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Edward VII, large silver 55mm, cased official 1902 Coronation medal; Small Heath Photographic Society 1905 medal cased, by Vaughton of Birmingham, to W.R. Cooke; Kintyre Society 1845 engraved medal with loop support, 2nd Fresh Butter; Salisbury Band contest, St Giles, Dartford etc. band medals a mounted group of five in silver; others (5). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
London schools, Boy Scouts, Royal Engineers (2) for swimming life saving, rowing, to D.Redfern 1929, silver (4), bronze (4). Very fine. (8)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Sir Winston Churchill, 1965 commemorative medal in gold 22ct, 38.5mm diameter, 40grams, by Toye Kenning & Spencer of London, in case of issue. FDC.
Estimate $450
SOLD $500
Churchill Centenary Trust, collection of twenty four gilt sterling silver medallions, by John Pinches, in presentation album. Brilliant FDC. (24)
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Britannia Commemorative Society, proof commemorative silver medals (45mm) including Oliver Cromwell, Stanley and Livingstone Centennial, Henry VIII, Francis Bacon, Conquest of Mt Everest, Monmouth's Rebellion, George Bernard Shaw, Roman Britian, Rudyard Kipling. Individually encased in plastic. Nearly FDC - FDC. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Kings and Queens of England, Edward the Confessor - George VI, medallions in sterling silver (44mm, 40.8gms) presented in a custom made album. Nearly FDC - FDC. (43)
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Royal Air Force Museum, History of Man in Flight, fifty sterling silver medals (37.6gms, 44mm) depicting the men associated with the history of flight, medals and text presented in two albums. FDC. (50)
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Grand Lodge of England, etc, cased set of enamelled Imperial decorations, Star of India enamelled badge London June 17th 1910, Justice Truth awards, one silver by Fettoriani name/recipient erased. Machester Unity of Odd Fellows badge and sash. Very fine or better. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Ireland, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society, instituted. 1841, prize medal in silver (44mm) by Ingram, obv., allegorical figures amidst farming scene, rev., inscribed to 'William Mulligan /Lisnashambo /1849' within floral border, legend around, edge inscribed 'For the Greatest Quantity of Thorough Draining in the Dromore Farming Society'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Ireland, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society, instituted 1841, Dromore Farming Society 1856, prize medal in silver (43mm) by Jones, obv., crowned harp with legend around, rev., inscribed 'To/ John Mulligan/ Hillsborough/ for/ the Best Cow' within wreath. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $110
Ireland, Cork Industrial Exhibition, 1883, in bronze (70mm), obv. ship in centre of stylised trefoil, rev. Irish harp within stylised border, inscribed 'Highest Award for Revolving Shutters / Salmon Barnes & Co'. Edge knicks, otherwise FDC.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Great Britain, model bimettalic crown by Hyams (Victoria Gothic bust), gilt centre with silver plated annulus, 1848, 27mm diameter, (Rogers 205). Extremely fine and rare with full plating.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Great Britain, new model bimettalic crown by Allen & Moore (Victoria Gothic bust), gilt centre with silver plated annulus, nd., 27mm diameter, obv. Britannia and Hercules standing on an island around Victoria Gothic bust, rev. shield insert, (Rogers 212). Extremely fine and rare with full plating.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Great Britain, model florin with a Gothic bust of Queen Victoria, 1849, rev. One Tenth of a Pound, Model Florin around, brass, 26mm diameter, (Rogers 216, RRR). Edge knock, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Great Britain, model florin with God Save The Queen obverse around a seated Britannia and seahorses, rev. Model 2 Shillings crowned within wreath, 27mm diameter, silver gilt on copper (white plated copper), (Rogers 217, RR). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Prince of Wales's box; lid with Prince of Wales feathers, containing royal children medalets (Rogers 4121 box, and nos. 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277 a complete set except for Prince Arthur Patrick), all 8.5mm diameter medals in 17mm brass box, Mostly very fine - extremely fine and all rare. