World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

WORLD COINS 

AFGHANISTAN 

433 Shahi Kings of Kabul and Ghandara, Silver and 

Billon Units (8) (Mitch Oriental 106ff) and Jitals 

(35). Fine to very fine. (43) £80-100 

429 The Hope for Neutrality, Copper Jeton, 1671, 

Utrecht, the Belgic Lion to left, rev arms of the even 

Provinces around Liberty hat, SED CONSTANT 

LIBRA …, 34.5mm (Dugn 4289; vL III, 44). Extremely 

fine. £40-60 

434 Central Asia / Persia / Afghanistan, Silver Coins 

(64), including Safavid, Ilkhanid and related. 

Generally fine to extremely fine. (64) £300-500 

AUSTRALIA 

430 J Pipenpoix, Treasurer of Brussels, Copper Jeton, 

1674, arms, rev St Michael of Brussels (Dugn 4431); 

others (3), Charles II, Bureau des Finances, 1676, 

bust right (Dugn 4361); Léonard van der Noot, 

Baron Kieseghem, Supervisor of the Canals of 

Brussels, 1676, arms, rev fountain (Dugn 4367); 

Philip van de Wauwere, arms, rev Jason and the 

Golden Fleece (Dugn 4411). Very fine, first and last 

perhaps better. (4) £120-150 

435 George V (1910-1936), Florin, 1917 (KM 27), good 

very fine, some original brilliance; Shilling, 1915, 

Sixpence, 1919, Threepence, 1917, these generally 

very fine or better. (4) £80-120 

436 George V, Canberra Florin, 1927. Some scuffs, about 

extremely fine with lustre. £80-100 

437 19 th Century Copper Penny Tokens (23) and 

Halfpenny Tokens (5), various issues. Generally 

fine though several better pieces, worthy of carfeul 

study. (28) £100-150 

BAHAMAS 

431 Jean Heymans, Treasurer of Brussels, Copper 

Jeton (1680), for the marriage of Charles II and 

Marie-Louise d’Orléans, arms, rev Juno enthroned 

holding linked shields, DVRABIT AMORIS PAX … 

(Dugn 4433); another, 1683, rev the Hôtel de Ville, 

Brussels; other Copper Jetons (4), Charles II, 

Bureau des Finances, 1681, Antwerp, bust right, 

rev Royal arms (Dugn 4459); Bureau des Finances, 

1684, the 20 Year truce, military trophies, rev Royal 

arms (Dugn 4493); 1687, arms, rev ship sails in 

favourable winds (Dugn 4534); J-B de Leeuwen, 

arms, rev clasped hands above lion (Dugn 4643). 

All very fine, last better. (6) £180-220 

432 France, The King’s Council, Silver Jetons (3), Henri 

IV, 1600, Royal arms, rev Peace and Justice, THEMIS 

CVM PACE RESVRGIT (Feu 82); Louis XIII, 1640, 

Punishment of Rouen, Royal arms, rev flowering 

thistle, NEFAS TETIGISSE CORONAM (Feu 156); 

1650, Preparations for war at Dunkirk, Royal arms, 

rev an axe held over a Spanish lion (Feu 7395; Dugn 

4132). First and last fine, second better. (3) £100-150 

438 Elizabeth II (1952- ), Set of “Uncirculated” Coins, 

1966, by the Royal Mint, comprising silver 5- 

Dollars to Cent, in case of issue; France, Fleurs de 

Coins Set, 1973, 10-Francs to Centime, in card case, 

these as issued; George III, ‘Cartwheel’ Twopence, 

1797, very fine. (lot) £60-80 

CANADA 

439 Bank and other Copper Tokens (8); Professor 

Holloway Tokens (5), 1857 (2), 1858 (3); others (2). 

Generally fine or nearly so. (15) £30-50 

CHINA 

440 Chou Dynasty (770-476 BC), Bronze Hollow 

Handle Spades (3), assorted Bronze Knives (4), Ant 

Nose Money (6) and multiple Cash (6). Spades and 

knives with minor faults, the coins fine. (19) £80-100

CYPRUS 

441 Bronze and Iron Cash Coins (56), Sung to Qing 

Dynasties. Some identified in holders, mostly fair to 

fine, a few better. £80-100 

446 Victoria (1837-1901), Silver 18-Piastres, 9-Piastres, 

4½-Piastres and 3-Pistares, 1901 (KM 7, 6, 5, 4). 

Generally fine or slightly better. (4) £80-100 

447 Victoria, Bronze Piastres (8), 1879, 1881H, 1885, 

1886, 1887, 1890, 1895, 1896 (KM 3.1, 3.2). 1879, 

1885, 1887 and 1896 better than fine, the others less so, 

a few rare. (8) £150-200 

448 Victoria, Bronze ½-Piastres (9), 1879, 1881, 1881H, 

1882H, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1891 (KM 2). Last 

two fair, all others fine to about very fine, some rare. 

(9) £150-200 

442 Warring States Dynasty, Bronze Round Coins with 

round central hole (5), several varieties (Ding 

pp.43-45). Patinated, fine. (5) £100-150 

443 Miscellaneous Chinese Cash (approx 140), Chou to 

Qing Dynasty, various sizes and grades including 

three iron and one Ming Knife. Mixed grades. 

(lot) £100-150 

444 Miscellaneous Chinese Cash (approx 95), from 

Northern Sung and Qing Dynasty (72), and Chinese 

Milled coins in Cupro Nickel (7) and Brass (16). 

Mixed grades. (lot) £50-70 

449 Edward VII (1901-1910), Silver 18-Piastres and 9- 

Piastres, 1907 (KM 10, 9). Second fine, the first better, 

both rare. (2) £200-250 

445 Central Mint at Tientsin, Silver Dollar, Kuang Hsu 

Year 3 (1911) (L&M 37); Chinese milled copper (6) 

and brass (1) coins. First fine with chops, the others fine 

to good very fine, some with red lustre. (8) £100-150 

450 George V (1910-1936), Silver 45-Piastres (3), 1928 

(KM 19). Good extremely fine, extremely fine with 

some toning and very fine with a couple of nicks. 

(3) £200-250

DENMARK 

455 Svend Estridsen (1047-1075), Silver Penning, 

Slagelse mint, cross formed of annulets and saltires, 

rev short cross voided, each limb terminating in 

three crescents, Θ L + in angles, 0.99g (Hauberg 

45). Few peck marks, toned, very fine. £250-350 

451 George V, Silver 18-Piastres (2), 1913, 1921 (KM 14). 

Both fine to good fine, first very rare. (2) £200-250 

456 Harthacnut (1035-1042), Silver Penning, Aarhus 

mint, radiate bust left with sceptre within inner 

circle, rev anchor cross within inner circle, 0.68g 

(Hauberg 47). Flan crack at five o’clock, peck marks 

and once cleaned, good fine, a scarce type. £280-300 

EGYPT 

452 George V, Silver 9-Piastres (3), 1913, 1919, 1921 

(KM 13), 4½-Piastres, 1921 (KM 15). All fine or 

better, the first rare. (4) £100-120 

457 Private Issue Aluminium Tokens (8), 20 th Century. 

Extremely fine. (8) £30-50 

FRANCE 

453 George V, Bronze Piastres (3), 1922, 1927, 1930 (KM 

18), ½-Piastres (3), 1922, 1930, 1931 (KM 17). First 

fine, the other better, both dated 1922 rare. (6) £120-150 

454 Archbishop Makarios Fund Issues, Silver Medallic 

3-Pounds (3), 6-Pounds (3) and 12-Pounds (3), 

1974 (KM XM8, XM6, XM9), 500-Mils, 1970 (KM 

43), Proof 500-Mils and 1-Pound, 1976 (KM 45a, 

46a). All choice uncirculated. (12) £200-250 

458 Louis XV, Silver Ecu, 1726P (Dijon) (KM 472.16); 

other French coins in silver (14) and copper (13), 

French Tokens and Jetons in copper and brass (11) 

and other coins (2). First good fine, others fair to fine. 

(41) £200-250 

459 19 th and 20 th Century Coins, a large quantity, 

including silver coins (75). Varied conditions, some 

scarce. (lot) £200-250

GERMANY 

460 Westphalia, Hieronymus Napoleon (1807-1813), 

Gold 20-Francs, 1808C, Clausthal (F 3517). Very 

fine. £250-300 

ex Hess-Divo Auction 309, 28 April 2008, lot 803 

461 A Post World War II Collection of Coins (approx 

500), including all denominations from Pfennig 

to 5-Marks except the 2-Marks, and includes one 

10-Marks, the coins mostly date from 1948 in the 

case of the Pfennigs and 1949-1950 for all other 

denominations, but also includes a few earlier 

pieces. Conditions vary from average circulated to 

extremely fine or better for the later issues, an interesting 

lot especially for the date/mintmark collector with many 

scarce and rare issues. (lot) £250-300 

466 Republic, Silver 20-Drachmai (2), 10-Drachmai, 

1930 (KM 73, 72). First two very fine, last better and 

thus scarce. (3) £50-70 

467 Paul (1947-1964), Silver “Five Kings” Commemorative 

30-Drachmai (11), 1963; with “Wedding” 

Commemorative 30-Drachmai, 1964, and Silver 

20-Drachmai, 1960 (KM 86, 87, 85). Extremely fine to 

uncirculated. (13) £120-150 

GREECE 

462 John Kapodistrias (1828-1831), Copper 5-Lepta (3), 

10-Lepta (6), 20-Lepta, 1828-1831 (KM 2, 3, 12, 11). 

Generally fair, one or two better, most damaged and one 

holed. (10) £100-120 

468 Constantine II (1964-1973), Silver 100-Drachmai 

(2), 50-Drachmai (2), 1970 (but dated 1967), 

commemorating the so called “Colonel’s coup” of 

21 April 1967 (KM 94, 93). One 50-Drachmai toned, 

otherwise all uncirculated and scare. (4) £200-250 

463 Otho (1832-1862), Silver Drachma (2), 1832, 1833A 

(KM 15), ½-Drachma (2), 1833, 1834A (KM 19). 

1833A Drachma fine and scarce, the others better. 

(4) £120-150 

464 Otho, Copper 10-Lepta (15), 5-Lepta (14), 2-Lepta 

(15) and 1-Lepton (13), including almost all dates 

with the exception of the very rare key varieties 

such as the 1836 5-Lepta and 1834 1-Lepton. A few 

damaged and only fair but many dates and denominations 

in fine condition, with the odd piece better, many rare, a 

fantastic starter lot. (57) £300-400 

469 Proof Silver 100-Drachmai (2), 1978, commemorating 

the 50 th Anniversary of the Bank of 

Greece, and 1988, commemorating the 28 th Chess 

Olympics (KM 121, 152), with Proof 1-Drachma, 

2-Drachmai, 5-Drachmai and 10-Drachmai, 1965 

(KM 81-84). First two in sealed plastic as issued, all 

FDC. (6) £120-150 

465 George I (1863-1913), Silver 2-Drachmai, 1873, 1- 

Drachma (2), 1868, 1873 (KM 39, 38). All very fine or 

better, the first with some field hairlines. (3) £150-200 

470 Ionian Islands, ½-Obol (4), 1-Obol and 2-Oboli, 

1819-1820 (KM 31-33). Generally fine, the larger 

pieces somewhat better. (6) £100-120

471 Ionian Islands, 30-Lepta (7) and 1-Lepton (8), a 

complete set comprising all dates, including the 

rare 1848 (KM 35, 34). The 30-Lepta of 1852 and 1862 

extremely fine, all others generally fine, some better. 

(15) £200-250 

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 

479 Mughal, Early Mughal Silver Coins (10), including 

Babur, Akbar and Shah Jahan. Generally very fine. 

