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Ceylon, William Carey, centenary 1812-1912, in silver (24mm); Nuwara Eliva Golf Club, silver medal Easter Meet 1906 (23mm) by MP & WB (Mappia & Webb) B'ham; Kandy, Japanese TV station memento in bronze (31mm) (with P.D.Mitchell's ticket); A.Baur & Co. Colombo 1897-1947 in silver (33mm, 17g) by LM Co .800 fine; New Coins of the World plastic advertising medalet. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $220
Ceylon, The Great War 1914-1919, oval bronzed plaque (45x54mm) 'E.C.Scott'; Ceylon Medical College, The First Medal 1903, in silver (41mm); United Services Boxing Association of Ceylon in silver (39mm) by GS & Co LD B'ham Z; 1918 Sports Competition Champion Team CSC in silver (27x33mm) with gold name label 'Pte A. Pallon'; Ceylon Kennel Club in silver (38mm) 'Epson Shela/Aug 1908', another in bronze, uninscribed. Good very fine - good extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,400
Ceylon, The Jaffna Steam Navigation Coy Ltd, copper lead backed impression of seal; Temperance Society 1904 in silver (27mm); The Shanghai Life Insurance inscribed 'J.M.Johnson Ceylon 41369' in silver (24mm). Fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,100
China, Republic, Shanghai Russian Regiment Sports, 1935, prize medal in silver and enamel (30x35mm), with ring top suspension, features a triskelis of national flags dividing legend 'Omnia Juncta In Uno' over Chinese characters, reverse inscribed with Russian text. Some loss of and heavy toning of enamel, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $950
Cyprus, advertising ticket in brass (22mm) in imitation of a George V sovereign obverse, reverse legend in Greek in centre, Happy New Year, Greek name around (from Format in 1981 and W.J.Noble (lot 1232); New Club in bronze (33mm); Royal Air Force Station Akrotiri enamelled badge Inter Squadron Swimming winners'; bronze medal part enamelled (might be for Lebanon). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
East Africa, Zanzibar Exhibition, 1905, in gilt bronze (50mm). Brilliant, virtually mint state.
Estimate $200
SOLD $650
East Africa, Zanzibar Exhibition, 1905 in gilt bronze (34mm), with loop ring mount at top. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
Egypt, military force sporting awards, rifle shooting in silver (33mm); Command Championships Cairo District 1926 in yellow bronze (32mm); Alexandria, 1899 in silver (32mm) (2 different); 162 Infantry Brigade Cairo 1919 in bronze (34mm); British Forces in Egypt in bronze (41mm) 'Cairo Military Football 1931-2'; in silver (41mm) Command Team 1923-33, another 'Small Units Football Cup 1929-30', another in bronze 'Command Athletics Championships 1928-29 Team Runner-Up'; in gilt bronze (35mm) unawarded (from D.Allen); Rowing, Cairo (in French) in white metal (43mm) by T.Bichay. Fine - good extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Egypt, medalets and trench art on coins; Egypt Hall Museum 1860 (22mm) by Pinches; Suez Canal 1869 in white metal (38mm), enamelled badge Port Said 1919 (23mm) by SAP Firenze, Allied Peace Celebration July 14th 1919; Shepheard's Xmas 1944 Cairo in silver (26mm), Xmas Stocking 1942 in gilt (27mm); AIF on rupee 1879; sphinx and pyramid on bronze 40 para; J.J.Lamb ALH on silver disc pyramid 1915; engraved styled brooch, souvenir 1914-15 in silver (29mm); Oriana, Blue Bird Tourist Agency UAD, Quick Trip to Cairo, Port Said, gilt medalet AH 1352; lead medal Dialdas 1946 Cairo (29mm), Xmas stocking 1943 in gilt (26mm); other medalets as souvenirs with sphinx and pyramids (4), Mesopotamia bracteate medalet. Fine - nearly extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $300
SOLD $650
France, Andre Galle memorial in bronze (57mm) by E.Oudine. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
France, large medal in bronze (68mm), a presentation medal to 'Offert par Le General Picquart Commandant le 2E Corps d'Armee" obv. allegorical figures of France pointing the way for man, rev. arms and inscription, sun rising a new beginning. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $450
