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BRITISH & FOREIGN MEDALS £50 OR LESS

 UPDATED 1^ST MARCH 2019

BRITISH & FOREIGN MEDALS UNDER £50

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Medals are arranged in date order I have arranged medals which are specifically Scottish, Irish or Welsh in dedicated sections at the end of the British Section. The Foreign Medals follow after the British medals Details of references contained in the descriptions can be found on the References page All descriptions and photographs are copyright of Charles Riley

BRITISH & IRISH MEDALS
5340	Henry II, Dassier’s medal, bronze, from his series of English sovereigns (1731), helmeted and cuirassed bust right, rev. tomb with trophies, 41mm (MI i p.3; E 5). Very fine.	£30
5554	Napoleonic Wars, Archduke Charles of Austria, Allied Commander in Germany 1797, white metal medal, bust three-quarters right, rev. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL ARMIES IN GERMANY 1797, 35mm. Very fine, scarce.	£35
5384	Bronze Calendar Medal 1806, 39mm. Fine.	£30
5481	London, Covent Garden Theatre, Old Price medal 1809, silvered brass, bust of Kemble left wearing a fool’s cap, OH MY HEAD AITCHES above, OBSTINACY below, rev. O.P. (Old Price) in field, JOHN BULL’S JUBILEE, CLIFFORD FOR EVER around, 25mm. Good very fine or better. Note: the raising of prices by theatre actor-manager John Kemble caused three months of rioting at the end of 1809.	£40
4772	Leicester, St George’s Church, foundation stone laid 1823 by Richard William Penn (Earl Howe), white metal medal by J Ottley, view of the church, rev. legend, 63mm (BHM 1217; E -; Taylor 89a). Very fine.	£35
5385	Bronze Calendar Medal 1828, 38mm. Good fine.	£30
5218	William IV, Coronation 1831, white metal medal by T Halliday, conjoined busts of William and Adelaide right, rev. the King and Queen enthroned attended by Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, 45mm (BHM 1479; E -). Good very fine or better, rare.	£45
5658	William IV, Coronation 1831, white metal medal by T Halliday, bust of William IV right, rev. bust of Adelaide right above rose, thistle and shamrock, 38mm (BHM 1482; E -). Good very fine or better, extremely rare.	£45 RESERVED
3320	Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society instituted 1833, First Class prize medal, bronze, by W Wyon, awarded 1884, bust of James Watt left, rev.  legend within wreath, on edge JOHN WRIGHT & CO., FOR “KYRLE” HEATING STOVES 1884, 45mm (E 1272). Note: Wright & Co were a Birmingham engineering company. Good very fine.	£25
5596	Medicine, London, St Thomas’s Hospital, William Cheselden, The Cheselden Prize Medal circa 1845, bronze, by W Wyon, a lead-filled cliché of the obverse design with suspension loop, 77mm (cf.BHM 1339; E 638; Storer 618), suitable for display on a GP’s/MD’s or surgeon’s surgery wall. Very fine.	£45
5549	Archaeology, British Archaeological Asociation, Gloucester meeting 1846, bronze medal by W J Taylor, hand pour oil into Roman lamp, rev. shields and legends, 35mm (BHM -; E 1393 footnote; Withers 2635; DW 102/13-14). Almost extremely fine, scarce. Note: this was struck for the third annual meeting of the Society.	£45
5398	Birmingham & Midland Counties Exhibition established 1849, agricultural silver prize medal awarded 1851, farmyard ducks and poultry, rev. engraved ‘To Mr Edw Glover for the best 6 game chickens 1851’, 41mm, with suspension loop.  Very fine, obverse better, originally glazed and frosted (now lacking glass to reverse, with consequent loss of frosting).	£38
