Catalogue
India, Military sports, Rifle shooting Madras Volunteer Guards 1908 shield shaped in silver (42mmx56mm); Bombay Bn A.F.I in silver (30mm) uninscribed; Army Championships (India) 1921-22, best shot Punjab Rifle in silver (43mm) in case of issue; A.S.C.B. India, Football, Rawalpindi District in silver (38mm) uninscribed; Gymnastics medal B.E.S. Schools, H.E.Governor of Bombay 1905 in silver (32mm) in case of issue; 78th Rossshine Buffs, in bronze (36mm) 'Runner Up/Novices/Bantams/Meerut/1922'; also Free Kindergarten Appeal 1933 1/12 anna card badge, enamelled silver badges Calcutta Football League 2nd Divn.1937; Indian F.A.Calcutta 1937 unnamed J.C.W.38. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
India, award medals, Garrison Sports, Secunderabad India rev. Victory 1918; in silver (31mm); East Indian Railways Auxilliary Force, Kazim Cup 1938-39 in silver (38mm); Southern Command Rifle match, inscribed 'The Regular Army /vs/ The Auxilliary Force' in bronze (40mm) (c1940) by 'I.C.C & Sons B' Lore; Bombay Western India Football Assn, Rovers Cup Tournament, 'Winner/1945' in silver (38mm); Sind Independent Brigade Area Rifle Meeting, uninscribed in bronze (38mm); Golvaln Brs Victoria Swimming Bath/MUZD Bombay 1926 in hollow silver (38mm) with clasps suspension; Earl of Reading Viceroy of India presentation medal for Rifle Shooting in silver (51mm) (P.VolII 960.28.8), Cawnpore A.F.I. Keen Cup 1938-39 in silver (31mm); Rawalpindi District Athletics, 1933, in silver (38mm) obverse ASCB India within wreath, Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing Federation in silver (51mm) uninscribed. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
India, prize and award medals, sporting and other, Gulmarg Golf Club in bronze (38mm); Army Rifle Association India, 1921, in silver and bronze (35mm) by Pinches London; Bombay Contingent A.F.(I)., in silver (45mm); All India Hockey Tournament, 1910 in bronze (35mm) to U.S. Naylor Indian Police; Southern Command Rifle Meeting India 1929 in silver (40mm) by G.K.C. & Sons Bangalore; Hindoostan 2nd Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regt in bronze (35mm) uninscribed, by Barton. Good very fine - good extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
India, sporting including military, Highland Brigade Gathering Dehli 1929 in silver (39mm); Punjab-Bengal Army Football Association in silver (40mm) won by the Cameronians; Baluchistan District Gurkha Inter Coy Khud Race 1935-39 in silver (32mm); Assam Valley Light Horse best Shooting Coy in silver (25mm); United Provinces Police, Officers Relay 1928 in bronze (39mm); All India Hockey Tournament in copper (38mm); Bombay Battalion A.F.I in bronze (30mm); University of Bombay Intercollegiate Sports 'Athletics' 1968-69 in bronze (32mm); Coronation 1937 in aluminium (28x48mm); in silver (30mm), 'C.C.R. Symposium M. Aquiluddin', silver plated Ghandi 'Superman' (35mm) Nehru Jewell of India (32mm); Indian Science Congress Chardigarnk by S.C.Roy Calcutta (enamelled badge); 1911 John Bolto & Co., R.J. Woods & Co., on (Rangoon?) cottillon medalet (cf P.911.1.7), Burma Military Police Rifle Competition 1929-30 in silver (44mm); Burma Rangoon Bn A.F.I. 1930 in silver (38mm); Goa, 1533-1933 commemorative medalet in silver (?) plate (31mm); enamelled badge and Shwe Dagon Pagoda in aluminium (32mm), issue by the Novelties Co. Fine - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
India, award medals, Total Abstinence medal India, formed 1862, Watch and Be Sober in silver (34mm), diamond shape the Soldier's Total Abstinence in silver (35mm), another similar but Army Temperance Assn; Army For Five years Fidelity enamelled silver (42x50mm); Government of Bengal, Jute Restriction 1937-1938 For Active Co-Operation, in silver (38mm); The Cawnpore Woollen Mills Model to No 1 Platform 2/9th Gurkha Rifle 1927-28 in bronze (35mm); R.A.M RG League 1936, 1937, 1938-39 all three in frosted silver (38mm) small issue 1934 (24mm) HLI (Hockey League of India), 1931 in silver (32mm); Madras District Football British Runners up 1930 in silver (31mm), Hockey 1920 in bronze (29mm); Jellalbad 1933 in bronze (32mm); SCV 1905 in bronze (33mm) by Vaughton Birm. Fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
India, Total Abstinence medal in silver (34mm); Army Temperance Association Bugle shield '6 years' in silver (45mmx58mm) (P.950.27); Royal ATA Inst 1902, Bugle shield in silver (45mmx58mm) (cf P.950.46), hallmark (1912); Fidelity medal 1897 in silver (32mmx40mm); Roman Catholic, Total Abstinence Pledge medalet in brass (31mm); Victoria Empress of India, 1837-1901 in silver (31mm). Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
India, Zoroastrian Girls School SS Bengalee, 1893 in silver (39mm) by A.Wyon and Bombay Mint. Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
