Edward, Prince of Wales, medals from 1896 to 1936, in silver (4) and base metal (70): marriage of the Duke of York (the future George V), 1893, by A. Fenwick, copper, for Saffron Walden, rev., arms of Saffron Walden, 38mm (BHM-, cf. 3442 for a similar piece for Stafford); four generations of the Royal family 1896/9 (6), revs., Remington typewriter, blank, Bon Marché Sydney, three shields (2), and W. S. Lincoln; Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (3); Prince Edward of York (as a young boy), 1911; Investiture, Holyhead; Investure, by Vaughtons (2, different); coronation, 1911 (2, one with ribbon); Prince of Wales fund award, 1914; reception committee, 1919; visit to Australia, 1920 (3); visit to Geelong, 1920 (2); visit to Hyde Park Works North British Locomotive Co., 1921; Royal visit 1923 (4, different); cameograph model for British Empire Day medal series, undated; British Empire Exhibition, 1924 (4); as Colonel, Welsh Guards, undated (1924?); visit to South Africa, 1924; visit to Cape Town, 1925 (2); visit to Molteno, 1925; visit to Wynberg Cape, 1925; Britannia Lodge, 1925; visit to Argentina, 1925 (2, different); visit to Hull, 1926; British Empire Day, 1926 (2), 1927 (2, different metals), 1928, 1929 (3, 2 in fitted cases, partially pierced), 1931, and undated type (issued 1928, 3, all different); Church Lad’s Brigade Review, 1927; opening of new Parliament building, Northern Ireland, 1932 (2, different); silver jubilee, 1935 (3, different); maiden voyage of the Queen Mary, 1936, bronze (Gi. CM 2a, 3a, 4, 5a (2), 8a (2), 8b, 12, 14c, 26, 27a, 30a, 36a, 36b, 38, 45.2, 47b, 50a, 50b, 55a (2), 60, 70, 72, 73, 74, 78, 85 (large type (2), small type (1), 87, 89, 91, 93a (2), 96B, 97a, 102.4, 106a, 107b, 110a, 110b, 112a (2), 117a, 118a, 118b, 123a, 124a, 125a, 125a (with 4 bars), 125b, 125c, 126b, 130a, 135b, 136, cf. 141.1, cf. 182, 358a; BHM 3529, 4079, 4136, 4190, 4201, 4249 (large and small silver, each in case of issue); 4263, 4282); also two medals unrecorded in Giordano: four generations of the Royal Family, aluminium medal (hollow), 1895 (?), christening scene as Gi. CM1-2, but rev., Medway Coal Company, 38.4mm; International Fisheries Exhibition, 1922, gilt base metal medal, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., H R H THE PRINCE OF WALES K G around head left, rev., fishermen at sea hauling in nets, INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION 1922, 44.7mm; together with badges (4): Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, illustrating four generations (Gi. CM10.1, 10.2), Prince of Wales R.M.I.G. silver badge, 1927, by G. Kenning & Son (Gi. CM116), and visit to Coventry Cathedral, 1934, tin (Gi.-), mainly very fine or better (78)
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Accession, 1936 and proposed coronation in 1937: commemorative medals (91) in silver (12) and base metal (79) comprising: accession souvenir; award medal; Daily Dispatch birthday club; coronation souvenir badge and coronation medals: by G. Allen (2) Birmingham Mint (2), Cashmore & Co., A. Fenwick (17, mostly different), J. R. Gaunt (3, also cased set of 4), M. & B., Mappin & Webb, J. Moore Ltd (6), J. Pinches & Co. (10, mostly different), H.B. Sale Ltd (5), Spink & Son Ltd (2), Tiptaft (9), Turner & Simpson Ltd (7), Vaughtons (5), Vienna mint (2), issuer unknown (11) (Gi. CM 170, 172.2b, 176a, 176b, 181.6, 184c, 184d, 185a, 185d, 187b, 193, 195c, 196c (2), 196c var. (maker’s name as the aluminium issue), 199a, 199b, 200a, 200b, 201d, 202d, 203d, 204b, 214b, 215a, 215c, 216, 222avar (ni.-br.), 225.1a, 233, 235a, 237, 242 var (28mm), 242, 243, 246a, 247a, 247b (2, one with oxidised finish, no loop), 247d (2), 249a, 250, 251a, 251b, 251c, 256b (3, 2 cased), 257b (in case), 259b (in fitted case), 260a (but mounted with ribbon), 260b (in fitted case), 270a (2), 270b, 270c (2), 271a (4, one in card box), 274b, 278b, 281b (in fitted case), 283b, 287a, 289, 297a, 297b, 297c, 299a (2), 301a, 301b, 304, 307, 323.1a, 325(a), 325(b), 328, 329a, 329b, 331a, 332, 333 (4), 337; BHM 4284, 4291, 4293, 4295, 4296, 4297, 4299, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4306, 4309, 4310, 4311); also unlisted in Giordano: Berwick-upon-Tweed, aluminium, by T. Fattorini, head right, EDWARD VIII REX IMPERATOR, rev., arms between trees with supporters, BERWICK UPON TWEED over, CORONATION CELEBRATIONS MAY 12TH 1937 in exergue, maker’s name below, 38mm; together with badges (5): Beetleware, coloured coronation cameo (Gi. CM184.1); coronation lapel badge by J. Pinches, gilt AE, as the obverse of CM246ff, maker’s name on back, 25mm; three further badges, unlisted in Giordano; also a tie-pin, unlisted in Giordano, and a book of 30 Edward VIII stamps in official Post Office metal holder, mainly very fine or better (lot)