(10) £150-180 

480 Mughal, A Selection of Copper Coins (approx 48), 

including Humayun (5), Akbar (30), including a 

full Tanka of Ahmadabad, Jahangir (3). Fine to very 

fine. (lot) £120-180 

481 Awadh, Silver Rupees (19), 19 th Century . Very fine 

and better. (19) £250-300 

472 The Salian Dynasty of Franconia (1024-1125), 

Henry IV (1056-1106), Silver Denier, Dortmund, 

Royal mint, crowned bearded bust left holding 

sceptre in front, +HENRICVS RX, rev cross with 

pellet in each quarter, +THRTMANONIE, 1.44g 

(Dannenberg 761). Slightly wavy flan, once cleaned, 

but full legends and strong portrait, very fine. £250-300 

HONG KONG 

482 Baroda, Hand-struck Copper Coins (36), various 

types, most identified in envelopes. Very good to 

very fine. (36) £70-90 

483 Bundi, Victoria, Silver Rupee (KM Y9); Edward VII 

(2), Silver Rupees (2) (KM Y14). All very fine. 

(3) £40-60 

484 Indore, Silver ½-Rupees (2), ¼-Rupees (4) (KM 72, 

71); Mewar, Silver Rupees (5), 1842-1890, 1858- 

1920 (KM Y5, Y11). Generally very fine to good very 

fine. (11) £80-120 

485 Mewar, Silver Rupees (2), 1858-1920 (KM Y11). 


473 5-Cents (9), 1888 (2), 1889 (2), 1890 (2), 1892 (2), 

1935 (KM 5, 18a). Fine to very fine. (11) £20-30 

INDIA 

474 Ancient, Kosala, Punchmarked Silver ¼-Satamanas 

(6), 5 th Century BC (Mitch ACW 3867-69). One with 

broken section, generally very fine. (6) £50-60 

475 Ancient, Hepthalites (6 th Century AD), Copper 

Staters (32), anonymous later derivatives of 

Toramana Coinage (Mitch 3796ff). Generally fine to 

very fine. (32) £100-150 

476 Ancient, Kushan, Vima Kaphises (c.100-127), 

Copper Tetradrachm, Vima Kadphises standing, 

sacrificing over altar, trident in left field, tamgha 

above club in right, rev Siva standing facing, 

holding trident, the bull Nandi behind (Gobl 762); 

Huvishka (c.152-190 AD), Copper Tetradrachm, 

elephant type. Both about very fine. (2) £40-60 

477 Sultans of Gujarat, a group of Copper Coins (38), 

mainly Mahmud I. Fine to very fine. (38) £70-90 

478 Sultans of Gujarat, A Collection of Copper Coins 

(approx 300), various rulers, many identified in 

envelopes. Condition very mixed but a good starter 

collection. (lot) £280-320 

486 Mysore, Tipu Sultan (AH 1215-1227; 1787-1799 

AD), Copper Paisa (4), Farrukhi AH1217 (KM 

53.2); Kalikut (2) (KM 72, -); Patan (KM 123.5). Fine 

to very fine. (4) £70-90 

487 Mysore, Copper Coins of Tipu Sultan (17), 

including Paisas (9), Farrukhi, AM 1217 (3), 1218 

(3), no date visible (2), and Farrukhyab Hisar, AM 

1218 (2), date not clear (1); ½-Paisas (4), Farrukhyab 

Hisar AM 1217, 1218, Faiz Hisar AM 1222, no date 

visible, ¼-Paisas (2), of Faiz Hisar, date not clear. 

Generally fine to very fine. (17) £120-180 

488 Mysore, Anonymous, Kasu (9) (KM 149, 153), ½- 

Kasu (2) (KM 148). Fine to very fine. (11) £50-70 

489 Nagas of Narwar, Small Copper Coins (approx 

200). Generally very fine. (lot) £70-90

ISLAMIC 

490 Porbandar, Silver Koris (9) (KM C38). Very fine to 

extremely fine. (9) £40-60 

504 Ghaznavid, Mahmud, Gold Dinar, Naysabur 418h, 

3.86g (A 1606). About extremely fine. £150-200 

491 Sikh Empire, Silver Rupees (3), Amritsar VS1884; 

Nanakshahi Silver Rupee, Lahore VS1885. Good 

very fine. (4) £80-120 

492 An Assortment of Copper Coins (approx 160), 

mostly smaller-size, various series and some not 

Indian. Mixed grades. (lot) £120-180 

493 Miscellaneous Copper Coins (approx 65), various 

series. Mostly fine to very fine. (lot) £120-180 

494 Miscellaneous Copper Coins (approx 65), mostly 

Indian States Coins, but also some Sultanate and 

Mughal. Mixed conditions. (lot) £120-180 

505 Samanid, Nuh III bin Mansur (365-387h; 976-997 

AD), Multiple Dirham, Kura Badakshan, undated 

(A 1469.1; Mitch 725). Very fine. £40-60 







497 Miscellaneous Copper Coins (approx 150), mainly 

Indian States, but also some Sultanates and 

Mughal. Mainly fine to very fine. (lot) £250-350 

498 Miscellaneous Coppers (approx 100), including 

Sultanates and Native States. Mixed grades, viewing 

recommended. (lot) £100-150 

499 British India, Bombay Presidency, Silver Rupee, 

1832-1835, Surat, Calcutta, dated AH1215, ry 46 

(Pr 286; KM 221). Toned, about extremely fine. £30-50 

500 British India, Bengal, Bombay and Madras 

Presidencies, Silver Rupees (3), ½-Rupees (31), ¼- 

Rupees (22), mainly Mushidabad. Generally very 

fine. (56) £150-250 

501 Republic, Habib Bank, Silver 5-Tolas. Good very 

fine. £80-100 

502 Republic, off-metal error strikings in aluminium 

(5), with Silver and Copper coins (approx 70), from 

punchmarked Silver Units and Sultanate period, 

British India to the Republic, and some Temple Tokens. 

Mixed grade, some extremely fine. (lot) £150-300 

503 Indian and South Asian Coins in Silver and 

Copper (approx 55), including Shahi Silver bull 

and horseman Units; Bengal Presidency Pice; and 

States, including Hyderabad, Mewar, Mysore, 

Patiala. Mixed grades, a useful lot. (lot) £200-300 

506 Sasanian Drachms (4) and ½-Drachms (2). Fine to 

very fine. (6) £60-80 

507 Ilkhanid, Post Reform Silver Coinage (30), 2-Dirhams 

and smaller. Generally very fine. (30) £120-150 

508 Ilkhanid, Post Reform Silver Coinage (approx 

50), 2-Dirhams and smaller. Generally very fine. 

(lot) £200-300 

509 Abbasid, Silver Dirhams (20). Fine to extremely fine. 

(20) £200-300 

510 Ottoman, Countermarked Copper Coins (21), 

generally in circulation on Lemnos, Lesbos and 

Chios. About fine. (21) £70-90 

JAPAN 

511 Silver 1-Bu Gin (2), 1-Shu Gin (4), base metal coins 

of Japan (5) and Korea; French India, Pondicherry, 

Silver Fanon or 1/5-Rupee, 1751 (KM 67). The silver 

very fine, the others fine. (13) £100-150 

512 An Assortment of Coins (approx 70), many issues, 

all late 20 th century. All brilliant uncirculated or 

nearly so. (lot) £80-120

MALAYSIA 

513 Malay Peninsula, Kingdom of Srivijaya (c.680-1250), 

Silver Units (31). Generally very fine. (31) £120-180 

SOUTH AFRICA 

MALTA 

514 A Pair of late 19 th Silver Coin Spoons, twisted stems 

topped by a Maltese Cross within oval, the bowls 

from Emmanuel Pinto (1741-1773), 30-Tari, 1757, St 

John the Baptist and Ferdinand Hompesch (1797- 

1798), 30-Tari, 1798, portrait (Dav 1600, 1611). Very 

fine. (2) £60-80 

MOROCCO 

515 Silver Dirhams (19), 1284-1291h (KM 176). Generally 

very fine. (19) £120-150 

516 500-Francs, AH 1376 / 1956 (KM Y54), brilliant 

uncirculated with attractive patina; with modern 

currency coins of North African, Eastern 

Mediterranean and Arab countries, crown size and 

smaller, a few silver, mixed grades. (lot) £80-120 

521 Proof Set, 1954, Crown to Farthing (short set), in 

original SAM case of issue. FDC. (9) £120-150 

PORTUGAL 

517 Portuguese Colonies, Mozambique, Maria II (1834- 

1853), Silver Onça, 1843 (Gomes 12.01; KM 26.1). 

Very fine. £150-200 

522 Proof Set, 1958, Crown to Farthing (short set), in 

original SAM case of issue. FDC. (9) £120-150 

518 Portuguese Colonies, Angola, Maria I and Pedro 

III (1777-1786), Silver 12-Macutas, 1783 (Gomes 

09.01; KM 25). Good very fine. £200-250 

RUSSIA 

519 Peter I, the Great, Copper Kopecks (4), Cyrillic 

date АΨЕ (1705) (B 166; Diakov 78), the others 

with unclear year letters; Copper Polushka, Arabic 

date 1721 (B 74). Fair to fine. (5) £100-150 

523 Tokens (5), Jagersfontein, Copper ‘Water 3 Gallons’; 

DBCM Ltd, Base Metal ‘Set’ of Four, 2/6d, 1/-, 6d 

and square 3d. The latter all pierced, fine, first very 

fine. (5) £20-30 

520 G Alexander II (1855-1881), Gold 5-Roubles, 1857 

AГ, St Petersburg mint, 6.54g (Bitkin 3; F 163). Few 

hairlines, minor marks on reverse mainly, otherwise 

extremely fine. £500-600 

SRI LANKA 

524 Medieval Coinage, restoration of Singhalese 

Independence (1070-1214), Copper Coins (13) 

(Mitch 835ff). Generally very fine. (13) £100-150

THAILAND 

525 Royal Thai Mint Set of Silver 20-Baht, 1963, 10- 

Baht, 1971 and Cupro-nickel 1-Baht (9), celebrating 

the Royal Family’s birthdays and the country’s 

Asian Games; with a selection of Chinese Cash 

(10), from Emperor Shun-Chi to Emperor Shuen- 

Tung. Uncirculated set in original case of issue, the 

Cash generally good fine. (21) £30-40 

TURKEY 

526 Ahmed III (1115-1143h; 1703-1730 AD), Zolota, 

1115h (KM 156); Mustafa III (1106-1115h; 1695-1703 

AD), Kurus, 1106h (KM 120). Both extremely fine. 

(2) £60-80 

MISCELLANEOUS 

533 Curious Currency, a small collection mainly 

from Africa and SE Asia, including Manillas (2), 

a Katanga Cross, a Brass Ashanti Gold Weight, 

Spear Heads (2), porcelain (9) and mother-of-pearl 

(1) Gaming Tokens, Cowrie Shells and other shell 

items, Tiger Tongues (3), a small Silver Sycee, 

26.49g, and miscellaneous coins (12), including a 

Gold Sovereign, 1883. The last fine, others varied 

state, an interesting miscellany. (lot) £100-200 

534 Tunisia, Piastre, 1242h (KM 90); Japan, 1000-Yen 

1964; with miscellaneous coins of the world (approx 

60), almost entirely North African, Middle Eastern 

and South Asian. Mixed grades, fair to extremely fine, 

first good very fine. (lot) £120-150 

527 Ottoman Turkey, Silver Coins (40), Kurush / Zolota 

and smaller. Mixed grades. (40) £150-250 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

535 India, Gold Square Tanka, jeweller’s copy based 

on the Dehli Sultanate issues, 10.78g. Ex-mount, 

otherwise good very fine. £250-300 

536 Collection of World Coins (approx 300), mainly 

modern silver, cupro-nickel and brass issues, 

contained in a small album, with a Burmese 10- 

Kyats banknote and a small selection of Roman 

Bronze Coins. Mixed grades, fine to uncirculated. 

(lot) £150-200 

528 Large Cents (32), date from 1818-1856. Generally 

very good to very fine, though mostly fine and better. 

