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Click here to subscribeOpening of the Grand Junction Railway, 1837, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, façade of the railway station at Liverpool, rev. viaduct leading into Birmingham, with the city beyond, 48mm (BHM 1789; E 1302; Moyaux 11 bis; Taylor 113a). Several surface scuffs, otherwise extremely fine and retaining much original bloom £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt T. Millett September 2016
Opening of the Grand Junction Railway, 1837, a white metal medal by T.W. Ingram, view of three viaducts linking London, Birmingham and Liverpool, rev. miles from birmm. and time in going, etc, 48mm (BHM 1790; W 2830; Moyaux 10; Taylor 113a). Some tin pest on edge, otherwise about extremely fine £50-£70
Return of Conservative MPs for Shropshire, 1841, a gilt-bronze medal by T. Halliday, sword, sceptre and crown upon a cushion, legend around, rev. all friends round the wrekin, view of the Wrekin, bridge and surrounding landscape, 57mm (E 1358). About extremely fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt November 2016
Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1842, a white metal medal published by S. Woolfield, viaduct over the River Almond, trains steaming to left and right and a man fishing in the river below, rev. tunnel entrance to Glasgow station, 48mm (BHM 2068; Moyaux 18; E 1365; Brodie 263). About very fine £60-£80
Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1842, a white metal medal published by S. Woolfield, viaduct over the River Almond, trains steaming to left and right and a man fishing in the river below, rev. Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, 48mm (BHM 2069; Moyaux 19; Brodie 264). Some edge and surface marks, otherwise very fine, rare £40-£50
Queen Victoria’s Visit to Newcastle and Gateshead, 1849, a white metal medal, unsigned, 45mm (W & E 575A.1; BHM 2341; Moyaux 35; E 1434); Opening of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne High Level Bridge, 1850, a copper medal, unsigned, 45mm (BHM 2409; E 1434 footnote) [2]. First with tin pest, fine, second very fine and very rare £100-£150
Completion of the Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait, 1850, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Robert Stephenson right, rev. view of the bridge with a train emerging past the lion guardians, 58mm (BHM 2402; Moyaux 36; Taylor 164a; E 1441). About extremely fine £80-£100 --- Provenance: Bt July 2016
Completion of the Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait, 1850, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore for J. Aronson, Bangor, the bridges viewed from Anglesey, the tubular bridge with a train emerging, suspension bridge beyond, steamer and boats below, rev. legend in two columns, 64mm (BHM 2403; Moyaux 55; Taylor 164b; E 1440). Two light areas of surface tin pest, otherwise about extremely fine £90-£120
Institute of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal [1828], a silver-gilt award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon after W. Wyon, bust of Thomas Telford left, rev. Menai Suspension Bridge, edge named (Telford Premium 1866, Edwin Clark, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.), 58mm (BHM 1328; E 1206). Minor scratches in upper reverse field and a test mark on edge, otherwise good very fine £200-£260 --- Provenance: Bt P & D Medals February 2016
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Royal Mining, Engineering & Industrial Exhibition, 1887, a silver medal by Reid & Sons, city arms and supporters, rev. railway bridge spanning the River Tyne, cityscape beyond, edge named (John Peters), 51mm (W & E 2334A.2; BHM 3343; E 1730; Allen Pt 4). Trifling surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine; in contemporary fitted case by Fattorini £120-£150
Victoria, Visit to Llangollen, 1889, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (W & E 1623A.1); Bicentenary of the Birmingham to Wednesbury Canal, 1969, a light bronze medal, 38mm; 150th Anniversary of the Menai Suspension Bridge, 1976, a steel and enamel trial for a badge, 38mm; Telford & Wrekin Council, 2000, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 50mm; 250th Anniversary of Pontypool Bridge, 2006, a nickel-plated medal by the Royal Mint, 50mm; Crumlin Viaduct, Ebbw Vale, a silver medal from the Bygone Britain series, 39mm; together with a modern medal depicting the Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale, 37mm [7]. First about very fine and pierced for suspension, others extremely fine and better; Pontypool medal in case of issue £40-£50