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Great Britain, a white five pound banknote box by Lauer c.1880 with a top-hatted huntsman and horse leaping a fence on reverse, (Rogers 4200), also containing a shilling and a penny (Rogers 415, 420). Good fine with some minor areas of gilding missing, gilt on iron and extremely rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Great Britain, round card box of Queen Victoria (old head) containing a set of miniature toy coins from one farthing to one pound, by L.Chr. Lauer, (Nuremberg), 37mm x 14mm; dark blue edge, (Rogers 4230); toy coins (Rogers 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, 610, 611, 612, 614, 615, 616, 618). Coins and cash box, extremely fine - uncirculated as a unit excessively rare and noted as known, but not seen by Rogers, hovever it is illustrated in his book. (13)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with British coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; dark blue with gold and red with wire handle, with store ticket 'Hamleys' underneath, (Rogers 4400); together with removable brass cash tray (not recorded elsewhere) and a set of Lauer Edward VII 1902 type toy coins (14), sovereign (2), half sovereign (2), crown, shillings (4), half crown, florin, shilling, sixpences (2), threepence, pennies (2), (Rogers 730-733, 735-739, 742). Coins and cash box, extremely fine - uncirculated as a unit very rare. (15)
Estimate $280
SOLD $0
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with British coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; dark blue with gold and red with wire handle, (Rogers 4400); and a complete set of Great Britain wreath type coins (Rogers 1020-1028) half crown (6), florin (6), shillings (5), sixpences (5), pennies (8) and halfpennies (7), (Rogers 1020-1026). Coins mostly extremely fine - uncirculated, the cash box very fine and as a unit very rare. (38)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Great Britain, cash box by German maker Lauer with Swiss toy coins, japanned iron 48 x 34 x 14 mm; c.1888, dark blue with gold and red without handle, (Rogers 4400); twenty francs to two rappen, (missing ten francs and one rappen), (Rogers 2340, 2342 (2), 2343-8, 2349 (2) both in zinc and not copper. Coins and cash box, very fine - extremely fine, rare. (12)
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
Great Britain, Halfpenny box by Allen & Moore in gilt brass, obv. young head of Queen Victoria, 1849, rev. half Penny Box within wreath (similar to shilling box), 29mm diameter x 3mm, (cf.Rogers 4081 and 4060). Stained, unrecorded very fine or better fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Great Britain, William Cole's box in gilt brass, obv. Willm Cole Liverpool Street; rev. Great Britain Royal Arms as on Windsor Castle box, 23.5mm diameter x 4mm, (cf.Rogers 4100). Unrecorded good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Great Britain's Hope Box, gilt brass 28mm, 8.5mm deep, plain edge, obv. The Queen, Prince Albert and Britain's Hope, base, crowned royal arms within a wreath of oak and laurel; Rogers 4155 (RR) (p.230). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Great Britain, Ten Commandments box (c.mid-late 19th century) of iron with rough dark patina, probably of German manufacture for English market, obv. lid Christ crucified, rev. base of Christ risen from the grave, with inserts in lead ten commandments script (30mm), the Lord's Prayer (25mm), the Creed (30mm). Unrecorded in either Cribb Collection of Religious medals in the British Museum or in Rogers, very fine, medals better and extremely rare. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Chistmas box by Allen & Moore with four medals (bracteates); lid with two Victorian gentlemen wishing each other A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, bottom Chistmas Present over a basket of fruit and a table laden with game and meat, The medal scenes are 'The Party', 'The Dance', 'A Hand of Cards' and 'The Mistletoe Bough'. Unrecorded (Rogers -), 34 x 6 mm, extremely fine and extremely rare. (5)
Estimate $220
SOLD $150
Great Britain box medallion set, c.19th century, gilt brass 25mm, 10mm deep, threaded edge, titled The Seasons of Life, with four gilt brass medals (as counters) each different with the portraits of Infancy, Youth, Maturity and Old Age as the obverse and a reverse a wreath with title of medallet; Rogers -. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Great Britain, a white five pound banknote box by Lauer c.1880 with a top-hatted huntsman and horse leaping a fence on reverse, (Rogers 4200). Fine with some gilding missing, gilt on iron and extremely rare.
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Crown box by Lauer Nurnberg in gilt brass, obv. young head of Queen Victoria, 1896, rev. shield on crown as on sovereign, around Minature Money of All Nations, 36mm diameter x 6mm, (cf.Rogers 4245). Unrecorded extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Great Britain, florin box, in iron, obv. as old head florin of Queen Victoria, rev. as reverse of florin 1900, with edge milling of 7 theoretical florins, 30mm diameter, 13mm thick, (Rogers -). Unlisted, very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220