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Germany, Bavaria, Fire Services Merit Cross in gilt. Uncirculated.
Estimate $80
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Germany, Prussia, Prussian State Fire Service Association 25 Years Long Service Medal in silver with enamelled obverse, mounted in Prussian parade mount style. Some age toning on ribbon, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, police patches in cloth, Velcro and rubber or reflective soft plastic for Avon & Somerset Constabulary, Police (2); Lancashire Constabulary, Community Support Officer (3); South Wales Police, Traffic Warden Traffig (2); Strathclyde Police (2); Police Community Support Officer (2); Police (2); Police Staff (1), and Community Support Officer Cleveland Police (2); ambulance patches for Patient Transport (2, one large and one small); also Afghan Customs Officer's uniform patch. One Police patch very fine, the rest virtually uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $40
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Iraq, Abdul Karim Kassem, silver medal (37.69g; 45mm), commemorating the 1st Anniversary of the Republic, 1959, obverse, potrait of General Abdud Karim Qasem, (KM.X1). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Italy, 14th International Congress of Physiology at Rome, 1932, in darkened bronze (51mm), by R.Brozzi, obverse, head of Lazzaro Spallanzani left, reverse, eagle with oustretched wings standing on a column with axes at sides and on the coloumn the letters EF divided by an X. With original box by Arte Medaglia and with medal title on lid, the box damaged, the medal uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Malaysia and Singapore, medals and medalets, including pewter (38mm) of Sir Stamford Raffles; Malaysian Numismatic Society tenth anniversary, 1978, in pewter (60mm); National Museum, 1963, (38mm) in pewter; Pegawi, 1971, badge; Kuala Lumpur, 1972, in pewter (40mm); Singapore, Royal Corps & Signals, 1958, in bronze (39mm); Year of the Tiger, 1986, in base metal (39mm); Turong Bird Park, in base metal (cased). Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Netherlands, Princess Caroline of Orange, fifth birthday, 1748, in silver (25.5mm) by Martin Holtzhey, obverse, conjoined busts right of William IV, Prince of Orange and Princess Anne, inscription around, W.C.H.Friso Et Anna D.G.Princ.Aravs, reverse, Carolina D.G.Princeps Ar.Spes Patriae.Aet.An.V. (Forrer 538). Toned, die flaw through lower bust of King on obverse, good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Netherlands, commemorative medal for the liberation on 5th May 1945, in copper (60mm), design by Oswald Wenkenbach, obverse, woman with sword, legend VRU HEID, reverse, lion trampling a swastika, legend JE MAINTIENDRAI. Some edge knocks, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Poland, Election of Stanislaus Augustus as King of Poland, 1764, in bronze (33mm) by Pingo, obverse, bust facing right, reverse, crown and legend; Polish Insurrection against Russia, 1831, in bronze (51mm), by Barre, obverse, two female figures, reverse, "A L'HEROIQUE POLOGNE"; Polish Insurrection against Russia, 1863, in bronze (29mm), by Ch. Wiener, obverse, two figures, reverse, shield. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
South Africa, ZAR, Paul Kruger, 1895, in bronze (44mm), Opening of Delagoa Railway, by J.P.M.Menger. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
South Africa, scouting prize medal, 1918, in silver (32mm), obverse, wreath and inscribed with the Boy Scout symbol and below, 'The Gerald Legge/Naturalist Cup Competition', reverse inscribed, 'Scout Frederick Hudson/Wall Heath Troop/Winner 1918.', attached to a sterling silver pocket watch chain with a ZAR one shilling, 1894 attached at one end, the other end missing the clasp (tot wt 55.45g). Inscription very worn on obverse, otherwise very good - fine.