* Portrait bronzed ceramic plaque, undated, by P. Metcalfe, head left, THE PRINCE OF WALES around, PERCY METCALFE incuse in small letters below truncation, raised rim, the edge pierced with four holes, strung for suspension from the upper two holes, reference nos. handwritten on the white back: E5874 (pencil inside head), ‘Regd. No. 785624.’ in ink, and ‘O/8474’ in pencil, below truncation, 328mm, extremely fine and extremely rare The purpose of the present piece, inscribed THE PRINCE OF WALES rather than KING EDWARD VIII, is not known, but it is comparable to Paget’s Master Mariner medal (Gi. CM141). Percy Metcalfe was later invited to prepare models for a portrait and attended the only private sitting granted by the Prince of Wales, together with Thomas Paget and W. McMillan, but it was Paget’s portrait design that the Prince chose for the British coinage. Metcalfe’s designs were chosen for overseas coinage and for the official coronation medal.
* Portrait plaque, 1936, in silvered bronze, by L.E. Pinches, crowned and robed bust right, KING EDWARD VIII around, signed and dated L.E.P.36. on truncation, 150mm, set on a black wooden base, the back fitted originally with 3 small feet (one now missing), and a suspension ring, the base 245mm (cf. Gi. CM252-4 & 347-8; cf. BHM 4277), nearly extremely fine This plaque bears the enlarged obverse image from the medal by L.E. Pinches, used for the proposed coronation with three different reverses and again for the abdication with two different reverses, all issued with 35mm diameter. See lot 516 above
Battle of Culloden, 1746, bronze medal, by Yeo, 50mm (MI II, 613/278; Woolf 55:2); together with bronze medals (8) comprising anniversary of Queen Charlotte’s birthday, 1762 (BHM 75), George III, Jubilee, 1810, 48mm (BHM 686), Death of George III, by Dassier, 40mm, George IV, Entry into Hanover, 1821, by Voigt, 40mm (Brockmann 1065), Death of Frederick Duke of York, 1827, 60mm (BHM 1283), Death of George Canning, 1827 (2), from French medallic series, 51mm and 42mm, William IV, Opening of London Bridge, 1831, by B. Wyon, 51mm (BHM 1544) and numbered ticket for the London Institution, by W. Wyon, 43mm (BDM VI, 681), very fine to extremely fine; together with miscellaneous bronze and white metal medals (7), fair to fine (17)
George IV, Map of the World, white metal medal (with Australia as New Holland), 74mm (Eimer 1139); Charles Linnaeus, Plant Classification, white metal medal, 48mm, good very fine; base metal Victorian medals (6) including large Diamond Jubilee medal by Spink, 76mm and Holborn Restaurant lead medal, inscribed to the Earl of Denbigh and Desmond, 1896, 68mm; together with Peruvian silver medal for the naval action against Chile at Iquique, 1879, 34mm; and Royal Thames Yacht Club silver prize medal, 1925 (cased), fine or better (10)
Victoria, Prince Albert & Britain’s Hope, brass box, c. 1850, by Allen & Moore, containing three white metal medals, 27mm (BHM 1095, 2343, 2383); opening of Crystal Palace, 1854, white metal medal, by Pinches, in brass shell, 41mm (BHM. 2549); other Victorian medals in white metal (5) and brass (1), some extremely fine (10)
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, large official silver medals (2); Coronation of Edward VII, 1902, large official silver and bronze medals; with bronze prize medal of the Dept. of Science and Art (awarded 1862); bronze medal of the 50th Anniversary of the Sacred Harmonic Society (BHM 3137) and a seal impression, all cased, very fine to extremely fine (7)
* Austria, Maximilian I and Maria of Burgundy, struck silver medal by Hieronymus Dietrich, c. 1540, after their marriage medal, bust of Maximilian right, aged 19, rev., bust of Maria left, aged 20, and dated 1479, 43.2mm (Katz 536a; Schulten pl. 110, 4474v), some marks, very fine and rare Ex Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2010, lot 266.
