SIMMONS GALLERY
RELIGIOUS MEDALS
PAPAL, REFORMIST & NON CONFORMIST
Updated September 2010 but not in any particular order!
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| Right: Vierge a l'Enfant (Virgin and Christ Child), by Tschudin, coloured enamels on gilt metal in the manner of a Greek or Russian Orthodox icon, 102mm. Monnaie de Paris 1966, edition 112/250. superb condition GBP 300 |  |
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Pope John Paul II - Portugal 1982 visit, rev. basilica of Fatima Peregrino e pastor (pilgrim and pastor), portrait by L Almada & F Branco, numbered on edge 731, base metal dark patina 90mm.; extremely fine condition GBP 25 |  |
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Left: Pope John Paul II, portrait, maker Gloria - for his pastoral visit to Lisieux in France, home of St Therese de l'enfant Jesus rev. within a beaded circle inscribed 2-6-82, date of visit (June 1982) Silvered bronze metal 68mm. VF GBP 15 Right: Vater Unser (Our Father Prayer) - by Weinberger, Austria, c. 1900 bronze medal, 55mm. condition nVF GBP 32 |
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Left: First Holy Communion/Eucharist memorial plaquette by F Vernon (France), uniface silvered copper electroplate nVF GBP 95 Right: Virgin Mary, uniface silvered electroplate set in agate stone - as an embellished table medal by L O Matthei, condition gF as in photo - stone cracked 66mm diameter overall GBP 35 |
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Left: Pope Benedict XIV 1740-1758 (remembered for his pronouncements regarding the missions to the Far East and for his diplomacy as ruler of the Vatican with European heads of state) cast lead uniface 53mm. GBP 24 Right: Virgin and child with dove, medal by Henri Dropsy with integral stand. 50mm bronze diameter. gVF GBP 40 |
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300th anniversary of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (1538-84) founder of the order of the Oblates of St Ambrose. Reverse - Milan cathedral (1884) Gilt bronze 32mm. GBP 10 |  |
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Italy, coin 1 lira 1865, Pius IX, embellished with coloured glass stones, brooched as a souvenir of a Roman pilgrimage. silver 25mm. GBP 18 |  |
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Saints Peter and Paul, bronze medal, high relief, 19th century, 31x27mm. gVF GBP 20 | ||
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Aartsbroederschap der helige Familie Holy Family, Dutch/Flemish devotional fraternity medal, gilt metal 31mm. VF GBP 15 | ||
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Congregation of the Children of Mary (usually for young teenage girls - popular post WW2 in Ireland and UK). Base metal, oval named, 34x28mm. £10 | ||
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Father Paul J Buguet (1843-1918) founder of The Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon for the relief of souls in Purgatory through prayer and work. A printer and a builder he visited Rome in 1893 - this medal dated 1909. Struck silver medal 32mm. gEF GBP 22 |
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Pius XI Restoration of the Academy of Science, yr26 reverse Leonardo da Vinci, Volta and Michelangelo, Silver 44mm EF GBP 80 | ||
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German Baptismal medal, St John the Baptist baptising Christ in the river Jordan, silver 42mm holed for wearing on a chain; GBP 40 | ||
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Blessing of the foundation stone of the Asylum of St Vincent de Paul, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 June 1897 - convent building (conferencia de Senoras de San Vicente de Paul) bronze 46mm. nVF GBP 12 |
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John Whitaker Esq./ Macclesfield Sunday School, Jubilee 1846 commemorative medal, WM 44mm. looped £25 | ||
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Left: Guild of St Barnabas, Son of Consolation; rev. the deposition from the Cross, with Mary and the dead Christ. Oval 44mm x 33mm. early 20th century bronze GBP 12
Right: Roman Catholic Medal for Holy Days - Faithful unto Death; 4 angels, one with martyr's crown, another kneeling with incense burner; 20th century, bronze 23mm. with ribbon and bar GBP 12 |
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Oberammegau, Austria souvenir medal for the Passion Play enacted there every 10 years. 19th century medal Pewter 40mm nVF scarce GBP 25 | ||
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Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (Roman Catholic) 1862, bronze 46mm x 32mm, EF GBP 15 |  |
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Sanctuary of Montenegro, image of the Virgin of Montenegro and Child; WM 20th century or earlier, EF GBP 15 | ||
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Roman Catholic medal for Devotion to the Sacred Heart, 19th century, pewter, British 46mm x 39mm. VF GBP 25 |  |
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Britain, Jubilee of the Church Missionary Society 1848. St Paul standing, preaching, reverse showing the places visited by the Society and the date BHM 2310 by B Wyon, bronze 58mm. nEF GBP 35 |  |
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Italy, Commemorative of the Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII 1893, Rome. Gilt bronze 51mm. , very attractive, EF GBP 35 | ||
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Pope Pius XII by Mistruzzi, silver medal 44mm. 1939; reverse Papal armorial shield, toned good EF GBP 95 |  |
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Savanarola, Dominican friar, put to death by a Borgia pope as a heretic, inimical to the Renaissance and to what he considered to be lewd or immoral art Burned in the bonfire of the Vanities) pewter large wall medal with loop reverse 19th century manufacture. 400th anniversary 1498-1898, text same as memorial plaque in Florence. GBP 65 | ||
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Miss Boyd's School Cranham Essex, 50th Anniversary 1st June 1869; "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy Youth" a praying youth. WM39mm. £25 |  |
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300th anniversary of the Reformation in France (Geneva) commemorative medal by Bovy (1835) Vignettes of Calvin, Farel, Viret and De Beze, with open bible; nEF, a handsome medal Bronze 61.5mm. £ 90 | ||
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Stockport Sunday School Centennial Celebration 1884 by Ottley View of the School (originally a town school), Portrait of Joseph Mayer, the last survivor of the Founders. WM 53mm. pierced so it can be worn. Large EF £ 35 | ||
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Bennett St Sunday School St. Paul's Manchester 50th Jubilee, Portrait of Mr David Stott founder. WM 44mm £30 | ||