(32) £500-600 

529 Large Cent, 1828, good fine; other US coins in silver 

and base metals (approx 25), varied states. 

(lot) £40-60 

530 Flying Eagle Cents (40), 1857, 1858. Mostly fine and 

better. (40) £800-1000 

531 Nickel 5-Cents (85), shield, no rays, dates from 

1867-1869. Mostly fine and better. (85) £800-1000 

ZANZIBAR 

532 Sultan Barghash ibn Sa’id (1870-1888), Silver Ryal, 

AH1299 (1882) (Dav 89; KM 4). Good very 

fine. £300-400 

537 Miscellaneous World Coins, silver and base metals, 

19 th and 20 th Century. Varied state. (lot) £80-100 

538 Miscellaneous World Coins, almost entirely Middle 

Eastern and South Asian in silver and copper, from 

Kushan to modern times. Mixed grades, a useful lot, 

viewing recommended. (lot) £200-300 

539 An Assortment of World Coins (approx 250), 

almost entirely South Asian, Silver and Copper, 

including Kushan, Safavid and Princely States. 

Fine to good very fine. (lot) £400-600

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS 

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS 

540 William and Mary (1689-1694-1702), Coronation 

Celebrations at Rotterdam, Silver Medal, 1689, 

arms and palm tree, distant cityscape beyond, 

rev the feast, 32mm (MI 678/55; vL III, 391), very 

fine; complimentary Silver Medalet, by James or 

Norbert Roettier [1689], laureate bust of William 

right, rev sun in majesty, NON DEVIO, 22.5mm (MI 

695/92), good very fine, deep tone; Centenary of the 

Victory at Alkmaar, 1673, ALCMARIA VICTRIX, 

33.5mm (vL I, 168), very fine, X-shape discolouration 

on obverse. (3) £120-150 

(image reduced) 

543 William Booth (1829-1912), Founder of the 

Salvation Army and, from 1878, the first General, 

Bronze Pressed-metal Portrait, bearded and 

uniformed bust left, approx 180mm x 135mm, 

maker’s stamp of HB & Co, Birmingham, in 

wooden frame. Very fine. £40-50 

The portrait adapted from a photograph by Elliott & Fry. 

544 The Great Exhibition, Set of White Metal Medalets 

(3), by Allen & Moore, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert 

and The Prince of Wales, 27mm, in their original 

brass box (cf Allen HP-B015, 020, 030); Brunel, The 

Thames Tunnel, 1842, by Davis, 43.5mm, these very 

fine, second marked on reverse; Copper Tokens (6), 

including Middlesex, Anti-Slavery and Wellington, 

fair to fine. (8) £50-70 

541 Jernegan’s Lottery, Silver Medal, 1736, issued to 

purchasers of tickets for the lottery for a silver 

“cistern” made by Henry Jernegan, goldsmith, of 

Covent Garden, London, 39mm (MI II, 72; Betts 

169); George III, Copper Medalet, 1773, by J Kirk, 

25mm. Fine and good very fine with lustre. (2) £80-100 

542 Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism, Bronze Medal, 

1839, by C F Carter, John Wesley left, rev Charles 

Wesley almost facing, 38mm (BHM 1899; E 1330), 

extremely fine; Assorted 18 th and 19 th Century 

Tokens (18), fair to fine. (19) £40-60 

545 World War I, British Expeditionary Force, Uniface 

Oval Silver Medal, 1917, by the Goldsmiths and 

Silversmiths Company, for the Vegetable Show, 

Havre, crown on crossed flags, wreath of vegetables 

below, 51mm x 34.5mm, integral suspension loop, 

Birmingham Hallmark. Matt surface, mint 

state. £50-80 

546 British Medals (24), 19 th to 20 th Century, Bronze 

(10), including portraits (6), White Metal (6), and 

other Base Metals (2). Fine and better. (24) £50-70 

547 Winston Churchill, Sterling Silver Four Medal Set, 

by John Pinches, edge stamped SPECIAL MINT. 

STERLING SILVER. A.E. No. 141, in ‘Special American 

Express Edition’ case of issue with numbered 

certificate. Mint state, toned. (4) £60-80

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS 

AUSTRIA AND HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 


548 Maria Theresia (1740-1780), Centenary of the 

Order of Maria Theresia, Copper Medal, 1857, 

by Wenzel Seida, her bust right, Badge of Order, 

legend around, 58mm (Julius 3258; Hauser 1571; 

Würz 6041; Horsky 3776). Good very fine. £80-120 


549 Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), author and dramatist, 

Bronze Memorial Medal, Vienna, 1889, by Anton 

Scharff, bust three-quarters right, rev lyre and olive 

spray, 56mm (Würz 3387); Adolf and Albertine 

Bachofen von Echt, Bronze Medal, 1884, by Anton 

Scharff, conjoined busts right, rev ornate shield 

of arms, 49.5mm; Dr Carl Lind, aged 60, Bronze 

Medal, 1891, by F X Pawlik, bust left, rev figures 

of Medicine and Knowledge, 58mm. All with 

patinated surfaces, extremely fine. (3) £80-120 

551 Art, Léonce Bénédite (1856-1925), French art 

historian, Bronze Tribute Medal, c.1912, by 

Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943), bust left, rev 

face reflected in hand-mirror, quill and olive 

spray, VERITE ET BEAUTE, 79mm, softly sculpted; 

Rembrandt, Tercentenary 1906, Silver Medal, by 

R Mayer, bust three-quarters right wearing soft 

cap, rev young female artist, naked, stands before 

windmill, edge SILBER 950; Georg Rafael Donner 

(1693-1741), sculptor, bicentenary, 1893, Bronze 

Medal, by Prof Stefan Schwartz, the sculptor at 

work, to right, rev monument and legend, 69mm; 

Society for the Advancement of Medallic Art, 1902- 

1920, Bronze Medal, by Josef Unterholzer, 69.5mm; 

Bronze Prize Medal of Pallas Athena, 55mm. 

Generally very fine and better. (5) £80-120 

Georg Rafael Donner (1693-1741) was one of Austria’s most 

prolific sculptors of the baroque period; Léonce Bénédite was 

director of the Musée du Luxembourg and later the first curator of 

the Musée Rodin. The same design is also found on a plaquette. 

552 “Betrothal”, Bronze Plaquette, c.1900-1910, by 

Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943), a young couple, 

loosely draped, he about to place a ring on her 

finger, rev wreath of roses, 55.5mm x 75mm; 

A Maiden, uniface Bronze Medal, undated, by 

Joseph Prinz, bust left with vine leaves in her hair, 

60.5mm. Extremely fine. (2) £80-100 

553 Portrait Plaquettes (4), János [Hans von] Koessler 

(1853-1926), German composer, conductor and 

teacher, small Bronze Plaquette, 1906, signed in 

monogram, 59mm x 38mm (Niggl 1009); A Arroyo, 

1906, by J Silva, 80.5mm x 59.5mm; Belgium, Emil 

Braun, Mayor of Ghent, small square Bronze 

Plaquette, 1914, by Carl de Cock, each a bearded 

bust left, last rev garlanded shield before city 

walls, 48mm; Belgium, Wolfers Frères, medallists, 

jewellers and silversmiths, Inauguration of their 

new premises, Bronze Medal, 1912, older man 

seated and younger family, picking the fruits of the 

company’s successes, rev legend in three bands, 

65mm. Very fine to extremely fine. (4) £80-100 

550 Art, The Vienna Künstlerhaus, Golden Jubilee, 

1911, Rectangular Bronze Plaquette, by Arnold 

Hartig, head and shoulders of Pallas Athena 

right, holding statuette of Victory, 81.5mm x 

72mm; The Schneider Brothers, Vienna, New 

Year’s Bronze Plaquette, 1913, by Ludwig Hujer, 

winged figure holds floral garland, standing 

before a profile head to left, WIEN PROSIT 

NEUJAHR 1913/ BRÜDER SCHNEIDER KUNST/ 

PRÄGE ü REDUCIERANSTALT… , 80mm x 55mm; 

Commercial Exhibition, Vienna, 1912, octagonal 

Bronze Medal, unsigned, diademed lady’s face 

holding a lamp before her, rev legend, 44.5mm. 

Extremely fine or virtually so. (3) £80-120 

The Schneider Brothers were a famous Vienna firm of medal 

manufacturers, die-sinkers, etc. 


554 Archduke Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011), Crown 

Prince of Austria and Hungary, Square (diamond) 

Bronze Medal, 1916, by H Kautsch, bust of Archduke 

Otto to right, rev crowned armorial shield, 55.5mm 

(Würz 7035); Franz Joseph, Diamond Jubilee, 1848- 

1908, Bronze Plaquette, by R Neuberger, conjoined 

bust of the Emperor left, with his younger self, rev 

crowned monogram, 45mm x 50mm (Hauser 1072). 

Second very fine, the first extremely fine. (2) £80-100

BELGIUM 

CANADA 


558 Memorial Park at Vimy, Bronze Medal, 1936, by 

Possesse and Allward, figure of Canada mourning, 

rev the memorial in the park, 50mm. Extremely 

fine. £80-120 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA / HUNGARY 


555 “Milca”, large Bronze Medal, c.1899, by C 

Höhmann, three-quarters facing bust, A MA 

BIENAIMÉE MILCA BRUXELLES “99, 150mm. 

Extremely fine. £40-60 


556 Antwerp, Leopold II (1835-1865-1909), Pie Bakers’ 

Exhibition, Silver-gilt Medal, 1908, bearded bust 

right, rev magnificent pie, 50mm; Liege, small 

Silver Badge; Dutch and other medals (28), Bronze 

(6), White Metal (5), Meissen (von Zinzendorf) and 

Iron, sundry others (17). Medals mostly very fine or 

better, others varied, several poor. (32) £80-120 

559 The City of Prague and River Vlatava, Rectangular 

Silvered-bronze Plaquette, 1902, by Stanislav 

Sucharda (1866-1916), a diaphanous girl with the 

personification of Prague, view beyond, 72mm 

x 58mm; Society for the Promotion of Medallic 

Art, 10 th Anniversary, 1912, Bronze Plaquette, by 

Stanislav Sucharda, semi-draped standing female 

figure, arms out-stretched, before garlanded 

tablet, 91.5mm x 75mm, numbered 49 on reverse; 

Sport, Damenlanderkampf, 1930, Square Bronze 

Plaquette, Czechoslovakia – Austria, Vienna, 

signed FK [? František (Frank) Kupka, 1871-1957], 

laureate head of a woman tying a band around, 

51.5mm; Small Silver Medal, Jubilee Regatta of 

the WRV, 1905, by R Cisek, semi-draped lady 

holding Victory statuette, rev a sculler, 35mm. Last 

extremely fine, the others very fine, though first a little 

discoloured. (4) £100-150 

Stanislav Sucharda (1866-1916), sculptor and professor at the 

school of Applied Arts, Prague. 

BULGARIA 


557 The Parliament Building, Sofia, Silver(?) Medal, 

1944, façade, rev legend and crest, 60mm. Matt 

surface, nearly extremely fine. £70-90 


560 Photography, Internationale Photographische 

Ausstellung, Dresden, 1909, small part-patinated 

Bronze Plaquette, by A Ungerer, peacock-like bird 

above legend, 68mm x 40.5mm; Books and Graphic 

Design, Internationale Ausstellung Buchgewerbe 

und Graphik, “Bugra”, Leipzig, 1914, Rectangular 

Bronze Plaquette, for the Austrian Pavillion, signed 

PM in monogram, naked girl reclines against 

decorative shawl, 80mm x 60.5mm. Very fine to 


The Internationale Photographische Ausstellung opened on 

Stübelplatz 1 May 1909, the first international photographic 

exhibition with 21 countries represented. The “Bugra” ran 

from May to October 1914, although with the outbreak of 

the First World War the pavilions from Great Britain, France, 

Russia, Belgium and Japan were closed.