India, award medals, The Zoroastrian Physical Culture & Health League 1920 in silver (37mm) with clasp suspension; A.S.C.B. India, in silver 38mm); Bombay Battalion A.F.I in silver (30mm) following all bronze, Indian Poultry Club (29mm), New High School 1915 (30mm); Bombay Education Society, Barnes High School Silver Jubilee 1950 (35mm); Poona District Cross Country Run (38mm), A.S.C.B. India; Oriental Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Medal for Service Rendered 1934 (41mm); Bombay District Sports Mhow (sic), A.S.C.B. India (32mm); G.I.P. Railway Regt 1st Br (38mm) and (32mm); Edward VII 4th Bn Rajput Regiment (32mm); The York & Lancaster Regt 1930-31 (38mm). Very fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
India, Central Railway Employees' Mutual Benefit Soceity, member's no. erased, in aluminium (36mm); South Eastern Railway, Bengal & Nagpur Railway 100 years 1887-1987 in bronze (29mm); Railway Mail Service union badge or medal stamped 'B/1286'; National War Front badge; Calcutta Mint (?) medal stamped 'HM/17'; Greater Bombay Municipal Corporation Dog License token 1952-53, Bombay Municipality 1948-49 (2); Bank Milk token in gilt bronze (29mm); Royal Western Jubilee Turf Club Membership badges 1945/1946 (3); Western India Turf Club Ltd, enamelled badge 1928/1929; Madras Race Club 1971-72; MRC Gentleman Stand Member 1970-71; Rangoon Turf Club 1952-3; Royal Calcutta Turf Club enamelled badges (4), 1959/1960, 1960-61, 1964-68 (2); The Lawrence Royal Military School Sanawar, founded 1847, bracteate style plaque or badge in brass (51x67mm) by Barton of Bangalore (P.948.6C); Food for India Appeal tin badge. Fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
India, bullion medals, Habib Bank Ltd. 999 fine silver 5 tolas; Bombay, Messrs Manilal Chimanlal & Co. 5 tolas 999 fine silver. Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Isle of Man, pewter fantasy medal for Internment Camp at Douglas, in timber custom make case inscribed on the base 'Made by PoW No 2925/ Detention Camp/Douglas I.o.M./1915'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Israel, Expedition to the Desert Caves, 1960 in bronze (60mm); Peace for Galilee June 1992, in bronze (60mm); The Museum of Australian Jewish History of the Holocaust 1992, in bronze (51mm) by A.J. P(arkes). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Royal Society of Arts and Science, 1859, in bronze (51mm) by John Pinches, in original case of issue; Scholastic Exhibition, 1887 in bronze (44mm). Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,400
Mauritius, marriage medal in gilt silver by J.P.Montagny 'J.H.Mundy/Died/at Mauritius/16 May 1873'; Barclays Bank DCO, 50th Anniversary 1919-1969 in bronze (33mm); brass facsimile of twopenny, Queen Victoria postage stamp (23mmx26mm); Casino de Maurice 5, 10, 25, 100 rupees, Sun International Gambling tokens 5 and 2 rupees (2), Beachcomber in nickel. Very fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Malaya, Penang, Lion and Palms, rev. steam train, in lead (33mm) Free School 1965 in bronze (33mm), chromed and enamelled key tag; school sports awards to P. Foley Tennis 1910 (silver), cricket 1913 (silver), both St.Xaviers Penang Schools in bronze Patrick Foly undated for Football League; Penang Water Festival 1956 in bronze (39mm). Very good - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Malaysia, Perlis Agricultural Exhibition in bronze (39mm) uninscribed Fourth Far East Scout Conference 1964 in bronze (40mm); Regt (East Surrey) in bronze (39mm) for Athletics; Malaya Command 1932 in bronze (33mm); Genting Casino chits (2), Highland Hata check 1974; 1957-1967 four rulers, Posokan Peugauras Singapore in hard metal (35mm); lodge medal 1960 by L.Simpson London; Malaya Ricctone Winner Assoc. enamelled badges 1955; chromed medalet. Fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Pacific Oceania; British Solomon Islands Protectorate badge in bronze (55x32mm); British Solomon Islands Levers Pacific Plantations Limited Long Service medal in enamelled silver (43mm); Elizabeth II, gilt light material medalet for Coronataion 1953; Nauru, BPC (British Phosphate Commission, C.M.113 (Chinese Mechanic) in cupro-nickel c1939; Independence medal 1968; NCS Jubilee 1973 in silver (39mm), Oceania, French, medalet in gilt bronze (32mm) Colonial Exhibition in Paris 1931; Ocean Island workers tally in brass (35mm) 'NT/147'; New Hebrides, British Ex Servicemans Association enamelled gilt badge by Amor Sydney; Papua New Guinea, PNG Bank Commemorative medalet 5 year anniversary 1979; Independence 1975 tinnie, enamelled club badges (3), HWEA card badges; Edward VIII, fantasy crown 1936; Samoa, HMS Calliope (1889) in white metal (31mm). Fine - uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $300
