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Austria, Joseph Eckhel, numismatist, (1737-1798), AE medal, (35mm, 26.81 g), Vienna Numismatic Society, by A. Scharff, dated 1880, obv. draped bust left, in incuse to left, signature of Joseph Eckhel, rev. SOCIETAS / NVMISMATICA / VINDOBONENSIS / VOTIS / DECENNALIBVS / SOLVTIS / MDCCCLXXX over small owl standing right between branches, below, AES PRAEBVERVNT NVMMI ANTIQVI CONFLATI. Even brown surfaces, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
France, Napoleonic medal, Treaty of Amiens broken and Hanover occupied, 1803, in bronze (41mm) by Jeuffroy (Bramsen 271). Lacquered, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
France, Chartres, Louis-Philippe I, fire of Chartres Cathedral, (deliberation of the Municipal Council), 1837 Paris, commemorating the fire of Chartres Cathedral in 1836, made with the metal of the melted bells, signed Barre, (56mm). Casting flaws, very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
France, Revolution of 1848, lead medal, "plombe fratricide", depicting protruding cannon ball and French inscription relating to the June uprising, (44mm). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
Germany, bronze medal, Depiction of St Michael's Church, Hamburg, destroyed by fire in 1906, made from melted bell metal, (42mm); Hamburg, bronze medal, depiction of St Nicholas Church, destroyed by fire 5 May 1842, made from the melted copper, (44mm) (illustrated); Ulm, bronze medal, depiction of Ulm Minster, 1923, made from Minster copper, (42mm); Hamburg, copper medal, depicting St Peter's Church, destroyed by fire May 7 1842, made from melted copper, (43mm) (illustrated); Frankenstein, copper medal depicting the Town Hall of Frankenstein, destroyed by fire 24 April 1858, made from roof copper, (41mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Germany, bronze medal, 25th anniversary of the moon landing, 1994, "25 Jahre Mondlandung", depicting astronauts and containing a piece of moon rock, (50mm) (illustrated); Mars Landing, bronze medal, 2012, minted from test metal of the Curiosity Rover, (43mm). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Germany, Society of Franco-Prussian war volunteers, 1905, bronze medal made from captured cannon by Wolff, Berlin, (50mm); another similar but with silvered finish; rectangular plaque, made from the ballast of "Deutschland", Baltimore July 9 1916, depicting a submarine in a cartouche, (82 x 51mm). Toning, extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, Blackpool's Gigantic Wheel, 1928, copper medal made from the remains of the wheel, (32mm); similar piece but in steel, (32mm); British Sailor's Society, copper medal from Nelson's flagship, ring suspension, (19mm); Germany, 1867, "Glocken Metall", Arms of the city of Frankfurt am Main, cathedral destroyed by fire, (41mm); iron medal to commemorate Germany's exploits in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870, cast iron, (41mm) (illustrated). Toning, very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Ireland, lead medal, bust of George IV, c.1825, produced from the ore of the mines of Tygrony, county of Wicklow, a specimen of Irish mineraolgy, (43mm). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Lord Nelson's Ship HMS 'Foudroyant', 1897, in copper (38mm) from the ship after breaking up, obverse, uniformed bust of Nelson facing, reverse, the 'Foudroyant' at anchor (Eimer 1813; BHM 3613). A few very minor edge nicks, otherwise toned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
RAN Relief Fund & King George's Fund For Sailors, July 30, 1942, Guaranteed Souvenir from the Japanese Midget Submarine Sunk in Sydney Harbour, Sunday, May 31st, 1942, a rectangular brass (?) off-cut (51 x 28mm), with Japanese characters on one side, with a pierced hole at edge for attaching 'Guaranteed Souvenir' card with details printed in blue. Good fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $900
Sydney Harbour Bridge, medalet in steel (27 mm) made from rivet (C.ZS/2). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Switzerland, Bern city and canton, bronze medal undated (c.1881), by Durussel, (22.08 g), minted from bronze from the Bronze Age pile dwellings in Morigen (Canton of Bern), Estavayer (Canton of Friborg) and Auvernier (Canton of Neuchatel), obv. view of a pile-dwelling village, rev. The three place names between reed stalks. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
