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Click here to subscribeCOMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Germany, Hamburg, Commerce and Industry Exhibition, Bronze Medal, 1889, by C Lauer, figure of Hamburg seated, view of the city behind her including the spires of St Michael, St Nicholas and St Catherine, rev shield and legend, 70mm (Gaedechens 2349). Good extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Greece, Germany / Bavaria, Ludwig I (1786-1868; King 1825-1848) and Otto (1815-1867; King 1832-1862), Ludwig’s return from visiting Greece, on Leap Year’s Day, Silver Medal, 1836, by Neuss, Ludwig, as Roman General stands between figures of Greece and Bavaria, rev ANNVS BISSEXTILIS MDCCCXXXVI SIT BAVARIS GRAECISQ LVGITER FELIX NEC VNQVAM OBLIVISCENDVS, 33mm. Extremely fine and rare. Whilst the main purpose of Ludwig’s visit had been political, it also gave him the opportunity to acquire a great number of Ancient Greek works of art.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Greece, George I (1845-1863-1913), Giovanni Batista (Jean Baptiste) Serpieri (1832-1897) of Lavrion, Italian mining engineer, Silver Tribute Medal, 1890, by Georges Henri Lemaire, on the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of Laurium, from “the grateful workers”, bust of Serpieri left with long flowing beard, rev legend in eight lines, 69mm. A handsome medal, good very fine and very rare. It was Andreas Kordellas (1836-1909), also the subject of a medal by Lemaire, who convinced Serpieri to come to the Lavrion Mines. The first of Serpieri’s companies was “Hilarion Roux et Cie”, and over the years others followed. A new town of Lavrio was established and the Greek Company worked till 1917, the French continuing till 1982, during which time vast amounts of silver, lead, zinc and arsenic had been produced.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Hungary, Johann II Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1571, King from infancy, 1540-1570), Uniface Cast Lead Portrait Medal, bust three-quarters left wearing doublet and high fur hat, IOHANNES SIGIS – MVND D G REX VNG, 75mm (Resch 13). A handsome and probably contemporary cast, seemingly once bronzed, nose rubbed otherwise very fine. ex Michael Hall collection, Baldwin’s Auction 67, 28 September, 2010, lot 2545
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, India, Francis Rawdon, Marquis of Hastings (1754-1826), Pindaree and Mahratta Confederacy Defeated, Copper Medal, 1818, for Mudie’s Series of National Medals, by W Wyon (after P Rouw) and H Howard [reverse], head left, rev Victory in chariot drawn by winged lions, 41mm (BHM 974; Pud 818.1). Extremely fine. ex O’Byrne collection
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, India, James Prinsep (1799-1840), Assay Master of the Calcutta and Benares Mints, Silver Medal, 1840, by William Wyon, bare head left, rev view of “Prinsep’s Ghaut”, ERECTED TO HIS HONOR BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS - james prinsep ghaut calcutta, 48.5mm (BHM 1966, R2; Puddester 840.1.3). About extremely fine and extremely rare in silver. Prinsep was a scholar, orientalist, numismatist and antiquary, and the founding editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Following his early death the Ghaut was erected in his honour on the bank of the Hooghly River and, now restored, stands in the shadow of the Vidyasagar Setu or second Hooghly Bridge. It was completed in 1843 to the Palladian designs of Captain W Fitzgerald.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, India, John Borthwick Gilchrist (1759-1841), Scottish born surgeon, linguist and Indologist, Copper Medal of the Gilchrist Educational Trust, 1841, by Carl Voigt (and Pinches), bust three-quarters right, rev seated angel instructs three young children, FIAT LVX, named on edge (Hubert H C Blake), 57mm (Pudd 841.1); Richard Temple, Chief Commissioner, Central Province, Copper Medal, 1865, for the Nagpore Exhibition, by the Calcutta mint, otherwise unsigned, bust left with pointed beard, rev hand holds wreath over eleven line legend, 51mm (Pudd. 865.1). First extremely fine, the second nearly so, first rare. (2) first ex DNW Auction, 15 December 2005, lot 1484 Gilchrist’s interest in oriental