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RECOGNITION AND WITH GRATEFUL THANKS
An exhibition of Medals, Livery Badges and
Civic Awards
Fixed price list Summer 2003
Medals And Livery Badges Of The City Of London Guilds
Medals Of Endowed Schools
City And Guild Medals
Property Marks Of The London Guilds
Other City Of London Associations & Guilds
Netherlands - 17th & 18th Century Guild Medals
City Of London Lord Mayor And Sheriffs Jewels
Livery & Ward Clubs, City Of London Miscellany
Civic Badges And Medals Outside The City Of London
A Collection Of Guildhall Reception Badges
Items will be available for viewing at our gallery, from 9th July to 1st August 2003,
Monday - Friday 10.30-17.30, Wednesday until 19.00
Larger images are available if required - Enquiries to Howard and Frances Simmons
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1 GUILD OF AIR PILOTS & AIR NAVIGATORS, Sir James Martin Flight Safety Award, with a portrait of Sir James on the obverse and the arms of the Guild on the reverse. Sculptor. G A Holman for Pinches (ex Pinches archive), not awarded bronze 50mm. rare £75 |
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2 BAKERS (WHITE) COMPANY Livery badge; engraved on reverse Edward Hunt Esq Elected on the Court Nov 1877 Warden 1886, silver gilt with olive green and purple ribbon, 44 x 52mm. oval £250 |
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3 - another Livery badge, engraved Francis Blackmore Hampton on Livery 3rd Oct 1910 on Court 4th July 1927, silver only, stamped WJC, oval 44 x 54mm. £200 |
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4 - another badge same design engraved William Collier JP on Livery 4th April 1927 on Court 27th November 1944, silver only oval 44 x 54mm. hallmarked 1945 WJC £200 |
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5 BAKERS COMPANY, International Bakery Exhibition London 1928 presented by the Worshipful Company of Bakers and awarded to Messrs A W Walkling Ltd for Third best Household Bread, bronze medal as Livery another prize medal, struck from same dies, reverse, H G Rogers Trades Training Schools 1909, and on edge Stone Carvers Class, hallmark S S W H & Co ?. silver 54mm. (larger size) £45 |
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6 BARBERS COMPANY, silver prize medal presented by the Worshipful Company of Barbers to Violet Victoria Adlington of the Polytechnic School of Hairdressing Evening Department for Proficiency Session 1938-39. NB the Latin legend on the obverse refers to the arms "seal of the Mystery of the London Barbers" silver 48mm £75 |
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7 BOWYERS Past Master's jewel (with the motto Crecy Poitiers Agincourt - their greatest victories); William Mashiter Master 1872-74, silver gilt 36mm. boxed. £175 |
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8 BUTCHERS, Company arms, silver medal with on the reverse MASTER OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUTCHERS, appliqué in silver, monogram of the Master, style late Victorian AR 39mm. £150 |
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9 - same medal in white metal with on the reverse MASTER OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUTCHERS 39mm. £25 |
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10 CARD MAKERS COMPANY silver gilt and enamel jewel of the Company, a Past Master's jewel for William Spurgin Cutler Master 1931, ornate open-work, approx. 50mm. no hallmark, box of H T Lamb & Company, St Johns Square Clerkenwell. £275 |
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11 THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CARMEN a Court badge in silver gilt and enamel, Birmingham hallmark 1975/6, maker TKS (Toye Kenning & Spencer well known as Masonic jewellers) 33x27mm. £80 |
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12 CARPENTERS COMPANY, a cast and chased silver early Livery badge (made by a jeweller), Company Arms. Blank reverse engraved Mr John Hanscombe 1776 silver oval 59x38mm. £480 Note: The date is the acceptance into the Livery - in this case the date of issue is a few years later. |
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13 - Livery badge, a die struck medal with a revised design, Company Arms. Blank reverse engraved William Fuller Pocock May 2d 1809, silver 48mm. signed Milton £380 |
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14 - Livery badge, second type but not engraved, silver 48mm. £225 |
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15 - Livery badge, reverse engraved Chas Edwin Lee May 17th 1888, silver 48mm. (no signature - third type) £225 |
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16 - Past Masters badge, arms of the Company picked out in blue enamel on silver, reverse blank. Hallmark Birmingham 1928/9 maker JF loop at top with ribbon & bar with a lapel stud, in original box £130 |
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17 CLOTHWORKERS COMPANY, silver prize medal by George Adams, allegorical scene of clothworking; the reverse bearing the Company's Arms, engraved on edge Bradford 1882, silver 50mm. £130 |
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18 - bronze Livery medal, with arms of the Company, floridly engraved on the reverse James Yerraway Esqre Master 1st August 1814, by Benj. Wyon, 57mm. £180 |
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19 - another example in bronze, but not engraved, by Benjamin Wyon, 57mm. £60 |
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20 COACH AND COACH HARNESS MAKERS COMPANY bronze medal of the Company, made by Pinches, awarded on the reverse Presented by the Court Sept 1 1865 To G.W.K. Potter (Secondary of London) for his efficient services as Clerk during 38 years 50mm. £195 Note: This is the only award to a Clerk that we have seen. |
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21 - bronze medal of the Company, made by Pinches, awarded on the reverse Alfred Bramley Second Prize Working Drawing of a Luxury Touring Coach with fully opening head from Cantrail to Cantrail 1936 50mm. £75 |
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22 - another example not awarded, from Pinches Archive, AE 50mm. £40 |
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23 COOPERS COMPANY silver Livery medal, arms of the Company, second design, with ribbon, engraved Thomas Dent Gardner Livery 1878 Assistant 1908 38mm. £150 |
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24 - a collection of prize medals presented by the Coopers Company to John Oliver Werdrop for proficiency in Latin Christmas 1878 (silver gilt), proficiency in English Midsummer 1879 (silver medal) and for distinction gained at the Oxford Local Examination Midsummer 1878, (silver gilt) plus a small silver medal 'Al Merito', all housed in a specially made box. 4 pieces £200 |
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25 - a silver prize medal, arms of the Company; the reverse engraved: Coopers Company's School presented to John Campbell Callender for Proficiency in Mathematics July 1892 with ornate fixing so it could be worn on a ribbon, military style 39mm. £45 |
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