561 World War I, War and Peace, Bronze Medal, 

1920, by Gergely Szántó, winged demon, 1914 

– VILÁGHÁBORÚ – 1918, rev blind woman feels her 

way with palm branch, BÉKE, 64.5mm; Hugo Wolf 

(1860-1903), composer, uniface Bronze Memorial 

Medal, 1903, by Friedrich Kounitzky, 60mm (Niggl 

2329, illustrated); Germany, The Wupperverband, 

Westphalia, 50 th Anniversary, Silver Medal, 1929- 

1979, modern art design of six lines of waves, rev 

date and name, stamped 925, 47.5mm; Portugal, 

Associação de Solidariedade Social, large Bronze 

Art Medal, 1980, 79.5mm; Belgium, Silver Medal 

of Louis de Wolf, 1959, by Leplat, bust left, rev a 

wolf, 50mm. First very fine, the others extremely fine. 

(5) £80-120 

565 Exhibition of Fire Pumps, St Pierre, 1882, Giltsilver 

Medal, by Oudiné, 67.29g, 51mm; Girl’s 

Education, Silver Medal, 1875, by O Roty, 49.60g, 

45.5mm; Cie Gle Transatlantique, Silver Medal, 

ship portrait, 26.25g, 42mm; Italy, Lariano, Royal 

Yacht Club, Gilt-silver Medal, 25.54g, 39mm; 

Sundry Silver Medals (7), British (2), total weight 

214.84g. Generally very fine. (11) £100-150 

EGYPT 

562 Louis XVIII, The Publication of the Collection of 

Egyptian Antiquities by C L F Panckoucke, Restrike 

Bronze Medal, 1826, by Barre, Roman soldier and 

Egyptia, rev legend within border of Egyptian 

images, 68mm, c.1920s. Good very fine. £50-70 

FINLAND 

563 The Winter War and Continuation War, Bronze 

Medal for Swedish Families, 1947, by Gerda 

Franziska Qvist (1883-1957) for Tillander OY 

(Helsinki), Peace holding lamp, rev infants with 

wreath in cartouche, BENIGNITATIS HUMANE 

FINLANDIA MEMOR, 51mm. Extremely fine. £40-60 

566 Hygeia – ΥΓΙΕΙΑ – Medal Design, Uniface Gilt 

Electrotype for a medal, by L O Roty (1846-1911), 

perhaps an artist’s proof, standing figure holding 

asp and bowl, 82mm. Extremely fine. £70-90 

Given by Finland to those Swedish families who cared for 

Finnish children during the wars. 

FRANCE 


564 Louis XV (1710-1715-1774), Silver Portrait Jeton, 

mounted in the centre of an eight-pointed star, 

61.5mm; Louis XVI, States of Britanny, Silver 

Jeton, 1782, 28.5mm; Marie Antoinette, Execution, 

Gilt-copper Medal, 1793, by Küchler, 48mm; 

Netherlands, 100 th Anniversary of the Liberation 

of Flushing, Silver Jeton, 1772, monument and 

view of port, EBEN-HAEZER, 28mm (vL supl 466); 

other Copper Medalets and Jetons (10), 18 th / 19 th 

Century. Mostly fine, some better. (14) £120-150 

567 Gustave Servois and Amédée Godard, Bronze 

Portrait Medals (2), by Ovide Yencesse (1869-1947), 

Servois (1829-1927), 1908, bust right, rev entrance 

to a chateau, 59mm (MeF 1025), Godard, on his 50 th 

year of work, 1912, bust right, rev legend in eight 

lines, 50mm (MeF 1027). Softly sculpted, extremely 

fine or virtually so. (2) £80-120 

Servois, archivist and specialist in ancient languages. 

Godard, engraver and medal editor, predecessor of Victor 

Canale in Paris.

568 L’Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1937, Bronze 

Medal, Raoul René Alphonse Bénard (1881-1961), 

workman, rev the exhibition area, 50.5mm; Bronze 

Medals (2), by Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972), 

“Concours de Natation”, diving, fish and sealife 

motifs, 49.5mm (CIMeV 829); War Tribute, 

head and shoulders of a winged Fame with olive 

spray, blowing trumpet, “Thermalisme”, Bronze 

Medal, by Mélanie “Anie” Mouroux, Hygea 

standing, rev semi draped figure reclines at water’s 

edge, 58.5mm; Société Médicale des Hôpitaux, 

Centenary, Bronze Medal, 1949, by Émile Jean 

Armel Beaufils (1882-1952), semi-draped female 

comforts her female patient, 67.5mm. Extremely 

fine or nearly so. (5) £80-120 

Armel Beaufils, sculptor working mostly in Brittany. 

569 Bronze Medals (5), including John Locke and John 

Milton from Durand’s series of illustrious men, 

and “Le Metal”, by Levigne. Generally extremely 

fine. (5) £40-60 

(images reduced) 

572 Modern Bronze Art Medal, 1973, by E Havelkova, 

on science and human ingenuity, five figures 

facing, rev the inner workings of a scientific mind, 

150mm. Extremely fine. £70-90 

Piece number three of an issue of only 50. 

573 Modern Bronze Art Medal, by Volti, erotic nudes 

each side, 190mm. Extremely fine. £50-70 

Piece number 56 from an issue of 200. 

574 Medal Matrices (8), of French sitters, including 

Louis XVII, Louis VIII, Charles Ferdinand d’Artois, 

Louis Antoine d’Artois, and events including 

Death of Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, 

The Departure of King Louis XVIII. Generally very 

fine. (8) £150-200 

GERMANY 

(images reduced) 

570 SCUBA diving, Jean-Jacque Cousteau, Silvercoloured 

Medal, by C Gondard, Cousteau and a 

child, rev his vessel, The Calypso, with diver and 

marine wildlife, 72mm; Bronze-coloured Medal, 

by Duboc, bust right, rev The Calypso, LE MONDE 

DE OCEANS, 89mm. Both extremely fine. (2) £120-150 


571 Modern Bronze Medals of Maritime Interest (5); 

others (2), 50-60mm; sundry smaller medals (6), 

French (2); Jersey, Fantasy Nazi Tokens (4). Modern 

issues, very fine and better. (17) £70-90 

575 Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1713-1740), the 

Salzburg Emigrants, Silver Box Medal, undated 

and unsigned [1732], containing a complete set of 

17 hand-painted roundels, explaining the history; 

the medal, Christ watches over an emigrant family 

leaving their country, legend above, “Gehe aus Deinem 

Vatterland”, rev Emperor standing right, with two 

officials, greets the emigrants, legend above, “Die 

König follen Dei / ne Pfleger feyn. Efaie 49”, the interior 

lid with a map of the Salzburg area, the base with a 

map of “Hertzogth” and “Lithauen”, 44.5mm (Karl 

Roll, Die Schaumünzen auf die Salzburger Emigration 

[1925], IV / XIII). Medal and contents extremely fine, the 

roundels retaining their original rich colour. £400-600 

The roundels have a single piece of fruit or flower on the 

reverse-sides and are linked in a ‘tree’ formation of a group of 

five and three groups of four, the titles are as follows:-; 1 – “Aus 

dem Dienst=Hause”; 2 – “Ich habe noch andere Schraffe”; 3 – 

“Der Herr hat semen Engeln befohl. über”; 4 – “ Offenbahrgeng 

der Warheit”; 5 – “Trinket alle darau”; 6 – “Versiglung der 

Warheit”; 7 – “Edict wider die Lutheraner. anno 1588”; 8 – 

“Vatter und Mutter verlassen mich”; 9 – “Zehle meine Flucht”; 

10- “ Suchetin der Schrifft”; 11 – “Verbander brand im Herzen”; 

12 – “Gedencket unserer bande”; 13 – “Zeige uns deine Weige”; 

14 – “Wir Segnen eüch im Namen das Herrn”; 15 – Du has Wart 

des euzgen Lebens”; 16 – “eyd bereit zur Ver=antworbarg”; 17 

– Wielieblich sind der ne Wohnungngen”. 

A photocopy of Roll’s article is sold with the lot

576 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), poet 

and writer, Bronze Medal, by C F Krull, 43mm 

(Forrer III / 232); Berlin Austellung Deutscher 

Gewerbserzeugnisse (German Commerce 

Exhibition), Bronze Medal, 1844, by Lorenz and 

Schilling, 45mm (Forrer III / 471); Heidelberg 

University, 550 th Year, 1936, Iron medal 73mm; 19 th 

Century Bronze Medal depicting the last supper, 

by Loos, 50mm. Very fine and better. (4) £50-70 

GREECE 

581 Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872- 

1938), Bronze Portrait Medal, 1912, uniformed 

bust left, wearing medals, rev date, 18-19 October, 

within wreath, 57mm. Very fine. £70-90 

The date implies the medal was for the Balkan Wars, the Treaty 

of Lausanne was signed on 18 October and the Balkan League 

invaded Western Turkey on the 19 October. Prince Nicholas 

helped to organise the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens and 

served as president of the Sub-Committee for Shooting. 

577 England Gives a Constitution to the Ionian 

Islands, Copper Medal, 1817, by A J Depaulis, 

from Mudie’s National Series, Britannia seated 

left, writes on tablets, statue of Neptune behind, 

rev figures representing the seven islands, around 

British flag, 41mm (BHM 958 [1057]; Eimer 1094; 

SCA 5, 346). Dark tone and has once been lacquered, 

good very fine. £120-150 

582 The International Exposition, Paris (France), 

Bronze Medal, 1889, by L Bottée, awarded to Greece 

for Education – Le Sylloge de Parnasse, Marianne 

presents worker with wreath, exhibition buildings 

below with Eiffel Tower, rev Fame blows trumpet 

by bust of Marianne, LE SYLLOGE DU PARNASSE, 

63mm. Very fine, one time cleaned. £70-90 

578 George I (1845-1863-1913), Disabled Sailors Fund, 

Copper Medal, undated (c.1865-1870), by J J Barre, 

coin-like bare head left, rev three wreath above 

the prow of an ancient galley, 36mm (MH 154); 

another, similar. Good very fine and about fine. 

(2) £60-80 

583 Greek Military Administration of the Dodecanese, 31 

March 1947, Bronze Medal, legend relating to Vice 

Admiral Pericles Ioannides, rev map of the islands 

and their names, 55.5mm; Macedon, Bronze Medal, 

c.1950s, signed WK, naked horseman, turtle below, 

MACEDONIA, rev garlanded columns, 46.5mm. 

Second very fine, the first with dull surface and scratched 

on obverse but a scarce cartographic medal. (2) £60-80 


579 France, Association for the Encouragement of 

Greek Studies, Bronze Medal, awarded 1867, by 

Chaplain, helmeted head of Athena left, rev named 

within wreath (Marco Renieri), 57mm. Extremely 

fine. £60-80 

580 The French School, Athens, Bronze Medal, 1891, 

by O Roty, Archaeology seated on fallen column 

holding up small statuette, rev garland divides 

the Acropolis skyline and school façade, 60.5mm. 

Nearly extremely fine. £70-90 

The British commander of the Allied Forces occupying the 

Dodecanese, Brigadier AS Parker, delivered the Administration 

to Admiral Ioannides on the 31 March 1947. 

