Irish Medals from the Collection of the Late Mike Leahy

25 November 1998

Lot No 560

Royal Dublin Society, 1768, silver medal, oval, 37 x 43mm, Minerva seated, with cornucopia and...

25 November 1998

Lot No 561

Royal Irish Academy, Earl of Charlemont, 1786, silver medal, 53 mm, by W. Mossop, uniformed bust...

25 November 1998

Lot No 562

Trinity College, Dublin Debating Society, 1790, silver medal, 46mm, wholly engraved, eight line...

25 November 1998

Lot No 563

University of Dublin Historical Society, 1791, silver medal, 55mm, by W. Mossop, standing figure...

25 November 1998

Lot No 564

Protestant Ascendancy, Duke of York, York Club, 1824, silver medal, 38mm, by I. Parkes, bust left, reverse inscription within Garter. Extremely fine, with oval suspension in the form of a Garter (£60-80)

25 November 1998

Lot No 565

Tyrhugh, Bannagh and Boylagh Farmers Society, 1826, silver, 38mm, Shamrock, reverse engraved...

25 November 1998

Lot No 566

Orange Order Badge, 1844, Æ gilt, 80mm, Equestrian portrait of William III, left, set against a blue glass backing, legend on raised border around, reverse seven-line engraved inscription naming the Earl of Enniskillen as Grand Master and Richard Harbora as Deputy Grand Master of Loyal Orangemen. Decorative mount...

25 November 1998

Lot No 567

Royal Dublin Society, 1850, gold medal, 31mm, by W. Woodhouse, seated figure of Minerva, reverse...

25 November 1998

Lot No 568

The Order of Liberators, silver medal, by W. Woodhouse, 40mm, with ornate top suspender. Very...

25 November 1998

Lot No 569

Royal Dublin Society, Government School of Design, 1852, silver medal, 44mm, by W. Woodhouse, bust of Queen Victoria right, reverse engraved inscription around legend (awarded to Arthur Brew for Natural History and Zoology) (Went 34); together with a bronze medal, 45mm, of Limerick Philognostic Society (awarded in...

25 November 1998

Lot No 570

Royal Dublin Society, School of Art, silver medal, by J. Woodhouse, 54mm, reverse engraved five-line inscription in wreath,. Edge bruise at 5 o’clock, very fine (£40-60)

25 November 1998

Lot No 571

University of Dublin, Undergraduate Philosophical Society, 1869, silver, 47mm, by J. Woodhouse, Armorial shield, reverse six-line engraved inscription in wreath. Extremely fine, holed (£40-60)

25 November 1998

Lot No 572

Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 1875, silver, 64mm, W. Woodhouse, bust of Queen Victoria right,...

25 November 1998

Lot No 573

The Rebellion of 1798, a commemorative linen banner, c. 1898 ?, depicting a harp surmounted on a shamrock on the left, on the right “Remember 1798 Ninety-Eight”, 60 x 50cm. A little stained, very fine (£40-60)

25 November 1998

Lot No 574

Various Irish Medals, in AR (4), Æ (7) and WM (13), mostly 19th Century; together with gilt-stamped leather passes for the Abbey Theatre Club (1) and the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland (2) [27]. A good group, generally very fine and better, some scarce (£150-200)

25 November 1998

Lot No 575

A large brass engraved Chief’s badge ?, 102mm, obverse arm holding sword emerging from rock, Gaelic legend on garter around, reverse Gaelic legend engraved in centre, mounted with brass chain suspender; together with a Irish Olympic embroidered badge, framed and glazed, and a Boy Scouts of Ireland, small cloth...