Medals (4) Thomason's Bronze Vase 1821 54mm diameter in bronze by E.Thomason, Obverse: The vase standing on a pedestal, THE THOMASON METALLIC VASE 21 FEETIN CIRCUMFERENCE & 55 FEET 10 IN. IN HEIGHT, Reverse; Another view of the vase BEGUN IN THE 54TH YEAR OF KING GEORGE THE III AND COMPLETED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF GEORGE IV, 66.18 grammes, BHM 1176, VF with some contact marks and small spots, Thomason's Bronze Vase 1829 52mm diameter in white metal by E.Thomason, Obverse: The vase standing on a pedestal, THOMASON'S METALLIC BRONZE VAZSE. PRECISELY THE SIZE OF THE MARBLE AT WARWICK CASTLE. Below: OCCUPIED 6 YEARS TO MODEL CAST AND SCULPTURE in three lines, Reverse: Another view of the vase 21 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND 5 FEET 10 IN. IN HEIGHT. Below: BRONZED IN DEVOTOXIDE in 1820, ACQUIRED A PER OXIDE IN 1820. 39.24 grammes, BHM 1359, Fine or better with a little blistering in places, Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1830 46mm diameter in white metal by T. Halliday, Obverse: Bust of George Stephenson left GEORGE STEPENSON ESQ. ENGINEER, Reverse: A viaduct with an engine and trucks upon it, tall trees to left. Above: BRIDGE AT NEWTON, In Exergue: LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY OPENED 15th SEPT. 15 1830 Good Fine with some small blisters, holed at the top, Centenary of the Birth of George Stephenson 1881 45mm diameter in white metal by T.P. Chapman, Obverse: Bust of George Stephenson left: GEORGE STEPHENSON BORN JUNE 9th 1781 AT WYLAM. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. DIED AUG. 17 1848, Reverse: Stephenson's Rocket. Below: THE ROCKET 1830 GEORGE STEPHENSON CENTENARY MEDAL, 27.64 grammes, BHM 3097, Eimer 1681b, VF
Institution of Civil Engineers, The Stephenson Medal 1848 47mm diameter by J.S and A.B. Wyon Obverse: Bust left, GEORGE STEPHENSON B. 1781 D. 1848 THE INST. C.E. INCORP. 1828, Reverse: View of a locomotive, marked No.2 on its side LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE BUILT BY GEORGE STEPHENSON 1816, BHM 2311, Eimer 1429, 59.60 grammes, A/UNC
Simon de Passe tokens or counters in silver (3) the designs incuse, Stephen 1154 26mm diameter, Obverse: Full length portrait of the King, Reverse: Crowned shield, RAINED 18 YEARS . BVRIED AT FEVERSHAM , Fine, Elizabeth I 1603 Obverse: The Queen enthroned, Reverse: Coat of Arms within Order of the Garter, RAINED 44 YEARS, Fine, Charles I 1630 Obverse: Charles enthroned, CAROLVS PRINCEPS NAT. 29 MAII 1630Reverse Four oval shields, joined in the centre, Fine,
Italy - Tuscany, Order of St. Joseph, Knight's Star in gold and enamel, 58mm x 38mm , gross weight 13.77 grammes, a six-armed cross, with ball finials with red-enamelled gold rays between each quadrant. Obverse: A figure of St. Joseph with UBIQUE SIMILITUS in a red enamelled border, Reverse: withy the inscription S J F 1807, NEF with some of the red enamel missing from the top of the medal below the crown suspension. The Order of Saint Joseph was instituted in 1807 by Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, (during his reign as Grand Duke of Wurzburg) and transformed in 1817 into a Tuscan Roman Catholic Dynastic Order. It is awarded for services towards Tuscan culture and civilisation and to the Grand Ducal Houses as a whole. The order was originally divided into civil and military categories, although these are now defunct. It is now divided into three levels: Knight's Grand Cross (30 members), Commander (60 members) and Knights (150 members). Sovereigns, Heads of State, and Princes of the Grand Ducal House and other Royal Houses, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and Tuscan Metropolitan Archbishops were excluded form the count. All members had to be Catholics and the number of women could not exceed fifty (excluding Princesses of the Grand Ducal and other Royal Houses, wives of Heads of State and Dames of the Order of Saint Stephen).
