World War I Silver Medal to 267812 PTE W. Robertson Royal Highlanders along with a cased 5 pieces set of miniature medals. Comes with a 1953 QE II Coronation tin
France Henri III and Rene de Birage 1577 38mm in bronze, Obverse: Laureate bust of King Henri III right, HENRICVS . III . D.G. FRANCOR. ET. POL. REX. 1574, Reverse: Bare headed bust of Chancellor Renew de Birague right, RENATVS. BIRAGVS. FRANCIAE. CANCEL. NGC MS62BN
FRANCE, Henri I de Lorraine (1550-1588), Duke of Guise, Bronze Medal, circa 1580s, by an uncertain medallist, 48mm, 52.0g, graded NGC MS63 BN. Armoured and laureate bust right, legend HENRY DE LOR DVC DE GVISE; reverse, a ploughman guiding a plough to right, tree at left, above a radiant sun with human face dispersing clouds, legend DISCVTIT VT COELO PHOEBVS PAX NVBILA TERRIS. An attractive Renaissance medallic issue celebrating the Duke of Guise as a bringer of peace and stability, the reverse legend translating as "As Phoebus scatters the clouds from the heavens, so Peace scatters them from the earth."
Religious Medal, 1608, silver, 23mm, 6.4 grammes. Obverse: the Good Shepherd standing facing, holding staff, between two sheep, legend REGIT ME DOMINVS. Reverse: angel hovering above a walled city, legend SOLI DEO GLORIA ANNO 1608. An attractive early 17th Century Continental religious medal, probably German or Swiss and Protestant in character, the obverse legend taken from Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd / the Lord guides me,” and the reverse motto translating as “To God alone be glory.” Fine style and pleasingly compact module, VF, interesting and presumed rare
Italy, Paolo Giordano II 1635, 32mm in copper by Johann Jakob Kornmann, Obverse: Bust left PAVL. IORD. II. BRACC. DVX. PLVMB. P, Reverse: Fortuna with wheel, D.G.ANG.M.COM.C.V.O.R.DOM.S.R.I.PRINC, NGC MS62BN
Charles I Peace or War 1643 29mm diameter in bronze by T.Rawlins. Eimer 142 Obv. Bust right laureate, armoured and draped. CAROLVS. D:G. ANG.SCO.FR.ET.HIB.REX Rev. Sword and olive branch, crossed, between the letters CR crowned N. VTRVMQVE. PARATVS Exergue 1643 VG
Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, British Colonisation, 1670, silver medal by John Roettier, 41mm, Obverse: Conjoined busts of Charles II and Catherine right, CAROLVS ET CATHARINA REX ET REGINA, Reverse: A globe showing the British colonies, with ships at sea beyond, DIFFVSVS IN ORBE BRITANNVS, MI i 546/203, Eimer 245, Betts 44. VF/Fine, a collectable example of this popular Restoration colonial medal.
Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey (2) the first 1678, 39mm diameter in silver by G. Bower, Eimer 257a Obverse:- bust right being strangled by his own cravat, MORIENDO. RESTITVIT. REM. E. GODFREY, Rev:-. TANTVM. RELLIGIO. POTVIT., A man strangling a prone figure, Pope standing left blessing the event and holding a Bullo (decree) Edge: CERVICE. FRACTA. FIDEM. SVSTVLIT. ATLAS. XNS. 1678 GF/NVF, the second with similar obverse, the reverse Heads of the Pope and the Devil joined to form one face, ECCLESIA PERVERSA. TENET. FACIEM. DIABOLI. 38mm diameter in silver Eimer 259 Fine
Duke of Monmouth Beheaded 1685 48mm diameter in brass by G. Bower (?) in the style of Eimer 279, much of the lettering appears crudely styled, 30.34 grammes, Near Fine, pierced at the top, possibly a contemporary copy
James II, 1685, Military and Naval Reward medal, a uniface bronze example of the obverse, 63mm diameter, 129 grammes, after John Roettier, Obverse: Draped bust of James II right with long hair, IACOBVS II DEI GRA ANG SCO FRA ET HIB REX, Reverse: Plain, the normal reverse for Eimer 282 with trophy of arms and naval action absent on this uniface piece, MI i 617/29, Eimer 282. Weakly struck, or possibly cast, with some softness to the portrait and legend, VF. The type is generally accepted as a Military and Naval Reward medal of James II, connected with the forces opposing the Monmouth and Argyle rebellions, though this uniface bronze example is best regarded as an unusual related striking or cast example rather than necessarily an awarded specimen.
Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops 1688 Eimer 288b (cast, 50mm diameter with plain edge) Obverse: Bust facing right wearing a cap and clerically robed GVIL.SNCROFT.ARCHIEPISC.CANTAVR.1688. Reverse: Seven medallions containing busts, clerically robed, of William Lloyd, Francis Turner, John Lake, Henry Compton, Thomas Ken, Thomas White, and Sir John Trelawney, a field of stars, 18.8 grams EF once cleaned now re-toning
Medals (2) James II / Glorious Revolution, Religious State of England, 1688, a crude lead or lead-alloy cast copy after the medal by Jan Smeltzing, 59mm diameter, 60 grammes, Obverse: Pedestal inscribed BRITANNIA, bearing ecclesiastical objects, with scroll above, LIBERTAS CONSCIENTIAE HOC MONILI ORNATA around, the scroll inscription partly legible and referring to C. FAGELII EPISTOLA EFFLAGITATA A I. STEWARDO 1687, Reverse: A dog wearing a rosary, one paw raised upon a pillar or book, RES IMMODERATA CUPIDO EST around, MDCLXXXVIII in exergue, after MI i 620/35. Crude cast Fine, the legends partly weak and some details indistinct, with the usual surface irregularity and softness associated with cast lead fabric. An interesting old copy of this rare Dutch satirical medal relating to James II, religious toleration and the political background to the Glorious Revolution. Along with United States, Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909, silvered base metal medal by Emil Fuchs, 32mm diameter, 13 grammes, Obverse: Classical architectural setting with three seated figures representing Steam Navigation, History and Commerce, portrait medallion of Robert Fulton above, ROBERT FULTON 1765-1815, in exergue FIRST USE OF STEAM IN NAVIGATION ON THE HUDSON RIVER 1807, Reverse: Henry Hudson and sailors on the deck of the Halve Maene, DISCOVERY OF HUDSON RIVER BY HENRY HUDSON A.D. MDCIX around, with THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY and HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION COMM. below, HALVE MAENE in exergue. Good, worn and with much detail and parts of the legends weak, nevertheless a recognisable example of the small silvered issue for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
Trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell 1710 cast, 35mm diameter in silver, Obverse: Bust almost facing, H : SACH . D : D: Reverse: A mitre, : IS : FIRM : :TO : THEE: MI ii 367/250, Eimer 442, 10.8 grammes, Near Fine along with Abdication of James II 1688 38mm diameter in white metal, unsigned (struck around 1788) Obverse: Bust of William III right, laureate GVLIELMVS . III . DEI . GRATIA. Reverse: James II accompanied in a rowing boat, on the Thames throws the Great Seal into the river, JAMES II ABDICATION, date 1688 in exergue, MI i 646/75, BHM 287, Eimer 301, 16.70 grammes, NVF with some surface marks
Act of Toleration 1689 49mm diameter I silver Eimer 314 by P.H.Muller , Obverse Bust right, laureate, armoured and draped, GVILIELMVS REX ANGL. SCOT. FRANC. ET HYBERN. PATRIAE DECVS ANGLIAE PRAESIDIVM Reverse Britannia, accompanied by Religion and Liberty, grasps the hand of William. TE SERVATORE NON SERIMUS. Exergue: RESTITUTORI BRITANNIAE 1689 edge (by F.Kleinert) REGIA, CREDE MIHI, RES EST, SUCCURRERE LAPSIS AU/UNC
Austria-Hungary, Charles VI (as Charles III of Hungary), Coronation Medal 1712, Copper, 48mm, 43.0g. Obverse: armoured equestrian figure riding right with raised sword, legend HVNG ET HISP REX CAROLVS TERTIVS and associated coronation inscription, dated in exergue POSONII 1712. Reverse: radiant sunburst with central letter C above the terrestrial globe amongst clouds, legend CONSTANTIA ET FORTITVDINE, the outer inscription after Ovid. Issued to commemorate the Coronation of Charles VI as King of Hungary at Pressburg (Pozsony, now Bratislava) in 1712. NGC graded MS63 BN, a choice Mint State example with full original detail, attractive even brown surfaces and considerable eye appeal. Rare in this state of preservation.