languages was to become a motivating force in his life and he compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary, A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language, The Oriental Linguist and many other titles. Under the terms of his will he left the residue of his estate to the trustees “for the benefit advancement and propagation of education and learning in every part of the world as far as circumstances will permit”. However the educational trust thus founded could not start its work until 1865, following years of litigation which culminated in a hearing before the House of Lords in 1858. Sir Richard Temple, Bt, GCSI, CIE, PC, FRS, was an administrator in India whose career culminated in the post of Governor of the Bombay Presidency, 1877-1880. He left India for a political career in England and, in 1885, was elected the Conservative MP for Evesham. The Nagpore Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Produce, opened in December 1865.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, India, Marquess of Lansdown, Silver Viceroy’s Medal, 1888, by A Wyon, conjoined busts right of the Viceroy and Marchioness, rev ornately garnished arms and supporters, with Order around, 51mm (Pudd 888.2). Virtually as struck. ex Baldwin’s Auction 57, 23 September 2008, lot 795 Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (1845-1927), served as Viceroy of India (1888-1894), having previously been Governor-General of Canada (1883-1888); Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI (1850-1932), née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, India, Amraoti, Central India, Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, Silver Medal, 1906, Goddess stands on lotus flower, rev man works loom, within wreath, 32mm (Pudd -); South Africa, Industrial and Arts Exhibition, Grahamstown, Copper Medal, 1898, awarded to Mrs Middlemas “For cushion and centre in fish scales”, façade of exhibition building, rev named below arms, 49mm. Both nearly extremely fine. (2) A cushion from fish scales sounds so remarkable that the cataloguers can only agree that it must have been worthy of a medal!
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Leonello d’Este (1407-1450), Marquis of Ferrara, Duke of Mantua and (from 1441-1450), Duke of Reggio Emilia, cast Bronze Medal, by Antonio de Pucci, called Pisanello (c.1394-1455), c.1443, bare head left with short, curled hair, rev two naked men standing, heads touching, holding up laden baskets, OPUS PISANI PICTORIS, 69mm (Hill, Corpus 27; Arm I, 3, 6; Pollard, Bargello I, 8; Pollard [2007] 7; Kress 7; Syson & Gordon 3.40a, b). A modern (19th century?) cast, very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Renaissance, Ferrara, Galeazzo Marescotti (1407-1503), cast Bronze Medal, by Antonio Marescotti, bust left, rev column broken in two by the force of a storm, LOIALMENTE SENS DOTIER MAI PIV ANTONIO MARESCOTI F, 91mm (Arm, I 29/5). A later copy, cast from a pierced example, good very fine, scarce.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro from 1473, Bronze Medal, 1475, by Gianfrancesco Enzola, bust left, rev bust of his father Alessandro Sforza left, 74.5mm (Hill, Corpus 293; Arm I, 45, 11; Pollard [2007] 139; Kress 96). Small piercing at top, an old aftercast with improving tooling, very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Maximilian I of Austria (1459-1486-1519) and Maria of Burgundy (1457-1582), Bronze Medal, 1477, for their marriage, attributed to Giovanni Candida, his bust right with long flowing hair, rev her bust right with crowned double M monogram behind, 48mm (Hill 831; Arm II, 80, 1; Pollard [2007] 259; Kress 225; Scher, Currency of Fame 37, 37a). Very fine, a pleasant and contemporary cast with light patination. The medal was to be the model for the design of the Schauguldiner of Maximilian I issued c.1511 .£500-800
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Padre Floriano “Bernardino” Toselli (1699-1768), heavy cast Bronze Medal, 1766, Bolognese school, signed N T S C in incuse on the reverse, tonsured and bearded bust right wearing cape, PADRE BERNARDO TOSELLI CAPPUCCINO SUA ETA’ ANNI 67, rev winged cherub rests by broken column QVI FECERIT ET DOCVERIT HIC MAGNVS, 106mm (Lanna 393; Michael Hall I, 602). An impressive large medal, good very fine and very rare. Toselli was the librarian to the Frati Minori Cappuccini
