Catalogue
Munitions of War badges, WWI, in gilt and enamel, one for Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Imperial Service, no maker name and number on reverse is 28612, the other for Newcastle on Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co 1915, maker Thomas Fattorini, Bolton, number on reverse is 1058. The last with some enamel loss, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Shipping line officer's hat badge, unidentified, features enamelled Dutch flag with Scottish thistle on central white band, all superimposed on a gold bullion wreath, reverse with maker's ticket, 'Miller, Rayner & Haysom Ltd, Naval Oufitters, 110 Fenchurch St, London E.C., Liverpool & Southampton. A few moth eaten spots on black background, bullion toned, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, medal in silver (55mm), unawarded. Edge bumps, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Churchill Memorial gold medal, 1965, (22ct; 47.87g; 38mm), by Spink & Son, obverse, facing bust of Churchill in high relief wearing a bow tie and sharply styled jacket and on a shelf behind him are a number of books and a pot of artist's brushes, in the exergue, 'Winston Churchill/1874 - 1965', at the lower left of the bust is the engraver's signature, Kovacs, reverse, an engraving taken from a David Low cartoon, first published in the London Evening Standard in 1940, shows a British soldier at the seaside shaking his fist at Luftwaffe bombers overhead, captioned in the exergue, "Very Well, Alone", also in the exergue, at left, Low Des, and at right, Spink Fec, the edge is hallmarked and numbered 112. Hairlines, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,200
Queens of the British Isles, set of nine proof .916 fine gold medals, 1977 (31mm; 23.68g) by the Birmingham Mint (6.19oz AGW). In plush lined timber case with certificate, FDC and rare, only 250 struck.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $8,600
The Empire Collection, twenty five gold plated sterling silver stamp replica ingots, produced by Hallmark Replicas Limited, set #6,905/10,000. Case slightly damaged, otherwise FDC. (25)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340