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Thomas Del Mar Ltd
Lot 274

**A VERDUN COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDAL, AFTER S.E. VERNIER, 1917 obverse with a helmeted young woman below the legend ON NE PASSE PAS, reverse with a barbican and titled VERDUN / 21 FEVRIER 1916, in original case 3.7 cm; 1 ½ in diameter Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 280 The Verdun medal was created on 20 November 1916 by the Municipal Council of Verdun to commemorate the heroism of its French defenders. Originally intended to be awarded to those who served on the Verdun front between 21 February 1916 and 2 November 1916, the medal was, in fact, awarded to those who served anywhere on the Argonne and St Mihiel sectors between 31 July 1914 and 11 November 1918, including soldiers of other allied countries.

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Mellors & Kirk
Lot 44

A 9CT GOLD AND ENAMEL DERBYSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PRIZE WATCH FOB MEDAL, REVERSE EMBOSSED MEDAL COMPETITION RUNNERS UP 1936-37, BIRMINGHAM 1936, 4G

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Sworders
Lot 23

A George VI Faithful Service medal, to Ernest Albert Peverett, a 9ct gold fob and pendant, silver 3p 1916, and other medals/badges

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Golding Young & Mawer - Grantham
Lot 15

A World War I civilisation campaign medal awarded to M-270884 PTE. S. J. Avidon. A.S.C., together with a small quantity of Victorian low denomination coinage to include, pennies, farthing, etc.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers Liverpool
Lot 495

A collectors' lot including chess set, barometer and school's medal for Brae St and Clinton Road.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers Liverpool
Lot 515

An interesting collection of items relating to Private.G.W.Philips of the Liverpool Regiment, who become Captain Philips, included are three WWI medals, various boxing medals, a Rifle Association 1952 challenge cup medallion, a cadet forces medal various photographs and also a collection postcards and more photographs relating WWI and that period, various cloth badges etc.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers Liverpool
Lot 542

A Purple Heart medal with ribbon and a 100 dollar gold note issued by the Government of Antigua & Barbuda (2).

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers Liverpool
Lot 549

A Victorian South African medal with five bars for Laing's Nek, Transvaal, Relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony, awarded to 5771 PTE, J.Lawrenson K.R.R.C.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers Liverpool
Lot 564

A small quantity of collectors' items to include a silver vesta case, two cycling medals, an enameled medallion, a brooch and a base medal vesta etc.

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High Road Auctions
Lot 251

An Indian Mutiny medal, white and red striped ribbon, issued to William Haycock, 87th Regiment.

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High Road Auctions
Lot 360

A General Service medal, 1918-62, with Palestine (1945-1948) bar, to Pte. G. McNabb, Kings, no. 19112797.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 292

AUSTRIAN COIN & GERMAN MEDAL. A 1780 Maria Theresa silver thaler mounted as a pendant & Wilhelm II Silver Wedding commemorative medal.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 293

ITALIAN AWARD MEDAL. A Vittorio Emanuele II 1862 Italian award medal for International Exhibition, London 1862, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry & Commerce.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 376

SOVEREIGN SCALE ETC. A Victorian Simmons sovereign scale & a Royal Engineers, George VI presentation medal.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 461

MEDALS, SILKS ETC. Three Catholic School Committee award medals, an Eton College regular attendance medal & a boxed Lusitania sinking medal. Also a quantity of cigarette silks including flags & regimental badges.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 463

MBE MEDAL ETC. The MBE medal & related ephemera of Charles Wardle of Nottingham, former General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers. Medal with original box, appointment certificate, portrait photograph, obituaries etc.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 466

WWI MEDALS. Two WWI medals awarded to 50050 Pte. E. H. Madden. The Queen's Reg. The War medal & the Victory Medal.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 474

1953 CORONATION MEDAL. QEII Coronation Medal in original box.

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Barbara Kirk Auctions
Lot 475

AMENDMENT TO CATALOGUE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL. A QEII British Empire Medal in original box awarded to Percy DARLINGTON (NOT Darling) for service at MOD establishment, Nancecuke, Portreath, Cornwall.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1682

EUROPEAN COINS, COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE OR “SWISS SHOOTING THALERS”Confederation, Silver Commemorative Shooting Festival Thalers / 5-Francs (2), 1939, Luzern (HMZ 2.1345c; KM X 5.20); with other recent medallic issues, including one in gold and one bronze medal, 1895, Winterthur. Generally extremely fine to mint state. (9) this lot is not from the Åke Lindén Collection

