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World medals and medalets, also some enamelled club badges, mainly Australian, New Zealand and USA, noted medalet for HRH Prince of Wales' Visit to Queensland, 1920, George V Silver Jubilee 1935 by Emu Australian Wines, Royal Tour 1954 for Ku-Ring-Gai Council, The League of Ovaltineys badge, Royal Tour of NZ 1977, Rotorua Centennial Guinea 1980, noted UK, Roman Palace, Fishbourne and a Self Government Northern Region Nigeria 1959 medal, also an Australian fifty cents, 1982 Games and a packaged Bicentennial Memento medal for School Students. Poor - uncirculated. (59)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
World medals, Australia, New South Wales Grand Steward's collar jewel in gilt; United Grand Lodge of NSW Regional Grand Officer collar jewel in gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Sydney North/Region'; Great Britain, Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 1951 Steward jewel with ribbon emblem, 'Province of Essex'; Royal Order Ancient Shepherds A(shton) U(nity) breast jewel in white metal; Friendly Societies' Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, in silvered bronze and enamel (34mm), with suspension loop, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Sis. D.M.Butcher/1961'; generic type star inside wreath in silver (38mm), with suspension loop, plain reverse, unnamed. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
World sports medals, Australia, Northern Territory Little Athletics Association, Territory Championships, undated, in bronze (50mm); Belgium, Royal Rasante Tennis Club, Brussels, in bronze (45x85mm), reverse 'Hockey Champions' and various years 1953-57; France, Voile D'Or Cinzano, (1968), in silvered (50mm), to Yacht Club of L'Odet: Youth and Sports medal, undated, in silver (?) (28x36mm); Great Britain, Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club, The Pioneer Run, (1914), in bronze (51mm); London County Council Amateur Athletic Championships, (1949), in bronze (38mm); All England Jumping Course, Hickstead, Mens European Championship, 1969, in bronze (51mm); Crasmere Wrestling Academy, Umpire, undated, in painted fibre (47mm), uniface; Ireland, Feis an Dun, undated, in gilt and enamel (29mm), (a hurling event of the Gaelic Athletic Annual); Netherlands, athletics medal for competition in Arnhem, 1932, in bronze (50mm); Sports Circle of General Savings and Annuities, 1962, in bronze (42mm); New Zealand Amateur Roller Skating Association, (1959), in silver (32mm), with ribbon and pin brooch bar; Oceania Taekwondo Championship, undated, in enamel and bronze (74mm), with neck ribbon, unnamed. Fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $110
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World medals, Australia, The Bicentennial of the First Fleeters, 1987, in silver (50mm); Australia's Numismatic History, 1988, in silver (44mm); France, The Shooters Society of Reims founded in 1876, in silver (45mm), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, undated, in bronze (72mm), by Morlon; Great Britain, St George's Rifles Challenge Cup, c 1800s, in silver (51mm), by C.E.Bryant of London; Italy, Pope John XXIII Roma, c mid 1900's, in Cu/Ni (50mm), by A.E.Lorioli Fratelli of Italy. The 3rd and last medal in unofficial holders, otherwise in cases of issue,uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
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World medals and badges, Australia, Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania, 1978 badge; Belgium, Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel 200th Anniversary, 2014; Brabant crest, 1988; Great Britain, Royal Life Saving Society bronze medals (3, two types), also Award of Merit; Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, The United Alkalai Co Ltd, 25 Years Service medal in silver and enamel; Opening of Birmingham University, 1909; CEMS (Church of England Men's Society) lapel badge; Church Lads' Brigade, Winning Squad, pin back medal; London Business House A.S.A. (Amateur Sporting Assn) medal; The Round Table Service medal; West Ham School Sports Assn; Urban District of Hornchurch, Youth Athletic Sports; Swansea & District Master Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition, (1956); Union badges for National Union of Railwaymen (2 different), and Womens Association Fair Trade Imperial Union; also TRL (Tariff Reform League) pin; Germany, advertising check for a skin and hair specialist in Berlin on a French Society of Biosthetics medal; Sweden, Swedish Song Contest medal, missing ribbon; unidentified, SWRC (Smith & Wesson Rifle Club?), badge and a monogrammed cross (AHA?); also NATO challenge coins, Belgium Force Protection Air Component; Shape, the German Staff and Supply Company, Chief's medal of recognition; and MR Joining Forces medallion; and a small lapel badge featuring a stylised F over small V on a shield, by Jean Parrot. Fine - good very fine. (28)