France, Louis XV, bronze medals (2), including Marriage of Marie Antoinette to the Dauphin, 1770, by Duvivier; Louis XVI, bronze medals (2), including Arrival in Paris, 1789; Death of the Dauphin, 1795, bronze medal, by Tiolier; Louis XVIII, bronze medals (6), including Constitutional Charter, 1814, 50mm, Duke of Angoulême`s entry into Paris, 1823 (2); Charles X, bronze medals (4), including Death of Louis XVIII, 1824, by Gayrard, Coronation, 1825, by Gatteaux, 40-53mm, many extremely fine (15)
France, Louis XVI, bronze medals (2), including Address to the National Assembly, 1790, by Simon; Convention, bronze medals (2), including the 10th August, 1793, by Duvivier; Napoleon, bronze medal, the departure of Louis XVIII, 1805, by Jeuffroy & Andrieu (Bramsen 1603); Louis XVIII, bronze medals (5), including the visit of the Duke of Savoy to the Paris mint, 1824, by Caque; Charles X, bronze medal, erection of a statue to Louis XVI at Lyons, 1825, by Galle; Napoleon III, bronze medal, Empress Eugenie, by Caqué (later striking), generally about extremely fine, a few with some spots (12)
France, monument to the Archbishop of Cambrai, 1825, bronze medal, by Caunois, 51mm; together with French bronze portrait medals (21): Louis XII, by Droz; J.J. Rousseau, by Dumarest (BDM I, p.644); Lafayette, by Dumarest; François Athanase Charette, 1796, by Desboeufs; H.S.H. the Prince Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, 1808, by Jaley; J.L. Lagrange, 1813, by Donadio; Malherbe of Caen, 1815, by Gatteaux; J.F. Ducis, 1816, by Gatteaux; Jean de la Fontaine, 1816, by Gatteaux; Michel de l’Hospital, 1817, by Caunois; René d’Anjou, 1819, by Chardigny; G. Cuvier, 1820, by Caunois; H. de la Rochejaquelin, 1821, by Desboeufs; Cardinal Talleyrand-Périgord, 1821, by Chardigny; G.H. Riquetti de Mirabeau, 1822, by Gatteaux; Philippe de Commines, 1822, by Vatinelle; Duke of Richelieu, 1822, by Dieudonné; François Talma, 1823, by Caunois; L. de la Rochejaquelin, 1824, by Desboeufs; J.B. Viotti, 1824, by Peuvrier; Rev.J.G. Lavater, 1848, by P. Lévêque, generally extremely fine (22)
Germany, 17th century silver baptismal medal by P.H. Müller, 49mm (Forster 871); other silver medals (4) comprising marriage medal, 55mm, friendship medals (2), 32mm and 28mm and a cast religious medal, 47mm; and a lead medal of Christ after Valentin Maler, 34mm (Habich 2589 var.); France, bronze medal on the assassination of the Duke of Berry, 1820, by Gayrard, 41mm, mainly very fine (7)
Germany, bronze portrait medals by Karl Friedrich Voigt, for Loos, comprising Dr. Heinrich Meyer, 1819, J.D. Nicolai, 1821, C.A. Prince von Hardenberg, 1822, R.G. Behrmann of Hamburg, 1823, Christoph Knape, 1823, and an unnamed portrait prize medal, 40-47mm (cf. BDM VI, 309-310), virtually mint state (6)
Germany, bronze medals by Karl Friedrich Voigt, for Loos, comprising H.J. Wilderling, 1822, birth of crown-prince Karl, 1823, Elizabeth, crown-princess of Prussia, 1823, 700th anniversary of Pyritz, 1824, Investment of Brandenburg, undated, ‘Charis’, undated, and an educational medal, 37-50mm, (cf. BDM VI, 309-310), virtually mint state (7)
Italy, Papal, Innocent XI (1676-1689), bronze medal, 1676, by G.B. Guglielmada, bust left, rev., inscription and date in cartouche, 80mm (Lincoln 1407; Börner 1209), pierced, somewhat rough cast, very fine; Alexander VII (1655-1667), oval bronze pilgrim`s badge, year 1, St. Martina and other martyrs, rev., the Agnus Dei, 75 x 58mm, pierced, dark patina, very fine (2)
