The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale

Badges, Commerce, Industry and Leisure: Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd, brass and enamel, stamped 199, 27mm; Association of Mining Electrical Engineers, Sheffield Convention, 1939, brass and enamel, unsigned, 38 x 32mm; Brook Shaw Ltd, brass and enamel by Caxton, 34 x 28mm; Brown Bayley Sports Club, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm; Bruce & Co, brass clock key, 40mm; Caledonian Society of Sheffield, brass and enamel by Fattorini, 32 x 30mm; E[nglish] S[teel] C[orporation], Retired Employees Club, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm, ARP Warden, nickel, 22 x 18mm; Gas Institute Visit to Sheffield, 1883, silver, unsigned, 27mm; Iron & Steel Institute, Sheffield, 1905, brass and enamel, unsigned, 30mm; W[illiam] J[essop] & S[ons], Brightside Works, brass and enamel, stamped 1449, 19mm; W.S. Laycock Ltd, On War Service, brass and enamel by Vaughton, 28mm; Mappin & Webb, Visitor, octagonal brass, 25mm; The Sheffield Junior Chamber of Commerce, Steward, brass and enamel by J.R. Gaunt, 27mm; Sheffield Relay Station Radio Circle, brass and enamel by S. Jenkins, 23mm; Sheffield Triennial Musical Festival, 1936, brass and enamel, unsigned, 27mm; The Sheffield [Union] Choir Visit to Canada, 1908, brass and enamel by R. Emsley, Montreal, named (J.W. Broadbent, Quarry Mt, Delph Lane, Leeds), 28mm; Steel Peech & Tozer, nickel by Fattorini, stamped 6708, 30mm; George Turton Platts & Co Ltd, National Service, brass and enamel, stamped 460, 25mm; Walker & Hall, silver, 30 x 26mm; Walkley Church Guild, openwork brass, unsigned, 22mm; Walshs, brass and enamel, 38 x 13mm; Woodhouse & District Darts League, nickel and enamel, 25mm [23]. Generally very fine, some better £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale.

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Arthur Balfour & Co Ltd, Capital steelworks; Brook Shaw Ltd, Ford main dealers, Union street; Brown Bayley, steelmakers, Leeds road; Bruce & Co, watchmakers and jewellers, 31 Orchard street; Caledonian Society of Sheffield, established 1822; William Jessop & Sons, Brightside, Park and Soho Works; W.S. Laycock Ltd, railway engineers, Archer road, Millhouses; Mappin & Webb, silversmiths and jewellers, Queen’s road; Steel Peech & Tozer, steelmakers, Phoenix Works, The Ickles, and Templeborough, Rotherham; George Turton Platts & Co, railway engineers, Savile street; Walker & Hall, silversmiths, Howard street; Walshs [John Walsh], department store, High street.

The Sheffield Union Choir, under its musical director Henry Coward, gave 16 concerts on its first visit to Canada and the US in 1908; this was followed in 1911 by an ambitious six-month world tour, covering 34,000 miles and giving 134 concerts in Canada, US, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and South Africa