584 Ionian Islands, Centenary of their incorporation 

into Greece, Bronze Medal, 1964, symbols of the 

seven Islands around Greek arms, rev legend, 

50mm. Extremely fine. £50-80 

585 Cyprus, EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston 

- National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters), 25 th 

Anniversary, Silver Medal, 73.03g, and Bronze 

Medal, 1980, 50mm; Olympic Games, Athens, 

2004, Brass Souvenir Medal, 50mm; other modern 

Greek Medals (3). All extremely fine. (6) £60-80

INDIA 

586 British India, Charles, Marquis Cornwallis (1738- 

1805), the Defeat of Sultan Tipoo [Tipu] of Mysore, 

Copper Medal, 1793 (uncorrected date), by C H Küchler, 

uniformed bust of Cornwallis left, rev Cornwallis 

receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo as hostages, FAS SIT 

PARCERE HOSTI, SULTAN TIPPOO DEVICTO OBSIDES 

RECIPIT MDCCXCII, 48mm (BHM 363; Eimer 845; 

Pudd 792.1.2; Pollard 5). Fine. £150-180 

587 British India, Charles, Marquis Cornwallis (1738- 

1805), the Defeat of Sultan Tipoo [Tipu] of Mysore, 

White Metal Medal, 1793 (uncorrected date), by 

C H Küchler, uniformed bust of Cornwallis left, 

rev Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tipoo 

as hostages, FAS SIT PARCERE HOSTI, SULTAN 

TIPPOO DEVICTO OBSIDES RECIPIT MDCCXCII, 

48mm (BHM 363; Eimer 845; Pudd 792.1.2; Pollard 

5). Fine. £80-120 

588 William IV, Proclaimed in India, White Metal 

Medal, 1830, 43mm (Pudd 830.1; BHM 1425); The 

Coorg Rebellion, 1837, a later base metal copy of 

the Honourable East India Company’s Medal, 

49.5mm; Egypt Medal, a curious Bronze intaglio 

impression of the obverse image, 35.5mm; sundry 

others (8), including Return of the Prince of Wales 

from India, 1876, 23mm; Colonial and Indian 

Exhibition, 1886, 23.5mm; East and West India 

Dock Company, 1886, 29mm; and All India Cattle 

Show, 1938, 38mm. Fine to very fine but first with 

much porosity, several pierced, three with suspension 

loops. (11) £100-150 

589 John Gilchrist (1759-1841), Memorial 1841, Bronze 

Medal, by C Voigt, bust three-quarters right, rev 

angel seated, attended by three pupils, 57mm 

(BHM 2004). About extremely fine. £70-90 

Gilchrist, a medical doctor with the Honourable East India 

Company, who later became Professor of Oriental Languages 

at the Marquis of Wellesley’s College, Calcutta. 

590 The Sepoy Mutinies, Defenders of the Indian 

Empire, White Metal Medal, 1857, by Messrs 

Pinches, standing winged figure of Justice, her 

foot on a dead tiger, an Indian captive kneels 

behind, rev legend within and around wreath, 

DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE DEFENDERS OF OUR 

INDIAN EMPIRE - DURING THE SEPOY MUTINIES, 

63mm (BHM 2601; Eimer 1515; Pudd 857.1). Nearly 

extremely fine, scarce. £100-150 

591 Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Copper 

Medal of the Elphinstone Institute (1860), by 

Henry Weighall, bewhiskered bust left, rev semidraped 

Indian student, reads book on which 

shines a shaft of light, 51.5mm (BHM 2673, R 3 ; 

Pudd 860.5, R 3 ). Nearly very fine and rare. £60-80 

Elphinstone (1779-1859), Scottish born statesman and historian, 

Governor of Bombay, 1819-1827. Elphinstone opened an 

educational institution in Aberdeen, but more memorable are 

those in Bombay which were accessible to the Indian population. 


592 Nagpore, Central Provinces Exhibition 1865, Sir 

Richard Temple, Gilt-bronze Medal, bust left, rev 

celestial hand holding wreath, 51mm (Pudd 865.1). 

Insignificant hairlines, extremely fine. £80-120 

593 Nagpore, Central Provinces Exhibition 1865, 

Manufacturers’ Bronze Medal, crowned head 

left, rev display of manufactured products, 42mm 

(Pudd 865.2). About extremely fine. £70-90

594 Provincial Exhibition, North-Western Provinces, 

Specimen Bronze Medal, 1867, crowned head 

left, rev wreath and text, 43mm, obverse stamped 

SPECIMEN (Pudd 867.1). Extremely fine. £80-120 

Puddester notes seeing one example stamped SPECIMEN. 

598 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Visit and Return 

from India 1875-1876, Bronze Star-shaped Medals 

(3), bust left, rev text (Pudd 876.1.1.1); another, bust 

right (Pudd 876.1.1.2); another, different reverse 

legend, by W V Baines, Mayor of Wycombe (Pudd 

876.1.1.1 var, illustrated p.134). Very fine and scarce. 

(3) £80-120 

599 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, Bronze Medal, 

1886, by L C Wyon, bust of Albert Edward the 

Prince of Wales left, rev legend in wreath, unnamed, 

52mm (Pudd 886 1.2; E 1725). About extremely 

fine. £40-60 

600 Calcutta, Queen Victoria, Golden Jubilee, Bronze 

Medals (2), 1887, bust left, rev text above olive 

spray, 34mm (Pudd 887.1.1). Extremely fine, pierced 

at the mint. (2) £40-80 

595 Bombay Exhibition, Silver Medal, 1873, bust of 

Victoria left, rev legend in wreath, 39mm (Pudd 

873.1.2). Nicely toned, about extremely fine, 

scarce. £120-150 

596 Prince of Wales Visit to India, Northbrook, White 

Metal Medal, 1875, by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta, 

head of Albert left, rev Britannia and Indian 

woman shake hands, DURING THE VICE ROYALTY 

OF H.E. LORD NORTHBROOK C.G.S.I., 44mm (Pudd 

875.1.1). Pierced, very fine. £40-60 

601 Alexandra Native Girls English Institution 

Bombay, Bhownaggree Memorial Medal, 1888, 

bust of Bhownaggree right, rev text in wreath, 

39mm (Pudd 888.5.1). Extremely fine, rare. £70-90 


597 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Royal Visit to 

India 1875-1876, White Metal Medal, by Ottley, 

three quarters facing bust, HIS HIGHNESS THE 

PRINCE OF WALES, rev Royal Arms in the centre, 

with four oval medallions surrounding, depicting 

the plumes of the Prince of Wales, lion, star of 

India, elephant, text surrounding, 53mm (Pudd -). 

Extremely fine, rare. £120-150 

602 Prince Albert Victor in India, Silver-gilt Medal, 

1889, bust slightly left, rev text in wreath, plumes 

of the Prince of Wales at the top, tiger below, 30mm 

(Pudd 889.2). About extremely fine, rare. £80-120 

603 Prince Albert Victor in India, Bronze Medal, 1889, 

bust slightly left, rev text in wreath, plumes of 

the Prince of Wales at the top, tiger below, 30mm 

(Pudd 889.2). About extremely fine, rare. £50-70

604 Prince Albert Victor in India, Bronze Medal, 1889, 

bust slightly left, rev text in wreath, plumes of 

the Prince of Wales at the top, tiger below, 30mm 

(Pudd 889.2). About extremely fine, rare. £50-70 

605 Photographic Society of India, Copper Prize 

Medal, awarded 1892, by J S & A B Wyon, semidraped 

seated Indian female figure to right, named 

to W L Colls, 51mm (Pudd 948.27.3). Very fine but 

has been cleaned, the recipient an important name in 

photography. £60-80 

Walter L Colls (1860-1942), professional copperplate etcher, 

engraver, and printer. Colls issued yearly portfolios of 

photogravures on behalf of The Linked Ring between 1895 

and 1897. The Brotherhood of the Linked Ring was formed in 

1892, the year this medal was awarded, and was one of the first 

groups to promote photography as fine art. Two other medals 

to Walter Colls appeared in a mixed lot in a recent DNW auction 

(13 July 2011, lot 1115), the Putney Photographic Society and 

the West London Photographic Society, both 1890. Further 

biographical details about Colls are included with the lot. 


606 India Exhibition, Earls Court, White Metal Medal, 

1895, by Pinches(?), aerial view of the exhibition 

buildings, rev OPENED BY HRH THE DUKE OF 

CAMBRIDGE…, 51mm (BHM 3489 in bronze; Pudd 

895.1). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine. £70-90 


608 India Exhibition, Earls Court, Lead Medals (2), 




895.1, not listed in lead). Fine to very fine. (2) £50-70 

609 India, Queen Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, White 

Metal Medal, 1897, by F Bowcher, published 

by Spink, bust left, rev star of India within rays, 

GOD PRESERVE OUR QUEEN & KAISAR – I – HIND, 

38mm, in red leatherette case of issue (BHM 3519; 

Pudd 897.3). Extremely fine, the case in excellent 

condition. £80-120 

610 The Minto Fancy Fair, 1907, Bronze Star with 

silver inset of the Minto arms, 31mm (Pudd 

907.3.1); Silver Medal, Minto arms, rev column, 

24.5mm (Pudd 907.3.2, R 2 ); East Indian Railway, 

Royal Visit Bronze Medal, 1911, un-issued 

specimen, 32.5mm (Pudd 911.1.3), suspender 

broken off; Bombay Presidency War & Relief Fund, 

Lady Willingdon’s Medal, 1918-1919, 33mm, 

suspension loop (Pudd 917.4.2); Bombay, Bronze 

Peace Medal for sailors, 1918 (Pudd 918.2.2). 

Very fine and better. (5) £100-150 


607 India Exhibition, Earls Court, White Metal Medal, 




895.1). Very fine. £50-70 

611 Nagpore, Central Provinces Exhibition, Silver 

Medal, 1908, front elevation of a building, rev twin 

cobras, 38mm (Pudd 908.1). Extremely fine. £80-120

ITALY 

612 Bombay, Presidency War and Relief Fund, 

diamond-shaped Copper Medal / Pass, 1917, 

armorial shield flanked by pikemen, EXHIBITION 

AND GRAND FANCY FAIR, rev IN AID OF THE 

WOMEN’S BRANCH OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY 

WAR & RELIEF FUND NOVEMBER 1917, NOT 

TRANSFERABLE, 25mm (Pudd -). Good extremely 

fine, pierced at the mint. £40-60 

617 Pisanello, uniface cast Bronze Medal, bust of 

Pisano left, 53mm (for obverse - Armand I, 9, 25 

Bargello I, 25; Johnson-Martini 314-315; Kress 32); 

Uniface Bronze Plaquette of saint with boar. Both 

late casts, good very fine. (2) £30-50 

618 Order of St Stephen, Prince Grand Master Mario 

Costantini Nemanja Paleologo, patinated Bronze 

Medal, by Veroi, bust right, rev St Stephen on 

horseback, 123mm, in a splendid red leather case 

of issue. Extremely fine. £80-120 

613 George, Prince of Wales and Princess Victoria 

Mary (later George V and Queen Mary), Visit to 

India, small oval Silver Medal, 1905-1906, armorial 

device dividing G - M, rev legend, 27mm x 20mm, 

suspension loop and ring (Pudd 905.1.1; MYB 

308B). Extremely fine. £60-80 

A total of 1625 medals in silver (and 26 in gold) issued to staff 

and crew of the Royal Yacht, HMS Terrible and HMS Renown. 

614 Bombay, Freedom & Honour, Peace Medal, 1919, 

diamond-shaped Copper Medal, bust left, rev text, 

30mm (Pudd 919.1). Good extremely fine. £30-50 

615 Ismaili Faith, Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga 

Khan III (1877-1885-1957), Golden Jubilee 1935, Giltmetal 

Medals (2), both bust three-quarters left, one 

rev Persian legend, one uniface, 33mm; Pakistan, 

Azad Kasmir Medal, 1949; Portuguese India, 150 th 

anniversary of publication of “Heraldo”, large 

Bronze Medal, 1971, 80mm. Extremely fine or nearly 

so. (4) £70-90 

616 India, Jhansi, Football, Silver Prize Medals (2), 1942, 

25mm, and 1943, 32mm. Good very fine. (2) £20-40 

619 Vatican, Clement XIV (1769-1774), Giovanni 

Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, The Expulsion of 

the Jesuits, Silver Medal, 1773, by J L Oexlein, 

bust right raising hand in blessing, rev NVNQVAM 

NOVI VOS DISCEDITE A MEONES, Christ with St 

Peter and St Paul dismissing three Jesuits, 44mm 

(Linc 1929; vL suppl VI, XLIV, 487; Patrignani p. 