Netherlands / Orange-Nassau, ND(1734) William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain, silver medal, 28mm diameter, 9 grammes, by Martin Holtzhey, Obverse: Bust of William IV right, W.C.H.F. PRINCEPS AVR ET NAS, signed HOLTZHEY F. below, Reverse: Bust of Anne left, ANNE M BRIT PRINCIPIS AVR VXOR. UNC/AU, the obverse sharp and pleasant the reverse with some uneven toning, a pleasing small silver medal depicting William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau, and his wife Anne, daughter of George II of Great Britain.
George II, Battle of Dettingen 1743, copper/bronze medal by T. Tibbs, 37mm, Eimer 576, MI ii 578/215. Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of George II left, GEORGIVS II REX. Reverse: Justice seated left holding scales and sword, PARCERE SVBIECTIS ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS, in exergue DETTINGEN MDCCXLIII. VF, with some surface marks and evidence of once having been gilded, an interesting historical medal commemorating the last occasion on which a reigning British monarch personally led troops in battle (13.4 grams)
Coronation of George III 1761 34mm diameter in silver by L. Natter. Obverse: Bust right laureate and armoured, GEORGIVS. III. D.G. M. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. F.D. Reverse the king enthroned, left crowned by Britannia standing before him. PATRIAE. OVANTI Exergue. CORONAT. XXII. SEPT. CDDCCLXI, BHM 22/23, Eimer 694, 18.47 grammes, NEF with some thin scratches in the obverse field
Marriage of George III and Queen Charlotte 1761 26mm diameter (2) in silver and copper, unsigned, Obverse: Conjoined busts right, GEORGIVS . III . ET . CHARLOTTA . With REX ET REG on a banner below, Reverse: A cherub carrying a scroll inscribed FELICITAS . BRITANNIÆ. Two Hearts and a crown above, a view of London below dividing sprays of laurel and oak. In Exergue: DIIS AUSPICIBUS / MDCCLXI, BHM 17var. silver 4.10 grammes, Fine, copper 5.67 grammes, About Fine, the reverse with a rim cud, along with Membership Club Union Token 1788 Society Ticket, 25mm diameter in bronze, both obverse and reverse showing clasped hand with legend UNION above and 1788 below, possibly with USA or Mormon connections, 5.46 grammes, Good Fine
Death of Thomas Snelling 1773 40mm diameter in bronze by L. Pingo, Obverse: bust right, draped, THOMAS SNELLING, Reverse: OBIIT DIE II MAI MDCCLXXIII ETAT LXI, in 5 lines within a wreath, MERVISTI, BHM 180, Eimer 749, 26.26 grammes, EF, the reverse with minor surface marks. Note: Thomas Snelling (1712-1773) numismatist and antiquary was author of various works cataloguing British and continental coinage. He was the most celebrated London Coin dealer of his day with premises in Fleet Street patronised by members of the Royal family
