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USA, 150th Anniversary of Battle of Lexington, 1775-1925, in silver (31mm), by Whitehead-Hoag; Sesqui-Centennial Celebration Battle of Lexington, Kentucky, 1775-1925, in silver (32mm). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
USA, IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Webbers Falls Lodge No. 107, Member jewel in voided gilt bronze and enamel (50x53mm), by Whitehead & Hoag Co, Newark, NJ, with pin-back suspension and clasp for Member. Good fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
USA, The Legacy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, set of thirty six one ounce pure silver medals each depicting significant moments in Kennedy's life; another set in bronze with the same designs, by The Lincoln Mint, 1972. FDC. (2 sets, 72 medals)
Estimate $120
SOLD $1,500
USA, "A Coin History of Our Presidents" 1st president - 38th president, in base metal and in official album; Eisenhower and Nixon medals, in base metal, issued by the Bureau of The Mint; cased Paul Harris Fellow medal, issued by Rotary International. Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
USA, First National City Bank, 150 Years of Service, 1812-1962, in oxidised bronze (76mm), by Medallic Art Co, N.Y.; also Canada, General Motors, 1930s, badges (2) in enamel and silvered (26mm), features maple leaf and the words, 'Made in/Canada/General/Motors', screw-back. The first extremely fine, one of the badges with some silvering missing on obverse, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Vatican City, Pope Pius IX, 1869, in bronze (74mm), by I. & F. Bianchi, obverse bust of Pope Pius IX left, reverse, Christ with disciples handing one kneeling before him the keys to the kingdom of heaven and in the exergue translated as, 'The Vatican Council Successfully Begun 6 December 1869'. Edge nicks and bumps, some oxidation marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
World medals, Australia, Royal Visit, 1954, in gilded aluminium (39mm) (CD.1954/9); Australian Bicentenary, undated (1988), in enamel and silvered (42mm) award medal; New Zealand, Otago Centennial Medal, 1948, in gilt (2, both Unc); Vanuatu, Five Years of Independence, 30 July (1980), in bronze (47mm) unnamed. The last medal very fine, the rest uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
World cycling medals, includes Australian and European issues in silvered (2), gilt (2), gilt and silvered (3), gilt and enamel, gilt and bronze, various shapes and sizes, glued onto a plastic backing page so need removing to get full details, all mounted in a glass faced display frame (needs refitting at back). Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
World Sport's Medals, includes 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 $60
SOLD $50
World medals and badges, includes Australia, The Tail-Waggers' Club dog tag in brass (some oxidation areas); Freedom From Hunger badges (2); NSW Police Service (missing stick-pin); S.J.C.S. (St Joseph's Catholic School - Hindmarsh, Sth Aust); UTS Haberfield Club member's badge; Egypt souvenir medal in brass (32mm), ring top suspension; Great Britain, George III imitation half guinea, in brass (holed at top), Hockley B.I.R.M.; Scottish thistle fob in white metal; Masonic square and compass inside large cog wheel (79mm), handcrafted in brass with large suspension lug at top; Germany WWII miniature Iron Cross in flat black finish for wear on bracelet (missing suspension loop); small bracelet in white metal (needs reattaching at one end); unidentified world medals, one uniface cast in oxidised brass (44mm), and another cast in oxidised brass (55mm), with pierced hole at top for suspension loop. Good - fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
World, includes Belgium, Currency of Bruxelles medal, 1910, in bronze (30mm); Prussia, Friedrichskron, Potsdam medal, (1888), in bronze (21mm), ring top suspension; Egypt, N.D. De Matarieh (Notre-Dame of Mary [in Egypt]), undated, in silver (22x28mm), rig top suspension, obverse, Blessed Mary right, reverse, Our Lady of Matarieh church; USA, Nuclear Task Force One, Around The World Cruise, 1964, in silver (25mm), ring top suspension; Perpetual Almanac wheel in brass (26mm), scroll and ring top suspension; prize medal in the shape of an 8-pointed star, in silver (32x34mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'W.E.B./1st/1887'. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
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). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
World medals, includes China, People's Republic, Jia Yu Pass commemorative medal in darkened bronze (59mm), features the frontier fortress at the west end of the Great Wall; The Japan Rose Society, The Japan Rose Concours, uniface prize medal in bright bronze (50mm), reverse impressed, '1976/(name in Japanese text)'; Yugoslavia, Embassy medal in silvered bronze (65mm), obverse, emblem of Yugoslavia 29.XI.1943, reverse, image of the Yugoslavian Parliament building, above this at the left is inscribed, 'K.J.' and at the right, 'J.A.', together with a note, 'Embassy of the S.F.R. (Socialist Federal Republic) of Yugoslavia, Mr Kreso Jakic (K.J. as inscribed on medal), President, Wellington Yugoslav Club, and signed by Vojislav Savin, Charge d-Affaires a.1.'. All in cases, very fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