Opening of the King Edward Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1906, a bronze medal by Elkington, view of the bridge, rev. legend in 15 lines, 48mm (W & E 4906A.2; BHM 3942; Moyaux 73; E 1893). Virtually as struck; in original red fitted case by Elkington, 32 & 34 Northumberland St, Newcastle-on-Tyne £60-£80
Opening of the Queen Alexandra Bridge, Sunderland, 1909, a silver medal by Elkington & Co, view of the bridge, rev. arms of Sunderland and the North East Railways, 64mm (BHM 3978; Moyaux 74; E 1910). Mint state and superbly toned, very rare; in blue fitted case of issue by Elkington, 32 & 34 Northumberland St, Newcastle-on-Tyne £200-£260
George V, Coronation, Walney Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness, 1911, a gilt-bronze medal by The Mint Birmingham Ltd, 35mm (W & E 5175D.2); Skew Bridge and the 150th Anniversary of the Rainhill Trials, 1979, a light bronze medal, unsigned, 45mm; Centenary of the Opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, 1994, a gilt-bronze medal by the Royal Mint, 39mm; Opening of the Centenary Bridge, Trafford Park, Manchester, 1994, a bronze medal, unsigned, for the Trafford Park Development Corporation, 52mm; Runcorn Locks Bridge, a silver medal from the Bygone Britain series, 39mm [5]. Virtually as struck; first pierced for suspension £40-£50
Charles II, a copper medal by J. Dassier, 41mm (MI I, 602/291; E 271); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by J. Moore, 39mm (W & E 2275B.2; BHM 3262); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, medals (2), by G.W. de Saulles, in silver, 31mm (W & E 4100A.1; BHM 3737), by J.A. Restall, in bronze, 23mm (W & E 4524B; BHM 3812); Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a dark bronze medal by Tiptaft, 44mm (W & E 7331; BHM 4356) [5]. Mostly extremely fine £80-£100
William and Mary, a plated brass counter by L.G. Lauffer, 23mm; George I, a silver counter, 25mm, 3.33g; George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761, a brass medal, unsigned, 26mm (BHM 48); together with other jetons, counters, etc (4), of William of Orange and Anne, Louis XIV, Louis XV, etc [7]. Fine to very fine £60-£80
Capture of Fort Chagre, 1740, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, three-quarter length figure of Vernon left, Fort Chagre to left, tree to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 38mm (Adams FCv 9-J; Betts 284; MI –). Slightly bent, minor verdigris in reverse legend, otherwise very fine, scarce £80-£100
Candidature of Henry Brougham, 1818, a silver medal by G. Mills, bust right, rev. to the patriotic incorruptible and unbought freeholders of the county of westmoreland, etc, 36mm (BHM 970; E 1106). About extremely fine; with integral loop for suspension £100-£150 --- Provenance: A Collection of Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 164, 9-10 October 2019, lot 3571
Destruction of the Royal Exchange, 1838, a white metal medal by J. Barber, 61mm (BHM 2071; Taylor 36a; E 1307); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a white metal medal by W.O. Lewis, 39mm (W & E 3235B.1); British Empire Exhibition, 1924, a white metal medal, unsigned, 37mm; Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian award medal after W. Wyon [1820], in silver, un-named, 38mm (MJP p.154) [4]. First about extremely fine, second fine, others extremely fine and better £80-£100
Christening of the Prince of Wales, 1842, a copper medal by B. Wyon, bust of Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia right, rev. three crowned shields, plume above, 45mm (W & E 337A.1; BHM 2051; E 1364). Edge bruise at 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, scarce £40-£60 --- The three shields represent the Prince’s godfathers, King Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, white metal medals by Allen & Moore (2), both 52mm (Allen B120, 125; BHM 2419-20); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a white metal medal by Baddeley Bros., 44mm (W & E 2019A; BHM 3221); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a bronze medal by G.W. de Saulles, 56mm (W & E 3000A.3; BHM 3506); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a white metal medal by A. Fenwick, 39mm (W & E 4230B); George V, Coronation, 1911, a white metal medal, unsigned [by J.A. Restall], 39mm (W & E 5205A) [6]. Mostly extremely fine [fourth slabbed NGC MS 65 BN] £100-£120