USA, Grand Army of the Republic, medal and pin, 1900, commemorates the 1900 Chicago, Illinois, State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal organization for veterans of the Civil War, made from captured cannon, (70 x 45mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
USA, Grand Army of the Republic, school souvenir shield medal and pin, 1900, commemorates the 1900 Chicago, Illinois, State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal organization for veterans of the Civil War, made from captured cannon, (70 x 45mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
USA, Hartford Bridge, bronze dedication medal, 1908, "Guaranteed by Noble and Westbrook, containing a piece of stone from the bridge, (40mm); South Dakota State Capitol Building, souvenir ingot 1964, containing part of the original copper dome, (86 x 25mm). Toned, very fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
USA, Merrimac, depiction of the ship, made from the armour plate of the ship, (23mm); U.S.S. Olympia, medal made from the propeller of Admiral Dewey's flagship, May 1 1898, (32mm) (illustrated); Statue of Liberty, medal made from authentic material of the statue, 1886-1986, (23mm); South Carolina Confederate War Centennial, medal made from metal recovered at Fort Sumter, (31mm). Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
York Minster, May 20 1840, uniface medal from the oak and bell metal of York Minster, (27mm); another similar, (34mm); uniface medal depicting the Arms of York Minster, May 20 1840, made from bell metal, (26mm) (illustrated); another similar depicting the Arms of York, (23mm); another similar with Arms of York Minster, (27mm); uniface brass roundel, York Minster burned, February 2 1829, (20mm). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
York Minster, 20 May 1840, uniface medal made from the bell metal and wood of York Minster, destroyed by fire, (35mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
World Medals, Argentina, 1902, AE, bust of San Martin, struck from metal of the "Asopo" cannon, (56mm); Germany, 20th Anniversary of Metal Factory Unterfranken, Bad Bruckenau, 1980, facing bust of Gerhard Zapf, rev. Factory view, 1960-1980, (60 mm); State Capitol Raleigh N.C., 1976 medal of building with copper insert in dome; Tasmania, Electrolytic Zinc Co, Risdon, c.1970s, (62mm); memorial Fund For Disaster Relief, aluminium badge, made from scrapped SS20 and Pershing II missiles, 1992. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
Passed in
World Medals, Brooklyn Bridge Centennial, 1883-1983, bronze medal containing a fragment of the original cables, (39mm); Detroit, 14th National Foreign Trade Convention, 1927, copper made from salvaged ships and presented by the Ford Motor Company, depicting a Viking ship, (70mm) (illustrated); Chicago, Peacock and Peacock Jewellers, 1937, bronze medal depicting the Columbian Exposition and the Peacock doors that survived the fire, (71mm). Toning, nearly extremely fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World Medals, copper medal depicting the S.S.John W Brown, 1942-1945, struck from copper retrieved from the ship, (38mm) (illustrated); Airship "Akron", triangular medal depicting the airship, (32 x 28mm); Germany, Taunus Therme Spa Park, Bad Homburg, 1984, medal produced from destroyed building roof copper, (38mm); Aarhus Cathedral, 1 June 1918, medal made from lead of the destroyed cathedral, loop suspension, (28mm); Alesund, 1904, suspension loop medal made from bells of the destroyed church, (24mm). Good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World Medals, Foudroyant, cut-out bronze gilt medal made from the original ship, 1898, (31mm); Victory, 1905, Nelson Centenary, 1905, medalet made from copper of the original ship, (17mm); George V bust, 1911, medalet containing Victory copper, (17mm); Save The Victory Fund, copper medal depicting a flotilla of ships, made from Victory copper, (32mm) (illustrated); USA Battleship Maine, 1898, medal produced from white metal of the ship, W.F.Doll MFG Co, (38mm); V.S.S. Maine, destroyed in Havana Harbour 1898, medal produced from bronze recovered from the ship, (38mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
World Medals, Great Britain, Horatio Bottomley, 1918, cast iron square plaque depicting a bust of Bottomley, made from the iron of the German submarine Deutschland, (174 x 123mmm); also with original International Newsreel photograph of Bottomley, backed by notice of his trial for 'alleged fraud'. Very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