Estimate $130
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World medals, includes Belgium, Red Cross Recognition to Blood Donors, undated, in bronze (50mm); Great Britain, The Great Exhibition of London, 1851, uniface trial in dark plaster (74mm) (BHM 2446; Eimer 1458), features reverse only; untitled award medal For Writing, Reward of Superioir Merit, undated, in white metal (44mm); Europe, medallic ecu, 1987, in gilt (40mm); New Zealand, Queen Victoria Jubilee, 1897, in bronze (24mm); Rhodesia, Arts & Crafts Exhibition Rhodesia Railways, undated, in bronze (50mm), reverse impressed, 'Rohan Preece/1971/Miscellaneous'; South Africa, George VI Coronation, 1937, in gilt bronze (32x35mm); Souvenir of Table Mountain S.A. Aerial Cableway, undated, in aluminium (33mm); USA, Dr Woodrow Wilson Calendar 1901-1950 Medal, 1912, in aluminium (45mm), reverse rotates to reveal day, month, year. Good - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $90
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World medals, includes Belgium, Bruxelles Workers' Housing Committee of Patronage Order and Properness Competition, 1907, in bronze (51mm); Antwerp Brabo Bestendig Festival, 1954, in bronze (70mm); Brussels 11th International Exhibition of Inventors, 1962, in gilt (41mm); another identical in white metal; Landenne Walkers of Friendship, undated, in white metal (45mm); France, Town of Lille award medal, undated, in bronze (41mm), unnamed; Semur en Auxois in Bourgogne, undated, in bronze (60mm), with quote on reverse to effect that the citizens are fond of strangers; Grand Dictionary Encyclopedia Larousse in 10 Volumes, 1982, in silvered (50mm); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, undated (edge marked 1985), in bronze (68mm), by Paris Mint. Fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
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World medals, includes Belgium, Lokeren Medal of Gratitude, undated, in silvered (50mm); France, National Acclimatisation Society, (1912), in silver (50mm), reverse inscribed, 'H.E.Dennis/Mammalogie (Mammology)/1912'; Electricty and Gas of France Twenty Years of Service medal, undated, in bronze (55mm), reverse inscribed, 'Mme A.Salome'; Paul Louis Weiller medal, edge dated 1965, in bronze (67mm), all medals in cases. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
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World medals, Belgium, medal of the National Work of Childhood, 1919, in silvered bronze (53x68mm), by Victor Rousseau, in case and gold blocked on lid, (translation) 'Tribute of the National Work of Childhood to Mademoiselle Bouquiaux 1954-1964'; Netherlands, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus medal, (1985), in bronze (50mm), by Koninkluke Begeer (Royal Begeer), in case of issue. The first case with small loss of material on lid, medal extremely fine, second medal uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
World medals, includes Belgium, Tribute to Ottignies, 1919, in silver (28mm), with ribbon bow; Never Work for the Enemy Tribute to the National Federation of Refractory Postal Workers and Deportes, undated, in bronze (60mm square); ANPCV (Amicale Nationale Para Commando Vriendenkring) National Para Commando Association Order of Merit in bronze, missing ribbon; France, Franco Prussian War Veterans Tribute, undated, in bronze (30x41mm), with suspension and ribbon; Suresnes Tribute to Prisoners of War, 1917, in silver (28mm), with suspension loop; 50th Anniversary Tribute to Combatants of Colonial Troops, 1990, in bronze (60mm); Hungary, Papa Air Base, Heavy Lift Air Wing, Service Medal, undated, in oxidised silvered (37mm); NATO Advisory Council on Signals Intelligence 20 Years Anniversary, 2002, in gilt, bronze and enamel (42mm); Spain, Juan Gregorio De Las Heras Tribute of the Argentine People in Reparation of His Remains, 1906, in bronze (30mm), with suspension loop. Fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