118, 17a; Erlanger 2316). Good extremely fine with 

light tone. £200-300 

The Suppression of the Jesuits had started in 1767, in Portugal 

and Spain and their Empires, France, the Two Sicilies, Parma 

and Malta. The medal commemorates the Dominus ac Redemptor, 

the papal brief of 21 July 1773. 

620 Milan Exposition, 1906, and the Simplon Tunnel 

inaugurated, Gilt-bronze Medal, by S Johnson, line 

of young people holding Victory, railway engine 

and boat, rev Simplon workman, 44.5mm; Bronze 

Medal, by Giannino for Johnson, robed female 

kissing the forehead of an artisan, rev frontal 

elevation of the Expo building, 61mm (BDM 

VII, 356); Smaller Medals (4), Silver (3), Postal 

Congress, 1912; Italian Touring Club; International 

University Games, Turin, 1933; Milan Exposition 

1901, Gilt-bronze, all 32mm; and a Bronze Medal 

of Venice, re-building of the Campanile of St Mark, 

1902-1912. Very fine. (7) £100-150

621 World War I, Bronze Medals (4), by Mario Nelli, 

marching troops / machine gunners; heavy 

artillery / gun detail; helmeted head / ancient 

troops head to battle; naked warrior / ruined 

church, each 60mm. Good very fine. (4) £80-120 

622 Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bronze Medal 

(1930), on Italian Unity and Dignity, by Mario 

Nelli, head left, rev legend, 41mm; World War II, 

green patinated Bronze Medal for the travelling 

exhibition of Italian war art, 1942-1943, by F 

Gianone, hemeted head three-quarters right, rev 

helmet, sword and legend, 60mm; others (2), one 

Mussolini, one German; Antonio Cippico [Ćipiko] 

(1877-1935), politician, Senator, Professor of Italian 

Literature at the University of London, Bronze 

Portrait Medal, in the Renaissance style, named on 

edge (Janet M Jarmain, 1931-32), 49mm. All extremely 

fine, first and third with strong images. (5) £80-100 

NETHERLANDS 

625 William V (1748-1751-1806), small cast Silver 

openwork Badge, silhouetted bust left, pointed 

border around, 39mm x 28mm, integral suspension 

loop (vL suppl IX, XXI, 731, this with wreath 

border). Very fine. £120-150 

626 The Hague, Silver Medal, undated (1786-1791), by 

Meyer, city’s arms and supporters, rev city figure 

with Justice, CONCORDIA, 37mm; Haarlem, Silver 

“City” Medal, c.1750, seated female of Harlem 

takes money from bowl on her lap, COMES 

CONSILIORUM, rev Minerva seated with ship 

model and manufacturing press, ARTE ET MARTE, 

33mm (vL 149). First extremely fine, second very fine, 

both toned. (2) £100-150 

623 The Assassination of the Brothers Johann and 

Cornelius de Witt, Silver Medal, 1672, by Pieter Avry 

or Aury, conjoined busts right, rev legend in eight 

lines, “Twee Witten, eensgezint, …”, floral and vine 

sprays above and below, lettered edge with date, 

VIOENTA MORTE DELETI HAGÆ COMITIS 20 AVG: 

A’O 1672, 48.5mm (vL III, 87, 3; Molinari 323; cf BDM 

VII, 34). Extremely fine with light tone. £250-350 

Johann de Witt (1625-1672); Cornelius de Witt (1623-1672). 

Forrer [BDM] writing of the larger signed medal for the same event, 

suggests that the medallist may be the sculptor Pieter Xavery (born 

c.1647, active 1667-1674), “who did not wish to disclose his name 

in connection with the execution of this medal”. Scher, The Proud 

Republic, simply states it may be a pseudonym. 

627 William I (1772-1843, King 1815-1840), Union of 

the Southern and Northern States, large Copper 

Medal, 1815, by A F Michaut, bust left, rev figures 

of the North and South, crowned shields between 

them, PARIBUS SE LEGIBUS AMBAE INVICTAE 

GENTES AETERNA IN FOEDERA MITTUNT, 72mm 

(Dirks 38). Nearly extremely fine. £60-80 

628 William I (1772-1843, King 1815-1840), Marriage of 

Prince William to Princess Sophie of Württemberg, 

in Stuttgart, Copper Medal, 1839, by van der 

Kellen, cherub unites shields, rev legend, 41.5mm; 

Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858-1934, second 

wife of William III and Queen 1879-1890), Death, 

Bronze Medal, bust right, 1934, 50mm; Peter 

Augustus Genestet (1829-1861), Copper Prize 

Medal, unsigned and undated, bust left, 42mm; 

Small Portrait Plaquette of M G A de Man, by 

Begeer, her bust left, 40.5mm x 30.5mm. Generally 

extremely fine or nearly so. (4) £70-90 

624 Suppression of the Amsterdam Riots, Amsterdam, 

Silver Medal, 1696, by J van Dishoecke, Neptune 

standing in his sea-chariot calming the storm, two 

birds in a nest amidst the waves, MOTOS PRAESTAT 

COMPONERE FLVCTCS, rev the two birds on their 

nest now floating in a tranquil sea, legend above 

on scroll, HALCYONIBUS REDVCTIS …, date and 

signature below, 38.5mm, in a circular fruitwood 

box (vL IV,161). Very fine. £80-120 

629 University of Utrecht, Copper Prize Medal, 1836, 

by van der Kellen, Minerva, rev arms in wreath, 

43.5mm; 250 th Anniversary, Copper Medal, 

1886, by W Schammer, 57mm; Jan van Nassau, 

250 th Anniversary of the University, Copper 

Medal, 1886, by G J Begeer, lion in enclosure, 

rev legend in eight lines, 43mm; Aardenburg, 

Agricultural Society, 200 th Anniversary, Copper 

Medal, 1872, 47.5mm; Royal Zoological and 

Botanical Society, The Hague, Copper Prize 

Medal, awarded 1895, 42mm. Very fine and 

extremely fine. (5) £100-150

630 Defence of Aardenburg, besieged by the French, 

1672, 200 th Anniversary, Silver Medal, 1872, by 

Leopold Wiener, city arms, rev personification of 

Aardenburg stands with emblems of peaceful 

pursuits, 47mm, in case of issue; International 

Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1869, Copper Medal for 

“Services”, unsigned, seated figure of Industry to 

left, rev oak wreath, SERVICES in centre, 52.5mm, in 

case of issue, the lid with “1869” gilt within wreath. 

Good extremely fine and mint state. (2) £100-150 

635 William III (1817-1849-1890), Long Service 

Decoration for Officers (Onderscheidingsteken 

voor eervolle langdurige dienst als officier), Silver 

Cross (Officierskruis) for 25 Years Service, maker’s 

name of van Wielik on reverse; with Silver Dress 

Miniature of a 15 Years Service Cross. Extremely 

fine. (2) £60-80 

631 William III (1817-1849-1890), Opening of the 

Spoorweghaven (railway dock), Rotterdam, 

Copper Medal, 1875, signed VK in monogram, 

bare head right, legend around in two lines, rev 

crowned armorial shields, ship above, steam 

engine below, 50.5mm, in wooden fitted case of 

issue. Extremely fine. £40-60 


636 William III (1817-1849-1890) and later, Pair of Dress 

Miniatures, Order of the Netherlands Lion and 

Belgium, Order of Leopold, in gold and enamel, 

crown and ring suspenders, extremely fine; Order 

of Orange Nassau, Dress Miniature, silver, gilt 

and enamel, crown and ring suspender, very fine; 

Amersfoort Tribute Medal, 1903, 20mm, original 

suspension ring and ribbon, extremely fine, toned. 

(4) £120-160 

632 William III (1817-1849-1890), Opening of the 

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), Copper Medal, 

1895, by O Schultz and E Herter, bust of William 

right with busts of Friedrich III and Wilhelm II 

of Prussia below, rev Mermaids of the North and 

Baltic Seas clasp hands, 59.5mm, suspension loop 

and ring (Lange 1363). Reverse a little spotted, nearly 

extremely fine, scarce. £50-80 

1260 specimens struck with a further 56 in silver and 6 gold. 

633 William I (1772-1843, King 1815-1840), Hasselt War 

Cross, 1830-1831, Bronze Breast Badge, original 

suspension ring and ribbon; Bronze Medalets (4), 

Ribbons (2) and “button hole”. First extremely fine, 

the others very fine. (8) £60-80 

634 Netherlands East Indies, William III (1817-1849- 

1890), Cross for Important Military Operations 

or Expedition Cross (Ereteken voor Belangrijke 

Krijgsbedrijven: Expeditiekruis), Silvered-bronze 

Breast Badge, clasp “Atjeh 1873-1876”, original 

suspender and ribbon; with Dress Miniature. 


637 Netherlands East Indies, Queen Wilhelmina 

(1880-1962, Queen 1890-1948), The Lombok Cross 

[Lombokkruis] 1894, Bronze Breast Badge, large 

size, 41mm, original suspension ring and ribbon, 

in case of issue by J M J van Wielik. Extremely 

fine. £70-90

ROMANIA 

638 Luigi Cazzavillan and Stelian Popescu, “The 

Universal” newspaper, Silver-plated Bronze Medal, 

1933, conjoined busts left, rev torch by Globe, before 

building’s façade, 50mm. Very fine. £30-50 

RUSSIA 

639 Nicholas I (1796-1825-1855), Death, Bronze Medal, 

1855, by A Lyalin, bust right, rays from above, 

rev radiant cross, 68mm (Diakov 613.1). Very 

fine. £70-90 

642 Cape Town, 20 th Century Base Metal Medals (9), 

Coronation Medals (3), Edward VII and Elizabeth 

II (2); University of Cape Town (5); McCallum & 

Stevens, large copper advertising medal, 65mm. 

Fine to very fine. (9) £80-120 

643 Western Cape etc, 20 th Century Medals (9), most in 

base metals, Ceres (3); Grahamstown, Edward VII, 

White Metal Coronation Medal, 1902; Laingsburg; 

Oudtshoorn, Silver Centenary Medal, 1947, in 

glazed holder, and bronze; Somerset Hospital, 

Centenary, 1959; Stellenbosch University, larger 

Silver Medal, 1966, 51mm. Very fine and better. 

(9) £80-120 

SOUTH AFRICA 

640 Natal, Agricultural, Horticultural, Industrial and 

Art Exhibition, Silver Award Medal, 1884, “To 

Col. W E Dearon, for Colour Painting”, prancing 

wildebeasts below arms, rev engraved naming 

within wreath, 38mm, suspension loop. Extremely 

fine. £100-150 

644 Western Cape etc, 20 th Century Medals (9), 

most in base metals, Riebeek (6); Beaufort, 150 th 

Anniversary, 1968 (3), silver, in glazed holder, and 

base metals (2). Very fine and better. (9) £80-120 

641 Boer War and later, Photographic Badges (4), 

Daniël Theron (TVK), 32mm; General [Barry] 

Hertzog; J G [Hans] Strydom, both 22.5mm; and 

the Voortrekker Monument, 32mm, first two by J-J 

Fouché. Very fine with pins intact. (4) £80-120 

Daniël Johannes Stephanus “Danie” Theron (1872-1900), 

formed the scouting unit, the Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK), 

a bicycle corps. James Barry Munnik Hertzog (1866-1942), 

Boer General and later Prime Minister. Johannes Gerhardus 

Strijdom (1893-1958), Afrikaner politician, ‘the Lion of the 

North’, and Prime Minister. A proponent of segregation and 

the later establishment of Apartheid. 

645 Northern Cape etc, 20 th Century Medals (10), most 

in base metals, Kimberley; Klerksdorp; Vryburg; 

Bloemfontein (3); Winburg; Pietersburg; and 

Krugersdorpf (2). Generally very fine. (10) £70-90 

646 Edward VII (1901-1910), Natal, Silver Coronation 

Medal, 1902, for dignitaries, signed J & S, bust 

right, rev Royal Arms above running wildebeasts, 

29mm, suspension rings and ribbon (MYB 305A). 