World Medals, HMS Vicory and Foudroyant, 1907, elaborate copper shield with oval portrait of Nelson and a depiction of his ship, presented by Lord Strathcona for Canadian schools, made from copper of the Victory and Foudroyant, (180 x 145 mm) (illustrated); "Hollandia", silver medal depicting the ship Hollandia that foundered on the isles of Scilly, 1743, made from silver recovered from the wreck, (38mm); another similar but in bronze, (both cased with certificates of authenticity). Extremely fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World Medals, cut-out badge of H.M.S. Victory, centenary memento, death of Nelson, 1905, made from copper of the Victory, (8.46 g); Edward VII, Peacemaker, 1910, (8.96 g), made from "Nelson copper", (25mm); Nelson Centenary, 1905, (7.10 g), containing Victory copper, (17mm); British and Foreign Sailors Society, (4.87 g), made from copper from Nelson's ship, (17mm); Nelson Centenary, 1905, (11.84 g), made from Victory copper, (29mm); Canada, Arms of Ontario, 1967, (21.62 g), made from nickel, copper, platinum, gold, zinc, mined in Ontario, (37mm); similar piece, but in nickel; USA, nickel medal 1871, (3.58 g), made from the ruins of the N.W.Show Case Mf'G, (25mm); Canada, busts of George VI and Elizabeth, (17.73 g), struck by the Ford Motor Company, at Windsor, from copper used in the 1937 Ford, (33mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine, scarce. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
World Medals, Great Britain, The Clipper Cutty Sark, oval medal produced from steel in the ship's foremast, built in 1869, (55 x 37 mm); Austria, 25th Anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, depicting five busts, with suspension loop and ribbon, (33mm); Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1901, souvenir for the benefit of the public library, made from the first steel sheet rolled in the state of Wisconsin, (48mm); Malaysia, PATA, 1972, pewter medal made by Selangor, 51mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World Medals, Norwegian-American Copper Mining and Smelting Co, 1907, copper medal depicting the works, (38mm); H.M.S. Victory, Save the Victory Fund, 1924, metal taken from the Victory, (32mm); Germany, Church of the Holy Cross Dresden, 1792-1897, copper medal made from the melted bells, (33mm); USA, U.S.S. South Dakota, 1942, medal coined from the battleship, (38mm); Alaska, Native Copper from Valdez, Alaska, medal depicting view of the town, "Buffet 12 1/2c in Trade check, (28mm) (illustrated). Good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World medals, Russia - USSR Commemorative Medal "Yuri Gagarin - 30th Anniversary of the First Man in Space" 1991, aluminium (from the Vostok-I spacecraft), (9.38 g), obv. Yuri Gagarin bust left wearing spacesuit helmet, GAGARIN below, rev. Vostok-I spacecraft in orbit above earth, with four stars, FIRST MAN IN SPACE / VOSTOK / 12.IV.1961; Bay City Michigan, Masonic Temple destroyed by fire May 19 1903, made from copper taken from the ruins, (33mm); Lord Nelson, small medal with suspension loop, (2.38 g), made from copper from Nelson's flagship Foudroyant, (17mm); Westminster Abbey, medal made from lead from the Abbey during restoration, (31mm); Vancouver, 1892 medal from metal of the wreck of the steamer "Beaver" built 1835, (18.76 g), (35mm); Norway, Nes, burning of the main church in 1854, (13.02 g), made from bell metal, (31mm); USA, 100th Anniversary of Fort Dearborn, Peacock jewellers, 1937, depicting the World's Columbian Exposition ferris wheel and a piece of steel from the Peacock vault door that withstood the great Chicago fire, (31mm); Skylab, 1974, made from aluminium from the Skylab space station, (5.36 g), (36mm); USA, Frigate Constellation, (1797), (13.98 g), struck from metal from the first ship of the US Navy, (32mm). Toning, good very fine - unc. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
World medals, Selby Abbey, 1907 fire, struck from melted roof lead, (38mm); H.M.Submarine Holland I, launched 1901, sunk 1913, recovered 1982, struck from recovered battery lead, (35mm); Argentina, The Military Club 1897, struck from 1817 cannon metal, (38mm) (illustrated); Tasmania, St John's Church Newtown, 1835-1916, struck from bell metal, (31mm); Oval medal struck from ballast on the U Deutschland, July 9 1916, (40 x 25mm); Findlay Ohio, Anniversary of the Application of Natural Gas, 1887, (33mm); California Bicentennial, 1769-1969, made from coins found from an early Spanish Expedition, (32mm); Victory Liberty Loan medal, U.S. Treasury Dept, made from German cannon metal, (30mm). Toning, good very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90