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World medals, Belgium, Direction of Education and Sports Thanks, 1958, in gilt bronze (50mm); 50th Anniversary of Inter-Municipal Electricity Company, 1901-1951, in bronze (70mm); France, Town of Chatelet prize medal, 1950, in bronze (48mm), obverse, bird in tree, reverse, wreath and inside inscribed, 'Prix de La/Ville de Chatelet/1950'. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
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World medals, Belgium, Annual Market at Jette, 1925, in gilt bronze (50mm); Woluwe-Saint-Lambert tribute medal, (1970), in silvered bronze (51mm), named to M.Georges De Lannoy, President of 'Vivre Et Faire Vivre' (to Live and Make Live); Commissioner General of Tourism medal, undated, in gilt bronze (60mm), inscribed to 'Charlier Emile/Wavre'; P.M.B. Antwerp Acknowledgement of Service medal, undated, in bronze (70mm), named to H.Verbeeck, Hoboken (a Flemish artist from Hoboken, Belgium); France, Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, in bronze (37mm); Lloyd De France-Vie medal, 1919-1944, in bronze (49mm); Town of Saint Quentin award medal, undated, in bronze 41mm), unnamed; Germany, Altona Exhibition prize plaque, 1869, in bronze (60mm), uniface with attachment lug on reverse; Italy, Rome Capital of Italy SPQR, 1870-1970, in bronze (49mm); Spain, Hotel Los Patos at Benalmadena-Costa, undated, in white metal (37mm); unidentified prize plaque with coat-of-arms only, undated, in bronze (92x72mm), uniface with two attachment points on reverse. Fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $100
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World medals, includes Belgium, Namur Lourdes medal; Jubilee of Brasschaat-Scherpenheuvel, 1953; Philanthropic Medal of the Rural Service for the Mediation of Debts (S.R.M.D. Service Rural de Mediation de Dettes), with crown emblem on ribbon; Antwerp Dioceesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Medal; Flemish National Pilgrimage from Antwerp to Lourdes Medal (2, different ribbons); Diocesan Pilgrimages from Namur (French text); unidentified religious medal for Mother of God, with ribbon; Great Britain, Pilgrimage medal 1934 (to Lourdes) by Spencer & Co, London; Northampton & District Eisteddfod, undated in silver and enamel, hallmarked for London 1974; Ladies Circle Great Britain & Ireland, Past Chairman, in silvered and enamel, brooch bar marked Clevedon & District; another but in gilt and enamel, for Area No.28 and with ribbon brooch bar marked Past Area Chairman; RNLI Ladies Life Boat Guild (GVR), with Committee ribbon brooch bar; shooting medal, unnamed and with ribbon with affixed crossed oak leaves emblem and 6 YDS clasp and ribbon brooch bar, 'Hinckley & Distr. A.W.C.'; RoSPA (Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents) National Safe Driving Award, 5 Years, with ribbon brooch bar '1970'; New Zealand, North Otago Pipe & Dancing award medal; an unidentified medal with no text. Fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $90
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World medals, Belgium, Brussels Police March, (1977), French and Dutch text, in white metal (50mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; The Villagers at Villers-L'Eveque, (1977), in enamel and white metal (50x54mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; Chateau du Trumly at Prayon, (1977), in white metal (61x57mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; Saint-Michel Verviers, (1980), in enamel and white metal (40x64mm), with chain and brooch bar '1980'; Baudouin I, 1930-1951, in gilt and silvered (50x77mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1983'; France, Town Hotel at Charleroi, (1976), in white metal (56x48mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1976'; Old Lacroix Mill at Roux, (1977), in gilt and silvered (50x51mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $70