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Sardinia, Maria Adelaide of Austria (1822-1855), wife of Victor Emmanuel II, Silver Memorial Medal, 1855, unsigned, bust right, hair tied in fillet, rev the Queen floats heavenwards, UN ANGELO RISALITO IN CIELO, 29.5mm, in case of issue with gilt crowned MA on lid. Mint state, lightly toned, rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Italy, Vatican, Pius VII (1742-1800-1823), Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, Silver Annual Medal, 1819, Year 21, by Tomaso Mercandetti, on the visit of Francis I of Austria to the Vatican, bust left, wearing mantel and tiara, rev Pope receives the Emperor and Empress, FRANC I AVSTR IMP IN QVIRINALI HOSPES, 41mm (Bartolotti E 820; Patrignani 1951, 99; Rinaldi 15). About extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Netherlands, Dutch East India Company, Centenary Celebrations, Silver Medal, 1702, by R Arondeaux, an ancient galley rows away from the Pillars of Hercules, INVI NVLLA VIA, rev personification of the VOC seated left by altar, her foot on a turtle, cornucopia to either side, Belgic lion on column, parakeet to right, IN ALTERA SÆCULA PERGO, 67.5mm (vL IV, 303; BDM VII, 28). Extremely fine, toned and very rare. Another example was sold at Baldwin’s Auction 60, 5 May 2009, lot 1147
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Peru, The Opening of the Trans-Andean Railway, Arequipa to Puno, constructed by Henry Meiggs, Silver Medal, 1870, by C E Bryant (Lima), train steams over viaduct, mountains beyond, rev legends naming officials, 50.5mm, 70.27g (Moyaux 434; Fonrobert 9177; Zapata 870.04; Swan 382). About extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Romania, Prince Ferdinand (1865-1927, King from 1914), marriage to Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1875-1938), Uniface Specimen Silver Medal, 1893, by Anton Scharff, conjoined busts left, 38mm (cf Würzb 2074). Extremely fine with light tone. Ferdinand von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria, daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia and granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Russia, Paul I (1754-1796-1801), Oval Glass-paste Cameo Portrait Medal, c.1791, by James Tassie (1735-1799), his bare head right in white paste, with shoulder-length hair, against a dark or black background, 49.5mm x 38mm, contained in a modern gold frame. As made and an exceptional rarity. The portrait was reproduced by Wedgwood in 1791 (see Reilly & Savage p.267 [a], where stated to be from an engraving by James Walker (1748-1812), after a gem cut by Maria Feodorowna (Maria Feodorovna) (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg – 1759-1828), his second wife).
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Russia, Alexander I (1771-1801-1825), White Metal Medal, 1813, by Thomas Wyon (signed WTF), uniformed bust right, rev Imperial Eagle crowned, FORTITER DEFENDIT TRIUMPHANS, 44mm (Diakov 363.1, not recorded in White Metal). About extremely fine and extremely rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Russia, Centenary of the the First Defense of Sevastopol, Bronze Medal, 1955, The Monument to the Scuttled Ships, Vice-Admiral Vladimir Kornilov with sailors to either side, stands amongst wreckage, rev the monument, 67mm. Extremely fine. The monument was built in 1905 for the 50th anniversary of the flooding of the Russian sailing ships which blocked the entrance to Sebastopol Bay. It stands on an artificial rock and was designed by the sculptor Amandus Adamson, architect Valentin Feldman and military engineer Friedrich Enberg.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Russia, The Successful Launch of Sputnik 1, 1957, Bronze Medal, scientist, plan in hand, before the rocket blasting off, Sputnik circles the globe (showing the Soviet Union), date and legend, 65mm, in original(?) card box. Extremely fine, rare. Believed only 645 specimens struck. Sputnik 1 was was the first artificial Earth satellite. Launched on 4 October, 1954, it spent three months in orbit, burning up on re-entry on 4 January, 1958. It had travelled about 43.5 million miles .
