Catalogue
Germany, Napoleonic period, 1816, Celebration of Gebhard von Blucher, Prince of Wahlstatt, iron 80mm, by Konig, bust of Blucher facing left, figure of Victory standing over a fallen enemy.
Estimate $150
Germamy, General Blucher, 1816, in brass (77mm) by Vilder & Ronic, probably cast with swivel hole mount at top and bottom; Electrotype of Success in the National Arts Competition, Queen Victoria, 1857, in bronze (143mm), hollow with brass backing plate; plus plaster casts of classic gems of the renaissance, in a frame. (3)
Estimate $50
Germany, Albrecht Durer silver medal (40.5mm; .900 fine; 25.49g), obverse Albrecht Durer half facing left, reverse, Durer's house in Nuremberg.
Estimate $80
Germany, satirical medal 1914, in the style of Reformation anti-Papal medals, silver 29mm, double heads of France and Russia joined at the neck, “DE HIEBE FRANKREICH AUS LIEBE TEILT MIT RUSSLAND”, rev. busts of John Bull and the Devil joined at the neck, “ENGLISCHE TUCK BELGIENS GESCHICK”, rare.
Estimate $250
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, American Neutrality 1915, bronze 57mm, facing bust of Woodrow Wilson, rev. Uncle Sam seated with canon and holding a ship, (Kinast 149).
Estimate $300
Germany, satirical medal by Karl Goetz, 1915, Sinking of the Lusitania, bronze 54mm, original German striking with spelling “MAI”, view of sinking ship, rev. ticket seller, (Kinast 156).
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Sinking of the submarine U41, 1915, iron 57mm, sailor being shot on board a ship, rev. fist shaking at a British flag, (Kinast 163).
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Searching the Mails 1916, iron 57mm, facing figure of Woodrow Wilson, rev. figure carrying mailbags from a ship, (Kinast 177).
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by H. Lindl, Neutrality or Justice, 1916, iron 74mm, Woodrow Wilson holding a bag of money, rev. a skeleton tilts the scales of justice to favour the British bulldog.
Estimate $400
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Wilson’s Successes 1917, bronze 57mm, Wilson whistling a dragon (China), rev. four figures representing other neutral countries ignoring his call, (Kinast 194).
Estimate $300
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Conditions of the Armistice 1918, bronze 58mm, Uncle Sam and John Bull tying up a figure representing Germany, rev. fists raised in protest, (Kinast 215).
Estimate $220
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Watch on the Rhine 1920, silver 36mm, head of a black soldier facing right, rev. naked woman tied to a phallus, (Kinast 262).
Estimate $400
Germany, Satirical medal by Karl Goetz, Bloodsucker on the Rhine 1923, bronze 60mm, a press squeezing money from a German, rev. a leech sucking blood from a child, (Kinast 294).
Estimate $300
Germany, Republic, Fire Brigade Cross, service medal, first class, in silver; Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz; Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz, badge clip; Republic of Germany Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz; Republic of Germany Fire Service, in metal, enamelled obverse with Fur Ver-Dienste Im Feuer-Schutz, badge clip on back of medal; Republic of Germany badge, long service, twenty five years service, in brass with gold gilt, enamelled obverse, on reverse, badge clip; Service Badges, long service, ten years service, in metal, enamelled obverse; twenty five years service, enamelled obverse, on reverse, badge clip, pencilled number 3; Republic of Germany medal, for bravery, enamelled obverse, on reverse, pencilled number 1; Republic of Germany Fire Service, long service, forty years of service, in brass, fireman's helmet on obverse, on reverse, Fur 40 J'A'Hrige Dienstzeit (For 40 years service period). (10)
Estimate $150
Gambia, George V, Chiefs medal c1934 in silver (77mm 6 thick, 250 g) suspended on silver chain (74 cm).
Estimate $1,500
Hong Kong, Edward VII, coronation 1902, in bronze (39 mm), in box of issue by Edmonds.
Estimate $200
India, Medical College of Bengal, founded 1835, in gold (37 mm; 18.03 g) inscribed "Miss M.C. Murphy/Opthalmic Surgery/1908-1909" (Puddester 845.1.2).
Estimate $2,500
Jamaica, Suffield School, Opened May 2, 1856, in white metal (26mm), with pierced hole at top edge, obverse, image of school, reverse, in the centre, "Members/Upwards Of/30,000/Scholars About/18,000", and around this, "Jubilee Of Baptist Mission Formed Octr 2: 1792".
Estimate $50
Japan, Red Cross Society Golden Order of Merit, ladies issue on bow, with lapel rosette in form of cross.
Estimate $250
King Edawrd VII Schoool, Perak in silver (49 mm) with suspension and ribbon "Finis/Coronat/Opus".
Estimate $500
Netherlands, Amsterdam International Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition, 1883, prize medal in silvered bronze (70mm), by A.Fisch, marked on reverse, 'Medaille (and impressed) D'Argent' (silver medal), unnamed.
Estimate $30
Netherlands, Royal Zoological Society, 60th Anniversary, 1888, in bronze (42 mm), with research.
Estimate $70
Sarawak, Public Service Long Service Badge, in silver and enamel, pin-back, hallmarked for Birmingham 1948, named on reverse, "Jili Bin Hassan/11-9-1950".
Estimate $300
South Africa, Grigualand, handcrafted in silver (71 x 91 mm) "We are Brothers" rev. "Cornelius Kok (CL) Captain of The Grigua bringing friendship with the English Government" (translator for the Dutch).
Estimate $1,500
Sweden, Christian Frederik Herbst, in bronze, (45 mm), 1818.
Estimate $100
Sweden, Oscar II, 70th birthday, in white metal, (56mm), 1899, by A. Lindberg, obv. bare head left, OSCAR II SVERIGES OCH NORGES KONUNG 70 AR 21 JANUARY 1899, rev. crown surrounded by sunrays, memorable life events of the king between each.
Estimate $100
United Nations, Peace Medal, silver proof, 1972 (38mm; ASW .8029oz).
Estimate $60
USA, War with Mexico 1846-48, South Carolina, service medal in silver (48mm) for the Palmetto Regiment (South Carolina Volunteers), inscribed to 'James S. Moore.'
Estimate $600
USA, Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, established 1850, in silver (64 mm) by Mitchell "2d/Vanity of Flowers/to A.P. Hillbrand".
Estimate $500
USA, Sunday School Centenary Offering, 1866, medal in white metal and another in bronze (41.5mm), obverse, boy kneeling in front of a seated lady with the legend, Mrs. Susanna Wesley, Teaching Her Son John./Feed My Lambs", reverse an image of Dickinson College and above is, "Religion And Science"; another similar medal for S.S. Centenary Offering 1866, obverse, similar to first two medals, reverse, a building with four people and below, "DEd Oct 30. 1768" and the bottom legend, "Wesley Chapel & Parsonage.John St. N.Y.". (3)
Estimate $300