World medals, includes Denmark, 3rd Scandinavian Shooting Party and 6th Danish Shooting and Gymnastics Party, 1901, in bronze (43mm), by A.Dragsted, with ring top suspension; Greece, Commemorative of Naval Battle of Elli, 1912, in bronze (51mm), by P.M.Dammann, obverse, bust of Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis left, reverse, flagship Averof; Netherlands, 350th Anniversary of Citizen Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1870, in bright bronze (28mm); Switzerland, Neuchatel Swiss Shooting medal, 1898, in bronze (32mm), by Johnson, ring top suspension; USA, American Lutheran Quadricentennial of the Augsburg Confession, 1930, in bronze (41mm); also a war service award medal for Austria, Bravery Medal in bronze (3rd Class). Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World medals, includes Finland, Axel Salingre 75th Anniversary, 1957, in silver (58x42mm); Great Britain, Queen Victoria Jubilee, 1887, in white metal (38mm) (BHM3252), pierced for suspension; Israel, Commemorative of Liberation of Jerusalem, 1967, in silver (35mm); Papua New Guinea, PNG Banking Corporation 5th Anniversary, 1979, in gilded (32mm), pierced for suspension; various others including, Canada George VI Visit 1939, Japan 13th World Jamboree 1971, Great Britain British and Foreign Sailors Society (EVII), USA Bicentennial 1976 and 10th Anniversary of Moon Landing 1979. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World medals, includes Norway, Trondhjem's 900th Anniversary (Exhibition), (1897), in white metal (60mm), obverse, arrival scene featuring Viking King Olav Tryggvason in 997, reverse, historic Nidaros Cathedral, Norway's national shrine; Sweden, Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632), 200th Anniversary of His Death, 1832, in silver (41mm), by C.M.M. (Carl Magnus Melgren), armoured bust of Gustav II Adolf left, reverse, Religion and Truth holding hands; USA, Chicago World's Fair Columbian Exhibition, 1893, in white metal (65mm), obverse, Columbus on ship's deck holding female's hand with radiant star above, reverse, eagle with stars and stripes shield holding banner in beak and arrows in claws atop a plaque with Latin inscription translated as, 'Exposition in Chicago in Memory of Illustrious Navigator Christopher Columbus', and with buildings below. The first with metal mounting remains at sides of reverse, the third affected by oxidation and with damage to reverse, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
World medals, mostly Maritime and Marine theme, includes NAV, ANS medals, includes Trafalgar in bronze by Spink, 1955, a few other medals cased as issued, New Caledonia in bronze 1952, USA Fleet Visit to Australasia 1925, mostly in packets or 2x2 holders. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (48)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
World medals, modern sterling silver proof issues, various themes (total weight = 106g). Without official packaging, evidence of handling otherwise, uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
World medals, various relatively modern issues for different themes from various nations, all base metal and without cases. Most Extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
World medals, modern sterling silver proofs, all from the same series, weighing between 38 and 41 grams each. Evidence of handling, without official packaging otherwise, uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $450
SOLD $460
Luristan, Persia, c.10th century B.C., bronze spear head with a spiral twist end for attachment into a wooden shaft, (200mm long). Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Iran, Tepe Giyan IV period, c.3000-1500 B.C, pottery jar, small circular form with wide lip, decorated with bands of dark brown paint around the shoulder, neck and lip, panels of similar vertical stripes in between, on a buff background, (65mm high). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
Ancient Near East, Syro-Hittite, 2nd millennium B.C., double headed terracotta figure, flat backed with eyes formed as domes with round recesses, the headdress and necklaces separately applied and both with a detailed shoulder and arm and combined into a single body extending to a flattened base, (230mm high). Very fine and complete.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Ancient Near East, 1st-2nd century A.D., clay unguent jar, of diminutive bulbous form with long neck and flared lip, (70mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Ancient Egyptian or Eastern, 1st century A.D., stone finger ring, jasper or agate, green and red coloured stone carved with a large flat bezel, (26mm diameter). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Egypt, Coptic, c.7th century A.D., section of fabric, possibly from a tunic, of fine woven work with poychrome geometric patterns, (500mm x 300mm). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Greeks in Southern Italy, Apulia, (mid-4th century B.C.), black slip single-handled lekythos, decorated to one side with a scene of four mythological figures, (225mm high). Intact with small repair to handle, good very fine and attractive.
Estimate $300
SOLD $750
Greek Southern Italy, Apulian, Messapic ware kantharos, of large bulbous form, decorated in brown with concentric bands of leaves, two handles, (160mm wide). Very fine with some repairs.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Greek Eastern Apulia, Gnathia, late 4th century B.C., black ware pottery olpe, of globular form with ribbed body, decorated with concentric bands in yellow, white and red, small painted medallion under the lip, (120mm high). Very fine and attractive.
Estimate $650
SOLD $650
Greek Southern Italy, c.4th century B.C., Campanian black ware cup, ribbed body with flared lip and round handle, (90mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260