Germany. Religious Devotional Medal, undated. Obverse: kneeling supplicant before Crucifixion scene, cityscape with church spires and distant mountains beyond, legend IESU DU SOHN DAVID ERBARME DICH MEIN, inner inscription LASS DIR AN MEINER GNADE GENÜGEN, Reverse: dove in flight beneath radiant sunburst, heavenly hand issuing from clouds holding crown, legend CORONAM E DECORAM SERVATOR CONFERT ET SERVAT; in exergue NON EST MORTALE QUOD OPTO. Silver, 26mm, 4.6g. VF
France, Jean-Jacques Barthelemely, French Writer, Archaeologist and Numismatist, 42mm in bronze by B. Duvivier, Obverse: Bust left, draped, J.JAC. BARTHELEMY NAT. CASSICI IN PROVINC . 1716, OBIT PARIS . 1795, Reverse: Legend in 11 lines: VIRO / REI NTIQUARIAE / PERITISSIMO, / PHOEN. ET PALMYR LINGG. / ELEMENTOR. RESTITUTORI / INSCRIPT. ET GALL. ACADEM. SOCIO, / NUMISM. GAZPOPHYL PRAESIDI / ANACHARSEOS PER GRAEG. / INITER: ENARRATORI / P.S.B. DUVIVIER OIFF . MEM / CAELAT ET DIC, Hennin 633, NGC MS62BN
Russia - Count Alexander Suvorov, Italian Campaign medal 1799, copper/bronze, 48mm, 57g, by C.H. Küchler, Soho Mint. Obverse: Bust right, draped and cuirassed, ALEX. SUWOROW PRINC. ITAL. COM. RIMNIKS., C.H.K. below truncation. Reverse: Suvorov as Mars standing, holding spear and clasping the hand of Italia seated on a globe, a defeated French soldier kneeling to left, ITALIAE LIBERATOR, MDCCXCIX in exergue, Diakov 248.1, scarce About EF with contact marks
Sir Ralph Abercrombie 1801, 41mm diameter in bronze by T.Webb, Obverse: Uniformed bust of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, facing, LIEUT: GENL: SIR R : ABERCROMBIE, Reverse: A horse right, pawing with his left foreleg, in front of the three pyramids of Giza. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT . In Exergue: 8 MARCH 1801, BHM 504, Eimer 929, NGC MS63BN scarce thus, Number 8 of Mudie's National Medals (issued 1820)
George Frederick Cooke, actor, 1805, bronze medal by Thomas Webb, 53mm, Obverse: Bust of Cooke, GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE, Reverse: VELUTI / IN / SPECULUM / MDCCCV, BHM 570, Eimer 973. Uncirculated as it is housed in what appears to be a contemporary circular box, a pleasing and unusually well-preserved example of this theatrical medal.
Death of Charles James Fox 1806 39mm in bronze, unsigned, Obverse: Bust left, CHARLES JAMES FOX APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE FEBy 11 1806, Reverse: Legend within an open palm wreath: REVERED FORTALENT FORTITUDE & PATRIOTISM, BORN JANY 13 1749 DIED SEPr 13 1806, 24.66 grammes, BHM 609, NGC MS63BN
Lord Milton 1807 36mm diameter in White Metal, by E. Thomason, an election medal or ticket, Obverse: LORD MILTON ELECTED M.P. FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK 1807 in six lines, within a wreath, Fame above, Reverse: SUCCESS TO THE FRIENDS OF MILTON within a wreath, 10.30 grammes, BHM 623, Eimer 982, GVF/NEF, holed at the top. Note: Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (1786-1857) was a Whig MP for Yorkshire 1807-1831. Along with GRAND NATIONAL JUBILEE George III Accession 1809 White Metal 38mm holed for suspension