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Baldwin's
Lot 1788

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Arrival of Princess Mary in Holland, Silver Medal, 1642, by Sebastian Dadler, Prince Frederick Henry of Orange seated amidst trophies, Prince William and Princess Mary in middle ground, a townscape beyond, LIBERTAS PATRIÆ …, rev the couple stand at the entrance to a fenced pleasure garden, the gate flanked by Belgic Lion, QUO TE MARS ET AMOR VOCAT INTRA DIVA …, 72.5mm (MI 290/105; vL II 257; Wiecek -). Very fine. The medal is signed S D, an initial on the base of each of the gate-posts at which the couple stand. Princess Mary had been married to Prince William at the Chapel Royal in London in 1641, when aged only nine (William was fourteen) and was accompanied to the Dutch Republic by her mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1789

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Peace of Breda, Gold Medal, 1667, by John Roettier, laureate bust of King Charles II right, * CAROLVS. SCVNDVS. DEI. GRACIA. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIBER. REX, rev Britannia seated left at the base of a rock contemplating her navies, FAVENTE DEO, in exergue BRITANNIA, edge reads CAROLVS * SECVNDVS * ET * IMPERII * RESTITVTOR * AVGVSTVS, 53mm (Eimer 241; MI i 535/185; vLoon II 544). Some minor marks, exhibiting the same minor die flaws as the piece illustrated by Eimer, otherwise about extremely fine and of the highest rarity. Large early English gold medals are of the highest rarity and hardly ever available in the open market. Collectors of high denomination English gold coins will note that there are no 5-Guineas of 1667 (in fact there is only the Guinea). In a 45 year survey of British auction catalogues, 139 5-Guineas dated 1668 were recorded and this date is considered relatively common in the series. By contrast a mere handful of the present medals may exist.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1790

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William III, The State of Britain, Following the Peace of Ryswick, large Copper Medal, 1697, by John Croker, laureate bust of William right with flowing hair and mantle over decorative armour, rev Britannia seated by shield and holding trident, RESTITVTORI, in exergue BRITANNIA MDCXCVII, 69.5mm (MI 192/499; Eimer 372; Pax 348; vLoon IV, 250). A superb medallic portrait, extremely fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1793

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William and Mary, The Pacification of Ireland, Silver Medal, 1691, by D Drappentier, conjoined busts right, he in armour and laureate, rev British lion tramples on the Hydra, to left, a spaniel fawns submissively at feet of lioness, a distant harbour and city beyond, PARCERE SVBIECTIS ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS, lettered edge ET REGNARE PARES, ET MIRE SE INTER AMARE, 54mm (MI 39/220; Eimer 340; vL IV, 57). Extremely fine and rare.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1794

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Anne, The Union with Scotland, Copper Medal, 1713, by John Croker, crowned bust left, wearing mantle over armour, and Collar and George of the Garter, rev Anne as Pallas, standing with spear and shield, NOVÆ PALLADIVM TROIÆ, 69.5mm (MI 298/115; Eimer 423; vL IV, 439). Good very fine, perhaps a little better.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1798

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Ireland, Orange Association, Silver Medal, c.1798, by W Mossop, laureate and armoured bust of William III left, THE GLORIOUS & IMMORTAL MEMORY 1690 around, rev Royal arms and supporters, 34mm, integral suspension loop and ring (BHM -; D&W 172/554). Good very fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1799

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), Liverpool Pitt Club, Glazed and Gilt-silver Member’s Medal (1814), by T Wyon Jr, bust left, after Nollekens, rev Britannia, who protects Commerce and Europe, is crowned by Peace and Victory, BRITAIN VICTORIOUS - TYRANNY OVERTHROWN., 55.5mm, gilt-metal rim with watch-type suspender (BHM 836; Eimer 1039, note). Nearly extremely fine, some light toning on the reverse.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1800

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Duke of Wellington, Victories of the Peninsular War, Bronze Box Medal, 1815, by J Porter for E Orme, bust of Wellington left, rev Victory seated under a tree and inscribing a tablet, 74mm, containing the full set of 13 aquatint roundels depicting battle scenes, in case (not original) (BHM 866; Eimer, Wellington 80; Eimer 1074). The medal very fine, the contents in excellent order though no longer linked, scarce.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1801

