BRITISH MEDALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAVID CORRICK 1279 1280
Neville Chamberlain and the Signing of the Munich Agreement, 1938, bronze medals (3), uniface, by V. Demanet for Fisch, bust left, 70mm (BHM 4388); by P.-A. Morlon for Clesse, 72mm (cf. DNW 66, 1260); by L.E. Pinches, 35mm (BHM 4387; E 2052) [3].Second very fine but reverse scuffed, others about extremely fine £90-120
The Atlantic Charter, 1941, a silver medal by Turner & Simpson, conjoined crowned busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth right, rev. busts of Roosevelt and Churchill vis-a-vis, flags between, 76mm, hallmarked Birmingham1941 (BHM 4397; Engstrom 7). Glue stains inobverse legend,somerubbing,otherwise veryfine and extremelyrare;in fitted case
£250-350 Provenance: DNW Auction 28, 28 January 1997, lot 829.
Only four struck with hallmarks; this example belonged to Mr Turner of Turner & Simpson, the Birmingham die sinkers and medallists which flourished between 1935 and 1953. The medal was apparently affixed to a card on the wall of Turner’s office at the company’s works in Legg street, Birmingham, which explains the stains on the obverse
1281
Sir Winston Churchill, c. 1950, a uniface white bakelite medal by Organyl, bust left, 124mm (Engstrom –); Retirement of Sir Winston Churchill, 1955, a plated bronze medal by theMint BirminghamLtd, 37mm (BHM 4459; E 2094; Engstrom 18); Death of Sir Winston Churchill, 1965, medals (10), in silver by F. Kovacs for Spink (2), both 57mm (E 2104; Engstrom 30), in silver-gilt by Pinches (4, different), all 44mm, numbered 13, with certificate, others (4, one silver) [12]. First almost extremelyfine butwithsplit before face, others extremelyfine and in cases of issue
£100-150 Provenance: First DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 887 1282
Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a cast bronze plaque after A. Machin, crowned bust right,
245mm.Very fine £40-60
1283
Sir Alexander Fleming, c. 1956, a large uniface cast bronze medal by F. Kovacs, bust right wearing bow-tie, SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING DISCOVERER OF PENICILLIN around, 119mm (cf. BHM 4460, footnote paragraph 3). Somecasting ‘bumps’ to outer edge at 12, 2, 8 and 10 o’clock and surfacesomewhat stained,otherwise muchas made,extremely rare
£100-150 Possibly the same medal exhibited by Kovacs at the Royal Academy in 1956 1284
Sporting awards, a collection of specimen medals by John Pinches Ltd (37), all c. 1930, in base metal, some gilt or plated [37].As struck; in boxes of issue
£70-90
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