France, First Empire, Visit of the King and Queen of Bavaria to the Paris Medal Mint 1810, silver medal by Bertrand Andrieu, under the direction of Denon, Bramsen 939, Essling 1278, 40mm, 37 grammes, conjoined busts of Maximilian I Joseph King of Bavaria and Queen Caroline right, unsigned legend less obverse with ANDRIEU F. on truncation and DENON DIR. below, reverse inscription in seven lines LL. MM. / LE ROI ET LA REINE / DE BAVIERE / VISITENT LA MONNAIE / DES MEDAILLES / EN FEVRIER / MDCCCX, EF or near so
Germany, Nuremberg. White Metal Jetton commemorating the Allied Victory at the Battle of Leipzig, 1813. Obverse: facing busts of Emperor Franz I of Austria and Tsar Alexander I of Russia, legend FRANZ I KAISER V OESTERREICH / ALEXANDER KAISER V RUSSLAND, JETTON below busts. Reverse: battle scene before cityscape of Leipzig, surmounted by Imperial Russian eagle holding orb and sceptre, legend DIE ENTSCHEID SCHLACHT DER ALLIIRTEN BEY LEIPZIG, exergue DEN 18–19 OCT 1813. White metal, 32mm, 12.0g. An historically important Napoleonic Wars commemorative jetton issued following the Battle of the Nations. Practically as struck with an even tone, a small planchet crack below the busts
France, Napoleon Bonaparte, St Helena Medal 1815, Bronze, 42mm, by Thomas Webb and George Mills, Bramsen 1710, BHM 891, obverse bust of Napoleon right, legend NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, reverse Napoleon seated upon a rock at St Helena, History kneeling before him with scroll, Fame above sounding a trumpet, exergue NAPOLEON AT ST HELENA. NGC graded MS63 BN, an attractive Mint State example with sharply defined detail throughout. Scarce in bronze and seldom encountered certified in Mint State.
Jetton 1815 Wellington meets Blucher at Waterloo Silver or silvered bronze, 33mm, 12 grams, facing busts obverse with the legend HERZOG VON WELLINGTON FURTS VON BLUCHER with JETTON beneath the busts the reverse has soldiers with a city in the background and the legend SCHLACHTBEI LABELLE ALLIANCE and in the exergue V 15 BIS 18 JUN 1815 Prooflike AU and toning
The Great Waterloo Medal, after Benedetto Pistrucci, uniface bronze electrotype copy of the obverse, c.1849–52 or later, 135mm diameter, Obverse: The conjoined busts of the four Allied sovereigns left, George, Prince Regent, Francis I of Austria, Alexander I of Russia and Frederick William III of Prussia, within an elaborate allegorical border with Apollo in his chariot above, the Hours below and attendant classical figures around, Reverse: Blank/uniface, the normal reverse of the full medal absent, BHM 870, Eimer 1067. The electrotype with ragged copper shell edges extending beyond the outer rim, as often seen on unfinished or mounted electrotype shells, otherwise with impressive high relief and strong visual impact, EF with some minor surface porosity. With the wooden frame in which the piece was formerly housed. An imposing display example of Pistrucci' s celebrated Waterloo Medal, the original medal famously being produced only as electrotypes and soft impressions owing to the exceptional size and difficulty of the dies.