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Queen Victoria, Marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gold Medal, 1840, by Benjamin Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert to left, names to either side, ALBERT – VICTORIA, rev armorial shields of the two royal houses united by a flaming torch, EVER MAY LOVE SHED ROSY GARLANDS ROUND – FEBRUARY X MDCCCXL, 46mm, 71.56g (BHM 1920, R2; Eimer 1336; BDM VI, 584). A medal of superb quality, mint state and excessively rare in gold. No official medals were struck to commemorate the Royal Wedding, however this, by Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858) who had been appointed to the post of Chief Engraver of the Seals in 1831, is the nearest thing. The wedding was held in the small and intimate Chapel at St James’s Palace. It is not known who might have received such a handsome gift, but the service was attended by the reigning Duke and Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Albert’s father and elder brother) and it seems likely that gold medals could have been intended for them or their entourage.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1804

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Order of Druids, founded 1858, large White Metal Members’ Medal or Jewel, by Ottley, druid and warrior, he standing by beehive, point to emblems, with the shields of Great Britain, Australia, India and Turkey, distant view of Stonehenge beyond, rev oak and olive wreath, 69.5mm. Pierced for suspension, good very fine, scarce. The shields of many countries emphasise the worldwide nature of the Order’s motto, “Integritas Pro Rupe Nobis” (United To Assist).

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Baldwin's
Lot 1805

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885), Jewish financier and philanthropist, and Judith, née Cohen (1784-1862), Copper Complimentary Medal, 1864, by Charles Wiener, conjoined heads to left, rev legend in Hebrew within wreath, “And Moses will be exalted …”, 68mm (BHM 2802A; Eimer 1569). Extremely fine, scarce. The ribband that entwines the wreath on the reverse names the places where Montefiore had undertaken influential works: Jerusalem, Damascus, Russia, Morocco and Roumania.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1808

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Queen Victoria, The Dedication of Epping Forest, Copper Medal, 1882, by Charles Wiener, for the City of London Series, crowned bust left, wearing sash and Orders, rev Londinia faces the Queen within a forest setting, 76mm, (BDM 3128; Eimer 1689; W 17). Virtually mint state. only 400 specimens struck

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Baldwin's
Lot 1809

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Colonial and Indian Exhibition, Copper Medal, 1886, by L C Wyon, awarded to the “British Bee Keepers Association”, bust of the Prince of Wales left, rev legend within and around wreath, 52mm (Pudd 886 1.2; BHM 3209 var; Eimer 1725 var). Nearly extremely fine, stain on obverse.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1811

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Edward VII, Coronation 1902, unofficial large Silver Medal, by Emil Fuchs, for Elkington & Co, conjoined busts of Edward and Alexandra right, rev Britannia with shield looks towards Westminster Abbey, 64mm, in maroon leather fitted case of issue (BHM 3772; Eimer 1870; Jones, “Emil Fuchs in England”, The Medal, 6, 1985, 28/9). Light matt surface, virtually as struck. The shield, as is usual, carries the incorrect date (26 June). The Coronation was postponed to 8 August because of the King’s appendicitis.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1812

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Percival M F Hedley (1870-1932), portrait of a lady, uniface cast Bronze Medal, 1900, numbered 424 from his opus, facing left she wears a floral hat and veil, her coat with fur collar, signed OP CDXXIV / P HEDLEY / LOND MCM, 91mm (cf BDM VII, 427-432). A handsome portrait medal, much as made, good very fine. The cataloguers believe the sitter could be the elderly Queen Victoria, she is shown leaning forward as if sitting in a carriage. In 1917, Hedley, then living in Geneva, organised an exhibition commemorating his 1000th production. Plaquettes of Elgar, Leschetizky and others appeared in the collection of musical medals which was sold in a Baldwin’s Argentum Auction, 8 November 2008, whilst another of the actress and singer Lily Elsie was sold by DNW, 24 June 2009.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1813

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Peace Treaty for the Boer War, Bronze Medal, 1902, by Emil Fuchs, for Elkington, Peace sheaths her sword, troops pass by towards ships, rev Angel at the side of a fallen soldier, 70mm, in case of issue (BHM 3876; Eimer -; Fearon 352.4). Very fine. The Peace Treaty to end the “Boer War” was signed on 31 May 1902, and by 7 June this medal was already being advertised for sale (including a fitted case) for 9-Shillings.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1815

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazarino (1602-1661), diplomat, and politician, Chief Minister of France from 1642, large struck Silvered-bronze Restitutional Medal, signed F C A G A E, c.1650, bust right wearing cap and cape, rev Atlas passes the globe to a deceived Hercules, HI DVO ILLE SOLVS, 93.5mm, 19th century (cf Maz II, CXV, 1; TN LXVI). Good very fine with high relief.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1816