Warren Farm Well, Brighton, 1862, a white metal medal, unsigned, by the blessing of god, etc, 26mm; East Ham Education Authority, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented to G.S. Smith for Perfect Attendance, 1904), 40mm; CHINA, XI Asian Games, Beijing, 1990, a set of three nickel medals, all 45mm [5]. First two extremely fine, others brilliant and in decorated pink silk case of issue £20-£30
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 55mm (BHM 3506; E 1817a); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 32mm (BHM 4249; E 2029b); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969, a silver medal by M. Rizzello, 45mm (E 2116b) [3]. First very fine with trace of mount on edge, others extremely fine or better; second boxed, last cased £50-£70
Boy Scouts, 1916, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented by the Duke of Newcastle to the Leading Patrol of his Troop of Boy Scouts G. Keen 1916), 32mm; together with related badges (12, two silver), for the Scouts (7), Lads’ Church Brigade (4) and the London Girls’ Club Union, mostly early 20th century [13]. Mostly very fine, but first re-named £50-£70
Worsley and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society, a bronze award medal, named (Thos. Taylor, 1921), 33mm; Hertford Horticultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (F. Crane, Highest Points, 1937 Meetings, Amateurs), 45mm; Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal, named (Richesse of Cropwell 165597, Best Animal, 1955), 52mm; Suffolk Agricultural Association, a bronze award medal, named (Richesse of Cropwell 165597, Best Animal, 1955), 52mm; Royal Agricultural Society of England, Long Service, a bronze award medal, named (John Bowen, 62 Years Service), 38mm; together with an un-named silver award medal by Toogood & Sons, 45mm [6]. About extremely fine or better; four cased £50-£70
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, a silver and enamel award medal by Fattorini, named (J.G. Nicholson, 1934), 32mm; FRANCE, 50th Anniversary of Société Solvay & Cie, a small silver plaque by Rousseau, 28 x 28mm; SWITZERLAND, Villars, a bronze medal by Huguenin, obv. speed skater, 50mm [3]. Very fine or better; first and third in original fitted cases £30-£40
Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian award medals after W. Wyon [1820] (2), in silver, named (To Granville B. Ellis for an exhibition of Rock Garden, Chelsea Show, 1936), in silver-gilt, named (To Mr Granville B. Ellis for an exhibit of a Rock-Garden, Chelsea Show, 1937), both 38mm (MJP p.154); Royal Horticultural Society, a silver award medal after W. Wyon [1836], named (To Mr Granville B. Ellis for an exhibit of a Rock-Garden, Chelsea Show, 1938), 55mm (MJP p.155); Royal Horticultural Society, Gold Medal, a gold award by H.J. Youngman for Pinches, named (Awarded to Mr Granville B. Ellis for an exhibit of a Rock Garden, Chelsea Show, 1939), 32mm, hallmarked London 1938, 9ct, 30.36g (MJP p.155); together with miscellaneous coins, in silver (2), base metal (18) [24]. Medals virtually as struck and in cases of issue, latter by the Royal Mint, coins in varied state £400-£500 --- Granville B. Ellis, a London-based landscape gardener, is only shown in RHS records as exhibiting at four consecutive Chelsea shows, 1936-9. Medals only illustrated
Flight of Charles Green and Isaac Sparrow at Oxford, 1823, copper, 23mm (Malpas 29), Billingsgate, Isaac Sparrow, 1826, copper, 23mm (Malpas 31; W 2870), Launch of R 101, 1929, an aluminium medal by J.R. Gaunt, 38mm, Death of Charles Lindbergh, 1974, a silver medal by J. Pinches, hallmarked London 1975, 44mm, edge stamped 0231, Amy Johnson, a silver medal, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], hallmarked gs [Gerald Sheehan] London 2005, 44mm; together with a bronze cliché of the Aero-Club de Belgique, a medalet of Maurice Drouhin and a related offprint by Evelyn Malpas from The Numismatist, November 1983 [8]. Fourth and fifth extremely fine, others generally about very fine £60-£80
The Kite and Model Aeroplane Association, a silver award medal by D.G. Collins, manned kite glider in the clouds, bird above, rev. wreath, named (Model Engineer Duration Competition, Harrow, June 8th 1912, 2nd Prize, Won by A.E. Woollard), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 44mm. Minor rim nicks, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare; a very early English aviation medal £100-£150
National Flying Services, Hanworth, c. 1930, a plated bronze medal, unsigned, biplane to left, 50mm. About very fine; set in a heavy bronze mount as a paperweight £30-£40 --- National Flying Services Ltd (NFS) was formed in November 1928, under a proposal by the Hon. Frederick Guest CBE, DSO (1875-1937), for a central organisation to co-ordinate a national network of flying clubs and aerodromes. NFS developed Hanworth Park, Feltham, as a functional aerodrome, renamed London Air Park, which was opened on 31 August 1929. NFS went into receivership in June 1933