Death of Princess Charlotte 1817 50mm diameter in bronze, by T. Wyon after P. Turnerelli with left facing bust of the Princess and narrative reverse BHM 943 EF with some gentle edge faults
France 1817 L.J. Bourbon, 41mm in bronze by E. Dubois, Obverse: Bust left in military uniform, L.J. BOURBON PRINCE DE CONDE, Reverse: Legend in 5 lines: AU / NESTOR / DE L'ARMÉE / FRANCAISE / 1817, NGC MS63BN desirable thus
France, Monument to Ludwig XVIII 1817, 38mm in bronze by Desboves, Obverse: Statue on plinth, LVDOVICVS . XVIII . D.G. GALL. ET. NAV. REX, Reverse: Legend in 8 lines: LVDOVICO / DESIDERATO / ACAD. ART. GALL. ROM. / PATRONO. ET. PRAESIDIO. SVO / STATVAMIN. AEDIB. / PON. CVR. / A.D.VI. KAL. SEPTEMB./ MDCCCXVII, 29.80 grammes, NGC MS62BN
William Shakespeare, 1818. Bronze Medal from the Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium, by Jean-Jacques Barré, published by Pierre-Amédée Durand, Paris, 41mm, 38g. Obverse, bare bust of Shakespeare left, legend GULIELMUS SHAKESPEARE, signed below the truncation. Reverse, eight-line inscription NATUS STRATFORDIAE IN BRITANNIA AN. M.D.LXIV. OBIIT AN. M.DC.XVI. SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM M.DCCC.XVIII, with DURAND EDIDIT below. Plain edge. Unc or near so with a few flecks of verdigris. A handsome portrait medal of England's greatest dramatist, issued as part of Durand's celebrated nineteenth-century series depicting the world's most illustrious historical figures.
Death of George III 1820, Copper Medal by C.H. Küchler, 48mm, 58.8g. Armoured and draped bust of King George III left, GEORGIUS III D:G. BRITANNIARUM REX FID. DEF. &. Reverse, seven-line inscription within an oak wreath NATUS IVNII IV MDCCXXXVIII / IMPERIUM ACCEPIT OCT. XXV MDCCLX / EXCESSIT JAN. XXIX MDCCCXX, surrounding legend PATER PATRIAE. Eimer 1121, BHM 991. Uncirculated, chocolate-brown surfaces, a few light stains on the reverse, otherwise a superior example of this large and impressive official memorial medal.
Coronation of George IV 1821 35mm diameter in copper by B. Pistrucci, The Official Royal Mint issue, Eimer 1146, Obverse: Bust left Laureate GEORGIUS IIII D.G. BRITANNIARUM REX F.D. Reverse: George IV enthroned, left, crowned by Victory, behind, before him stand Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO in exergue: INAUGURATUS/ DIE. JULII. XIX. /ANNO.MDCCCXXI, EF
George IV (1820–1830), Coronation, 19 July 1821. Bronze Medal by John Gregory Hancock, 45mm, 39.0g. Obverse, bare head of George IV left, GEORGE IV above, ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE JAN. 29. 1820 IN THE 58 YEAR OF HIS AGE around. Reverse, the Imperial Crown above intertwined sprays of the Rose, Thistle and Shamrock, CORONATION above and AT WESTMINSTER JULY 19 1821 below. Plain edge. Eimer 1145; Brown, British Historical Medals 1077. Extremely Fine, with a gentle edge bruise. A handsome and historically important coronation medal commemorating the magnificent Westminster Abbey ceremony of 19 July 1821, one of the most lavish and spectacular coronations ever staged by the British monarchy.
Medals (3) Coronation of George IV 1821 40mm diameter white metal by Wells VF with contact marks and rare. Coronation of William IV 1831 55mm diameter in White Metal by T.W. Ingram, Obverse: Britannia, with Hibernia and Scotia, offering a crown to the King and Queen standing right, Fame flying above. In Exergue: CROWNED SEPr 8th 1831, Reverse: Legend in 7 lines, KING WILLIAM IV / BORN AUGt. 13th. 1765 / QUEEN ADELAIDE / BORN AUGt. 13th. 1792 /MARRIED JULY 11. 1818 / ASCENDED JUNE 29 / 1830 within a closed wreath, 58.37 grammes, BHM 1484, GVF/NEF the obverse with some corrosion spots near the rim. Sir Ronald Crauford Ferguson 1833 49mm diameter in copper, by W. Bain, Obverse: Head of Sir Ronald Ferguson right, Reverse: TO GENERAL SIR R.C. FERGUSON K.C.B. M.P. MDCCCXXXIII -W.Bain. Within a closed wreath, LET GRATEFUL ART RECORD THE PTRIOT'S NAME, 48.72 grammes, BHM 1650, Eimer 1268, About EF/EF with some contact marks and small rim nicks
Germany, Prussia. Commemorative Bronze Medal, 1822, issued to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Reign of King Frederick William III of Prussia. By G. Loos and F. König. Obverse: laureate bust of Frederick William III facing left, legend FRID. WILHELMVS III PER XXV ANN. BORVSS. REX., signed below truncation BG G, LOOS DIR. F. KÖNIG FEC. Reverse: classical Genius standing beside flaming altar and column, placing cover upon the sacred flame, legend GENIO AVGVSTI; in exergue D. XVI M. NOV. ANN. MDCCCXXII. Bronze, 43mm, 39.0g. Choice UNC with attractive original surfaces and a light touch of green patina.
