Catalogue
World Medals, S.S.Mauretania, 1935, bronze medallion made from metal from the ship, with ribbon, (33mm); Panama offical bronze souvenir medal of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco 1915, (24mm); Australia, Queen Victoria 60th Year of Reign, made from copper of the Mount Lyell mine Tasmania, (31mm); USA, The Eagle Has Landed, July 1969, white metal medal depicting the moon landing, (31mm); USA Our Standard Bearer, bust of Grant, medal made of Utah copper for the Salt Lake Tabernacle, 1941, (28mm); Union Pacific, lucky piece, 1934, medal made from aluminium in the new Pacific train, (32mm); Germany, Crash of Zeppelin near Echterdingen, 1908, bust of Graf von Zeppelin, made from wreckage material of the Airship Z.4, (33mm). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
World Medals, submarine "Deutschland", visit to Baltimore, brass medal set within a large iron cross, 1916, to commemorate the arrival of the first commercial submarine, surrounding depiction of submarine sailing, made from iron carried to America by the submarine, (73mm). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
World Medals, USA, mini-coin, 1971, silver coin made from silver carried to the moon on the flight of Apollo 14; Statue of Liberty, medal and folder, Postal Commemorative Society, 1985, (38mm); Continental Currency Dollar 1776, pewter replica of the dollar; USSR, peace medal, 1988 Disarmament Ruble, "made from missile metal", of reclaimed Soviet SS-4 rockets, (40mm); China, Beijing Public Transport Commission medal, gold plated, in case of issue, (50mm). Good very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60