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Royal Benevolent Institution, Stewards (?) badge, silver and enamel; R.A.O.B., Jewels (11), two with certificates. Generally very fine or better (12)
Hammer Price: £65
C. Ct. Priory 2008, an enamelled silver-gilt badge, emblems, IOR LBC, reverse engraved F. Holloway…Chief Ranger 1933…, hallmarked AF, Birmingham, 1932. Ornate suspension and clasps, original ribbon, extremely fine, attractive
Hammer Price: £25
Belgium, Masonic, Grand Orient de la Belgique, copper medal, c.1860, unsigned, lion, globe and pillars, reverse LUMEN DE LUMINE etc., radiant eye, 65mm (BDM –), extremely fine, scarce; together with France, Chateau-Thierry, silver medal for the Opening of the Town Hall, 1893, unsigned, 46mm, about extremely fine, clip and ribbon for suspension (2)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Grand Lodge, Election of Count Decazes, 1818, bronze medal by Barre, head of Louis XVIII to left, reverse legend, 40mm. Extremely fine and rare
Hammer Price: £45
France, Master Craftsman bronze medal by G.C. Revol, named to Mohamed Ben Ali, together with other French copper and bronze medals (6, including Universal Exposition, Paris 1867, named to “Captaine Webber”. Very fine or better (7)
Hammer Price: £30
Order of Druids, Imperial Grand Lodge, collar and jewel, by Toye & Co, the jewel with hallmarks for 1930; North West District Grand Lodge, collar and jewel, each mounted on a board. Very fine or better
Order of Druids, Lodge 469, Past Noble Arch’s jewel (A.E. Mellett, 1895), usual glazed star; Globe Lodge 544, Past Noble Arch’s jewel, silver gilt, with bars dated 1926-30, and 1945, the former in 9ct gold and decorated with brilliant in centre; Past Guardian’s jewel, ovoid form, silver gilt and enamel (W.P. Egerton, 1899). Generally extremely fine
Hammer Price: £110
Austria, Inauguration of the Maria Theresa Monument, 1888, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, 64mm (BDM V, 366; cf. SNC Nov. 1994, 7639), very fine; Canada, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1898, the Randolph Bruce medal, in iron, un-named, 64mm, some knocks, very fine; together with England, The Chinese Junk Keying, 1848, white metal medal, 45mm, extremely fine, pierced, with contemporary blue ribbon for suspension; Visit of the Fleet to Sunderland, 1874, brass medalet, 31mm, pierced, very...
Hammer Price: £75
Australia, Australia, Sydney, International Exhibition, 1879, large copper prize medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, un-named, 76mm (cf. BDW 5, 298), very fine; other medals in silver (1), bronze (1), very fine and better (3)
Belgium, Memorial to the Polish Revolution, 1831, a copper medal by J.J. Barre, Belga greets Polonia, TU NE MOURAS PAS, reverse A L’HÉROÏQUE POLOGNE, 51mm (BDM –). Some rim knocks, about very fine
£15–£20
Belgium, Belgium, Baron Gaston de Vinck, 25th Anniversary as Burgermaster of Zillebeke, 1909, bronze plague, 69 x 48mm, Fulgence Masson, Politician, uniface plaque, 1910, The Universal and International Exposition at Ghent, 1913, Art Nouveau bronze plaque, 71 x 69mm, The Inauguration of the Van Eyck Monument at Ghent, 1913, bronze plaque, 84 x 56mm; Switzerland, Centenary of the Admission of the Canton of Aargau to the Swiss Confederation, 1903, a silver-plated bronze plaque by S....
Belgium, Mutual Aid, bronze medal by G. Devreese, 1916, together with other medals of Belgium (6, AR 1,AE 6, including a bronze plaque by the same artist of Paul Pelseneer, 1936, 74 x 47mm. Very fine or better (7)
Denmark, Remarriage of Frederick and Louisa at Celle, 1743, silver medal by P.H. Goedecke, reverse clasped hands over altar, 40mm (BDM II, 286), obverse engraved with name J C F Steenbeck 1843 in upper field, otherwise very fine but pierced; together with a silver medal by Loos, naked female in classical pose, 37mm, obverse stipple-engraved with name H E E Bollmann in lower field, otherwise very fine, loop for suspension (2)
£50–£80
Denmark, Frederick IX, 30th Anniversary of Reign, 1972, gold medal by H. Wenish and M. Coufal-Harti, bust in uniform three-quarters left, reverse oak tree, 32mm, wt. 17.5 gms, in wallet, with certificate. Practically mint state
Medals Related to Aviation, France, Montgolfier Brothers, Ascent at the Champ de Mars, 1783, bronze commemorative medal by Gatteaux, conjoined busts to left, reverse balloon above clouds, Chap de Mars below, 41mm. About very fine but cleaned in the past
£70–£90
France, France, Leonardo da Vinci, bronze portrait medal by Herard, bust to left, reverse crossed pen and brush, laurel crown above, scribit qvan svscitat artem around, date 1662 below, 53mm. Extremely fine, just a little dusty, an early nineteenth century re-strike
Hammer Price: £10
France, “Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium” portrait medals by Barrre, Cacque and others: Ludovico Ariosto; Roger Bacon; Johann Guttemberg; Friedrich Schiller; Torquato Tasso; Anthony Van Dyck; Johann Winkelmann; “Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Français” portrait medals: Corneille; de la Fontaine; de la Motte Fenelon; Belgium, Rembrandt, an early nineteenth century portrait medal by Simon; and a French late nineteenth century bronze gilt award of the Paris...