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Accession, cast Bronze Medal, 1643, by Abraham Dupré (1604-1647, son of Guillaume), conjoined busts right with his mother, Anne of Austria, he laureate and armoured, wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit, LVDOVICVS XIV R CHRIST ANNA AVSTRIACA AVGVST, rev Apollo drives the chariot of the sun towards the morning star, landscape below with town and castle, HÆC SOLEM PRÆVIA DVCIT, 49.5mm (BMC [Jones] Vol II, 76; Maz 718). Cast with integral shaped suspension loop, pleasing very fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1817

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Napoleon, Battle of Waterloo, Silver Medal, 1815 (struck c.1840), laureate bust right, rev the Napoleonic eagle attacked by vultures, WATERLOO, 41.5mm (Bramsen 1636; Trésor pl.65.8; Julius 3336). Choice extremely fine, scarce.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1819

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Silver Medal, 1674, by Joseph Roettiers, on the capture of the Spanish held Franche-Comté, armoured bust right with long flowing hair, signed with monogram, LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, rev Louis rides in triumphal quadriga to right, trampling military trophies and shields with the arms of the conquered cities, DE SEQVANIS ITERVM, 62mm, probably struck in first quarter of the 19th century (TN -; cf Divo 132; cf vL III, 137, these smaller (41mm) and by Mauger). Good extremely fine and very rare. ex Nomos AG Auction 5, 25 October 2011, lot 70, catalogued as by John Roettier Louis XIV had every reason to celebrate the action in which he led the French forces against a much larger Spanish force.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1820

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Period of the National Convention (1792-1795), and Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) and Cécile-Aimée Renault (1774-1794), Copper Cliché Medal, c.1794, busts vis-à-vis within borders, divided by staff and Libert Cap, 53.5mm (Julius 421f). Good very fine, very rare. Cécile Renault was a royalist accused of trying to assassinate Robespierre with two small knives; she was guillotined on 17 June 1794. Robespierre was guillotined the following month on 28 July 1794.

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Lot 1821

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Louis Philippe (1773-1830-1848), Queen Marie Amélie and the Royal children, Visit to the Mint, 8 November 1833, Silver Medal, by Jean-Jacques Barré, busts vis-à-vis in ovals, he laureate, winged figure above and cherubs holding the 1830 Charter below, rev the nine children in two square and two oval medallions, supported by winged figures, edge with lamp assay mark, 75mm (BDM I, 129, illustrated; Médailles Françaises S. 470, 10). A magnificent medal, choice extremely fine and very rare in silver.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1823

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GERMANY Naumburg, The Bishop’s Dispute of 1543, small cast Silver Medal, linked heads of the Pope and Devil, rev Jester and Cardinal, 24mm (cf Goppel 121; cf Whiting 48; cf Hall III, 2506). Very fine, scarce.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1824

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GERMANY Prussia, Frederick The Great (1712-1740-1786), The Silesian War, Silver Box Medal, 1759 (issued 1763), by Johann Melchior Mörikofer, armoured bust left wearing ermine mantle, rev seated figure of History writing in book, Time at her feet, VERITATIS PARADOXA, containing only the dedication portrait roundel 50mm, in original green polished shagreen case, (Olding 667; Pressler 466; Mers 4758; Koch 2809; cf Julius 2391; BDM IV, 110)). Box in choice condition, extremely fine, lid of shagreen case much warped.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1826

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE Crete, George I (1845-1863-1913), The Continuing Revolution against the Turks and the Destruction of the Monastery at Arkadi, Silver Medal, 1866-1867-1868, a Phoenix reborn amidst the flames, ?? ??? ????????? ??????????? [Reborn From My Ashes], rev women and children huddle together as the Abbot sets fire to the Monastery, ???????? ???? [Cretan War] 1866-67-68, 61mm (cf Spink auction no.5, 17 May 1979, lot 381, in white metal). Choice extremely fine and excessively rare in silver. Very little is known about the medal, where it was struck and who the medallist and manufacturers were. The image appears to be taken from a painting now displayed at the monastery. The cataloguers are aware of only two other specimens in silver (both in private collections). There was wide support throughout Europe and the United States for Crete and against the Turks. Supplies were sent to the island in a ship re-named Arkadi, and the medal may have been a fund raising device. The monastery at Arkadi, high in the mountains southeast of Rethymnon, had become a fortress that the Turks were determined to destroy. By the 7 November 1866, there were 964 people inside, of whom only 325 were men and of these only 250 were trained. The rest were women and children, refugees from villages destroyed by the Turks. Ioannis Dimakopoulos from Gortyna was garrison commander. When total destruction seemed inevitable the hegumen (Abbot), Gabriel Marinakis, rather than surrender and face the horrors of the Turks, set fire to huge supply of war materials including gunpowder stored in the monastery’s magazine. Most of the 964 Christians were killed outright in the resulting explosion, 114 were taken prisoner, and a mere three or four escaped. But it is said that 1500 Turks also perished in the explosion. The Turkish occupation would end soon after.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1829

