British and World Commemorative Medals - Baldwin's

238 Fine Arts Exhibition, Bronze Medal, 1874, by J
E Boehm, head of Albert Prince of Wales left, rev
the Albert Hall, edge inscribed LADY DRAKE
CATALOGUE N O 5053 AND SERVICES, 52mm (BHM
2992; E 1633); Art Prize Bronze Medal, 1853, to Z
King. First extremely fine, the second with edge knocks,
good very fine. (2) £50-70
239 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. £40-60
The portrait perhaps adapted from a photograph by Elliott & Fry.
240 International Medal Congress, large Bronze
Medal, 1881, by L C Wyon, draped bust left, rev
Hippocrates protects the people of the world
from menacing Death, 77mm (BHM 3110; E 1683).
Extremely fine. £250-300
241 Charles Frederick Huth (1806-1895) and Frances
Caroline Marshall (died 1901), Golden Wedding,
1886, Iron Medal, by Allan Wyon, conjoined busts
left, rev angel stands below palm holding conjoined
armorial shields, IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION, 45mm,
48.14g (BHM 3205; Grueber EPM, p.322). Virtually
mint state, extremely rare, only two known. £150-250
Grueber, “English Personal Medals”, Numismatic Chronicle,
Third Series, Vol XII, p 322 “two were struck in gold, fifteen
in silver, forty five in copper, five in bronze, two in iron, one in
platinum and one in aluminium.”
The Huth family : Reginald Huth (1853-1926), Banker and
London representative of the Bank of Spain. The family business
Frederick Huth & Co was first established by his grandfather
in Corunna, Spain, in 1805. He came to London in 1809 and
in 1814 he took John Frederick Grüning into partnership and
the resulting firm, Huth & Company, was formed. Throughout
the 19th century the firm is described in London directories
as ‘merchants’. In 1903 Reginald Huth changed the priorities
and Frederick Huth & Co was established as a merchant bank.
The bank was dissolved in 1936 and absorbed into the British
Overseas Bank and then, in turn, the Royal Bank of Scotland.
A prolific collector of coins, his collection was sold at Sotheby’s
in three sales in April and June, 1927. He also commissioned a
number of fantasy Pattern Coins and medals, manufactured by
Spink and John Pinches.
242 City of London, The Cooks’ Company, Silver Livery
Medal, 1888, Charles Kemp Dyer the Younger,
Company arms, rev name etc, 45mm, suspension
loop and ribbon. Nearly extremely fine, lightly
toned. £50-70
Charles Kemp Dyer, the elder was a director of the English &
Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company.