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November 2022 Auction  23 Nov 2022
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Lot 420

Starting price: 100 GBP
Price realized: 80 GBP
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12 x Commemorative Medals, to include: Royal Wedding of Victoria and Albert 1840, white metal (54mm, 48.25g), obv. VICTORIA BORN MAY 24TH 1819. ALBERT BORN AUG 26TH 1819, conjoined bare heads left, rev. Victoria and Albert join hands before the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, VF or better; Prince Albert, Chancellor of Cambridge University 1847, white metal (49mm, 40.93g), obv. Victoria and Albert conjoined head left, rev. crowned inscription within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock with hairlines, otherwise GVF+; Royal Visit to Cambridge 1847, white metal (44mm, 25.64g), obv. conjoined head left in border of flowers, rev. Victoria seated receiving the City Address, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF or better; Great Exhibition 1851, white metal (51mm, 42.03g), obv. advertising inscription reading: 'MAISON CORR-VANDER MAEREN & CIE ETABLE DEPUIS 1824' around 'DEPÔT ANGLAIS POR LA VENTE DES ARTICLES DE BIRMINGHAM & SHEFFIELD 14 LONGUE RUE DE L'ECUYER À BRUXELLES' in 7 lines, rev. THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION LONDON, 1851 above three-dimensional view of the exhibition building, inscription below (rev. as Eimer 1460), hairlines otherwise EF to GEF; Opening of Manchester Ship Canal 1894, white metal (31.5mm, 11.28g), obv. Victoria veiled bust left, rev. river traffic, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF; Lord Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant 1897, AE (38mm, 28.31g), struck to commemorate the loss of the Foudroyant off Blackpool on 16th June 1897, (Eimer 1813), hairlines, EF; Tower Bridge Opened 1894, white metal 31mm, 16.19g), obv. Prince and Princess of Wales conjoined busts left, rev. Tower Bridge, inscription above, holed at 12 o'clock, edge knocks, otherwise GVF or better; Australia, Greater Britain Exhibition 1899, brass (31mm, 12.55g), obv. Australian arms in centre, rev. Australian pioneer on horseback, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF+; 2 x Great War Peace Medals, white metal, obv. Britannia kneeling presents sword to cherub and Victory, PEACE below, rev. inscription above Royal Arms within wreath, with ribbons, VF; Royal Silver Wedding Anniversary 1972, silver (51mm, 61.78g), obv. conjoined busts of the Queen and Prince Philip left, rev. individual coat of arms and monograms, struck by John Pinches and hallmarked London, 1972, (Eimer 2125), in case of issue with information leaflet, antiquated silver finish, minor hairlines, AUNC; and Van Gogh 1973, gilt bronze (51mm, 67.20g), struck to commemorate the opening of the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, in case of issue, GEF; together with an India, George V rupee 1920, obv. crowned bust left, rev. inscription within floral border, mounted as a pendant at 12 o'clock, otherwise Fine.

Estimate: 100 - 150 GBP
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