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE Crete, Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957), High Commissioner of Crete (1898-1906), First International Exposition, Kania (Chania), Silver Award Medal, 1900, bemedalled and facing bust of Prince George, rev legend and date, oak and olive wreath, 60mm. Good extremely fine, toned, rare in silver.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1830

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George I (1845-1863-1913), The Bank of Greece, 60th Anniversary, 1841-1901, Bronze Medal, 1902, conjoined busts of the first four Presidents of the Bank, Stavros, Renieris, Kalligas and Streit, rev façade of the Bank, radiant sky from Royal arms, 54.5mm. Extremely fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1831

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George I (1845-1863-1913), Nikolaos Votsis (1877-1931), later Rear Admiral, the Balkan Wars, Bronze Portrait Medal, 1912, struck in Paris, uniformed and bemedalled bust left, rev date, 18-19 October 1912, within wreath, 57.5mm. Pale bronze, extremely fine. Nikolaos Votsis was a celebrated figure in the Balkan Wars. The dates on the medal commemorate the Treaty of Lausanne on the 18 October and the invasion of Western Turkey by the Balkan League on the 19 October. He is best remembered for the sinking of the Turkish ship Feth-i Bülend in the harbour at Thessaloniki (where his bust still stands), on 31 October 1912.

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Lot 1832

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE The Association of Greek Scientists in Egypt, 25th Anniversary, Silver Medal, Ptolomeic head right, rev 1909-1934 within wreath, 40.5mm. Extremely fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1833

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George II (1890-1947, King 1922-1924, 1935-1947), Crown Prince Paul (1901-1947-1964), Marriage to Princess Frederica of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1938, Bronze Medal, by B Phalireas, 1938, conjoined busts left, he bemedalled in uniform, rev crown above two shields of arms, 56mm. Extremely fine.

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Lot 1837

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan, Lead Memorial Medal (1466), by Sperandio da Mantova (c.1425-1504), bust three-quarters right, FRANCISCVS SFORTIA VICE COMES DVX MEDIOLANI QVARTVS, rev façade of a Renaissance building, OPVS SPERANDEI, 90mm (Hill, Corpus 361; Pollard [2007] 94; Arm I, 74, 42). An original cast of a rare medal, but in well-worn condition, knocks to high spots and pierced at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The portrait seems to be based on a painted portrait (now lost), whilst the reverse is believed to be the design for a memorial chapel by the Florentine architect and sculptor, Antonio di Pietro Averlino (c.1400-c.1469). His most famous project was the bronze doors for the old St Peter’s Basilica, completed in 1445. More relevant to the medal is his design for Sforzinda, the (unbuilt) plan for the first ideal city of the Renaissance.

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Lot 1838

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro, cast Bronze Medal, 1475, by Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), bust of Costanzo in armour to left, CONSTANTIVS SFORTIA DE ARAGONIA …, rev the castle at Pesaro with its several towers, INEXPVGNABILE CASTELLVM … (Hill, Corpus 294; Pollard [2007] 140; Kress 97). A later cast, good very fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1849

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Alexander VII (1599-1655-1667), Fabio Chigi, large cast Bronze Medal, 1659, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani, with the reverse design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, bearded bust left wearing robes and cap, ALEXANDER VII. P.M. PIVS. IVST. OPT. SENN. PATR. GENTE. CHISIVS. MDCLIX, rev Androcles in the Circus Maximus, holding shield and with sword raised, the lion crouched at his feet, a cheering crowd behind, MVNIFICO. PRINCIPI. DOMINICVS. IACOBATIVS., in scroll below ET. FERA. MEMOR. BENEFICII., 98mm (Molinari 96; Varriano 79; Venuti XX, Miselli 567; Vannel-Toderi 504; Börner 1177; Lincoln 1192; Ciechanowiecki 255; Clifford (Spink/Christie, 21 May 1996), lot 186). A superb original cast with light patination, extremely fine. The medal is said to commemorate the end of the plague in Rome and was commissioned by Domenico Jacobacci. Clifford states the medal to be “probably the finest and most ambitious example of Italian medallic art of the seventeenth century”. The involvement of Bernini is well documented; it was his idea to use the lion as a symbol of remembrance (the lion recognises the gladiator who had once pulled a thorn from its foot). A photocopy letter from Graham Pollard at the Fitzwilliam Museum (3 April 1987), states, “Your superb Alexander VII … is of comparable quality to the museum example.”