Italy, Papal, Clement VII (1523-1534), bronze medal for the reconciliation with Florence, by Bernardi, 34mm (Modesti 272; Lincoln 469), later striking from original but broken dies; together with bronze restrike medals of Hadrian VI, Julius III, Paul IV (2), Pius IV (2), Gregory XIII (3), Gregory XIV, Paul V (2) and Urban VIII (2) (Mazio 42, 69, 80/91, 82, 83, 84, 116, 119, 123/113, 154, 168, 169, 196 and 206), and a cast copy of a bronze medal of Sixtus V (Lincoln 775), somewhat cleaned, mainly very fine to extremely fine (16)
Italy, Papal, Innocent X (1644-1655), bronze medal (Lincoln 1093), fine; restrike bronze medals of Innocent X, Alexander VII, Clement IX (2), Clement X (2), Innocent XI (2), Alexander VIII and Innocent XII (Mazio 247, 257, 279, 282, 301, 307, 323, 342, 351, 360/373); other bronze medals of Clement XI (2), Innocent XIII, Clement XII, Benedict XIV (2), Clement XIV (2), Pius VII, Leo XII, Pius VIII (Lincoln 1594, 1639, 1689, 1791, 1822, 1832, 1912, 1919, 2066, 2124v, 2144), Pius IX, Leo XIII and Benedict XV, somewhat cleaned, mainly very fine, some better; together with a circular bronze lid with high relief image of the infant Hercules strangling serpents, 62mm, very fine (26)
Italy, Papal, Pius XI (1922-1939), annual silver medal, year 5, 1926, for the Christian Archaeological Institute, 44mm (Cusumano/Modesti 132); Pius XII (1939-1958), annual silver medal, year 2, 44mm (Cusumano/Modesti 19), both by Mistruzzi , cleaned, first with edge knock, good very fine (2)
Italy, Napoleon, capture of Vienna, 1805, bronze medal, by Manfredini, 42mm (Br.444; BDM III, p.554); Proclamation of Francis I at Milan, 1815, bronze medal by Manfredini, 42 mm (BDM III, p.554); Inauguration of Milan Cathedral, 1818, bronze medal, by Putinati, 44mm (BDM IV, p.711); Pius VII, 1823, bronze medal by Dieudonné, 41mm (Lincoln 2089); bronze portrait medals (2), Cherubini, by Donadio, and Rossini (unsigned), both 41mm, very fine to extremely fine (6)
* Poland, Sigismund I (1506-1548), uniface bronze medal, in the style of Hans Schwarz, bust right in fur-trimmed gown, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece; two lines of inscription around, 65.6mm (Habich 264 - 67mm), collector`s no. "P510" inked on obverse and "510" on reverse, tiny piercing, an extremely fine early cast A version of this medal was cast by Hans Schenck in 1527, with somewhat differing inscriptions (see Habich 2213).
Sweden, completion of the Gotha canal, 1822, bronze medal by H. Gube and G. Loos, 50mm (Hild II, 342; BDM II, p.333); together with bronze portrait medals: Count Platoff (Cossack commander, Napoleonic War), signed IM, undated, 49mm; H.B. de Saussure (Geneva), 1823, by A. Bovey (BDM I, p.245); Ch. Bonnet (Geneva), 1833, by A. Bovey, 41mm (BDM I, p.245); C. Martin Wieland (German poet), 1823, by Wolff, 41mm, nearly extremely fine (5)
* Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro, lead medal by Gianfrancesco Enzola, 1473, bust of Constanzo left, rev., bust of his father Alessandro Sforza left, 78.5mm (Hill 293; Armand II, 45, 11; Pollard 139), pierced, flan slightly warped, a fine old cast Ex Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 57.
