BRITISH MEDALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAVID CORRICK 1270 1271
Bombardment of Scarborough, 1914, a copper medal by the Birmingham Mint, three depictions of the bombardment around town seal, rev. legend, 32mm (BHM 4111; E 1938; Frankenhuis 76;MH 1919); together with other Great War medalets, etc (15, two in silver) [16].First extremely fine, others very fine and better
£60-80
Actions at Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, 1915, a white metal medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, battle scenes in rope-encircledmedallions, rev. names of ships in the engagements, 45mm (BHM4117; E 1940a); Battle of Jutland, 1916, medals (3), in white metal by F. Bowcher for Spink, 45mm (BHM4124; E 1951a), in bronze by A.B. Pegram for Spink on behalf of the Royal Numismatic Society, 76mm (BHM 4127; E 1949), uniface cast gilt-bronze, unsigned, 96mm [4].Very fine and better; third in brown box of issue
£70-90 1272
Provenance: ‘English’ Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 21 March 1990, lot 258 (part) Battle of Jutland, 1916, a plaster-filled electrotype for the rev. of a medal entered in the Royal Numismatic Society
competition, wreath floats in the sea, 93mm (Dutton, The Medal 11, p.46ff; BHM –; MH –). Very fine £70-90 1273
Lord Kitchener Memorial, 1916, medals (2), by H. Huguenin, in silver, bust three-quarters left, fleet and infantry around, rev. naval action, 50mm (BHM 4119; E 1953), by J.-P. Legastelois, in bronze, 68mm (BHM4120; E 1952); together with medals for the Peace Celebrations, etc (28, two in silver) from Lincoln, Leith, Australia, Lytham St Annes, Bournemouth, Coventry, Derby, Plymouth, Birmingham, Smethwick, etc; and a steel die for the obverse of a 36mm medal [31].Many very fine or better, the last unusual and in good order
£70-90 1274
Execution of Sir Roger Casement, 1916, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, noose being tightened around Casement’s neck, rev. spider’s web enveloping law books, 57mm (E 1956; K 180; cf. DNW M5, 1329). Fine to very fine, scarce £100-150
Provenance: Bt J. Whitmore November 1993 1275
The Triumph of Civilization over Barbarism, 1917, a uniface cast gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, Britain’s youth stands over fallen German foe, 97mm; 10th Anniversary of the Armistice, 1928, a bronze medal by C.L. Doman, 32mm (BHM 4132; E 2008); together with miscellaneous trench art, etc (5), including paper knives fashioned from bullet cases (2), blades marked ‘Arras’ and ‘Dixmuide’ [Lot].Varied state
£40-50 1276
First World War Memorial, 1919, a plated bronze medal by A. Drury for Derry & Toms, Britannia kneels forward to hold wreath over naked fallen warrior, rev. soldier and sailor stand, rifles reversed, by tablet, ships beyond, 80mm (BHM 4150); Peace, 1919, a bronze medal by Spink, 64mm (BHM 4146); 10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, a silver medal by C.L. Doman, 76mm(BHM4132; E 2008) [3].Secondveryfine, others about extremely fine
£80-100 1277
George V, The Great Seal, second type [1930-8], a resin impression of the obv. by P. Metcalfe, King seated on throne,
140mm.Very fine
£40-60 1278
Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, a bronzed medal by Tiptaft, crowned bust right, rev. Britannia standing under columned portico, 44mm (Giordano CM271a;W & E 6820A; BHM 4308);George VI, Coronation, 1937, medals (10), by P. Metcalfe (2, both silver), 57mm, 32mm (W & E 7000.2, 7000.4; BHM 4314; E 2046); by the Mint, Birmingham Ltd, in plated bronze, 35mm (W & E 7185.2; BHM 4358); by Pinches, in silver, 35mm (W & E 7220C.5; BHM 4334); by Turner & Simpson (3), in silver, 29mm, and bronze, 38mm (W & E 7340.2, 7340.3; BHM 4351), and for the Grosvenor Hotel, 44mm (W & E 7342D); by Tiptaft (3), all bronze, all 44mm (W & E 7331A.2 [2], 7332.4; BHM 4356 and var.) [11].Extremely fine or better; all in cases or boxes of issue [some damaged] £60-80
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