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Lot 1850

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Antonio Magliabechi (1633-1714), Grandducal Librarian to Cosimo III de’ Medici, struck Copper Medal, undated, by Maria Antonio di Gennaro (active 1702 to his death in 1744), bust right, his hair long and unkempt, rev Magliabechi seated in garden, reading beneath a tree, beyond him a beggar, SCIRE NOSTRVM REMINISCI, 45mm (BDM II, 240, illustrated; V&T, Bargello III, 775; Johnson 311; Clifford 284; Hall Collection (Baldwin’s Auction 64, 4 May 2010), lot 435). About extremely fine.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1853

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Vatican, Pope Francis (1936-2013- ), Bronz Annual Medal, Year 1, by Mariangela Crisciotti, facing bust of Pope, rev Christ and the collector of taxes, legend around with error spelling LESVS for IESVS, 44mm, numbered on edge 2063/4000, in case and box of issue with certificate; another, 2424/4000, with corrected legend. Both mint state. (2) The medal was issued in October 2013 and almost immediately recalled. It is not known how many of the original edition of 4000 specimens showing the error survived.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1854

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, MALTA Giovanni Battista Ceschi a Santa Croce (1827-1905), Appointed Grand Master, Copper Medal, 1879, crowned arms both sides, 41mm. Good very fine. The Medal commemorates the approval given by Pope Leo XIII for the revival of the position of Grand Master.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1857

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, NETHERLANDS William II (1626-1647-1650), Prince of Orange and Stadtholder, Death, engraved Silver Medal, 1650, unsigned, crowned shield of arms of Amsterdam, with lion supporters, “Gesegend Amstelstad, Die Vreede En Vryheyd Voeyt”, date in exergue, rev Liberty seated amidst military trophies holding olive branch and staff topped with ‘Liberty’ cap, “En Die In Nood Door Macht Ook Twist En Twedracht Boeyt”, 71mm (vL II, 330/331, 2). Extremely fine or virtually so, with even grey tone, extremely rare. William was married at the age of 14, in 1641, to Princess Mary, the daughter of Charles I of England, then aged only 9. He was to die of smallpox in 1650 and his infant son, also William, succeeded him. This William married another Princess Mary, the daughter of James II of England, the couple succeeding to the throne of Great Britain in 1689 at the time of the Glorious Revolution.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1859

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ROMANIA Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne, founded 1920, by Aristide Blank, Bronze Medal, by Henry Nocq, two bi-planes over map of Europe with flight-lines from Paris to Constantinople etc, rev bi-plane flies over speeding stage-coach, car and train, 72.5mm (Dogan 6801). Good very fine. Aristide Blank (1883-1960), Jewish Romanian financier, economist and banker, with interests in America. He was the victim of an attack in April 1924, an incident that sparked a considerable anti-Semitic campaign in Bucharest.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1860

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Catherine II, the Great (1729-1762-1796), Uniface White Bisque Ceramic Medal, c.1765, after T Ivanov, her crowned and enrobed bust right, legend around, the reverse with scratched mark “M” or “W”, 54.5mm, contained in a slender contemporary gilt-metal mount with leaf design and suspension loop. Much as made, wonderfully decorative, good very fine and very rare. The mark is perhaps the Italic M of the Sèvres factory, c.1764-1769.

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Baldwin's
Lot 1863

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Nicholas I (1825-1855), Unveiling of his Equestrian Statue in St Petersburg, Silver Medal, low purity silver of.500 fineness, 1859, by P Brusnitsyn, bust left in uniform with breast-plate, wearing eagle-topped helmet, rev the statue and plinth, 86mm (Diakov 681.1 R2). Light surface marks, toned, nearly extremely fine. The equestrian statue in St Isaac’s Square was designed by Auguste Ricard de Monferrand and was a technical wonder in its time for the way it balanced only on the horse’s two back legs. The plinth is of Finnish granite, decorated with sculptures executed by Russia’s leading sculptors. The monument, which took three years to complete, is one of the very few Imperial sculptural monuments to have survived the Soviet era.

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