5635	Leicester, John Henry Manners, 5^th Duke of Rutland, white metal medal, statue erected commemorating his 50^th anniversary as Lord Lieutenant 1852, view of the statue, rev. oleaginous legend, 45mm (BHM -). Very fine, slightly uneven flan, very rare. Notes: this was the first public statue erected in Leicester and had been exhibited at The Great Exhibition the previous year. It is unusual in breaking the convention whereby the person commemorated was usually dead. The Duke died a few years later in 1857.	£25
4687	George Frederick Handel, Centenary Celebration at Crystal Palace 1859, bronze medal by WJ Taylor, bust of Handel left, rev. legend within palm and laurel wreath, edge named J COTTRELL PERFORMER, 51mm (BHM 2656; E 1527; Allen SY-1859/10). Good very fine, small spot in obverse field.	£45
4766	Sussex, Brighton, Mahomed’s Gymnasium, bronze medal circa 1880, MAHOMED’S GYMNASIUM around wreath, rev. laurel wreath around field for inscription, 51mm. About extremely fine, interesting. Note: Frederick Mohamed opened the gym in 1864. He was a grandson of Sake Mohamed, an Indian who opened the United Kingdom’s first curry house.	£45
5355	Yorkshire, Ripon Millenary 1886, bronze medal, manufactured by the Royal Mint, a watchman’s horn, rev. paschal lamb, 36mm (BHM 3217). Extremely fine.	£38
5337	Baptist Mission Centenary 1892, white metal medal, view of a house in Kettering (Northamptonshire), in exergue THE HOUSE AT KETTERING IN WHICH THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY WAS FORMED OCT 2^ND 1792, rev. scenes in medallions representing Africa, China, West Indies, India, names Carey, Fuller, Marshman, Ward around, Bible at centre, 45mm (cf. BHM 3434, not listed in white metal). Good extremely fine, a couple of corrosion spots, with later navy blue and crimson ribbon.	£20
5453	Victoria, Diamond Jubilee 1897, brass cruciform medal, 37mm. Very fine, traces of original silver wash to reverse.	£25
5454	Victoria, Diamond Jubilee 1897, brass cruciform medal, with photographic central portrait, 37mm. Very fine.	£30
5022	Admiral Nelson, HMS Foudroyant, copper medal 1897, struck from her copper after breaking up, uniformed bust of Nelson facing, rev. broadside view of HMS Foudroyant, 37mm (BHM 3613; E 1813), in original box of issue. Good very fine.	£40
5408	Sussex, Brighton Grammar School, Punctuality Medal (awarded 1903), bronze, head of Athena above school arms, EST 1859 in field, BRIGHTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL BUCKINGHAM ROAD around, rev. engraved ‘E Brown PUNCTUALITY Midsummer 1903’ within wreath, 51mm. Very fine, severe digs to reverse field.	£20
5356	Worcestershire, Bromsgrove School, bronze prize medal awarded 1905, arms, rev. engraved SPORTS B HALF MILE 2^ND WON BY G G PAGE 2 MIN 25 SECS 1905, 35mm. Extremely fine.	£22
5346	Bath (Somerset), Council, 50 Years Service, Silver Medal circa 1910, awarded to A C Hillier (Stone Kings Wardle), City of Bath arms, rev. legend, 35mm, with crimson ribbon and bar. Extremely fine.	£22
5448	Bristol, School Regular Attendance & Satisfactory Conduct Medal, bronze circa 1910, by Vaughton, Bristol arms, rev. AWARDED TO (FRANK BOWDITCH) FOR (3) YEARS within laurel wreath, 45mm (Dry 1290). Good very fine.	£22
5342	Durham, Seaham Hall 1911, Marquess & Marchioness of Londonderry as Mayor and Mayoress, white metal medal dated 31^st August 1911, conjoined busts right, rev. view of Seaham Hall, 38mm. Extremely fine, scarce.	£25
3000	Oxford, Millenary 1912, white metal medal by CW Thomas Anglo-Saxon female with shield dated 912, holds aloft an hourglass with a civic dignitary, holding a shield dated 1912, sun rises between them over distant view of Oxford, on banner below SIC M SIC MM DEI GRATIA, rev view of old walled town , Oxford arms in gateway, FORTIS EST VERITAS above, 51mm (BHM 4094; E 1932). Very fine.	£35
