British and World Commemorative Medals - Baldwin's

INDIA
269 International Exhibition, Calcutta, 1883-1884,
Bronze Medal, by J S & A B Wyon, large crowned
and veiled bust of Queen Victoria to left, rev figures
display the fruits of their labour and progress,
including a locomotive engine, 76mm (Pudd
883.2.1). Some spotting, good very fine. £120-150
270 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, Bronze
Medal, 1886, by L C Wyon, head left, rev text in wreath,
52mm (E 1725; Pudd 886.1.2). As struck. £40-50
ITALY
271 Tommaso Rangone (1493-1577) of Ravenna,
Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy, Bronze
Medal, 1562, by a medallist now only identified
as “Unknown Venetian Medallist I”, bearded bust
right, dated in field behind head, rev Jupiter in
the guise of an eagle, brings the infant Hercules
to a Jupiter, who reclines amidst the Milky Way,
38.5mm (Attwood 237; Arm II, 196, 19; BDM VI,
289; Brettauer 923; cf also undated medals, Kress
417b; Pollard, Bargello III, 751; Clifford [Spink 21
May 1996] 136). A contemporary 16 th century medal,
strictly fine. £200-300
Pollard, in the Kress catalogue, attributed the medal to Sansovino
(1486-1570), but he changes the attribution to Pomedello in the
Bargello catalogue. Clifford (1996), followed Weddigen with an
attribution to Matteo Fide, though he points out that there is a
statue of Rangone by Sansovino and that, as the medallist, he
“seems much more plausible”. The BM specimen, ex Rosenheim
Collection, is the only example recorded by Attwood and is
catalogued as an ‘Aftercast’.
272 Tuscany, Leopold II (1797-1870, Grand Duke, 1824-
1859), Uniface Medal in Berlin Iron, unsigned,
1839, bewhiskered bust left, LEOPOLDO II G D DI
TOSCANO. Very fine. £60-80
273 The Martyrs for the Unification of Italy, Copper
Medal, 1844, legend in five lines within wreath,
ORA E SEMPRE LA GIOVINE ITALIA AI SUOI
MARTIRI 1844, rev the names of the ‘martyrs’,
66.5mm. Nearly extremely fine, rare. £70-90
The legend inspired by the activist for Independence, Giuseppe
Mazzini (1805-1872).