.), good very fine; a Great War Pair (110194 GNR. R.V. TRAVERS. R.A.), very fine; a Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (203895 SJT: R.J. HAMBROOK. 4/ ESSEX R.), nearly extremely fine; two mounted miniature groups; and other items.
Thomas Brooks (British 1818-1892)/The Sailor's Return/signed and dated 1852/label verso ' No 1, Relating the perils of a first long cruise' and 'She lov'd him for the dangers he had passed' and 'No 1, Tho's Brooks, 24 Campden Grove, Kensington'/oil on canvas, 85.5cm x 116.5cm/Note: Thomas Brooks, genre painter, born Hull. Exhibited at the RA 1843-1882 and at BI and SS. Many of his pictures depict dramas at sea such a 'The Missing Boat' and 'A Story of the Sea'. The present lot depicts the return of a young sailor to his family home. He bears gifts such as a parrot and tortoise for his enthralled family, who look on at the exotic gifts being produced from his sea chest, the Grandfather wears a naval medal, possibly Trafalgar. This is genre painting at narrative best/see illustration Condition Report: This has been in the family for at least two generations.The surface is dirty with small area of craquelure showing between grandfather's leg and mother's skirt otherwise in lovely condition, in original frame and looks like an exhibition painting but no reference found.
Tokens & Commemorative medallions: Norwich Barracks 1793 (Queen's Boys), Jacobite medal Duke of Cumber., 'Come Back Again - Retentes', 'Success to the Bay Trade 1794', British Naval halfpenny 1812, Death of Queen Charlotte 1818, Death of George Canning 'Friend of National Freedom', 1827, Canterbury Token 1894, Death of William IV', By Trampling on Liberty I Lost the Reins', Birth of Princess Royal 1840 and 2 'To Hanover' Jetons 1837 (11)
A FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, 19TH CENTURY the 10,5cm gold dial with raised enamel Roman hour numerals, the bell striking movement, the back plate inscribed Breguet A Paris, numbered 1641, Raingo Frères medal, the dial surmounted by a floral wreath surrounded by scrolling foliage, a pair of figures engaging in front of a pierced panel on a scrolling and pierced plinth base 50cm high Reputable French clockmakers often tended to the King’s extravagant needs and Zacharie Joseph Raingo made no exception, having made a planetarium clock for George IV of England in 1824. Zacharie established Raingo Frères, a renowned clock company and received the title of the “supplier of the King of France”. The company was widely celebrated for their Rococo-style gold plating and elaborate designs, so much so that Emperor Napoleon III and his wife furnished their homes with many of their craftworks. A select few of said pieces are featured in The Louvre in Paris.
EMILE PINEDO (1840 – 1916): A BRONZE BUST OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE dressed in military uniform, with original enamel medal pinned to chest, on a stepped square green marble base, with initial ‘N’ below a crown in gilt metal, signed PINEDO, stamped with the ‘’Bronze Garanti au Titre’’ foundry seal, medal is loose 23,5cm high
Scottish Coins and Medals, Scotland, Mary, Queen of Scots, uniface octagonal silver ‘Fantasy’ medal or badge, bust three-quarters l., wearing embroidered dress with ruff collar and bonnet, M – R to either side, 40mm. x 27.5mm., twisted wire suspension loop, a restitutional fantasy of the late 18th to early 19thC, extremely fine, rare*ex Michael Hall Collection (Baldwin, 4 May, 2010, lot 676) Another example, the reverse engraved with the arms of Ramsay (house of the Earls of Dalhousie) was sold in the Sylvia Adams Collection (Bonhams, 23 May, 1996, lot 231)
Scottish Coins and Medals, Scotland, Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567), bronzed electrotype of James Tassie’s copy of the portrait medal by Jacopo Primavera, MARIA STOVVAR REGI SCOTI ANGLI, veiled bust r., wearing small ruff collar, signed IA PRIMAVE, 73.5mm. (cf. MI.118/52), the medal lead-backed, very fine
British Commemorative Medals, British Colonisation, 1670, a heavy gilt-silver Georgian ‘patch’ box, the lid set with John Roettier’s medal, with conjoined busts of Charles II and Queen Catherine of Braganza to r., the inner lid with the globe, centred on Africa and showing the Eastern seaboard of North America, DIFFVSVS IN ORBE BRITANNVS; the base inset with a James II Crown, 1688, 43 x 20.5mm.; total wt 79.40gms., without hallmark or date, most attractive and in excellent condition For medal details see Medallic Illustrations 546/203; Eimer 245; Betts 44
British Commemorative Medals, Arthur Jacob, copper medal, 1860, by J. Woodhouse, bust l., rev. FOR EMINENT SERVICES RENDERED TO SCIENCE…IN IRELAND within and around wreath, 64mm. (BHM.2675; Brettauer 554), very fine Arthur Jacob (1790-1874), ophthalmologist and professor of anatomy and physiology, Dublin.
British Commemorative Medals, Victoria, small official gold Lord Mayor’s or Lord Provost’s medal for the Diamond Jubilee, 1897, by G. W. de Saulles, a reduction of the medal struck within a diamond ‘lozenge’, this with scrolled decoration, 26.5 x 22.5mm., total wt. 5.00gms. (cf. BHM.3506, note; W&E.3000, note), pierced and with ring for suspension, very fine, extremely rare
Foreign Coins and Medals, Italy, Vatican City, Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, gold medal, issued by the International Numismatics Establishment, Argor, Switzerland, bust l., in cap and gown, rev. REDDE PROXIMO IN TEMPORE SUO, crowned arms, 39.5mm., wt. 15.07gms., extremely fine
Foreign Coins and Medals, Russia, Peter I, the Great, Visit to the Paris Mint, copper medal, 1717, by Jean Duvivier, PETRVS ALEXIEWITZ TZAR MAG RUSS IMP, armoured bust of Peter r., wearing an ermine mantle, rev. VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO, Fame flying l., above land and seascape, sounding one trumpet whilst holding another, edge plain, 60mm. (Diakov 52.1; Iversen XLVII; Nocq 37; Reichel 1295; Tiregal 55), a few minor blemishes but a pleasing example, nearly extremely fine
Foreign Coins and Medals, Russia, Peter I, the Great, copper memorial medal, 1725, by Jacques Antoine Dassier, draped, laureate and armoured bust r., rev. figures of Neptune and Bellona, city and ships beyond, 38mm. (Diakov 63.12; Eisler 138; Reichel 1549; Iversen 57/5), nicely patinated, good very fine, perhaps better The reverse commemorates two of Peter's greatest accomplishments: the creation of the Baltic fleet and the construction of St Petersburg.
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