Olympic Games 1906 Intercalated Summer Olympics Participation medal 50mm diameter in gold-plated bronze, by N.Lytras, Obverse: Nike holding laurel wreath over phoenix emerging from flames, Acropolis in background, Reverse: Greek legend in 4 lines within a laurel wreath, 1906 on plate below, GVF with some plating worn away, especially on the obverse. Note: The Intercalated Summer Olympics was attended by athletes from 20 countries, held in Athens, Greece, this was considered to be Olympic games and was referred to as the 'Second International Olympic Games in Athens' bt the International Olympic Committee, however the medals that were distributed are not officially recognised by the Olympic Committee. It was intended to hold the event every four years in Greece in the intermediate years between the Official Olympic Games, however, only the 1906 event actually took place. The games were groundbreaking in many ways. This was the first Olympic event to have an opening ceremony, a closing ceremony and also the first to have an athletes village. It also featured raising of flags for the winning athletes for the first time, these all continue today.
Olympic Games 1908 Commemorative Medal 50mm diameter in white metal by B. Mackennal, Obverse: A figure of Fame standing upon a globe, facing, head right, the trumpet and palm branch, ELIS ATHENS PARIS ST.LOUIS LONDON to left and IN COMMEMORATIONOF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908 to the right, VAUGHTON on the edge, 52.19 grammes, Eimer 1904, BHM 3963, GVF/VF with a slightly uneven tone
Indian Olympic Games 14th Bombay 1950 52mm diameter in gilt bronze Obverse: The Gateway of India, XIV INDIAN OLYMPIC GAMES BOMBAY 1950 and the Olympic rings, Reverse: Classical athlete riding a quadriga, weight 55.54 grammes, GEF in soft pouch case. Cataloguers note: The 1950 Indian Olympics were held in Bombay for the second time. The Games were due to be held in Bengal, who were unable to stage the event, and at just three months notice, Bombay organised and staged the Games. The Games were held between 4th and 13th February 1950.
MunichOlympics 1972 Gold Commemorative Medal (.585 stamp) Koln Cathedral obverse, Olympic rings reverse 22mm diameter and mounted on a gold chain, this also marked .585 (total weight 29 grams)
Olympic (2) 1968 Diamond Jubilee 80mm diameter bronze Pierre De Coubertin left facing portrait obverse, reverse world map with female allegorical figure Spanish inscription lists all the cities and dates of previous Olympics from Athens 1896 to Mexico City 1968 Unc. Los Angeles 1984 38mm White Metal Souvenir Medal Unc in perspex holder
14th Indian Olympic Games Bombay 1950 52mm diameter in gilt bronze Obverse: The Gateway of India, XIV INDIAN OLYMPIC GAMES BOMBAY 1950 and the Olympic rings, Reverse: Classical athlete riding a quadriga, weight 55.54 grammes, GEF in soft pouch case. Cataloguers note: The 1950 Indian Olympics were held in Bombay for the second time. The Games were due to be held in Bengal, who were unable to stage the event, and at just three months notice, Bombay organised and staged the Games. The Games were held between 4th and 13th February 1950.