Hammer Price: £55
France, Napoleon, a decorative brass hinged ‘book’ containing eight pictures of activities in his reign, 26 x 18mm. Book and contents fine, scarce (Lot)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Napoleon, a group of copper-washed lead medals by Andrieu, Denon, Depaulis, Gayrard, Webb, etc. (18), various subjects, mostly 40mm; together with other similar medals commemorating the visits of Pius VII and Frederick August of Saxony to the French Mint in 1805 and 1809. Generally about very fine (20)
£70–£100
France, Election of Félix Faure as President of the Republic, 1895, by H. Poscarme, standing figure holding fasces, a bust of the Republic to left, reverse open book of the Constitution, tablet below inscribed “Bourcy Député”, 72mm, in red leather case of issue, the top lettered in gilt “Assemblée nationale 1895”; The Funeral of President Carnot, a bronze plaquette by Oscar Roty, Carnot’s body laying in state reverse funeral cortège (PBE.860; BDM VIII. 176; Jones, 1979,...
France, Marshal Joffre, uniface bronze plaques (2), c. 1915, by C.R. Samuel (165mm), and H.L. Greber (166mm), a large uniface lead portrait plaque of General Gouraud, 1923, together with a uniface plaque of Clemenceau (160mm). About very fine or better (4)
Germany, miscellaneous mainly Imperial medals and decorations (15), including, Hesse-Darmstadt, Officer’s Long Service Cross, 1st Class; Oldenburg, Fredrich August Cross, Prussia,1914 Iron Cross. Many fine or better (15)
Gibraltar, The Blockade of Gibraltar, 1783, small bronze medal, unsigned, struck in the Netherlands, ships in the Bay of Gibraltar, ’t gebloqueerde gibaraltar 1783 around, reverse ship sinking, royaal george admiraal kempelfelt around, 33mm (MH 412; Eimer 800; v.Loon suppl. 584). Good very fine
Hammer Price: £50
Hong Kong, Year of the Dragon, 1988, gold medal, struck by the Royal Mint, arms of Hong Kong, reverse dragon, in case of issue, with booklet. A brilliant proof, about as struck
£220–£250
Italy, Benedetto Varchi, a cast bronze medal by D. Poggini (Forrer, BDM IV, 630), a much later cast, perhaps c. 1700, together with two uniface oval cast Italian medals and a bronze medal of George Cooke, 1805 by T. Webb (E. 973), Fine or better, last extremely fine (4)
Italy, Vatican, a group of Papal portrait medals, in plated silver (21), viz. Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius X (2), Pius XI (3), Pius XII (4, one with loop and ribbon suspension), John XXIII (2), Paul VI (8), mostly c.50mm. Very fine and better (21)
Hammer Price: £120
Netherlands, Amsterdam, Royal Zoological Society, Golden Jubilee, 1888, bronze medal, unsigned, elephant, lion, cheetah, etc., reverse legend, 42mm. About extremely fine, attractive obverse type
Russia, Nicholas II, gold Medal for Zeal, third class, with integral loop for suspension. A little scuffed, otherwise extremely fine
Hammer Price: £260
United States of America, various medals (6, including W. Allston, painter 1847, and Coolidge, inaugural, both large casts); Canada (10, 1889-1970), other medals (6), all base metal. Fine to extremely fine (22)
Hammer Price: £35
United States of America, large turned brass box, 132mm, probably to house a belt, the lid engraved with the eagle and 13 stars. A good heavy box, very fine, probably made c.1900-1920
Hammer Price: £100
United States of America, General William Harrison, Presidential Campaign medallet (1840). Pierced and plugged otherwise fine, rare
£20–£30
USSR, miscellaneous Town badges (230), many in oxidized metal. Very fine or better, an interesting lot (230)
Medals Related to the Olympic Games, Japan, Olympic Games, Tokyo Olympics, 1964, gold medal struck in Italy, sun, Olympic rings below, legend in English and Japanese around, reverse figure in antique Greek costume in quadriga and holding torch, 45mm, wt. 35gms. Practically mint state
Hammer Price: £170
Space Exploration, the Moon Landing of Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin, 1969, rectangular gold plaquette, struck in Austria, globes, English legends below, reverse American flag, 60 x52mm, wt.. 55gms, in case, with certificate. Brilliant and practically mint state
Hammer Price: £310
A group of French medals (10), in bronze and base metal, commemorating various International Expositions, including Hanoi 1902-03. Very fine or better (10)
£50–£60
A Victorian mahogany cabinet comprising of 20 trays, 40 x 50 x 22 cm, double fronted glazed doors, lock and key. Good condition
Hammer Price: £200
France, 1822. France. Louis XVIII, The Antiquities of the Louvre, yellow bronze medal by Andrieu and Depaulis, bust right, reverse the ‘Venus de Milo’ in centre, other antique works of art behind, 50mm. Extremely fine, a rare and unusual medal relating to Archeology
France, Late 19th Century. France. “Jeanne d’Arc”, a uniface silvered bronze cast and chased circular wall plaque, indistinct signature, 137mm, in original leather case, the inside base decorated with fleur-de-lis. Good very fine
France, (1879). “Phares et Balises” an unusual bronze medallion by Degeorge, female figure standing on a globe and holding aloft a lamp, gallia praelvcente tvta navtis littora, reverse coastal scene with a lighthouse in the centre, 75mm (PBE 344; MFC pl.I; GGMP III, p.123). About extremely fine and rare
Medals Related to Aviation, France, (1880). France. Communications Aériennes, 1870-1871 yellow bronze medal by Degeorge, figure of Paris seated by a cannon receiving in her hands a carrier pidgeon, reverse pidgeon above plain tablet, ministere de la guerre above, communications aéroennes below, 62mm (PBE 345; Malpas 94; BDM I, p.543-4, illustr.) Good very fine
£30–£40
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