IN 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

Terms & Conditions

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

 

Lots 26-50

 

Text only version

 

26 - a pair of silver gilt Livery badges, turned into belt buckles, engraved Coopers Company Thomas Barnes-Williams Livery 1871 Assistant 1897 Master 1899-1900; the second James Charles, Livery 1848 Assistant 1881 Renter Warden 1889-1890 £140
27 - Centenary medal of the Society of the Livery of the Coopers Company, silver gilt with red ribbon and bar 1827-1927, rev. May 25 1927 Centenary within laurels, boxed, 35mm, and the box gilt embossed with the Company's arms as on the medal £60
28 - Cap badge with the Company's Arms in silvered brass with two lugs on reverse 32x43mm. £25
29 COOKS COMPANY Livery badge, this in heavy gilt silver, Friedrik Gotleib Wolf admitted on the Livery 23 Ap 1805, cast, made by Kirk (St. Pauls Churchyard) with original blue silk neck ribbon, 44mm. £450
30 - another Livery badge, this struck (no medallists mark) silver gilt, Thomas Henry Staples admitted on the Livery 22 Jany. 1845 and on the Court 1868, with bar on white and red ribbon MASTER 1876, 45mm. £275
31 - A Livery badge, this in silver only (same die as above but more worn), engraved in cursive script on reverse Henry Garrod admitted to the Livery 26th April 1877, in original box, maker named as Br. W Platt Masonic Jeweller, 6 Beaufort Buildings, Strand, London 44mm. £225

32 - A Livery badge, silver gilt, in the die ADMITTED TO THE LIVERY on the reverse, Leonard Gilbert Russell 14th September 1918 and on the court 15th July 1930, with bar MASTER 1939, with his Masonic Peace medal in silver, for the ending of the 1914-1918 war, Lodge 3817. 2 pieces £195

33 - A silver gilt Livery badge, in the die ADMITTED TO THE LIVERY on the reverse, and engraved Charles Stanley Hinton 14th September 1932 and on the court July 1951, with bar on ribbon MASTER 1957 45mm. £150
34 CORDWAINERS COMPANY (Masonic) CORDWAINER (LODGE) 2241, Past Master's jewel star-like, 18 carat gold and sky blue enamel, with goat's head on the pale blue ribbon suspender; engraved on the reverse Presented to W. Bro W A Daniels to commemorate his year as WM 1945-46 (F H W C 1931) boxed 42mm. medal £250

35 THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CUTLERS, Copy of Freedom - City of London to Kenneth Percival Karl Strohmenger, Cutler, during the Mayoralty of Sir William Pryke 1926, with his silver badge of admission to the Livery 21st April 1926 (maker Thomas & Sons) 42 x 50mm, together with a Past-Master's badge, 1953, of the Cutlers Company bearing on the reverse details of his admission to Livery 21st April 1926 and Assistant 15th November 1944 (maker Spencer) oval 35 x 45mm, plus a silver gilt and enamel jewel for 1941-42 for the FLETCHERS COMPANY, with additional bar 1951-52 (maker Spencer) 45 x 55mm. 4 pieces £775

36 - Livery badge round type struck with Company arms by W. Wyon, Edward Marlborough Livery 20 Oct 1818, silver 51mm. with red ribbon, £325
37 - Livery badge, second issue of the first type, large elephant with castle, oval silver 40 x 50mm. approx. by Thomas & Son, Richard Donald Cheeswright Livery Sept 26th 1906 Pour Parvenir a Bonne Foy in box of issue £195
38 - Livery badge, second issue of the first type, large elephant with castle, oval silver 40 x 50mm. approx. made by Thomas & Son, engraved Reginald Thomas Penny Livery 18th October 1950 in box of issue £195
39 DISTILLERS COMPANY pair of early Livery badges a family group, engraved Thomas Wyatt 14th Jany 1806, and John Wyatt 15th April 1817 thin flan, silver 50mm. 2 pieces £625
40 - Livery badge, thicker flan different die, Charles H Shoppee 26 October 1891, gilt matt silver 51mm, in Mappin & Webb box, embossed C H S Distillers Company on outside lid £195
41 - Livery badge, engraved on reverse John Bryan Murray Gubbins 9th October 1928 silver 51mm. £150
42 - Livery badge, engraved on reverse L A I Koenen 15th July 1957, maker Vaughton, with large moulded loop for wearing, silver 52mm. The same die as the 1891 badge has been used - this is now missing much detail having been reworked a number of times £125
43 - Medal from same dies in bronze ex Pinches archive; blank reverse, the striking is very sharp with no sign of die deterioration 51mm. £70 (Pinches would have been the sub-contractor to Mappin & Webb)
44 THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FARRIERS, Livery badge Mr J G Lacy Elected to the Court of the Worshipful Company of Farriers June 24th 1822 with loop for suspension, silver 41mm. £325
45 - silver prize medal awarded to G J Stevenson Montgomeryshire Show 1949, maker The Alexander Clark Co. Ltd, Medallists London & Birmingham, original box with loop for suspension, 41mm. £75
46 - tin badge, white & red, The Worshipful Company of Farriers National Appeal, "tin back" or "celluloid" badge 25mm. World War I. £25
47 FRAMEWORK KNITTERS COMPANY silver medal used as a commemorative engraved on the reverse Ladies Banquet, Clothworkers Hall 1969 AR 32mm. £50
48 THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRUITERERS, pair of silver gilt medals, maker John Pinches, awarded on reverse within laurels Wisbech Commercial Fruit Show 1962 Best Exhibit of Dessert Pears C Coates and Wisbech Commercial Fruit Show Best Exhibit of Pears Claude Coates Ltd 1964, 51mm. and boxed 2 pieces
49 - an example of the medal above in tan coloured plastic, (caesin based) ex Pinches archive. £50
50 - a group of three prize medals awarded to the Campbell family: the Knight silver medal of the Horticultural Society of London (later the Royal Horticultural Society) to Charles Campbell for Muscat Grapes July 19th 1851, 44mm; the Sir Joseph Banks silver medal of the Royal Horticultural Society to C E Newton Esq (Gardener Mr Campbell) for Canon Hall Muscat Grapes Aug 18 1897 38mm; and the Fruiterers Company's silver medal, as the gilt example listed above, engraved Royal Commemorative Horticultural Exhibition Shrewsbury Aug. 1897, Awarded to Mr J Campbell AR 52mm, all with half loops added later for display and polished with pride. 3 pieces £195

 

Lots 51-75