Estimate $40
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South Africa, Nelson R.Mandela, Education For All, 1995, medal in gold (16.5mm, 1/10oz .999 fine) by SA Mint for Education Africa. In case of issue with certificate 3674/10000, FDC.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Spain, Carlos III (1759-88), Multiplication Tables, in bronze (35mm), by Perkins, obverse, bust of Carlos facing right, legend around, reverse, three concentric rings of numbers with multiplication answers from 3 to 12, in centre "Spencer Y Perkins en Londre". Good very fine, unusual and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Spain, Marriage of Ferdinand VII and Elizabeth, 1816, in bronze, (35mm), obverse, conjoined busts facing right, reverse, figure standing between columns; Accession of Ferdinand VII, 1808, in gilt bronze (20mm), obverse, bust facing left, reverse, legend; United Provinces, Willem IV appointed stadhouder, 1747, in brass (40mm), obverse, bust facing left, reverse, lion and legend. Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Spain, Monarchs of Spain, commemorative medals in gilt bronze (50mm) by F.Calico, Barcelona, struck 1960s, featuring monarchs from Ferdinand and Isabel through to Alfonso XIII. Most are uncirculated, extremely fine - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $800
SOLD $500
Sweden, Death of Jacob Berzelius (chemist), 1848, in bronze (57mm), by P. Lundgren, obverse, bust facing right, reverse, symbolic figures with chemical apparatus; Stockholm Exposition 1866, in white metal (44mm), by L. Ahlborn, obverse, bust of Oscar I facing right, reverse, Exhibition building. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Thailand, Rama V, (1868-1910), silver medal (16.26g; 30mm), commemorative (1887), obverse, bust of Rama to left, reverse, elephant with two Mahouts over swords & ribbons, (KM.X1). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $2,500
Thailand, oval medal in copper 53x44mm, issued to commemorate the Consecration Ceremony of Prince Pavares, type I, issued for November 27, 1891, obv. monks alms bowl containg lustral water, (Thai Treasury Dept. Rattanakosin bicentennial volume p.72-73). Good very fine, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
USA, Maj Genl W.H.Harrison Presidential campaign hard times token, 1840, in brass (23mm) (De Witt WHH-1840-54), holed at top edge; The 100th Anniversary of American Independence, Great International Exhibition, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, 1876, in walnut timber (62mm), obverse, George Washington head right. Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
USA, Los Angeles Olympics 1932 Participant's Medal, in bronze (69mm), design by Julio Kilenyi, minted by Whitehead-Hoag, USA, obverse, standing athlete carrying an unfurled banner of Xth Olympiad, reverse, two seated female figures holding shield of the United States between them, one female holds an olive branch and the other a shield bearing the seals of the State of California and also the City of Los Angeles, at the far left is a California poppy plant. Dark toned, otherwise very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $440
USA, U.S. Customs Inspector's hat badge, c1950s, in gilt silvered and enamel, numbered on reverse at top, 6088. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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USA, Eisenhower Trophy money clip, 1960s, in sterling silver (64x24mm; 51.4g), features a golf club laying on a scroll bearing the competition name, 'Eisenhower Trophy Palm Springs Golf Classic' and below three of the Palm Springs competition courses, Eldorado, Bermuda Dunes, and Indian Wells, and at the top is displayed a cluster of 5 stars for President Eisenhower, on the reverse is the stylised name of the maker, Ruser; also an Essex Motors car owner's gilded and enamel badge (37x41mm), 1918-22. Toned, good very fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
Vatican City, souvenir medallion in 18ct gold (17mm; 3.5g), obverse, Pope Paul VI 1975. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
World medals, includes Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain and South African issues, noted Australia, Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Yachting Regatta, 1970, in bronze (38mm), WWII 60th Anniversary, 2005, in bright bronze (38mm), cased, various other commemoratives and a few tinnies and badges; France, Tahiti medal featuring Wallis, Bougainville and Cook, undated, in bronze (53.5mm), in circular case, the medal with much spotty toning; Germany, Hyper Inflation/Suffering of the German People, 1923, in bronze (31mm); Great Britain, Baptist Union 20th Century Fund/The Dawn of The Twentieth Century, 1900, in white metal 44mm), British Empire Exhibition, 1924, in bronze (51mm) (BHM 4193; Eimer 1987) (Unc), in case of issue, large brass (77x86mm), voided souvenir medals for Tower Bridge, and another for Mousehole, Cornwall, various other commemoratives and souvenirs; South Africa, commemoratives for Coronation, 1937, in bronze (32x35mm), and Royal Visit, 1947, in bronze (32x35mm). Fine - uncirculated. (38)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
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 $70
SOLD $40
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 $70
SOLD $130
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 $50
SOLD $30
World fire related medals and badges, Austria, Fire Service breast badges (2, one silvered and one bronze), pin back; Germany, Westphalia, Rhine Westphalia Firefighters' Association Festival at Hamm, 1866, in white metal (33mm), with suspension loop and ribbon; USA, Chicago Laid Waste By Fire 1871, proof-like commemorative medal, 1971, in copper (44mm). Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
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World medals, Austria, Hermann von Helmholtz Memorial Medal, 1894, in bronze (41x51mm), by Josef Tautenhayn, obverse, bust of von Helmholtz right, reverse, crowned female facing and holding laurel wreath aloft in right hand and her left hand resting on a shield, in the left corner a scroll and symbol for Vienna University; France, Full-Time School of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marseille prize medal, 1912-13, in bronze (41mm), by Dupre, obverse, bust of Asclepius left and his staff behind, reverse, wreath with name of School inscribed around the outside and inside inscribed, '1912-1913/BRUN/Marie. Marguerite/2me. PRIX/Sages-Femmes/2me Annee (2nd Prize Midwives 2nd Year). Both medals in cases of issue, extremely fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
World fire brigade medals, Austro-Hungarian 25 Years Faithful Duty in Fire and Rescue Service Medal; Germany, Bavaria Fire Brigade 25 Years Long Service Medal; Hungary, 10 Years Long Service Medal. Fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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