* Constantine the Great (AD 307-337), bronze medal by Cristoforo di Geremia, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., Constantine as Pax joining hands with the Church as Concordia; signed on the ground-line CHRISTOPHORVS HIERIMIAE F, 72.4mm (Hill 755; Armand I, 31, 2; Pollard 241 = Kress 211), plugged above portrait, a very fine contemporary cast, finely patinated Ex Morton & Eden, 27 June 2006, lot 377 and Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 85.
* Giuliano II de` Medici (1478-1516), bronze medal, Roman school (early 16th century), bust left in cap and robes, rev., a female figure, possibly Florence, reclining against a Medici shield, 86mm (Hill 881; Armand II, 94, 3, note; Pollard 276), tiny piercing outside border, a very fine early cast in high relief Ex Morton & Eden, 11 December 2008, lot 257 and Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 99. The medal commemorates Giuliano being created a patrician of Rome in 1513 and the reverse alludes to his return to Florence in the previous year after the banishment imposed on the Medici in 1494.
* Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), humanist philosopher, bronze medal in the style of Fiorentino, high relief bust left wearing plain cap, rev., PLATONE, 54.3mm (cf. Hill 974; Pollard 305), pierced, an extremely fine but late cast with fine chasing to the portrait Ficino, the celebrated renaissance philosopher, produced the first translation into Italian of the works of Plato. The present medal displays differences in the obverse legend to the type recorded by Hill and the reverse lettering is smaller in size and of lower relief.
* Orazio Foschi, jurist at Rimini, bronze medal by Domenico Poggini, 1589, bust right, rev., a standing woman giving a casket to a seated woman who reads a book, 39.8mm (Attwood 826; Armand I, 255, 8; Bargello 384), a very fine contemporary cast with brown patina Ex Cyril Humphris collection, Sotheby`s, 3-4 October 1996, lot 57 and Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 191.
* Pope Julius III (1550-1555), silver medal for the Jubilee, 1550, by Alessandro Cesati, called il Grechetto, signed in Latin and Greek, composed of two thin silver trial strikings set within a heavy bronze circular frame, a prisoner holding his broken fetters stands between two men; in ex., broken fetters and signed A E, rev., the opening of the Porta Sancta; signed ALEXANDER F, 63mm including frame (cf. Bargello 539/540 = Toderi/Vannel 2081/2082; Modesti 406/407), about extremely fine and extremely rare, the frame with traces of removal of a scroll mount Ex Morton & Eden, 27 June 2006, lot 401 and Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 199. The Bargello possesses six thin silver strikings of a simar nature to the present piece. They are thought to be trial strikings of medals by Cesati that never went into production. Vasari himself saw the obverse design of the present medal and remarked on its beauty and rarity.
A Great War group to 311176 E. Smith Stoker Petty Officer RN, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Naval LSGC (H.M.S. Courageous); together with the recipient`s certificate of service and other paperwork; and also with a 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, and 1939-45 War Medal. S.P.O. Smith served aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal at the battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, receiving a share of the prize fund for each battle, in the latter case in connection with the destruction of the German armoured cruiser S.M.S. Blucher.
A collection of British medals, comprising: a miniature group of CB, 1914-15 Star, BWM, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, 1937 Coronation and 1952 Coronation medals, mounted for wearing; a 1914-18 BWM to Alexander McInnes; a Special Constabulary Faithful Service medal to Edwin N Potter, with clasps for 1939, 1943 and 1947, together with a 1939-45 War Medal and Defence Medal un-officially named to the same man; a British Red Cross Society first aid proficiency award 1915/16 named to `Edgar N Potter`; a 1939-45 War Medal and an Atlantic Star.
A good family collection of medals, comprising: four to J Oates AB Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary, 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal, EVIIR LSGC (I 2743 J.R. Oates Sean 2CL. R.N.R.); a 1914-18 War Medal to 9413 Pte. H.G.J. Oates Dorset Regiment (presumed to be the first man`s brother); a 1939-45 War Medal and a Defence Medal attributed to Pte. Jack Oates Dorset Regiment (presumed to be the first man`s son); together with a small quantity of supporting ephemera.
An interesting Great War pair to SE-19291 Pte E. Browning Army Vetinary Corps, War Medal and Victory Medal; together with a quantity of ephemera including a notebook, a few items of correspondence, and a variety of official forms including a charge for refusing to obey an order. Browning was a grocer in civilian life, and his notes include lines of verse and other passages that strongly hint at conscientious objection.
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