5445	Northampton, Stimpson Avenue School, Attendance & Good Conduct Medal, awarded 1913, bronze, Northampton arms, rev. STIMPSON AVENUE SCHOOL within wreath, edge: EVELYN ABELL 1908-1913, 44mm (Dry 1465, not recorded in bronze). About extremely fine.	£20
4275	Yorkshire, Hull School Attendance Medal, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1922, 39mm, with blue ribbon suspension ribbon in fitted case of issue (Dry 991). Good very fine.	£30
5361	Liverpool, Collegiate School, bronze prize medal circa 1930, liverbird within wreath, rev. laurel wreath with space for engraving, 26mm, with suspension loop. Extremely fine.	£5
5362	British Roller Canary Club, bronze prize medal circa 1930, canary bird singing on a perch, rev. oak wreath around a space for engraving, 31mm. Good very fine.	£10
4549	Hampshire, Secondary Schools Sports Prize, oval silver medal awarded 1936, by Vaughton & Son, crowned Tudor rose, rev.  engraved SENIOR GIRLS' 220 YARDS, 42x51mm, wt. 57g. Very fine.	£30
5459	Peace in Europe, 25^th Anniversary 1970, bronze medal by D Cornell for Pinches, bust left of Winston Churchill, rev. IF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ITS COMMONWEALTH LAST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS MEN WILL STILL SAY "THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HOUR” on tablet between two union flags, lion’s head above, 44mm, numbered on edge No.161 (Engstrom 88). Very fine.	£25
5460	Peace in Europe, 25^th Anniversary 1970, bronze medal by D Cornell for Pinches, bust three-quarters right of Winston Churchill, rev. NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW on tablet between two union flags, lion’s head above, 44mm, numbered on edge No.161 (Engstrom 90). Very fine.	£25
5416	English Catholicism, English College in Rome, 400^th Anniversary 1979, uniface bronze medal, 57mm. Very fine.	£10
SCOTLAND
5670	Edinburgh University, Maclaurin prize medal, white metal by C F Carter circa 1860, bust of Colin Maclaurin in high relief, rev. legend around laurel wreath, 45mm (C-P 134/6). Good very fine.	£20
4363	Glasgow Agricultural Society, bronze prize medal circa 1880, Glasgow Arms, rev. laurel wreath, 44mm, in case of issue (lid loose). Good very fine or better.	£30
5045	Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Instituted 1838, silver District Medal hallmarked Birmingham 1909, a curling match above Scottish royal arms on shield, rev. legends with space for award engraving, 41mm, with blue ribbon, suspender and bar. Extremely fine.	£30
WALES
5655	Montgomeryshire, School Attendance Medal, silver, for 2 Years Attendance (hallmarked 1909), Arms of Powys on shield with motto POWYS PARADWYS CYMRU, rev. legends, 26mm, suspension loop (Dry 1380). Very fine.	£18
4733	Prince Charles, Investiture as Prince of Wales 1969, silver medal by Michael Rizello, bust right, ARWISGIAD CHARLES TYWYSOG CYMRU 1969 around, rev. Welsh dragon left, Y DDRAIG GOCH DDYRY CYCHWYN around, 45mm, in Royal Mint case of issue. Extremely fine.	£35
FOREIGN MEDALS
5566	Belgian Congo, Jules Renkin, Prime Minister of the colonies, Visit to the Congo 1909, by J Jourdain, bust left, rev. view of steamship and legend including HOMMAGE DE SIR ALFRED L JONES KCMG PRESIDENT DE LA CTE BELGE-MARITIME DU CONGO,  60mm. Very fine. Note: Sir Alfred Lewis Jones (1845-1909), “The Uncrowned King of West Africa" (WJ Steed), shipping owner.	£40
4849	Belgium, Antwerp, Opening of the St Anna Tunnel under the River Schelde 1933, bronze medal by Pivan Riel for Fonson, two female figures hold hands over tunnel, ship above, rev. walled town, 70mm. Good very fine.	£45	PHOTOS TO FOLLOW