SOLD $650
Panama, Panama California Exposition San Diego 1915, Panama Canal opening by S.S.Ancon, Aug 15 1914 in bronze (35mm); Commemorating the Opening of the Panama Canal to the Commerce of the World, in bronze (40mm) copyright 1913 by F.Newman, serial no.13408. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $160
Portugal, Third International Coin Exhibition, Lisbon, in bronze (80mm), Bank of Angola, edge numbered 40 of 300; USA, San Diego 200th Anniversary 1969 in bronze (76mm). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Municipality, 4th Novr. 1897, uniface badge in silver (25x31mm); 75th Anniversary medalet in aluminium; Matabeleland 1893-1933 medal in bronze (34mm); Southern Rhodesia Royal Visit medalet 1947; Salisbury Eisteddfod Society 1944 voided in silver (36mm); Winstons of Salisbury Tobacco Grown in bronze (31mm); Independence Medal 1965 in silver (40mm); Nyasaland, WWI trench art 1916-1917 on GEA one rupie 1897; Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Central Africa. Very good - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Samoa, Capt Kane of H.M.S. Calliope (1889) in gilt or silvered bronze (30mm) from an admirer, Marquis de Leuville in recognition as the only ship to survive the hurricane of 1889 in the bay of Apia (cf Fearon 340.4). Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $200
Sarawak, Vyner Brooke Rajah, Government Service medal, Long Service Decoration, in silver (38x50mm) with loop suspension. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $550
Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke, The Rajah of Sarawak Fund, in silver (38mm) hallmark M.BLD (B'han H). Matte finish, uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $850
Singapore, Centenary 1919, Sir Stamford Raffles, in silver (39mm) by Spink. Attractively toned, nearly FDC.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,600
Singapore, Centenary 1919, Sir Stamford Raffles in white metal (39mm) by Spink, pierced with suspension ring; Singapore Centenary crowned cross shape in white metal (38x45mm). Nearly uncirculated; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Straits Settlements & Federated Malay States, Agricultural Show, in silver (51mm), uninscribed, by J.A.Restall. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, South African Exhibition of 1885, Cape Town in bronze (48mm); South African or International Exhibition, Kimberley 1892 in bronze (45mm) by Mint B'ham LD. Both with even bronzed patinas, good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
South Africa, medals and medalets mainly for Royal accessions or commemoratives, F.M. Lord Roberts V.C./Pretoria 1900 in white metal (32mm); Queen Victoria, Peace 1900 in white metal (38mm), 1899-1900 in white metal (32mm); Edward VII, coronation, Natal 1902 in silver (29mm); Cape of Good Hope 1902 in white metal (38mm); George V and Mary 1st Parliament 1910 in white metal (38mm)(2 di/6); Lord Eammington 1910 in white metal (38mm); Coronation Durban 1911 in aluminium (39mm), Natal 1911 in bronze (34mm), Dutch in bronze 1913 (29mm); Edward Prince of Wales Royal Visit 1925 in aluminium (38mm), in bronze (28mm); Royal Visit 1934 in bronze (31mm); Jubilee 1935 in silver and gilt bronze (31mm) (2); Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg 1936 in gilt bronze (32mm); Coronation 1937 (2) and Royal Visit 1947 in bronze (32mm) (2) and aluminium (26mm), Mayor's medal 1949, Coronation 1953 in silver (33mm) and bronze (31mm); Tercentenary 1952 (31mm), P.Kruger 1954 in silver (31mm). Very fine - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
South Africa, South African Exhibition, 1885 Cape of Good Hope, 'Peace and Union' uninscribed, South Africa and International Exhibition, Kimberley 1892, uninscribed in bronze (45mm) also in WM (29mm); Pretoria to Delagoa Railway 1895 in bronze (44mm)(Hern 16) J.Chamberlain, British Unity 1903 in silver (51mm); Capt E.Clementi-Smith D.S.O., unawarded in bronze (1901) (45mm) (Hern 656); Cape Colony National Rifle Association Rhodes Challengers Trophy in silver (45mm) by V & S Birm. 1906 hallmark, inscribed to 'S.I.M.E. Grant 1907'; British Commemorative medal for Transvaal War in WM (46mm) (Hern 68) for 1899-1900; Union 31st May 1910 in silver (32mm), also in WM; Pretoria Society of Agriculture and Industry in silver (38mm) 'Trans Cons. Lands Explorn Co. Best Ostrich Feather 1914'; Paul Kruger, facing head medalet, undated c1900; Queen Victoria, Proficiency in Science 'Charles Thomas Principles of Mining 1892' in bronze (39mm). Very fine - good extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
South Africa, ZAR, Pretoria to Delagoa Bay Railway Opening July 1895 in silver (struck from 2 1/2 shillings obverse die). Cleaned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60