Medals a small group (5) Prince Albert Chancellor of Cambridge University 1847, 58mm diameter in silver by G.G.Adams, Eimer 1417 Obverse: Bust left ALBERTUS PRINCEPS, Reverse: CELSISSIUM PRINCEPEM ALBERTUM CANCELLARIUM SUUM FAUSTO FELICIQUE OMINE INAUGURATUM LAETA CONSPICITACADEMIA CANTABRIGIENSIS JULII VI MDCCCXLVII EF and attractively toned. Richard Sainthill 1855 58mm diameter in bronze, by L.C.Wyon, Obverse: Bust right RICHARD. SAINTHILL. OF. TOPSHAM. DEVONSHIRE. NUMISMATIST. BORN. JAN. 28 1787. Olympic Games 1908 Commemorative Medal 51mm diameter in bronze Eimer 1904 by B.Mackennal Obverse: Fame standing upon a globe, facing, with head right, with trumpet and palm branch ELIS ATHENS PARIS ST.LOUIS LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908, Reverse: a quadriga advancing left driven by two standing figures EF. British War Medal 1914-1918 awarded to Pte. J.H.West Yorkshire Light Infantry. Pte.West was killed in action on October 22, 1918, and is buried at Doncaster (Hyde Park) Cemetery Panel. KX416. Lusitania Medal 1915 UNC with some surface corrosion, in the box of issue
Olympic Games 1908 London, Commemorative medal 50mm diameter by B.Mackennal, silvered and toned, Eimer 1904 Obverse Fame standing upon a globe, facing, head right with trumpet and palm branch ELIS ATHENS PARIS St. LOUIS LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908 Reverse a quadriga advancing left, driven by two standing figures, inscribed Laughton on the edge About EF in the red box of issue
Olympic Games London 1908 Commemorative Medal 50mm diameter in silver bronze, by B.Mackennal, Eimer 1904 Obverse Fame standing upon a globe, facing, head right with trumpet and palm branch ELIS ATHENS PARIS St. LOUIS LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908 Reverse a quadriga advancing left, driven by two standing figures, inscribed Laughton on the edge EF in the blue presentation box of issue (no catch), with OLYMPIC GAMES. STEWARD. LONDON. 1908. in gold on the lid
Italy- Merano Commune Token 5 Marenghi in silver, UNC boxed, unlisted by Krause 'Unusual World Coins', Australia - Visit of the Italian President 1988 56mm diameter in .986 silver UNC boxed, Visit of Czar Alexander II to London 1874 76mm diameter in bronze Good Fine, Australia Bicentenary 1988 Education medal in cupro-nickel, UNC in the folder of issue, Italian National Olympic Committee a huge 100mm diameter medal weighing 592 grammes in silvered bronze VF, Italy 37th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Italian Labour Union 1986 95mm x 65mm in bronze, UNC in the case of issue with certificate, as part of a group of World Medals a wide ranging group (14) in mixed grades with some prize medals in base metal, plus pin badges including Italia 90 Football and Barcelona 1992 Olympics, these in mixed condition
MunichOlympic Games 1972 an 18-piece set each florin sixed and in .999 silver by the Franklin Mint showing 18 different Olympic Sports nFDC to FDC in the brown box of issue
Medals in white metal and Prize medals in silver, (28) many 18th or 19th Century includes 1936 BerlinOlympicbadge enamelled, a wide range of types, in mixed grades
Olympic Games 1908 London, Commemorative medal 50mm diameter by B.Mackennal, silvered and toned, Eimer 1904 Obverse Fame standing upon a globe, facing, head right with trumpet and palm branch ELIS ATHENS PARIS St. LOUIS LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908 Reverse a quadriga advancing left, driven by two standing figures, inscribed Vaughton on the edge NEF
Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1969 a 3-medal set in silver 58mm diameter, 45mm diameter and 32mm diameter by John PinchesEimer 2116a, 2116b and 2116c UNC in the dated box of issue, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977 Silver ingot/first day cover set with 4 stamps, UNC in the box of issue, Canada a 3-ingot set in silver 1976 MontrealOlympics each with Canadian stamp designs and weighing 16 grammes of .999 silver UNC in the box of issue with stamps, The New Millennium Group Silver Ingot One ounce of Silver Proof FDC in the box of issue with certificate, along with a group of Medals, Tokens and fantasies includes some larger European modern bronze types (17) some EF to GEF, St Helena Crown 1978 Enamelled in four colours, fair workmanship, on a chain, boxed, Australia Broken Hill Co-Op Tokens One Loaf (36) 28mm diameter in aluminium UNC, Enamelled Shillings (3) 1887Jubilee Head (2), 1890, Enamelled Sixpence 1887 Jubilee Head, fair workmanship, Penny 1891 VG, Threepence 1909 VG, Shilling 1826 set in a swivel mount Fine, gilded, and a locket made from a 1952 Halfpenny, along with letter from Central ScotlandPolice detailing the award of a Good Conduct medal and with the ribbon attached
