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British Historical Medals from the collection formed by the late Michael Ewing

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This collection was sold on 2 April 2014.

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Lot 728, 2 Apr 14

Duke of Albermarle, 1687, a white metal aftercast of the medal by G. Bower, 46mm (MI I, 620/34; E 286); Death of Queen Mary, 1694, a copper medal by J. and N. Roettiers, 49mm (MI II, 111/343; E 362); together with other miscellaneous medals, 1688-1702 (6, one in silver) [8]. Varied state £80-100

Lot 728, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £80

Lot 729, 2 Apr 14

George I, silver counter, 25mm (MI II, 428/18); Battle of Culloden, 1746, a brass medal, 34mm (MI II, 612/277; E 605); together with other miscellaneous medals, 1727-57 (12, one in silver) [14]. First two fine or better, others in varied state £90-120

Lot 729, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £100

Lot 730, 2 Apr 14

George III, Accession, 1760, medals (2), in copper by T. Pingo, 40mm (BHM 3; E 683), in pewter by J. Kirk, 35mm (BHM 4; E 684); George III, Marriage, 1761, a copper medal, unsigned, 26mm (BHM 17; E 691); George III, Coronation, 1761, base metal medals (4), all unsigned, 34mm (BHM 39), 32mm (BHM 40), 26mm (BHM 46), 24mm (BHM 51); Birth of Prince George, 1762, a copper medalet, 24mm (BHM 79); Birth of Prince Frederick, 1763, brass medalets (2), 25m...

Lot 730, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £130

Lot 731, 2 Apr 14

George III, Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1789, white metal medals by C. James (2), both 33mm (BHM 294; DH Middlesex 176); George III, Visit to Bristol, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, 29mm (BHM 319; DH Devon 8); Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1789, a plated brass medal, unsigned, 30mm (BHM 321); Francis Willis, 1789, a pewter medal by C. James, 33mm (BHM 333; DH Middlesex 220; E 828); Marquis Cornwallis, 1794, a white metal medal by W. Main...

Lot 731, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £160

Lot 732, 2 Apr 14

Capture of Helder Point, 1799, a white metal medal, unsigned [by T. Wyon Sr], 40mm (BHM 477; E 910); Preliminaries for the Peace of Amiens, 1801, a brass medalet by H. Kettle, 25mm (BHM 514); Peace of Amiens, 1802, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock, 39mm (BHM 538); George III, Grand National Jubilee, 1809, medals (5), by Kettle (4, three plated brass), all 25mm (BHM 647 [2], 648 [2]), Borough of Tewkesbury, after N. Marchant, white metal, 43mm...

Lot 732, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £130

Lot 733, 2 Apr 14

Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1811, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (BHM 709); Marriage of Duke of Gloucester and Princess Mary, 1816, a plated brass medal, unsigned, 25mm (BHM 904); Marriage of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, 1816, medals (5), by J. Westwood (2), both white metal, 43mm (BHM 908), unsigned (3), plated brass (2), both 25mm (BHM 909), gilt-copper, 22mm (BHM 910); Independent Electors of Gloucester, 181...

Lot 733, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £220

Lot 734, 2 Apr 14

Queen Caroline’s Return to England, 1820, a white metal medal by J. Westwood, 43mm (BHM 1025); Milan Plot, 1820, a brass medal, unsigned, 25mm (BHM 1039); George IV, Coronation, 1821, medals (5), in copper by B. Pistrucci, 35mm (BHM 1070; E 1146), in white metal (2), by T.I. Wells for Manchester and Salford, 46mm (BHM 1096), by W.W.T., 46mm (BHM 1102), in brass (2), both 25mm (BHM 1109, 1110); George IV, Visit to Ireland, 1821, a white metal me...

Lot 734, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £250

Lot 735, 2 Apr 14

George IV, Visit to Scotland, 1822, medals (5), in white metal (2), by W. Bain, 44mm (BHM 1160), unsigned, 46mm (BHM 1189), brass (3), all 25mm (BHM 1195, 1196, –); Remembrancer, 1824, a copper medalet, 23mm (BHM –); Death of the Duke of York, 1827, brass medals (5), all 25mm (BHM 1290 [2], 1291 [2], 1293); Duke of Clarence Appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827, a copper medal by J. Henning, 66mm (BHM 1296; E 1192); Manchester Grand Music Festiva...

Lot 735, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £200

Lot 736, 2 Apr 14

Sir Walter Scott, 1824, a white metal medal by W. Wyon for Thomason, 53mm (BHM 1238); Bleriot Anniversary Air Race, 1959, a bronze award medal, named (John L. Halliday, Esq), 51mm; Birmingham Numismatic Society, 1971, a silver medal, 32mm; Royal Academy, Pompeii Exhibition, 1976, a bronze medal by Toye, Kenning & Spencer, 51mm; together with miscellaneous medals (42, one in silver), 17th to 21st centuries, tokens and Congress-related ephemera (71...

Lot 736, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £75

Lot 737, 2 Apr 14

William IV, Accession, 1830, a white metal by T. Halliday for the Paul Pry, 38mm (BHM 1418); William IV, Visit to Brighton, 1830, a copper ticket for Perry & Co, 37mm; William IV, Coronation, 1831, medals (9), in white metal (6), by C.F. Carter, 45mm (BHM 1478), by T.W. Ingram, 55mm (BHM 1483), unsigned, 35mm (BHM 1491), 43mm (BHM 1502), 33mm (BHM 1504), 31mm (BHM 1505), in brass (3), 25mm (BHM 1507, 1519), 22mm (BHM 1522); Opening of London Bri...