2649	France, Monneron Freres, bronze 5-Sols 1792, soldiers swear allegiance to the constitution, date 14 juillet 1790 in exergue, rev. legends, 40mm (Hennin 431; KM Tn 34). Very fine.	£40
5612	France, Monneron Freres, bronze 5-Sols 1792, soldiers swear allegiance to the constitution, date 14 juillet 1790 in exergue, rev. legends, 40mm (Hennin 431; KM Tn 34). Very fine or better.	£45
5388	France/ Italy, Torquanto Tasso (1544-1595), Italian Poet, bronze medal 1820 by Caqué & Durand, bust right in a ruff, rev. legend, 41mm, from the series ‘Illustrious Men of the World’. Good very fine.	£20
5461	France, Napoleon III, Visit to Lille Bourse 1853, bronze medalet by Barre, bust of Napoleon III left, rev. legends, 25mm (VG 3367; Maz 1752b). Very fine, dark tone.	£22
5399	France, Lorraine, Colmar, Viticulture Exhibition 1885, bronze prize medal, grapes in a classical bowl, rev. wreath of vines around space for inscription below EHRENPREIS VON LOTHRINGEN, 38mm. Extremely fine.	£25
4972	France, “Les Sciences” 1894, school prize medal (awarded 1912), bronze-gilt by Louis Bottée, Science seated attended by Genius, rev. COURS DE MME MOROT above engraved BREVET SUPERIEUR M. JUGLAR 1912, 50mm (CGMP 3/61D for obverse). Good very fine.	£50
5573	France, “Les Sciences” 1894, school prize medal, bronze by Louis Bottée, Science seated attended by Genius, rev. griffin holds mirror, sunrise in distance, antique lamp and laurel sprig below space for naming, 50mm (CGMP 3/61D). Very fine.	£40
4261	France, Great War, General Foch, Aircraft carrier launched 1960, large bronze medal after G Prud’homme, bust of Foch left, date 1917 in field, rev. view of the Foch aircraft carrier, 68mm. Good very fine.	£25
5640	France, Agriculture, gilt-bronze prize medal circa 1925, milkmaid milking a cow, LE LAIT in exergue, rev. oak and laurel wreath around central medallion with OFFERT PAR M. DUBOYS-FRESNEY DÉPUTÉ, 45mm. Almost extremely fine. Note: Jacques Duboys-Fresney (1873-1956) was depute (Member of Parliament) for the Mayenne department several times.	£15
5516	France / Poland, Société Française de Bienfaisance de Varsovie (French Society for Warsaw Welfare), bronze medal by Charles Pillet (awarded 1928), Charity hands out alms to a family, rev. oak and palm sprigs, engraved legend HOMMAGE À MR. EDMOND DALIGAULT  POUR SON DÉVOUEMENT 1ER SEPTEMBRE 1919 25 AVRIL 1928, 57mm. Very fine.	£45
2553	France, Paris Conference 1946, large bronze medal by R Cochet, woman standing turns her back on war, releases dove and looks towards reconstruction, an infant to her left, rev. Parisian ship a centre, flags of USA, France, Soviet Union and Graet Britain each side, CONFERENCE DE PARIS 1946 above, 69mm. Very fine.	£25
5376	France, Charles Guyot (1892-1963), Poet, known as Géo-Charles, poetry winner at the 1924 Olympic Games, bronze laudatory medal 1975 by René Mérelle, bust facing, rev. MÉDAILLE D’OR DE LITTERATURE 1924 above Olympic rings, 68mm (CGMP -). Good very fine.	£25
2554	France, Coin & Medal Workers Union, 50^th Anniversary 1949, heavy bronze medal, female laureate bust left in front of La Monnaie de Paris, rev. coin screw-press, legend around, 73mm. Very fine.	£30
5695	France, ‘Europe’ 1968, large heavy bronze medal celebrating European civilization, map of Europe each side with depictions of European progress from antiquity, 95mm. Very fine.	£28
5697	France, ‘Itinerary’ 1976, large heavy bronze medal, curious symbolic pattern, rev. aspirational legend, by Cagès, 100mm. Good very fine.	£20