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, South Africa, Sport, Shooting, General Mines Rifle Association, Pair of Copper Medals, awarded 1902 (A T Case), for the “International Match … won by England” and “A Class November Medal”, a soldier stands firing his pistol at five attacking Zulu warriors, ring suspender and ribbon, 36.5mm, original cases; Earl Roberts (Shooting) Competition, 1909 (H H Claydon), small Silvered-bronze Medal, bust of Roberts. First two extremely fine and scarce, the cases distressed and one lacking lid, last very fine. (3)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Spain, Isabella II (1830-1904; Queen 1833-1843-1868-1870), Gold Presentation Medal, undated (c.1850), by Luis Marchionni, signed LM, laureate bust right, ISABEL 2A REINA DE LAS ESPANAS, rev Royal Arms, with Collar and Badge of the Golden Fleece, crowned and draped, named on edge MR JOHN WALKER, 36mm, 55.78g, watch-type suspender and ring and original ribbon (cf Cuesta 109). Choice extremely fine and extrtemely rare. The recipient is believed to be John Walker (1781-1859), the British inventor of the friction match, though this cannot be verified.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Mehmet II, Sultan of Turkey (1430-1451-1481), Uniface Base Metal Cast of the medal by Bertoldo di Giovanni, c.1480, bust left wearing turban, a medal on a ribbon around his neck, MAVMhET ASIE AC TRAPESVNZIS MAGNEQVE GRETIE IMPERAT, 92.5mm, a late cast, mid-19th Century (cf Pollard [2007] 282; Hill, Corpus 911; Kress 248; Arm I, 76). Very fine, the hollowed reverse with suspension loop.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, House of Habsburg, Rudolf II (1552-1576-1612), The Wars against Turkey, Restrike Copper Medal, undated, perhaps by Paul van Vianen, small laureate bust of the Emperor right, above R II, crowned with Imperial and Austrian crowns, CÆS AVG below, rev cherub blows at the Turkish moon, MILITAT AVSTER CVI, 35mm. Mint State, 19th century restrike from original but broken reverse die, rare and seemingly unpublished.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy, Luca Francesco Barbaro, Doge of Crete in 1649, and Captain of the Navy in 1651, Bronze Medal, unsigned, bust left, LVC . FRAN . BARB . PROC . OPT . MAX, rev schematic view of the harbour defences, with classical figures, REGVNT . ETERIGVNT . CRETAM, MDCLIX, 68mm (Voltolini 977). About extremely fine, pierced, rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), The Defeat of the Tripoli Pirates, Copper Medal, 1681, by J Mauger, older bust right, rev pirate grovels at the feet of Victory, the harbour and town of Chios beyond, DE PIRATIS TURCA SPECTANTE / AD INS CHIO, 41.5mm (Divo 190; MH 80). Extremely fine, reverse a little spotted. An important victory by Admiral Duquesne who had chased the pirates into the harbour at Chios, blockaded them and a Turkish squadron (sent to relieve them), and forced the release of all French slaves held on the ships and at Tripoli.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Vatican / Poland / Turkey, Innocent XI, Odescalchi (1611-1676-1689), the Battle of Parkany (9 October, 1683), Victory of the Christian Forces, commanded by Jan Sobieski, over the Turks, Bronze Medal, 1684, by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right in tiara, legend ends MAXI, rev Madonna and child, seated on image of her house, banner above, battle scene below, TVRCIS ET PARKAN CAES … in exergue, 39mm (Linc 1461; HCz 2482). Fine and very rare. The Turkish forces were commanded by Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634/35-1683), a central figure the Turkish Empire’s last attempts at expansion into central and eastern Europe. The banner depicted was placed in the Church of Notre Dame at Loretto, to where the Casa Sata is said to have been transported by four angels.