FRANCE, Communications Aériennes, Paris, 1871, a silver medal by C.-J. M. Degeorge for the Ministère de la Guerre, female figure seated on the side of a cannon, a carrier-pigeon flying into her arms, balloon in air behind, rev. pigeon coop, un-named, 62mm (CGMP p.122; BDM I, 544; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.19, 48; Malpas 94; cf. DNW M2, 2460). Obverse rim knock at 10 o’clock and grazes in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £80-£100
FRANCE, Henri Giffard’s Balloon Ascent over Paris, 1878, a gilt-bronze medal by C. Trotin, balloon over a view of Paris, rev. legend in six lines, 51mm (Malpas 99; cf. DNW 165, 1313). Removed from the usual mount, obverse extremely fine, reverse with some surface and stress marks, very fine £50-£70
FRANCE, Aviation, 1912, a bronze award medal by Françoise Montagny, eagle and figure of Genius above early monoplane, rev. eagle’s wings above tablet and globe, un-named, 68mm (PBE 605; CGMP p.264; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 98; cf. DNW 157, 1419). Very fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt April 1983
GERMANY, Amerikafahrt des LZ 126 [Flight of LZ 126 to America], 1924, a silver medal by Lauer, 33mm (Kaiser 449); Ost-West-Ozeanflug der ‘Bremen’ [First Non-Stop East-West Transatlantic Flight of the ‘Bremen’], 1928, silver medals (2), by the Bavarian mint, 37mm (Kaiser 931), and the Prussian mint, 37mm (Kaiser 927) [3]. First fine, others very fine £60-£80
SWEDEN, Scandinavian Polar Expeditions, 1893 and 1896-7, a white metal medal by A. Högel, medallic portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, side view of the Fram sailing left behind, rev. medallic portrait of Salomon Andrée regarding his balloon Oernen above a view of the polar region of the globe, 50mm (Malpas 156; cf. Baldwin 75, 1989; cf. DNW 165, 1390). About extremely fine £100-£150
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, First Dock at Fleetwood Opened, 1877, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (cf. DNW M7, 2362); St John Ambulance Association, an enamelled silver award medal by Vaughton, named (Awarded to H. Hamill for passing twelve annual examinations in First Aid, August 1921), together with 6 examination clasps for 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1920; Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 150th Anniversary of the Rainhill Trials, 1979, a bronze medal, unsigned, 45mm [Lot]. Very fine, first scarce £40-£50
Centenary of the Birth of George Stephenson, 1881, a white metal medal by T.P. Chapman, 45mm (BHM 3096; E 1681B; Moyaux 40); Opening of the Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway & Dock Co, 1885, a gilt white metal medal by Barnett & Scott, Hull, 38mm (BHM 3195; cf. DW 17, 544); Re-Opening of Alexandra Dock, Hull, 1991, a light bronze medal for Associated British Ports, 50mm; North Eastern Railway, St John Ambulance Association, Meritorious First Aid Service, a bronze cross, 34mm; Great Eastern Railway, 1922, badges by J.R. Gaunt (2, one in silver) [6]. About very fine and better, fifth rare £60-£80
London & North Western Railway, The 3,000th Locomotive Built at Crewe, 1887, a white metal medal by J. Moore, 39mm, with LNWR badge suspension (Edge CM 46; BHM 3340); St John Ambulance Association, silver badges by A. Clark Co (2), named (Awarded to W. Hills for Passing 12 examinations in First Aid, 1923...A. Pargiter...1923); an enamelled silver badge by J. Taylor, engraved (L.M.S. (London) Race, 9.1.26, 2nd); together with enamelled fobs of the SJAA (2, one in silver) [6]. Fine to very fine £30-£40
Opening of the Clifton Rocks Railway, 1893, a cruciform white metal medal by H.B. Sale, 35mm (BHM 3459); London Railways Athletic Association, an enamelled silver badge, named (Football Final, 1923, J. Stagg), 28mm; The Railways Athletic Association, award medals by A.E. Poston & Co (3), silver (2: C.C.C. 1929 2nd Team, London Area; 1 Mile Relay, 1934, 3rd), bronze (C.C.C. 1932 3rd Team, London Area), all 26mm; London to Shoreham Electric Railway Inaugurated, 1932, a white metal medal, unsigned, 32mm (KR 840; BHM 4237); North London Lines, 1989, a gilt medal, unsigned, 38mm; 25th Anniversary of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 1991, a silver medal, unsigned, 38mm [8]. Generally very fine £50-£70
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