5696	France, ‘Joy and Peace’ 1980, large heavy bronze medal, halves of sun and moon forming a face, QUE JOIE ET PAIX RAYONNENT SUR VOS JOURS ET VOS NUITS around (May joy and peace shine on your days and nights), rev. dove with spread wings forming a circle, signed PR, 100mm. Extremely fine.	£35
5700	France, French Resistance commemorative medal circa 1970, bronze by André Bizette-Lindet, 68mm. Extremely fine for issue. Note: the obverse is based on Bizette-Lindet’s sculpture in Lille which commemorates the French Resistance and also those who were deported to the death camps.	£38
5370	Germany, Christening medal, silver, 18^th century, a font, LAS DIES KIND AUF IMMER DEIN LAS ES EWIG SELIG SEIN around, rev. GEWEIHT ZUM CHRISTENTHUME IST DIESES KIND NUN GOTT GEWEIHT ERZIEH ES DIR ZUM RUHME UND VATEREINST ZUR HERRLICHKEIT, 31mm. Very fine.	£30
5642	Germany, Gottfried Lessing, Poet, Philospopher and Dramatist, death 1781, bronze medal by C F Kroll, bust almost facing, rev. 8 line Latin legend between star and laurels, 43mm (Forrer III/232). Good very fine.	£25
5440	Germany, Cologne Cathedral, Building work resumed 1842, large white metal medal by J Wiener, views of the cathedral each side, 59mm, with crimson ribbon. Very fine.	£38
5441	Germany, Cologne Cathedral, Building work resumed 1842, white metal medal, views of the cathedral each side, 41mm. Very fine.	£15
5371	Germany, Nuremberg reckoning counter, 19^th century, bronze (silvered on one side), double-headed eagle and NURNBERGER SPIEL UND RECHENPFENNIG each side, 30mm. Good very fine.	£15
5372	Germany, Frankfurt-am-Main, Gymnastics Tournament 1880, white metal medal, Victory with attendant holds laurels aloft, rev. cross within oak wreath, 33mm, suspension loop and ribbon. Extremely fine.	£20
5675	Germany, Roisdorf, Shooting Prize Medal 1882 to Johann Grün, the “Schützenkönig” (Shooting King), uniface base metal, 47x70mm, with crown suspender. Very fine.	£15
5613	Germany, Otto von Bismarck, 70^th birthday 1885, bronze medal by K Schwenzer, uniformed bust right, rev. crowned arms with eagle supporters, 38mm. Extremely fine or nearly so.	£40
4116	India, British, silver Army of India Temperance medal circa 1890, The Second Beatty Star, seated lion with INDIA below at centre of star, rev. ARMY TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION around a sword with WATCH AND BE SOBER, 25mm (Puddester 950.23), with suspender and ribbon. Extremely fine.	£35
5397	India, Prince & Princess of Wales visit 1905-1906, white metal medal by J Moore, conjoined busts left, rev. arrangement of Indian flora, 38mm (Puddester 905.1.3), with suspension ribbon. Very fine, scarce.	£30
5654	India, Kerala, Hindu & Buddhist medalet, brass (once silvered), dated BE 2465 (AD 1913), Hindu temple, rev. Buddhist symbols including a swastika, Malayalam legends each side, 23x31mm, suspension loop. Good very fine, interesting.	£25
5702	India, British India, Bombay Presidency War & Relief Fund, Children’s Branch 1919, bronze medal, bust of Lady Willoughby left, rev. legend, 33mm (Pud 917.4.2). Very fine, scarce	£40
5701	India, British India, Deccan Gymkhana, Poona City, silver-coloured openwork sports medal awarded 1931 for Ladies Single Tennis (Runner-up), map of India at centre, 48x56mm approx, with suspender bar. Good very fine, unusual.	£45
5289	Sweden, Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Chemist), death 1848, bronze medal by C M Mellgren, bust left, rev. classical mausoleum, 41mm. Very fine.	£30
2552	Switzerland, Peace medal circa 1950 by Galtié, four hands hold seedlings, dove to left, GENEVE below, rev. dove holding sprig, four pairs of hands around, 67mm. Very fine.	£25

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