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy, Venice, Marcantonio Giustiniani (1684-1688), The Victories Against the Turks in Morea, Copper Medal, 1686, by Lazarus Gottleib, Victory seated holding shield proclaiming, DE TURCIS 1686, cherubs around with shields and plans, rev cherub holds medallic portraits of Francesco Morosini (signed H) and Marcantonio Giustiniani, two cherubs below with city views and plans, central view of ‘Napoli di Romania’, 42mm (Voltolini II 1049; MH 82). About extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy / Greece, The Victories in Morea, Fortresses Captured from the Turks, 1686, Silver Medal, by Lazarus Gottlein Lauffer and Georg Hautsch, winged Victory seated holding tablet, genii around with plans of the fortresses, rev broad panorama of the city of Venice, URBS VICTRIX, lettered edge, 42mm (Voltolini 1048; Ser 97; MH 83). Extremely fine, toned and extremely rare. The war on Morea which led to the capture of the fortresses was a successful campaign by Francesco Morosini and Count Otto von Königsmarck
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, House of Habsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1658-1705), The Siege of Widdin and Nissa, Copper Medal, 1689, by G Hautsch, the Emperor, holding Victory in his hand, rides quadriga over piles of trophies, LEOPOLDVS M P F A P P / TRIVMPHATOR GENT BARE, rev medallic bust of Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden-Baden, called Türkenlouis (1655-1677-1707), above battle scene, TVRCÆ ANNO VNO TER DEVICTI, plain edge, 42mm (Mont 1090; Jul 362). Obverse bright extremely fine with mint redness, reverse dulled, some minor verdigris spots, rare. Widdin and Nissa, present day Vidin (Bulgaria) and Niš (Serbia).
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy / Greece, The Capture of Chios and the Fortress of Ciclut (Dalmatia), from the Turks, 1694, White Metal Medal, by Philipp Heinrich Müller, Venetia seated with lion and Liberty Cap on staff, crowned by Victory, mermaids hold a plan and map, RESPUBLICA VICTRIX ARCHIPELAGI DOMINA, rev the moon shines through the constellations onto a seascape of the islands of the archipelago, INTER IGNES LUNA MINORES, 43mm (Voltolini 1101, silver; Ser 149, this medal; Forster 689; MH 97). A lttle flatness to the centre of the reverse, otherwise bright, about extremely fine and extremely rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Italy / Greece, Cephalonia / Venice, Iacopo Nani, Venetian Admiral, Bronze Medal, c.1778, unsigned, bust right, IACOBO NANI EQUITI OPTIMO PROCONSULI, rev two hands clasped around a cross, ANNO COMINI MDCCXXVIII, CEPHALENIA, 65mm (Voltolini 1630). A naïve medal, minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and of the highest rarity.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Turkey / Prussia, Asmi Achmet Effendi, Turkish Ambassador to the Prussian Court of Friedrich Wilhelm II, at Berlin, Brass Medal, 1791, bearded bust left, wearing turban, rev legend and date in seven lines, ZUM DENKMAL DES TÜRKISCHEN ..., 31.5mm (Mariens 7454; Henckel 1921). Good very fine, scarce.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Turkey / Russia, Nicholas I, Declaration of War on Turkey 1828, Bronze Medal, by Gube for Loos, bust right, rev Nicholas, as a medieval knight, receives a blessing and a sword from Russia, ACCINGE FEMORI GLADIUM TUUM-HEROS PS 45.4, 38mm (Diakov 470.1). Good very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, The Inauguration of the Eastern Algerian Railway from Algiers to Constantine Railway, Bronze Medal, 1886, by Oscar Roty, Two female figures representing the cities at either end of the railroad line embracing, views of their respective cities to either side, rev Abundance stands on a wheel, holding cornucopiæ, name of the railway, the dates of the laws under which it was constructed and the names of the officials and engineers, 68.5mm, in maroon leather case of issue (Moy 184, pl III, 21, and illustrated on title page). Mint state.