British

 

1727, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF CAROLINE. By John Croker. Silver 34mm. Variety. Varying in slight details, most notably: There is a stop after REGINA on the legend on the obverse and there is a larger space before the final stop on the reverse. Obv: Draped bust of Caroline facing left. Legend: CAROLINA . D : G . MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REGINA. (Caroline, by the grace of Gof, queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Rev: The queen in royal robes, attended by Religion and Britannia. Legend: HIC . AMOR . HAEC . PATRIA. (This my affection, this my country). Exergue: CORON . XI . OCTOB . MDXXVII. Eimer 512, Fearon 178.7, MI II 480/8, plate CXLVIII/11, Wollaston 14. Quite worn. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15806-JG

 

1702, England. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF QUEEN ANNE. By John Croker. Silver 35mm. OBVERSE: Bust of Anne facing left. REVERSE: Pallas hurling thunder at a two-headed monster. LEGEND: VIDEM GERIT . ILLA . TONATIS. (She is the vice-regent of the thunderer). MI II 228/4, Cf. pl. CXV/4 (Variety with FR: in legend. Only one stop after BR touches the hair, club on reverse touches the letter N). $300. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15841-JG

 

1801, Great Britain, Egypt. DEATH OF SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY. Unsigned. White metal 40mm. BHM 505 R. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 5304-19915-4C

 

1978, France. JAMES GILRAY, Caricaturist. By Ronald Searle. Plated-copper 95mm. No. 27 of an edition of 100 published by Club Français de la Médaille. $125. Sorry, SOLD

Ronald William Fordham Searle was born in Cambridge on March 3, 1920. He is best known as a satirical cartoonist and illustrator, and for being the creator of St. Trinian’s School. He started creating medals long after he had established his reputation. Searle started drawing at the age of five and left school at the age of 15. He trained at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). In 1939 he enlisted in the army. In 1942 he was stationed in Singapore. He fought in Malaya and was taken prisoner. Searle was moved to the Kwai Jungle, where he worked on the “Death Railway.” He suffered considerably during his imprisonment, contracting beri-beri and malaria, and was subjected to beatings. His weight dropped to under 90 pounds. During his captivity he made drawings that documented the atrocities he observed. He kept them hidden. About 300 survived the war. They are documented in a book published in 1986. The originals are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. After the War, Searle served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials. During the 1950s he produced an extraordinary amount of work, which was published in many leading publications, including Punch and the New Yorker. In 1961 he moved to Paris. He died on December 30, 2011 in Provence.

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SKU: 7434-19731-12B

 

1727, Great Britain. IMITATION OF THE OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE II. Unsigned (After John Croker). AE 33.5mm. Eimer 511, MI II 479/5. $75. Sorry, SOLD

MI notes that the imitations of official medals were ill-executed; but rare on account of not being considered at the time worth preserving.

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SKU: 15782-JG

 

1727, Great Britain. MULE OF IMITATION OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDALS OF ANNE (Obverse) AND CAROLINE (Reverse). By Thomas Tibs (after John Croker). Bronze 24mm. Apparently unrecorded in MI. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15836-JG

 

1761, Great Britain. IMITATION OF THE OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE III. Unsigned (after Lorenz Natter). Silver-colored base metal 35mm. Cf. BHM 21-24. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15818-JG

 

1839, Great Britain. TO ENCOURAGE INDUSTRY COURTESY AND INTEGRITY. By Thomas Halliday. Bronze 58mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 6949-20837-5C

 

Undated (circa 1912), Great Britain. WELSH TERRIER CLUB. By J.A. Restall. Appears to be silver, but with no hallmark 51mm (It was purchased with another medal that was similar in all respects, except that it had a 1912 hallmark stamped above the ribbon on the wreath). Cased. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 6605-17744-10A

 

1973. ENTRY OF DENMARK, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRELAND INTO THE COMMON MARKET. Published by le Club Française de la Médaille. Plated copper 83mm. Number 88 of an edition of 100. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 20406-3C

 

1932, Great Britain. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE. By Bertram Mackennel. Bronze 55mm. Edge inscribed: YOLANDE BICH, INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS, 1932. FRENCH. Cased. $70. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 30037-4C

 

1868, Ireland. PRINCE OF WALES, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK. By F.H. Mares. Bronze 51mm. BHM 2882, Eimer 1596, W&E 1095. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 1541-10051-6A

 

1846, Great Britain. VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA TO IRELAND. White metal 31mm. BHM 2338. W&E 566. Holed (typical)some small cuts. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 16461-6A

 

1911, France. ELGA SINDING, Danish Actress. By Theodore Spicer-Simpson. Uniface cast bronze 108mm. Svarstad 209. $475.

Theodore Spicer-Simpson was of born into an English family at Le Havre in 1871. He studied in England, Germany and at l’École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He worked as a sculptor, painter and medallist. Spicer-Simpson travelled extensively and lived for a time in America. He is noted in particular for his cast portrait medallions, taken from life. He died in 1960

Price: $475.00

SKU: 30696-8C

 

Italy, Great Britain. SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL IN VERONA. By N. Costantini. Bronze 60mm. $80. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 9708-17365-6A