Lot 737, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £220

Lot 738, 2 Apr 14

Temperance, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 44mm; Order of Good Templars (Inst. 1851), a white metal medal by Keesey, 45mm; together with miscellaneous temperance awards, in silver (14), base metal (17), of the Army Temperance Association, Army Temperance Association of India, Royal Army Temperance Association, Royal Naval Temperance Society, Temperance Choral Society, Independent Order of Rechabites, Band of Hope, Union of England Temperance...

Lot 738, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £310

Lot 739, 2 Apr 14

Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education, c. 1860, a white metal medal, unsigned [after T. Halliday], 50mm (cf. Taylor 10a); Northampton School Board, British School, Perfect Attendance, a white metal medal, 44mm; Shottermill C.E. Schools, 1897, Regular Attendance, a white metal medal by Vaughton, 42mm; School Board for London, award medals (9, all Victoria 1887-97, named); School Board for London and London County Council, award medals (9, Edward V...

Lot 739, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £210

Lot 740, 2 Apr 14

Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education, c. 1860, a white metal medal, unsigned [after T. Halliday], 50mm (cf. Taylor 10a); Catholic School Committee, Good Conduct, a white metal medal, 47mm; together with other miscellaneous medals (34, two in silver), from South Shields, Eastbourne, Cambridge, Stockport, Chepstow, Bedfordshire, Church Lads’ Brigade, Poetry Society, etc [36]. Mostly very fine; three in cases of issue £80-100

Lot 740, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £180

Lot 741, 2 Apr 14

Magdalen College Boat Club, Oxford, a copper award medal, named (Pairs 1870, C.C. Knollys Bow, W.A. Clarke Stroke), 51mm; The People’s Palace Apprentices Exhibition, London, 1887, a copper award medal by J.A. Restall, named (G.H.F. Prynne), 45mm (cf. DNW 86, 91); The Answers Medal, c. 1890, a bronze award, ‘Presented by the Proprietors of Answers’, 68mm (cf. DNW 105, 1107); International Exhibition of Mining & Metallurgy, London, 1890, a gi...

Lot 741, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £95

Lot 742, 2 Apr 14

Visit of the Prince of Wales to the Iron Trades Pension Society, 1893, a copper medal, unsigned, 32mm (W & E 1681.1; BHM 3461); Visit of the Prince of Wales to Dover, 1893, a white metal medal, unsigned, 32mm (W & E 1768; BHM 3439); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1897, Borough of Weybridge, a copper medal by Vaughton, 39mm (W & E 3542D.2); together with other miscellaneous medals (90, two in silver), 1863-1911 [93]. Those described very fine, others i...

Lot 742, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £130

Lot 743, 2 Apr 14

London & Provincial Ornithological Society, Crystal Palace, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, un-named, 39mm (Allen 1909/001); South West London College, Clapham, a plated bronze Music award, named (Mary Irwin), 45mm; Festival of School Violin Classes, Alexandra Palace, 1907, a white metal award medal, named (M. Ross), 32mm; National Union of School Orchestras, Crystal Palace, 1914, a white metal medal, 31mm (Allen 1914/015); Methodi...

Lot 743, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £45

Lot 744, 2 Apr 14

George V, Visit to Winchester, 1912, an aluminium medal by R. Richardson, 38mm (W & E 5445.1); together with other miscellaneous medals (81, two in silver), 1911-2002, including local issues from Barnsley, Bristol, Southampton, Redbridge, Runcorn, Leicester, West Bromwich, Chelmsford, Bexhill, etc [82]. Mostly very fine or better; two cased £70-90

Lot 744, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £110

Lot 745, 2 Apr 14

Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, miscellaneous badges, etc (26), including those naming Salisbury, Devon Coast Country Club, [Market or West] Drayton, Lambeth, etc; Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee, 1977, miscellaneous badges, etc (30), including those naming Chandlers Ford, Gem Craft Expo, Blackwood Hodge, etc [56]. Very fine and better; many with identifying labels £60-80

Lot 745, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £35

Lot 746, 2 Apr 14

Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee, 1977, a clear plastic medal by Cambridge University Engineering, 55mm, together with other miscellaneous medals for the same event (34, two in silver); Elizabeth II, 25th Anniversary of the Coronation, 1978, a silver-gilt medal by M. Rizzello, 57mm; Elizabeth II, Visit to Alderney, 1978, a silver medal by Pobjoy, 39mm; Opening of Luton International Airport, 1985, a nickel medal, 44mm; The Royal Maundy Distribution,...

Lot 746, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £120

Lot 747, 2 Apr 14

80th Birthday of the Queen Mother, 1980, a bronze medal by the Royal Mint for St Paul’s Cathedral, 68mm; together with other miscellaneous base metal medals of the Queen Mother (23), 1975-2000 [24]. Mostly as struck; in cases or holders as issued £40-60

Lot 747, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £25

Lot 748, 2 Apr 14

Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981, a gilt medal by L. Durbin, 57mm (E 2140); together with miscellaneous Charles and Diana medals, etc (72, six in silver); Marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, 1986, a silver medal by R. Elderton, 44mm (E 2151); together with miscellaneous Andrew and Sarah base metal medals (12) [86]. Mostly as struck; a few in cases or holders as issued £90-120

Lot 748, 2 Apr 14

Sold for £150

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