Very fine. £60-80


647 Pretoria, Pretoria-Eeufees, Rectangular Silver 

Badges (2), 1955; Jacaranda Festival, Silver Medals 

(3); Sundry Base Metal Medals and Badges (7), 

including M. W. Pretorius (3), one named on edge. 

Generally very fine. (13) £100-150 

648 Royal Visits, Base Metal Medals (4), Edward, Prince 

of Wales (later Edward VIII), 1924, by Bowcher, 

for Spink & Son, in glazed holder (Giordano CM 

91); 1947 (3), two ‘Koninklike Besoek’; Coronation, 

1953, Barberton; Medals for Transvaal, Durban 

and Vereeniging (2); Larger Medals (3), Smuts 

/ de Villiers Graaf, bronze; Smuts / Churchill; 

Verwoerd / Strijdom, these silvered, each 51mm. 

Very fine and better, first pierced. (11) £100-150 

649 The Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, 

Western Cape Province, opened, Silver Medals (2) 

and Bronze, 38mm; others (6) including Centenary 

of Robertson, 1953, medalets (3). Very fine and 

better. (9) £40-50 

SWITZERLAND 

650 Agrégation de Genève à la Suisse, 1824, Medal, by 

A Bovy, 57.5mm (Martin 56); Belgium, Universal 

Exposition, Liege, 1905, Bronze Medal, by Devreese, 

bust of Gustav Francotte left, rev man and woman 

making rifles, 65.5mm; Longchamps Fleuri, shaped 

‘Art Nouveau’ Silvered-bronze Medal, by Wolfers, 

58mm x 41mm; Boehemi, Silver Baptismal Medal, 

16 th Century, style of Nickel Milicz, 48.5mm, deeply 

toned, about fine; Medalets (12), mostly French and 

World War I related, many very fine or nearly so. 

(15) £140-180 


651 World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, An 

Important Photographic Award Medal, awarded 

to the prestigious French firm, Numa Blanc & Cie, 

Bronze Award Medal, by A St Gaudens and C E 

Barber, figure of Christopher Columbus stepping 

ashore, rev legend on tablet, named (BLANC 

NUMA), 77mm (Baxter 87; BDM I, 122; Eglitt 90). 

Extremely fine. £80-100 

Numa Blanc & Cie, founded in the 1840s and famous for 

endless portrait photographs, operated in Nice, Cannes and 

Paris. Examples of their photographs are to be found in many 

museum collections. 

652 World War I, large Silvered-Bronze Medal, 

American Aid 1914, by C Devreese, busts of Albert 

and Elizabeth, rev allegory of international aid, 

90mm; other Belgian Medals (3), including the 

birth of Prince Louis Philippe, Bronze Medal, 1833, 

by Hart (T 324), First extremely fine, the others very 

fine and better. (4) £70-90 


653 World War I, The French Heroes Fund, Bronze 

Medal, 1918, by Paul Manship, French soldiers 

charge in the heat of battle, one fallen to the fore, 

rev radiant Marianne watches over orphaned 

children, 65mm. Extremely fine. £70-90 

The French Heroes Fund was established by Americans to 

rehabilitate wounded French soldiers, to help their families 

and to aid children orphaned by the First World War. 

Paul Manship (1885-1966), sculptor and medallist. 

654 Charles A Lindberg (1902-1974), Bronze striking 

of the Medal of the Congress of the United States 

of America, by Laura Gardin Fraser, first Atlantic 

flight, 1928, 70mm; George Clinton, First Governor of 

New York, bi-centennial Portrait Bronze Medal, 1927, 

by Charles Keck, 62.5mm; “Fame and Glory”, Bronze 

Medal of the Society of Medalists, issue 3, 1931, by 

Carl Paul Jennewein, a bee, FA – MA, rev winged 

cherub, 73mm; souvenir medalet of the New York 

World’s Fair, 1939, 31.5mm. Generally very fine or a 

little better, reverse of first badly stained. (4) £60-80 

Laura Fraser (1889-1966), sculptress; Charles Keck (1875-1951), 

sculptor; Carl Jennewein (1890-1978), German born sculptor.

658 Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959), architect, 

memorial Bronze Medal, c.1960, by E Claus, head 

left in hat, his name staggered behind, rev Greek 

maze design, I’LL THINK AS I’LL ACT AS I AM, 

79.5mm. Very fine. £60-80 

659 Dr Gay van der Meer, numismatist, patinated 

Bronze Tribute Medal, 1991, by Geer Steyn, 

for the British Art Medal Society, head right, 

standing figure with wreath and bow, OPTIME 

MERITIS, 86mm (The Medal, no.19, 1991), edition 

of 50; George Sand (1804-1876), author, modern 

patinated Bronze Art Medal, by André Belo, 

67.5mm; Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), modern 

French Bronze Art Medal, 68mm; André Gide 

(1869-1954), Bronze Portrait Medal, c.1954, by 

Annette Landry (bust dated 1949 on truncation). 

Extremely fine or virtually so. (4) £100-150 


655 “Dionysus”, Bronze Medal of the Society of 

Medalists, issue 2, 1930, by Paul Manship, bust, 

after the antique, rev young satyrs treading grapes, 

72.5mm; “Fame and Glory”, Bronze Medal of the 

Society of Medalists, issue 3, 1931 by Carl Paul 

Jennewein, a bee, FA – MA, rev winged cherub with 

wreath, 73mm. Extremely fine. (2) £100-150 

656 Indian “Prayer for Rain” and “Hopi” snake dance, 

patinated Bronze Medal of the Society of Medalists, 

issue 3, 1931, by Hermon Atkins MacNeil, 73mm, 

“Abundance”, Bronze Medal of the Society of 

Medalists, issue 10, 1934, by Albert Laessle, an 

American Turkey, AMERICA, rev head of corn, 

ABUNDANCE, 73mm. Extremely fine. (2) £80-120 

Albert Laessle (1911-1954), sculptor; Hermon Atkins MacNeil 

(1866-1947), sculptor. 

Dr Gay van der Meer, Keeper of the Koninklijk Kabinet van 

Munten, Penningen en Gesneden Stenen, The Hague. 

Geer Steyn (born 1945), Dutch sculptor and medallist, taught at 

the Art Colleges in The Hague and Amsterdam. 

MEDALS BY SUBJECT 

660 Engraved Coins, George II Silver Coins (4), 

variously engraved and seemingly related, 

Halfcrown, 1746 LIMA, scrolled JD, rev 1793 in 

angles; Halfcrown, 1746 LIMA, P / D / TO / CH E in 

angles; Shilling, 1745 LIMA, E / D / W / D in angles; 

Shilling, 1745 LIMA, 1758, “Sarah Blackley”, rev T 

/ & / H / B in angles. Fine or a little better and an 

unusual group. (4) £100-150 

661 Engraved Coins, smoothed Georgian Halfpenny, 

engraved “Sarah Brock” and armorial goat’s head 

to left, 27.5mm; another, with initials IP / SC, 

28mm. First fine, the second nearly so but stained and 

verdigris spot to SC side. (2) £30-50 


657 Chicago International Exhibition, 1933, Official 

Bronze Medal, by Emil Robert Zettler, standing 

male nude with flowing loin-cloth, rev map in 

relief of Exhibition grounds and lake-front, 70mm; 

“Riggers and Riveters”, Bronze Medal of the 

Society of Medalists, issue 30, 1944, by Mahonri 

Young, “High Iron” workers riding a beam, rev 

Riveters at work on skyscraper, 72.5mm. Both 


Emil Robert Zettler (1878-1946), sculptor and head of Industrial 

Art Section of Chicago’s Art Institute. 

Mahonri Mackintosh Young (1877-1957), sculptor and grandson 

of Brigham Young. This medal grew out of sketches that the artist 

made while watching construction from his studio window. 

The goat’s head is the crest of some branches of the Brook[e] 

family and, no doubt, also the Brock’s. 

662 Exploration, French World Exploration, Louis 

Phillipe I, South Polar voyage of Dumont D’Urville 

and Jacquinot, Bronze Medal, 1837, by Barré, head 

leaft, rev text, 50mm. Fine. £120-150 

663 Medicine, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, 

Galen Medal, uniface Specimen Trial Striking in 

Bronze of the obverse [1925], by Henry Paget, bust 

left, after W Wyon, GALEN before it, 48mm (NC, 

1980, p.168). Matt surface,mint state. £60-80 

The Galen or Gold Medal, also known as “The Society of 

Apothecaries’ Medal”, was instituted in 1925 for valuable services 

or contributions rendered to the science of therapeutics.

664 Music, Belgium, “La Musique”, Silver Plaquette 

for the Société Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la 

Médaille d’Art, 1911, by Louis Antoine de Smeth 

(1883-1964) for Fonson, naked youth playing flute, 

watched by two children, rev cock crowing before 

the sun, 58mm x 55mm, arched top (BM Acq 1978-82, 

pl 13, 28; BDM VIII, 208). Extremely fine. £150-200 

Louis Antoine de Smeth, sculptor and medallist. 

665 Music, Royal Academy of Music, Prize Medals 

(4), awarded to Richard Harvey Löhr for Piano 

Forte, glazed, frosted Silver (2), by Pinches and 

Woolner, undated, Mercury and shepherd, 56mm 

rev text; Silver, by Wyon, awarded 1878, Orpheus, 

rev wreath; Bronze, similar, awarded 1877, both 

with clasp and suspension loop, 40mm. In bespoke 

presentation case, the third once cleaned, otherwise 


671 Emergency Banknotes and Notgeld (approx 

140), c.1919-1924, mostly small size and low 

denominations, including Reichenberg (3); 

Ulmerfeld (6); Larenburg (3); Utzenaich (9); Arnsdorf 

(5); Uttersee (6); Ruprechtshofen (17); Sonnberg 

(12); Sittendorf (4); Sindelburg (3); Stattersdorf (6); 

Wimpassing (2, divided into 3 denominations). Very 

fine and better. (lot) £80-120 

FALKLAND ISLANDS 

MISCELLANEOUS 

666 Islamic, Replica “Persian” hand mirror; with Iraqi 

and Lebanese Souvenir Medals (8). Generally very 

fine. (9) £20-30 

BANKNOTES 

GREAT BRITAIN 

667 Bank of England, White £5 (7), 16 August 1945, 

no.J99 009475, 18 January 1947, no.L18 027758, 

21 January 1947, no.L20 073903, 7 February 1947, 

no.L35 010651, 21 February 1947, no.L47 043647, 

30 May 1947, no.M31 005616, 25 June 1947, no.M53 

053339, all London, signed by K O Peppiatt (Dugg 

B241). All heavily folded and creased, several very 

dirty or stained with pinholes or small tears, generally 

good to good fine. (7) £400-600 

668 Bank of England, White £5 (8), 22 August 1949, 

no.O22 068775, 28 December 1949, no.P33 097589, 

16 May 1950, no.R52 073033, 2 August 1950, 

no.S20 007306, 13 November 1950, no.T09 014915, 

6 November 1951, no.W17 035568, 10 April 1952, 

no.X51 022958, 19 July 1952, no.Y37 086491, all 

London, signed by P S Beale (Dugg B270). All 

heavily folded and creased, several very dirty or stained 

with pinholes or small tears, generally good to good 

fine. (8) £450-650 

669 Bank of England, White £5 (4), 26 January 1955, 

no.Y79 004968, 29 January 1955, no.Y82 074088, 16 

July 1955, no.A27A 067278, 3 April 1956, no.C52A 

055209, all London, signed by L K O’Brien (Dugg 

B275, 276). All folded and creased, the second very 

dirty, generally good to good fine. (4) £250-350 

AUSTRIA 

670 Emergency Banknotes and Notgeld (approx 260), 

c.1919-1924, in various Kronen and Heller, including 

Haindorf (4), Kassenschein (3), Peuerbach (24), 

Puchberg (15). Many duplicates, most extremely fine 

and some colourful examples. (lot) £120-150 

672 Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 19 May 

1938, serial no.E13341, blue and green, King 

George VI at right (P 5). Good fine. £40-60 

673 Government of the Falkland Islands, 50p, 20 

February 1974, serial no.D54716, £1 (3), 2 January 

1967, E63923, 1 December 1977, F43526, 15 June 

1982, G70986, £5 (2), 10 April 1960, C55004, 14 June 

1983, A009031 (P 10, 9, 8, 12). Second and fifth about 

very fine, the others uncirculated. (6) £100-150 

674 Government of the Falkland Islands, £5, 30 January 

1975, serial no.C101586, red on green, Queen 

Elizabeth at right (P 9b). Uncirculated. (6) £100-150 

GERMANY 

675 World War I, Prisoner of War Camps, Emergency 

Banknotes, Alten Grabow, 1 January 1916, 10-Marks 

to 5-Pfennigs (20); Clausthal, Mark and 5-Pfennigs; 

Bad Colberg, 50-Pfennig, 1915, Gefangenlager 

Neuman (3), Gefangenlager Ohrdruf (2); others, 

Hammerstein (2), Merseburg (2), Minden, Schloss 

Waldenburg, 1914 etc (4); and Stadt Dessau, a 

quantity of 3-, 2-, and 1-Pfennig perforated and 

un-perforated stamp-like notes, many in small 

sheets of ten notes. Generally very fine and better. 

