Catalogue
World medalets and tokens, 1786-1975, mostly in bronze, including Australia, tokens, Hanks & Lloyd, Sydney halfpenny, 1855 (A.189); Grundy, J.R., Ballarat penny, 1861 (A.157); O G & Co, 1/-; Canada, Bank of Upper Canada, halfpenny bank token, 1854; Amelia Earheart, Atlantic Flight, 1928 (32mm) oxidised; Royal Visit, 1939; EIIR Coronation, 1953 (33mm) (2); Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm, 1897 (28mm) silvered; Borsen N.H.& Co, spiel pfennig; Hamburg City S-Bahn, 1975 (34mm); Great Britain, tokens, Wilsons, Norwich, 1839; Devizes, Wiltshire, 1796; Risca, Birmingham penny, 1811; Equitable Co-op Society, Birmingham, one penny token; Trowbridge, milk token for one pint; Visit of the Parisian National Guard, 1849 (25mm) with French legend; Royal Life Saving Society, bronze medal (26mm); Ireland, Temperance Education Board (28mm); Japan, World Exposition, 1970, silvered; Scotland, Dunnet Free Church, 1844, communion token; Netherlands, Gelderland, one penny, 1786, Amsterdam, Boordgeld 10 token; New Zealand, Royal Visit, 1901 (27mm) holed at top; Dominion Day, 1907 (26mm) aluminium, holed at top; milk tokens (2), Lower Hutt, one pint; D.G.Ransom, one pint; Dunedin Tramways token for one penny; Otago Centennial, 1948 (32mm) gilt; Sweden, school medal for good conduct (30mm) (2), engraved on reverse 'Gustaf/Leyonhufvud/1842, and another for 1843; USA, Moraine Products GMC, 1944 (30mm); Boys Town, 1967 (38mm) silvered; Apollo XII, 1969 (38mm); Bicentennial, 1976 (38mm); plus 'NK' oval token, numbered 42170; Elliot's Hotel, token for 1/6; religious tokens (3); apothecaries weights (3), W & T.A., for one 3j dram; Papillon Club Picardon Cup, 1955, award medal (38mm); together with Defence Medal 1939-45, unnamed and missing suspender; Territory of New Guinea, sixpence, 1943. All in 2x2 holders, some with loop mounts, good - extremely fine. (48)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
World medals, Austria, Michael Fischhoff Co-Founder of Austria Hungarian Help Association, 1897, in bronze (50mm), obverse, Fischhoff bust right, reverse, seated woman at left looking over water to city; Germany, 500th Anniversary of the University of Heidelberg, 1886, in bronze (73mm), obverse, Grand Duke Friedrich uniformed and robed bust left, reverse, allegorical female figure, dressed in peplos, spread arms, in left hand holding a branch, left and right of the body two oval medallions depict at left, Rupert I and at right, Karl Friedrich; Prussia, Centenary of Friedrich II Government, 1840, in bronze (50mm), obverse, half facing bust of Frederick II, reverse, monument to Friedrich II. The second with some obverse pitting and the last with some scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
World medals, China, Beijing Olympics, One World/One Dream medal, 2008, in bronze (52mm); Great Britain, George V Silver Jubilee medal, 1935, in silver (32mm) (BHM 4249); Italy, Tuscany, St John the Baptist medal, undated, in silver (25mm); USA, Michael Jordan (basketball player No.23) medal, undated, in silver (38mm; one ounce .999), reverse limited edition No.0268; Vatican, Roma Santo Anno, 2000 Tertium Millennium set of three sterling silver medals (each 30mm). All in cases or packs of issue, the first and fourth with certificates, uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
World medals, China 'The Souvenir in Xianyang', set of four medals with mythical animals design, in gilt bronze (each 30mm), cased; Finland, Mint 125th Anniversary, 1989, in bronze (34mm), cased; Great Britain, Westminster Abbey 900th Anniversary, edge impressed, 1065-1965, in silvered bronze (56mm), cased; QEII and Prince Philip Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1997 five pounds coin first day cover; Italy, Michelangelo Buonarroti aged 88 medal, undated (1560), reproduction in bronze (34mm); Netherlands, 100th Anniversary of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1985, in bronze (37mm), in folder (2); Poland, Sacrum Poloniae Millennium Medallion for 1,000 Years of Christianity in Poland, 1966, in silvered bronze (66mm); Russia, proof Navy Anniversary Medals set of three, 1996, in cupro nickel (each 38mm); USA, Los Angeles Olympics Souvenir Medal, 1984, in silvered bronze (38mm), cased; Barbary Coast, Las Vegas, Nevada, limited edition ten dollar gaming token, undated, in .999 silver and gilt (41mm). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
World agricultural award medals, France, Agricultural Meeting of the Borough of Vouziers, Ardennes, undated, in silvered bronze (45.5mm), by H.Navde, with suspension loop, obverse, farming scene, reverse, various farm animals and produce around central circle bearing medal details in French; Germany, German Agricultural Society, Frankfurt, 1st Place for Milk medal, 1954, in cupro nickel (39mm), unnamed, obverse, farmer ploughing field with two bullocks; another but reverse for Breeder Award Medal Munich, 1955, in gilt bronze (61mm), reverse inscribed, 'Herrn F.Pfeiffer, Kopfingen/fur die Kuh/Miri 13676/Kat.Nr.250 Kl.58/Ib - Preis'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
World medals, 1830s-1950s, various issues, noted Germany, Inauguration of National Monument at Niederwald, 1883, in bronze, with suspension ring; France, Napoleon III The Miserable, Vampire Francaise, satirical jeton, 1870; other German, Great Britain and Turkish medals as well as an Alaskan advertising dollar and others. Mostly fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
World medals, Great Britain, Masonic Charity Association breast jewel with Northumberland brooch bar, in enamel and gilt silver, hallmarked for Birmingham 1929; Russia, Soviet issued commemorative pins (28), many feature Lenin; USA, USDA Forest Service Living Memorial Project pin, also United States Constitution Bicentennial, 1987-1991, pin. Very fine - uncirculated. (31)
Estimate $50
Passed in
World medals, Hungary, Dedication to the Mining and Metallurgical Enterprise in the City of Oroszlany, undated (1970), in bronze with darkened fields (69 mm); Poland, Warsaw City, 1970, in bronze (84x75mm), obverse, new city buildings, reverse, destroyed city in 1945; Russsia, USSR, Kpencep Abpopa Memorial medal, undated, in lacquered white metal (53mm), obverse, ship steaming right, reverse, Soviet standard; Slovakia, Banska Stiavnica, 350th Anniversary of First Use of Explosives for Peaceful Purposes, 1977, in bronze (70mm), obverse, explosion underground, reverse, underground mining scene. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Treasures of the Renaissance, set of one hundred sterling silver medals, 35g each and depicting a famous work of art from the Renaissance. Issued by the Franklin Mint, in timber cabinet, FDC.
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $1,800
The complete works of Johannes Vermeer, medal set of thirty one medals in 24ct gold plated sterling silver, each depicting an artwork of Vermeer, 25g each, issued by the Franklin Mint. In timber case, FDC.
Estimate $350
SOLD $420