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World medals, includes Belgium, wine growing prize medal, (1977), in white metal and gilt (54x49mm), ribbon brooch bar 'Housse/1977', unnamed; France, Encouragement of Agriculture in the Dreux Senonches District, 1907, in silver (36mm); Horticultural Society of the District of Avesnes, undated, in bronze (41mm); Horticultural and Viticultural Society of Eure-et-Loir, undated, in gilt silver (most gilt missing) (41mm); Ministry of Agriculture prize medal, (1961), in silver (50mm) (66.8g); Mutual Agricultural Credit medal, undated, in enamel and bronze (70mm) (centrepiece loose and needs re-gluing); another bronze medal but heavily marked so details illegible; Netherlands, National Exhibition of Cattle Horses and Small Livestock at Gravenhage (The Hague), 1928, in gilt on silver (?), named. Poor - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
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World shooting medals, includes Belgium, Marche en Famenne (town in Luxembourg Province), International Shooting Challenge C.O.R.B., 1998, Netherlands issues for FKPA (4, three circular with one in gilt and two white metal and another square type dated 1979); six others (4 different types, one for Ladies), with no name of issuer but with some Dutch text on reverse such as Luchtgeweer (air gun) and Luchtkarabijn (air carbine); another with an air gun on obverse but plain reverse; another which has on the reverse, 'SAKAL/GENK'; France, no issuer name but French text on reverse. Mostly extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
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World medals, China, Birthday Commemorative token, 1937, in brass (34x43mm), with suspension, obverse, various Chinese symbols, reverse, Chinese text translated as, '26 Years of the Republic of China, Liu Le Chun Sixty One Years Old Birthday Commemorative'; Year of the Rat, 1984, in bright aluminium bronze (32mm); Norway, Oscar II, Jubilee, 1872, in white metal (36mm); Netherlands, Commemorative of the Inauguration of the Union of Post and Telegraph Officials of Maastricht, 1903, in gilt bronze (46mm), with suspension loop; 6 Line Regiment and Battle of Ramskapelle, 2014, in bronze (77mm); Spain, Charles V Holy Roman Empire, undated, uniface medal in the style of an ancient Roman coin, in oxidised silvered bronze (80mm), with suspension loop; USSR, 50th Anniversary of the Revolution, 1967, in white metal (60mm); Vatican, Saint Bendictus Father of Europe, 480-1980, in oxidised bronze (65mm); Vatican, Pope John Paul II, undated (c1980s), in silvered and fitted into a silver frame (39mm), with suspension loop. Details on reverse of Norway medal flattened and hard to read, otherwise fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
World sports medals, 1920s-1980s, includes athletics, billiards, cross country, hockey, soccer, swimming, and tennis, a few French and one Australian but mostly English counties and sporting clubs, many with enamel in the style of a fob medal and many unnamed, the Australian medal for St George District Amateur Swimming Association with long silver-like neck chain. A few good but mostly very fine. (34)
Estimate $140
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World medallions, France, Comice Agricole de Trevoux, 186-, award medal in silver (42mm) with loop mount; Netherlands, Koninkluke Militaire Sportvereeniging, in bronze (50mm) inscribed on reverse 'Vierdaagsche/Afstandsrit/1924/Canza'; medal in bronze (50mm) inscribed on reverse 'Rallye-Paper/29-1-24/Canza'; Russia, Catherine II, Coronation, 1762, in iron (66mm); Marriage of Paul Petrovich to Princess Natalia Alexeiva, 1773, in iron (64mm); Russian Orthodox Church, Millennium, 1988, in bronze (68mm). Fourth and fifth medals plugged at 12 o'clock, last medal cased, good fine - nearly uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
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World sporting medals, France, Cross-Country C.S.I.P.B. medal, (1956), in bronze (50mm), impressed on reverse, '1956/Scolaires (school)/1er'; Great Britain, Civil Service Amateur Swimming Association, (1922), in silvered (31.5mm), reverse inscribed, '100 Yds/Breast Stroke/Championship/3rd/H.Mayhead/1922'; Wycombe P.H. & A.C. fob medal, undated (c1920s), in enamel and silvered (24.5x35mm), with suspension loop; Brighton Parks Lawn Tennis Association, (1935-36), in enamel and bronze (32mm), with suspension loop, by Thomas Fattorini Limited, reverse inscribed, 'Table tennis/Runner Up/Mixed Doubles/1935-36'; The Graham Davis Challenge Cup medal, undated (c1930s), in bronze (45mm), in honour of Graham J Davis for 33 years Honorary Secretary of the Skiff Racing Association, unnamed; Royal Ashdown G.(olf) C.(lub) membership badge, undated, in brass (24x34mm), pierced hole at one end and affixed to a key chain, reverse with impressed number 123; British Bowlers New Zealand Tour, 1960, badge in enamel and gilt (26x31mm), by H.W.Miller Ltd, B'Ham; Netherlands, Olympic's Worker, 1988, uniface plaque in bronze (42x60mm), unnamed; New Zealand, Nicholsons The Community Trust of Wellington Masters Games, in silvered (53mm), with wreath suspension, unnamed. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $90