(lot) £100-150


c.1919-1924, mostly high denominations, Millionen 

Marks etc, including Aktien (5), Amberg, Amorbach 

(4), including Fünf Millionen, unsigned and unnumbered; 

Augsburg; Bamberg (11); Berchtesgaden 

(25); Beuel (5); Cham (10, 3 in uncut coupon form); 

others (41); Danzig, Free state, specimen 100- and 

50-Gulden, 1 December 1923, numbered 00000. 

Mostly extremely fine. (lot) £100-150 


c.1919-1924, in sets or groups, including Bad 

Suderode Harz (4); Beilschowitz (3); Bethaus (5); 

Freiburg (4); Neustadt (2); Silberberg (6); Striegau 

(16), with images of Frederick the Great; Trebnitz 

(2); Neurode (2); Neustadt (4); Nikolai (7); Ohlau 

(12); Oppurg (21); Quedlinburg, 50-Pfennig, 

1921 (5), 1922 (11, includes 9 reverse types); 1924 

(10, two types, five of each), 25-Pfennig, 1924 (5); 

Rossbach (12); Rossla / Stolberg (4); Stassfurt (16); 

Stecklenberg (4); Stroebeck (7); Weissenfels (16); 

Wettin (50-Pfennig (14), all five reverse types; Zobtan 

am Berge (4). Mostly extremely fine. (lot) £120-150 


55), c.1919-1924, including Miltenberg, Fünf- 

Billionen Mark, 22 September 1923; Coswig- 

Anhalt, Dessauische Landesbank, Eine Billion 

Mark, 16 Nov 1923, no.104; Halle, 500-Milliarden 

Mark, November 1923, uniface; Quedlinburg, 500- 

Milliarden Mark, October 1923, and 10-Milliard; 

others (54), 100,000-Marks and larger; and Austria, 

Inzersdorf, 50-Heller, printed on Calendar (29 

Dezember). Very fine and better. (lot) £150-250 

679 Possneck, 50-Millionen Mark, II. VIII. 1923, issued 

by the Emil Brüderlein Leatherworks, black leather 

notgeld, printed in gold, vignette of old city and 

industrial complex, rev view of works (Grab 454). 

Very fine and rare. £80-120 


c.1919-1924, large denomination notes, including 

Nürnberg (18), 500,000 to 10-Million Marks; 

Odenkirchen, 1- and 100-Million; Partenkirchen, 

5-Milliarden; Waldkirchen, 1-Million to 100- 

Milliarden (4); Fürth, 1-Million; and many similar 

notes, similar practical designs (120). Very fine and 

extremely fine. (lot) £100-150 


280), c.1919-1924, including Bamberg (3); Bad 

Wörishofen (14); Treffurt (2); Wittenburg; Stettin 

(6); Dresden (14); Coblenz (8); Königssee (10); 

Dresdner Bank, Goldmarks / US$ (10); Elberfeld 

(2); Dülken (4); Döbein (20); others (124); stamplike 

and cut notes, Berghausen (23); Dessau (28, in 

three sheets); Mühldorf (5); Wasserburg (9). Mostly 

very fine or better. (lot) £100-150 


240), c.1919-1924, mostly small size and low 

denominations, a good and varied selection, many 

colourful notes. Generally very fine and better. 

(lot) £80-120 

683 Osterwieck, Chamois Leather Notes (3), 500-Marks, 

4 December 1922; 100-Marks and 50-Marks, 1-May, 

1922. Two nearly extremely fine with clean surfaces, 

last a little marked. (2) £30-40 

684 Lautawerk, Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke A.G, 

50-Marks, aluminium foil note, 8 October 1922, 

purple ink, slight damage to left edge, good fine or 

perhaps better for issue; with a ‘ghosted’ impression 

of a paper note, also Lautawerk. (2) £40-60 

685 A Group of Notgeld (approx 20), good variety of 

issues, many uncirculated; other German and world 

banknotes, from circulation. (lot) £20-30 

INDIA 

686 Hyderabad, Rupee (1919), serial no.A/1 214754 

(P S261; Jhun 1.1). Extremely fine, small crease lower 

left corner, very rare. £300-500 


687 An Assortment of American Colonial Banknotes 

and other Ephemera (19), including Maine, 

International Bank $5, August 1862, Portland, 

no.8391; Connecticut, The Mystic Bank $5, August 

1858, no.4053; Confederate States of America 

$500, February 1864, Richmond; Farmers Bank of 

Kentucky Proof Cheque, 18--; Alabama, Mobile, St 

John & Leavens Proof Cheque, 18--; and Arizona, 

Safford, Hudson & Co, Proof $20, 18-- (Haxby G8a, 

A10). Generally good fine to about very fine, several 

rare, worth careful viewing. (19) £1000-1500 

688 American Colonial Banknotes (10), including 

Delaware, Benjamin Franklin and D Hall 20- 

Shillings, June 1759, “To Counterfeit id DEATH”; 

Pennsylvania, 2-Shillings, October 1775; Rhode 

Island $5, July 1780; Continental Currency $50, 

January 1779. First torn in two and repaired, third 

about uncirculated, otherwise generally about very fine 

or better, some scarce. (10) £700-900

SHARE CERTIFICATES AND TRAVELLERS CHEQUES 

689 Share Certificates relating to Hotels (36), several 

with coupons still intact, France (24), including The 

Royal Monceau Hotel (Paris), 1924; Compagnie des 

Claridges Hotels (2), 1919, 1921; Maine Palace, 1918; 

Hotel Baltimore (2), 1924; and Pera Palace Hotel 

de Constantinople, 1922, very rare; United States 

of America (6), including Hotel Martin Company 

of Ultica, 1924; Walker Hotel Corporation, undated; 

Other Countries (6), including Great Britain, Hanley 

Hotel Company Ltd, 1864; Indo-China, Grands 

Hotels Indochinois, undated. Generally good very 

fine or better, a very attractive group. (36) £300-400 

690 Share Certificates relating to Railways (23), some 

with coupons still intact, United States of America 

(17), including The Flint & Pere Marquette 

Railway Company, 1864; The Baltimore and Ohio 

Rail Road Company, 1880, these very rare and rare; 

The Cincinnati and Springfield Railway Company, 

1871; Michigan Central Railroad Company, 1902; 

Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company, 

1896; Other Countries (6), including Great Britain, 

The Great Northern Railway Company, 1846, very 

rare, and France, Chemins de Garantis des Colonies 

Françaises, 1921. Generally good very fine or better, a very 

attractive group, several scarce to rare. (23) £200-300 

691 Share Certificates from France relating to Aviation 

(27), some with coupons still intact, including 

École Nationale d’Aviation, 1911, rare; Le 

Moteur Laviatoe, 1911, very rare; Société Anonyme 

d’Applications Industrielles du Bois, 1919, rare; 

together with other Share Certificates (10), some with 

coupons still intact, including France, Taxis Citröen 

SA, 1924, and USA, Mary Murphy Gold Mining Co, 

1909. Generally good very fine or better, a very attractive 

group, several scarce to rare. (37) £300-400 

692 Share Certificates relating to Aviation (39), some with 

coupons still intact, Germany (5), including Deutsche 

Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft (Zeppelin), 1910, 

very rare; United States (17), including Great Lakes 

Aircraft Corp, undated, rare; Spain (4), including 

Colon-Compania Transaerea Espanola, 1928, 

rare; other countries (13), including Sweden, A B 

Hässleholms Flyghamm, 1920, rare; China, Nationalist 

China War Bond, c.1938, fighter plane, rare. Generally 

good very fine or better, a very attractive group, several 

scarce to rare. (39) £300-400 

693 An Assortment of Share Certificates (39), some 

with coupons still intact, including The Chinese 

Government Loan Bond for £100, 1925, no.0016029; 

Compagnie Financière Belgo-Chinoise, 1926; City 

of St Petersburg 4½% Loan, 1913; USA, Colorado, 

The Acacia Gold Mining Company, c.1908; USA, 

Alberta, Great Northern Oil and Asphalt Co Ltd, 

1915; Great Britain, The Liverpool Overhead 

Railway Co (2), 1900, 1907; The Wakefield Sack Co 

Ltd, 1873, no.60; The Bristol Paper Co Ltd, 1876, 

no.514; The Rhyl Promenade Pier Co Ltd, 1866, 

no.134; The Hull Botanic Garden Co Ltd, 1881. 

Generally good very fine or better, a very attractive 

group, several scarce to rare. (39) £300-500 

694 Specimen Travellers’ Cheques, a collection of 

approximately 170 pieces contained in the issuing 

entities’ information folders, as issued to banks 

and money changers, from many countries, 

including United Kingdom, Australia, France, 

Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, South 

Africa, Switzerland and the USA, and in various 

currencies, including £, $, A$, HK $, Deutschmarks, 

Ecus, French and Swiss Francs, Guilders, Lire, 

Pesetas and Yen, c.1974-1985. Cheques generally as 

issued, a couple damaged by punching for insertion in 

a ring binder, some folders a little rubbed on corners, a 

few folders with pin or staple holes, a fascinating group. 

(lot) £150-250 

MISCELLANEOUS 

695 An Assortment of World Banknotes (approx 135), 

various countries and denominations, including 

Germany (some Notgeld), Portgual, USA, Russia, 

Great Britain, Indonesia, Greece, France, Belgium, 

Italy, and several wartime issues. Mixed grades, 

should be viewed. (lot) £20-40 

COIN CABINETS 

696 Mahogany Coin Cabinet by Nicholls, 290mm wide 

x 300mm deep x 170mm high, 14 trays pierced for 

various mainly small sizes, plain double doors, 

lock and key. Tidy used condition, some label residue 

on trays, brassware dull. £60-80 




lock and key. Tidy used condition, some label residue 

on trays, brassware dull. £60-80 




lock and key and 14 spare trays. Tidy used condition, 

some label residue on trays, brassware dull. £80-100 

699 Mahogany Coin Cabinet, 290mm wide x 320mm 

deep x 260mm high, 10 trays pierced for crown 

size, panel doors, lock, no key. Veneer chipped and 

scratched, some beading missing. £60-80 

700 Antique Oak Box, hinged lid (lock and key), 

containing six trays, each squared for 40 coins, and 

one plain tray. Trays a little warped otherwise quite 

servicable. £40-60 

701 Abafil Miniporter Coin Case, containing five red 

plush trays, 165mm x 220mm, divisions of various 

sizes. In good clean second-hand condition, with 

keys. £60-80

World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

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