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Turkey / Bulgaria, Alliance with the Central Powers, Zinc Medal, 1914-1915, by (?) Anton Rudolf Weinberger (1879-?1936), conjoined busts of Ferdinand I and Mohammed V three-quarters left, rev two battleships in close action, without legend, 50mm. Very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Abdul Mejid I (1823-1839-1861), The Regeneration of the Ottoman Empire, Copper Tanzimat-i Khayriya Medal, Large Copper Medal, 1850 (1266-1267h), by L J Hart (Brussels), arms of the Ottoman Empire surmounted by tughra in rays of glory, legend below RÉGENERATION/DE L’EMPIRE D’OSMAN PAR ABDUL-MEDJID, rev fortress tower holding a mosque with two minarets and Turkish standard, surrounded by the sea and buffeted by stormy waves, legend above L’EMPIRE SUBSISTERA DIEU LE VEUX, 100.5mm (Nuri Pere 1104; Guioth II, 49). A handsome medal, a few handling marks and bruises, about extremely fine and rare. The Tanzimat, an edict of reformation which covered the essential aspects of Ottoman administration and culture, was introduced to strengthen the state against the hostile forces gathered around its borders. It was one of the principal reasons why Britain, France and Sardinia felt able to back the Ottomans in their struggle with Russia in the Crimean War. Sold in a modern display frame of the Monnaie de Paris.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Abdul Mejid I (1823-1839-1861), The Ottoman Alliance with France and England against Russia, 1854, Copper Medal, by L J Hart, bust of the Sultan almost full-face, wearing order over cloak and with plumed hat, around him a border of shields naming the military hierarchy of the Crimean War, rev Victory inscribes a memorial pyramid, a mosque behind, LA FRANCE ET L’ANGLETERRE UNIES POUR LA DEFENSE DU DROIT, DIEU LE VEUT, 72mm (Dogan 6539; Eimer -; Pere -). Very fine, the reverse lightly polished.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, France, “La Paix du Monde”, Copper Medal, 1854, by A A Caqué, the monarchs Napoleon III, Queen Victoria and Abdul Mejid join hands, PROTESTANTISME CATHOLICISME ISLAMISME - CIVILISATION, rev legend in ten lines, EN 1854 …, 36mm (Divo 186; Coll 1661; Nuri Pere 1102). Some scuffs and marks, about extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, England / France, Crimean War, The Holy Alliance, White Metal Medal, 1854, by Allen & Moore, a British and French soldier before their unified standards, rev ENGLAND AND FRANCE UNITED within wreath, 45mm (BHM 2536; Eimer 1489). Good extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, England, Crimean War, Victory at Alma, White Metal Medal, 1854, by J Pinches, struck at the Grand Military Fête held at the Crystal Palace, flags of the five allies, Turkish in centre, rev legend within and around wreath, 41.5mm, in square maroon leather case of issue (BHM 2538; Allen SY-1854/160, R2). Extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, England / Turkey, Abdul Aziz (Abdülaziz, 1830-1861-1876), Visit to the City of London, Copper Medal, 1867, by J S & A B Wyon, for the Corporation of the City of London, bust right, ABDUL AZIZ OTHOMANORUM IMPERATOR - LONDINIUM INVISIT MDCCCLXVII, rev Londinia greets the personification of Turkey, in the distance St Paul’s Cathedral and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, 76.5mm, in original case of issue with legend in gilt (BHM 2872; Eimer 1591). Good extremely fine, the case also in excellent condition. Only 350 specimens struck