Wurttemberg Birth of Crown Prince Karl (later King Karl I of Württemberg) on 6 March 1823 by C Voigt, copper, 42mm diameter, 38 grams has conjoined busts obverse Wilhelm I and Pauline with the legend DEN VIELGELIEBTEN KOENIGS PAAR EIN TREUES VOLK the reverse has Germania holding the baby and the legend DANKET DEM HERRN DENN ER IST FREUNDLICH and in the exergue MDCCCXXIII VI MERZ. Unc or near so and pleasing, two small flecks of green patina hardly detract
Germany, Prussia. Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797–1840), Silver Prize Medal of the Royal Academy of Arts, Berlin, by C. Pfeuffer and J. L. Jachtmann. (circa 1820-1830) Obverse: bare head left, legend FRIEDRICH WILHELM III KOENIG VON PREUSSEN, signed C. PFEUFFER FEC. Reverse: artist kneeling at work beside sculptural pedestal, signed IACHTMANN F. on truncation, legend ANERKENNUNG DES FLEISSES, exergue KOENIGL. ACADEMIE DER KUNSTE, signed GOETZ F. Silver, 33mm, 21.0g. Extremely Fine. .with one gentle edge bruise
Medals (3) Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Death, 1827, copper medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, 60mm, Obverse: Bare head of Frederick, Duke of York right in high relief, FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY, Reverse: ADMIRABLE AND EXEMPLARY in 23 lines, a long laudatory inscription recording his public virtues and service as Commander-in-Chief, BHM 1283, Eimer 1189, Stef. pl. 26, Marsh pl. 20. EF, with attractive copper tone, the high relief portrait well defined, a pleasing example of this substantial Pistrucci medal commemorating the death of the Duke of York. Recovery of the Prince of Wales From Typhoid 1872, 45mm diameter in White Metal, by T. Ottley, Obverse Draped bust of the Prince of Wales facing, head turned to the right, Legend on a wide border HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, Reverse: Eye of Providence above inscription within an open wreath, Inscription in 10 lines: TO / COMMEMORATE / THE / NATIONAL THANKSGIVING / FOR THE RESTRORATION TO / HEALTH / OF H.R.H. THE / PRINCE OF WALES / FEBRUARY / 1872, 26.52 grammes, BHM 2925 (smaller variety), Near EF with some contact marks and hairlines. Death of Thomas Coats 1883 49mm diameter in bronze, by N.Macphail, Obverse: Bust left THOMAS COATS, Reverse: View of the Observatory, Paisley, OBSERVATORY PAISLEY, BHM 3147, Eimer 1698, UNC with a spot reverse field
York Minster 1829 Choir of York Minster Destroyed by Fire 45mm diameter in White Metal by Hardy Obverse: View of York Minster, In Exergue: YORK MINSTER 1829, Reverse: The interior of the cathedral, In Exergue: THE CHOIR OF YORK MINSTER DESTROYED BY FIRE FEBry 2nd 1829, a choice example as it comes in a Mahogony presentation box with a silver plate on the lid "YORK MINSTER BURNT FEB 2 1829" where it has likely remained since 1829
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