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World medals, France, Ministry of Works Medal with rosette on ribbon, medal named to B.Cottignies 2000; Musical Federation Nord et Pas De Calais decoration, unnamed; 50th Anniversary of French Towns, 1994 in form of a keyring, on reverse, '21-11-1944 Mulhouse 21-11-1994'; Hungary, Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of Upper Hungary 1938; Netherlands, Antiloop Walking Club, Four Days March 1980 at Mechelen; Spain, Commander of the Order of the Cross of Peace of the Association of War Correspondents; Concerto Malaga (CM) Assiduity Medal. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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World medals, George V Jubilee, 1935 small size in silver (in Royal Mint box); Elizabeth II Coronation, 1953 in white metal; Australia, Burley Griffin in bronze in RAM case and crowns 1937, NZ 1949 in fitted Royal Mint case. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World medals, Great Britain coronation medal in white metal (45mm), by T.Halliday (BHM.1479); Vatican, Pius XII, coronation 1939 in silver (44mm) by Mistruzzi; Italy, Elba commemoration, 1970 in silver (40mm) by B.Galduppi; portrait of Napoleon, reverse eagle, 1814-1815. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World medals and badges, Great Britain, R.M.S. Mauretania, 1906-1935, in bronze (33mm), with suspension and ribbon, made from metal from the old Mauretania; The Navy League badge, 1930s, crossed white and red ensigns over anchor in enamel and gilt (25mm), by J.R.Gaunt London; National Reserve Berkshire badge (KC), in enamel and gilt (22x32mm), by J.R.Gaunt London; Worcestershire Regt Re-Union badge, in gilt and enamel (24x34mm), by Bradford Works Birmingham; Industrial Civil Defence Service badge (QC), in enamel and gilt (19x25.5mm), by W.Reeves & Co Ltd B'Ham; Malta, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus, Commemorative Medal for Inauguration of the Castello Lanzum (Castle of the Small Lance) as Headquarters of the Order, 1973, in bronze (32mm), with suspension, ribbon and brooch bar suspender; New Zealand, Tin Hat Club, Christchurch R.S.A., tinnie (32mm). The ribbon on first medal faded, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $70
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Sporting and award medals, Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medal, reverse inscribed, 'R.S.McMillan/April1938'; London Business House A.S.A medal, in enamel and silvered bronze (26.5mm), with suspension loop, reverse impressed, 'Lawn Tennis/Ladies Singles C'Ship/1954/R. Up.'; London & District Weight Lifting League, in silver (30mm), reverse impressed, 'C Division/Champions 1968/Gifford Barbell/Club/A.Ferridge'; New Zealand Roller Skating Association, in silver (28.5mm), with suspension loop, reverse impressed, 13', with ribbon and silver brooch bar 'Judge/N.Z. Roller Skating/Assn'; The Scottish Society of N.Z. Competitions, in enamel and nickel plate (30.5mm), with suspension loop, unnamed (2); Table Tennis generic prize medal in bronze (32mm), with suspension, unnamed; Fencing medal, in silvered bronze (31.5x35mm), with suspension loop; another in silver (30x34mm), with suspension loop, inscribed details very worn but appears to be Rugby Trophy. Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $70
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International Society of Postmasters, official sterling silver proofs of the Greatest Stamps of the British Empire, set of fifty, in a plush lined case with descriptive cards for each stamp, total weight of proofs .650kg with six duplicates; together with International Historical Foundation, six gold plated sterling silver ingots of famous Australian stamps, in a brown plush case. FDC. (56, total weight .700kg)
Estimate $500
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World medalets, early twentieth century, mostly New Zealand. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60