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Egypt / Sudan, General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), Death at Khartoum, Gilt White Metal Medal, 1885, by W O Lewis, bust almost facing, rev inscription within wreath, 46mm (BHM 3187; Eimer 1714). Extremely fine, gilt examples appear to be unrecorded.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Crete, Giovanni Bettolo, Silver Medal, 1898, by P Ferrea, bust left, JO. BETTOLO ITALICAE CLASSIS AD CRETAM PRO PRAEFECTVS, rev CRETA IN LIBERTATEM VINDICATA INTER EVROPAE PRINCIPES CONCORDIA FIRMIVS CONTISTVTA MDCCCXCVIII, in wreath, 68mm. Good extremely fine and extremely rare. Rear-admiral Giovanni Bettolo lead the Italian navy’s effort, along with the combined forces of Great Britain, France and Russia, to liberate Crete from the Ottoman Empire. Bettolo was one of four Admirals who governed Crete temporarily until the arrival of Prince George of Greece in 1898 and the foundation of the independent Cretan State.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Turkey, Sport, European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket), Istanbul, Bronze Medal, 1959, view across the bosphorous from the Galata Tower towards St Sophia and the Blue Mosque, rev legend within lotus and olive wreath, 70.5mm. About extremely fine. The Championship was won by the Soviet Union with Czecholslovakia in second place and France in third.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, United States of America, The Libertas Americana Medal (1783), by Augustin Dupré, a contemporary or near-contemporary cast in Copper, head of Liberty left with flowing hair, staff and Phrygian cap behind, LIBERTAS AMERICANA, with 4 JUIL 1776 in exergue, rev Minerva (France) defends the infant Hercules (America) from the British Lion, NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS, with 17/19 OCT. 1777/1781 in exergue, 47mm (cf Adams-Bentley 15; cf Betts 615; cf Ford XIV, 289-298). The flan slightly motled, very fine and rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Agriculture, Scotland, Engraved Silver Prize Medal, 1872, “To Mr Duthie / Collynie / Methlick”, rev “For Best Animal in Class of Horses at Formartine”, 41mm, silver maker’s mark of Rettie Middleton & Son (Aberdeen), civic wreath border, suspension loop and ring; Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Silver Medal, 1979, “For Two Year Old Shorthorn Bull”, 35mm. First very fine, te second extremely fine. (2) William Duthie of Collynie (1839-1923) was the founder of Collynie, a famous Aberdeenshire cattle breeding establishment. Duthie became one of the greatest breeders of this type of cattle in the world.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Agriculture and Horticulture, Burma, The Agri-Horticultural Society of Burma, Silver Medal (1910), name above display of fruits and flowers, rev blank, 44.5mm (Pudd 910.12); India, Madras Agri-Horticultural Society, Copper Medal, 1927, fruits and flora, Society name engraved above, rev “Mrs G Mervyn Smith for Carnations”, 45mm (Pudd 948.12.3); Ceylon, Agricultural Association, White Metal Medal for “Best Essay on Paddy Cultivation”, 1887, 35mm. All about extremely fine, first toned. (3)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Art, France, “Nike”, The Goddess of Victory, Large Bronze Medal, undated (1924), by Paul Marcel Dammann (1885-1939), head of the Godess right, laureate and with wing, NI – KE, small olive sprig below, rev naked Greek athlete stands at Olympia holding statuette of Victory, 100.5mm, impressed “189” on edge. Good very fine, a wonderful and rare Art Deco medal. The medal was to be adapted for the Paris Olympic Games with the addition of a rugby ball, javelin, bow and arrow, club and discus.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Exploration, Portugal, Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), 500th Anniversary of his Birth, Copper Medal, 1894, by M Carvallo, bust left in large hat, rev figures representative of the Portuguese Empire on sea-shore, 59mm (Lamas 263). Extremely fine but slight edge bruise at 2 o’clock on the reverse.
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