India, East Indian Railway opened to Rajmahal, 1860, 73mm diameter in silver, unsigned (after W. Wyon), Obverse: Coroneted head of Victoria, left, VICTORIA REGINA Reverse: THE ESAT INDIAN RAILWAY PROJECTED BY ROWLAND MACDONALD STEPHENSON, GEORGE TURNBULL BEING CHIEF ENGINEER WAS COMMENCVED IN THE XVth YEAR OF THE REIGN OF VICTORIA, JAMES ANDREW MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE K.T. BEING GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA; AND WAS OPENED TO RAJMAHALIN THE XXIVth YEAR OF THE SAME GRACIOUS REIGN : CHARLES JOHN EARL CANNING. C.C.B. BEING VICEROY AND GOVERNOR GENERAL. A.D. MDCCCLX. Legend in 16 lines, Outer legend PROSPER THOU THE WORK OF OUR HANDS UPON US! O PROSPER THOU OUR HANDY-WORK . Ps.XC. Named to W. Parker Inspector and Platelayer N.W.P. October 15th 1860, Pudd. 860.2, 90.83 grammes, VF lightly cleaned, now colourfully retoned
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Opened 1830 (2) the first 46mm diameter in bronze, unsigned, Eimer 1224, BHM 1459, Obverse: Bust left GEO. STEPHENSON ESQ. ENGINEER, Reverse train crossing viaduct in a landscape, BRIDGE AT NEWTON., In Exergue: LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY OPENED SEPT. 15 1830 GVF/NEF, the second, similar, in white metal, NVF/VF with some contact marks
Alexander II, Visit to the City of London 1874, Eimer 1634/BHM 2981, Welch 14, A uniface reverse medal, Reverse: Londinia, attended by two cupids, welcomes the Czar standing opposite her. Peace, her wings outstretched, stands over the couple, To left, an altar decorated with the Russian eagle. SERVORUM EMNACIPATOR LIBERAE CIVITATIS HOSPES XVIII MAII MDCCCLXXIV. In Exergue: LONDINI VF, cleaned and lacquered, unusual. Joseph Fry Bicentenary 1928, 51mm diameter in bronze, by H.Youngman, Eimer 2013, BHM 4221, Obverse: Bust left, draped and wearing a hat, JOSEPH FRY 1728-1787, Reverse: A flourishing cocoa plant upon the globe, J.S.FRY & SONS Ltd BICENTENARY 1928, UNC boxed. Sinking of the S.S. Lusitania 1915 55mm diameter Eimer 1941A, BHM 4118 EF with some rust spots, boxed with newspaper cutting, the box lid detached. Replica Oliver CromwellDeath Medal, original by J.Dassier 37mm diameter in white metal EF. 150th Anniversary of the World's First Public Railway, by the Nordon Art Company, Obverse: Bust of George Stephenson facing, Father of the Railways, 1781-1848, Reverse: The 'Locomotion No.1' 1825 and British Rail High Speed Train 1975, WORLD'S FIRST PUBLIC RAILWAY. THEC STOCKTON & DARLINGTON , UNC and lustrous, boxed
Simon De Passe Counters, or Gambling Counters in silver 1630-1635 (17) each depicting a full length portrait of the monarch or ruler on the obverse, and a coat of arms on the reverse with obverse legends giving details of the reign, Royal subjects depicted, some stating the dates of their deaths, are:- Harold II (1066), Edward the Confessor (1066), William II (1100), Stephen (1154), Henry II (1189), Richard I (1199), Edward I (1307), Edward II (1327), Henry IV (1412), Edward V (1483), Richard III (1485), Elizabeth I (2) (1601), Frederick (1628), a Charles Iundated issue, a Prince Charles piece (1630) and a later issue or reissue of similar style of Anne, the reverse stating 'Buried at Westminster', in mixed grades average VF
First World War 1914-15 Star (naming erased), Victory Medals (x2, T4-110201 Dvr C. Hayes ASC & 9537 Pte. H.J.Huggins R.Suss. R.), Special Constabulary Medals, GVI issues (x2, Stephen G. Green & Robert T. Driscoll), ImperialService Medals, EIIR issues (x2 George Vincent Dowling & Alec Allan Donaldson), these in cases of issue. Rifle Club medal. GVF. (8)
Visit of KingGeorge V and Queen Mary to India 1911-12, silver, in 15ct gold glazed mount and chain, rim of mount engraved "H.M.S. Renown 1905-6 S. Bryant. Together with an attractive colour certificate to Stephen Bryant to commemorate the presentation of Boer War Medals by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York in New Zealand on 22nd June 1901.
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