MAILBID 37

A Postal Auction of Medals post 1945

SIMMONS GALLERY

 

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 3 May 2007 At 12 noon BST

 

    Post 1940 medals chronologically   Reserve-estimate 

46.                

 

NL Amphilex 1967 Amsterdam - Intl. Philatelic Exhibition (Tentoonstelling) awarded for Thematisch (Thematics).  Pigeon emblem, 50mm. silver coloured but may not be silver, boxed (Royal Dutch Mint -  cast look but struck  EF

 

15-20

47.                

 

Lacky, Karol Czechoslovakia: FIDEM XIII Congress medal Prague 1969 (ed.259). The reverse is literally that of the obverse. 71mm struck bronze.  Lacky, a Slovak I think, was a student of Pribis.

 

50-65

48.                

 

Jones E, GB Charles Dickens centenary of his death 1870-1970, portrait of the writer as a young man; rev. open book with titles of some of his novels against factory chimneys and a quill pen and inkpot - Literary Portraitist of his Time.   Silver proof struck medal 44mm EF

 

12-20

49.                

 

Canada - Hudson’s Bay Company Tercentenary 1670-1970, bilingual, image of the sailing vessel Nonesuch with arms of the company on the other side.  Struck bronze nEF 45mm no wear but poor storage

 

5-10

50.                

 

K(enning) GB Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh silver wedding anniversary 1947-1972, heads in profile left with view of Westminster Abbey reverse, struck bronze  51mm boxed by Toye Kenning & Spencer  EF

 

8-12

51.                 

 

JB (New Zealand medal)  First Ascent of Mt. Everest - British Everest Expedition 29 May 1953 - 20th anniversary commemorative medal 1973,  facing portraits of Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay with view of the mountain; sponsored by the Himalayan Trust, New Zealand.  Original blue card setting. 39mm ?silver or cupro-nickel  - As issued

 

10-15

52.                

 

HP GB British Commonwealth Games, Scotland, 1970 set of 3 medals in copper,  sterling silver and gilt metal, 38mm. each medal, boxed, issued by Gregory & Co, EF

 

15-25

53.                

 

Beadle NZ  British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Dunedin 1974 gold, silver and bronze medals, (all base metal)  featuring a wheelchair bound archer with a tiny kiwi right, each 38mm plus ribbon, blue red or white according to level, boxed  3 pieces by a great NZ medallist.  We think these may be unissued prize medals.  Condition: as made.

 

40-60

54.                

 

Beadle NZ  British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Dunedin 1974 silvered base metal  featuring a wheelchair bound archer with a tiny kiwi right,  38mm plus white ribbon  boxed.  Condition: as made.

 

15-20

55.                

 

Vincze, P, GB - Northern Ireland Northern Bank  1976 - medal to commemorate the opening of the Northern Bank Head Office Belfast (later Midland and now part of HSBC)  struck bronze 56mm EF  scarce

 

30-60

56.                

 

Nathan, Philip GB 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas More,  1478-1535 (Catholic Saint, Author of Utopia and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Henry VIII) rev. 5 Tudor roses with briars to make a martyr’s crown of thorns 51mm silver struck, issued by Imago, boxed Unc matt finish

 

30-45

57.                

 

Steyn, Geer NL, Bertold Brecht  small cast bronze (VPK Dutch medal society edition) 60mm. with the following quotation from Mac the Knife in the Threepenny Opera:  ES / GEHT AVCH / ANDERS, / DOCH SO / GEHT / ES AVCH and a full length portrait.

 

45-60

58.                

 

L T, GB Captain James Cook, 1728 1779 Rev. Cook landing on a Pacific beach with the Endeavour and landing craft behind, marked  BCS 14 1969 struck silver 44mm

 

10-15

59.                

 

Pinches GB, Tragedy and Comedy - drama prize medal; rev. wreath and tablet, not awarded.  A female nude playing with tragic and comic masks, struck bronze  51mm. VF

 

20-30

60.                

 

Hernandez, J Spain, 1985 Madrid  Congresso de los Diputados  Congress medal  Interior of the building plus a couple on the steps outside. 78mm bronze  limited edition no. 166 Madrid Mint  Unc

 

15-25

61.                 

 

Prieto Spain Salida del Toro - Bull entering the arena; reverse -  key with knife attachment - an opening but with a killing edge.  C. 1985 74mm bronze  Unc

 

15-25

62.                

 

GB 900th anniversary of Westminster Abbey, silver  57mm. with heads of the monarchs and famous people associated with the abbey, Hallmarked on edge and numbered 329 EF

 

20-30

63.                

 

Holland GB Bigbury Mint at the British Museum 1986.  copper/bronze 19.8mm small and 34mm large central commemorative medal showing 2 coiners at work with exhibition logo for the Money Exhibition on the pediment of the BM’s portico.  The four animal designs are taken from Greek coins, lion, bull, goat and owl, boxed, Unc.  5 pieces

 

15-20

64.                

 

Aaltoninen (?) Finland, Centenary of Oy Stockmann AB, 1862-1962 (Department stores); rev. Semper in Tempore Suo Always Contemporary. Struck medal

 

15-25

65.                

 

1300 years of Bulgaria 681-1981, commemorative of the founding of the kingdom of Bulgaria - the reference to 1944 is the short period after the invasion of the Red Army when Bulgaria was briefly a kingdom again for two years.  Boxed, struck medal bronze 60mm

 

15-25

66.                

 

RL Lifeboat Bicentenary, 1790-1990 with a depiction of the original (lifeboat) rescuing mariners from a beached ship in a storm Royal Mint Centenary medal series, silver, 63mm EF  5 ounces weight

 

40-60

67.                

 

Durrbach, Rene Eurotunnel Breakthrough medal -  1st Junction 1990 (bilingual) Monnaie de Paris 72mm gilt bronze (Br. Flor) Unc, card box

 

30-40

68.                

 

Durrbach, Rene Eurotunnel  - Inauguration medal May 6th 1994, coppery bronze 72mm, Unc, card box Monnaie de Paris

 

30-40

69.                

 

Chamaev J Becker Piano Factory St Petersburg 150th anniversary 1891-1991 bronze medal with piano and a view of Leningrad on the reverse

 

15-20

70.                

 

Royal Mint Eurotunnel Celebration ’94, on the opening of the tunnel joining Folkestone to Calais,  silver frosted proof commemorative Medal (bilingual), boxed, Unc, original box and certificate 50mm limited to 20,000 pieces struck.

 

15-25

71.                 

 

Pectorin, Elisabeth Centenary of Cinematography - calendar 1995   a large medal using film and equipment to make a most unusual calendar in bronze florentin,  100mm VF  large and heavy

 

50-75

72.                

 

Rossi, Orietta Papal: FAO 1998 Pope John Paul II, 16 October 1998; 20th anniversary of this election to the papacy and 53rd anniversary of the founding of the FAO.  Rev. Daily Bread - Condition of the World Peace - a wheatear and fish (reference to the Gospel multiplication of loaves and fishes to feed those assembled for the Sermon on the Mount (Beatitudes) and obliquely to communion)  Silver, limited edition no. 364/1000  50mm. Original pochette and literature.

 

35-50

73.                

 

Fusco/Rubegni

FAO 2001 50 years of FAO in Italy; Ceres from the Trevi fountain with  FAO building and other famous Italian buildings on the reverse.  50mm.  silver 102/1000.  Original pochette and literature.

 

35-50

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