France, the Brigade Motocycliste of Paris, a large leather jacket breast pocket ID medal height 106x45mm (illustrated), together with breast I.D., medal "Union de la Gendarmerie nationale" (National Police). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Germany, 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's printing press, 1840, in bronze (37mm) obverse, bust wearing hat and coat left, inscription around 'Iohann Gaensfleisch Gen.Gutenberg Geb.Z.Mainz Zwischen 1393-1400', reverse, Gutenberg seated in his workshop reading a printed sheet, 'PS.118 V.23' in line below his feet, inscription 'Vierte Iubelf.D.Erfindung/D.Buchdruckerkunst/In Deutschland/D.24 Iuni 1840' in exergue; together with USA, medal in bronze (70mm) by A.Scharf, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gutenberg and the invention of the octuple printing press by R.Hoe and Co, obverse, old printing press used by Gutenberg in 1450 with oak branch to left, inscription in tablet below 'To/The Honor/and Memory/of/Johan Gutenberg/Inventor/of Movable/Types', reverse, view of printing press, 'Octuple Press/Printing 192,000/4 Page Newspapers/Per Hour' above and 'Invented and Constructed/by R.Hoe and Co/in 1900' in tablet below. A spot at 4 o'clock on obverse of first medal, otherwise good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, George VI, medalet, 1916 in silver and gilt (24.5mm) by Sir E.B.Mackennal, plus duplicates in brass (2), another countermarked 5 on the obverse. Very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Hong Kong, Coronation Edward VII and Alexandra 1902 in silver plated and bronze (39mm) by Edmonds London. Toned extremely fine; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $920
Hong Kong, Defeat of Germany, 1919 (Peace) medalet in nickel or white metal (36mm). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Hong Kong, Royal Naval Dockyard Police Hong Kong in bronze, George VI bare head obverse by H.Paget, edge with name partly erased, reads '74 Rahmat Ali'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,000
Hong Kong, sports medals, Tingle's Athletic Institute 1st 1961, rev. high jumper, in gilt silver(?) (38mm); Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association in blackened bronze (40mm) by King; The Hong Kong Jockey Club 1941 in copper (20x35mm); Hong Kong Souvenir Coin in silvered copper (32mm). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Hong Kong, medalets and checks, including Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 1891-1991 in 999 silver (32mm), in silver (34mm) Pearl of the Orient; Cricket Club enamelled badge, Buffaloes Donor badge, 1937; HNC check 1940 in bronze; GPO tokens E and 1/E milled edges, Ambassador Hotel members tag 1972; China, Shanghai Mustard & Co., good for 50 cash; The China General Omnibus Co. LTD, rev. JDS (4), rev. 3 (2) in aluminium. Very good - uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
India, award medal for military service at the siege and capture of Seringpatam 4 May 1799, in silvered copper (?) (48mm) by C.H.Kuchler for Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint, Birmingham (Eimer 903). Uneven dull tone, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $450
India, Bengal Presidency, award medal, The Magdala Medal in gilt silver (48mm) uninscribed, for best shot Native Troops (c1845)(P.760-13). Slight scratches, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
India, Agricultural & Horticultural Society Calcutta, (1824), in bronze (51mm) by Pinches London (P.824.1.2). Nearly FDC.
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
India, Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India, (1824) in silver (44mm) by Calcutta Mint (P.824.1.3). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
India, Grant Medical College, 1855 in silver (45mm) by B.Wyon (P.855.1), portrait by Dr. John McClennan, with clasp suspender. Attractive blue grey brilliant toning in HM Mint Bombay case of issue, FDC and scarce thus.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
India, East Indian Railway, opened to Rajmahal, 1860, in silver (73mm) by W.Wyon and the Calcutta Mint (P.860.1) housed in base of case of issue. Minor scratches on lower left reverse, otherwise toned extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,000
India, Agricultural Show Calcutta, 1864, in bronze (64mm) by J.S. & A.B.Wyon and Calcutta Mint (P.864.5). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
India, Calcutta Agricultural Exhibition 1864 in bronze (43mm) by W.Wyon, Calcutta Mint (P.864.6.2). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
India, Agricultural and Horticultural Society Calcutta, Sir John Peter Grant (1864) in silver (64mm) by J.S. & A.B.Wyon and Calcutta Mint, rev. inscribed 'Awarded to/Mr. A.B.Whaley/for a groups of plants/in the/Nadhupore Flower Show', edge inscribed 'of the Corsipore Practical Institution of Horti, Flori and Agriculture 1899'. In case of issue (hinge broken), toned nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $650
India, Central Provinces Exhibition, 1865 in gilt bronze (51mm) by Calcutta Mint (P.865.1). High relief portrait of Sir Richard Temple, field scratch in front of face, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
India, Central Provinces Exhibition, Sir Richard Temple, 1868, in bronze (51mm) by Calcutta Mint (P.865.1) another stamped specimen on the reverse. Nearly extremely fine; nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $180
SOLD $300