Olympic Games 1948 London 51mm diameter in bronze by J.R.Pinches/B/Mackennal Eimer 2076 Obv: View of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben within a semi-circular compartment, below, XIV.OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948 and the Olympic rings, Reverse a quadriga advancing left driven by two standing figures A/UNC
Churchill Centenary Medals by John Pinches 1973 for the Churchill Centenary Trust, 24 silver Crown size medals each around 25 grammes, in an album. nFDC with House of Commons letter, Great Britons Medallic First Day Covers 4 coin cover set, along with GB and world these including 1964 Tokyo Olympics 1000 Yen and a Spanish silver 5 pesetas (lot)
Olympic Games 1908 London, Commemorative medal 50mm diameter by B.Mackennal, silvered and toned, Eimer 1904 Obverse Fame standing upon a globe, facing, head right with trumpet and palm branch ELIS ATHENS PARIS St. LOUIS LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN LONDON 1908 Reverse a quadriga advancing left, driven by two standing figures, inscribed Laughton on the edge, NEF
Olympic Games, London, 1908, a bronze medal for Lawn Tennis Men's Doubles by B. Mackennal for Vaughton, two allegorical figures seated holding a wreath above a standing figure, rev. St George riding left over dragon, angel at left, un-named, edge stamped vaughton, 33mm (GV 62.1; BHM 3964; E 1905; Peers, The Medal 23, p.31, fig.3). VF and very rare, in a contemporary box by Fattorini (Skipton and Bolton), we note a similar Olympic bronze medal realised over £4000 in auction in 2015. Cataloguers Note: The Olympic bronze medals for Men's Lawn Tennis Doubles were won in the 1908 London Games by Clement Cazalet and Charles Dixon
Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 40mm diameter Judge's breast badge, VF in damaged box, Nazi canteen token 50 Reichspfennig 1939 Fine with some verdigris, Anglo-German Youth Movement badge Capel Morris 1936 England, by Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Regent Street London in three colours
Winter Olympics Grenoble 1968, by Querdle, silvered bronze, 68mm., bust of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the International Olympic Committee). In case, GVF.
A mixed group plenty in silver and including Victoria, an interesting Napoleon and Josephine Hotel De Ville AN XIII in silver, MoscowOlympics, a uniface GB 1945 set in need of further research and more (lot)
Canadian Olympics, Montreal 1976 "The Official Platinum Award" by Pobjoy Mint. 22mm dia. In case with certificate, 7.96 grams of 950/1000 pure Platinum
World (5) Belgium Rubens portrait medal by Hart 1840 bronze 72mm., FranceParis Geographical Society medal for China 1901 by L.Bottee gilt metal, France Vichy Medal "Source des Celestins bronze, 67mm., Switzerland Christoforo Colombo medal 1953 silvered metal, Japan Tokyo Olympics Medal 1964 gilt metal. GVF. (5).
Medals (15) 2005 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in bronze, Battle of Waterloo 175th Anniversary 63mm diameter in Bronze, 1988 Spanish Armada 400th Anniversary 63mm diameter in bronze, Dhurva Mistry Millennium Medal 63mm in bronze, British Numismatic Society Centenary Medal 44mm diameter in Bronze, VictoriaGolden Jubilee Centenary 1987 Two ounces of .999 silver, Eurotunnel Celebration 1994 50mm diameter in Cupro-nickel, Singapore the Unfinished medallion 1984 in bronze, 21st Birthday of the Princess of Wales 1982 in cupro-nickel, Los AngelesOlympics 1984 in cupro-nickel, PopeJohn Paul II British Visit 1982 in cupro-nickel (2), Shakespeare Festival 1983 in cupro-nickel, Netherlands Rijks Museum 100 Years 1985 in bronze, plus an amateur gardening medal in base metal mostly UNC many in the cases of issue some with certificates
Assorted world medals & tokens (40), mainly base metal includes "VW" car pin and 1936 BerlinOlympicBadge, enamelled. Mixed grades & includes some copies
The Official Medals of the 20th Olympic Games Berlin 1972 an 18-piece set each in .999 silver and weighing 19.6 grammes each medal depicting a different Olympic event nFDC in the brown case as issued with certificate
Olympic Games, London 1908 by B.Mackennal, bronze, 50mm., obv. Fame standing holding trumpet and palm branch, with inscription "in commemoration of the Olympic games held in London 1908". Rev. A quadriga advancing left. GVF.
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