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Poland, National Exhibition, undated (1894), in bronze (32mm); USA, First National City Bank, 150 Years of Service, 1812-1962, in bronze (76mm), by Medallic Art Co, NY; also USA American Defense Service Medal WWII. The first cleaned, the last missing suspension ring and ribbon, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Sarawak, Rajah Vyner Brooke, Sarawak Centenary 1841-1941, obverse, arms, reverse, list of rajahs. Some enamel loss on shield, fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
South Africa, a collection of commemorative medalets and medallions, 1887-1937, includes jubilees, coronations and exhibitions. Mostly described in 2x2 holders, fine - nearly uncirculated. (36)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
South Africa, Boer War trench art, two and a half shillings (1892-99), reverse smoothed off and hand engraved [illustrated]; Edward VII, coronation, Natal, 1902 in silver (29mm); Royal Agricultural Society of Natal, in silver, awarded 1925 (32mm); also, France, silver prize medal, undated c1900 (42mm). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
South Africa, Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, Transvaal, 1897, in white metal (40mm); Transvaal, 1900 Peace, in white metal (32mm); Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument, 1949, in silver (32mm); Van Riebeeck Festival, 1952, in silver (29mm). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
South Africa, a collection of commemorative medalets and medallions, 1928-1955, includes jubilees, coronations and exhibitions. All described in 2x2 holders, fine - nearly uncirculated. (32)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
South Africa, Prince George, Visit to Durban, 1934, in silver plate (31mm); Silver Jubilee, 1935, in silver (32mm); Johannesburg, Empire Exhibition, 1936, in matte silver (32mm); Oudtshoorn, Centenary, 1947, in silver (31mm); Johannesburg, Municipal, 1949, in nickel (32mm). Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
South Africa, Herbevestiging Van Die Gelofte, by SAM, in silver (32mm) (2 types); Jan Van Riebeeck tercentenary, 1952 in silver (32mm); Paul Kruger, 50th Anniversary of Death, 1954, in silver (32mm); also, Norway, WWI memorial in silver, 1920 (32mm). The last very fine, others uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Spain, Hispanic Cup breast star (51x51mm), in bronze and enamel, undated, features trophy in centre with backdrop of a golf ball, around 'Copa De La Hispanidad', with brooch pin fitting at top of reverse and suspension loops at bottom for addition of ribbon or bar suspended below. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
USA, George Washington President, 1797 in bronze (54mm) by Halliday (Baker B 70), struck in 1816. Even dark brown patina, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $750
USA, Washington, 1803 in bronze (40mm) by Halliday (Baker B 84), 'Born February 11 1732 died December 21 1799'; also Massachusetts, half cent, 1788, replica in bronze. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
USA, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, award medal in bronze (79mm) by H.Mitchell, unnamed. Obverse with edge bump 10 o'clock, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
USA, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892, in bronze (76mm) by C.E.Barber - U.S.Mint, obverse full length figure of Columbus arriving on the shore of America, reverse, Fame and Science either side of globe above inscription commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus landing, tablet below reads 'Commissioners For/New South Wales'. In original metal case of issue, good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
USA, St. Anthony's School, Brooklyn, 1906 in gold (39mm; 7.73g) by Lambert Bros, New York, to 'Patrick A.Finn/Graduate'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
USA, California Labour Federation, 2nd Annual Convention, San Diego, 1959, Delegate badge; New York, Rockefeller Center Medal (25mm); Washington State (35mm); The Greenville Concert Band 1883 (1958) 'Two Nickels', wooden; Peru Centennial, Peru Indiana, 1949, One Wooden Nickel (110x65mm) (6); Panama Pacific Inl Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 'For Montana Exposition Fund', bronze (38mm); Thomas Edison Centennial, 1847-1947, bronze (32mm); Canada, medals, medalets and tokens, British Columbia Centennial Medal 1866-1966 (40mm); Diamond Jubilee of Confederation (by Rowntree) (33mm); another, Confederation 1867-1927 (25mm) (2); another type, 1867-1967; Banff Dollar, 1983; Montreal, 'Un-Sol' token 'Bouquet Series', undated (1857?); Canada 'CF Intl Depl Ops', military token for twenty five cents, used in Timor (scarce) (7). Fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $140
SOLD $140
USA, silver ingot, in fine silver, four ounces or one quarter pound, in the form of a one hundred dollar note, issued by the Washington Mint, reg no. 2,329 of 25,000. FDC.
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
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
Austria, Franz Joseph, four florins or ten francs, 1885 (KM.2260). Brilliant, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Austria, Franz Joseph, ducat, 1915 restrikes (KM.2267). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $260
SOLD $300
Austria, Franz Joseph, eight florins or twenty francs, 1885 (KM.2269). Brilliant, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Austria, Franz Joseph, eight florins or twenty francs, 1889 (KM.2269). Extremely fine.
Estimate $220
SOLD $300