Irish Historical Medals from Various Properties
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Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, laureate and armoured bust of William III right, rev. Victories with names and views of six Irish towns on shields, below William commands on horseback before Drogheda and Dublin, edge lettered, 41mm, 30.37g (MI II, 41/224; E 340). Good very fine and very rare
£500-£700
510
Earl of Breadalbane 2nd Battalion Volunteers, 1798, an oval silver award medal by A. Gardner & Co, soldier in Highland attire, right hand on sword, initials J.C.D.L. engraved on upper ground line, rev. PRESENTED TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE 2D BATTN. BY THEIR COLONEL THE EARL OF BREADALBANE IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR GALLANT CONDUCT IN HAVING VOLUNTEER'D THEIR SERVICES TO IRELAND TO SUPPRESS REBELLION AND TO AID IN REPELLING A FRENCH FORCE WHICH HAD INVADED THE KINGDOM, 49 x 35mm, 17.25g (cf. Noble 107, 1904). Good fine, very rare; with integral loop and ring for suspension
£200-£300 511
Apprentice Boys of Derry, 1814, a white metal medal by W.S. Mossop, bust of George Walker three-quarters left, rev. the gates of Derry with the attackers repulsed, 41mm (BHM 855; E 1060). Good very fine; pierced with loop for suspension, ribbon attached
£50-£70
512
Lower Gardiner’s Street School, Dublin, an oval engraved silver Reward of Diligence, unsigned, legend (Revd. J.A. Coughlan AB, Master, 1819), rev. named (Wm Mawdesley Best, Aged 9 Years, Obtained this Medal for his Superior Answering in Latin, Histy. & Geogy), 47 x 37mm, 13.75g (Grimshaw –). Good very fine and attractively toned, rare; with loop for suspension
£150-£200
William Mawdesley Best (1809-69), b Haddington, East Lothian, the elder of the two sons of Thomas Best (1784–1813), captain in the Cameronian regiment, and his wife, Anne Kearney (b 1788), of Tuam; barrister at Gray’s Inn, London, author of A Treatise on Presumptions of Law and Fact (London, 1844) and The Principles of Evidence (London, 1849), the latter a much-quoted reference, the last edition of which, published in 1922, was still being used by the legal profession in the 1950s. Best died at his home in Hyde Park, London, on 16 November 1869
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Election of Richard Talbot, 1820, a copper medal by W.S. Mossop, draped bust right, rev. legend, 43mm (BHM 1052; E 1128; Frazer p.463). Small attempted piercing above head, otherwise extremely fine
£60-£80
Daniel O’Connell Elected MP for Co Clare, 1828, a copper trial striking from unfinished dies of the medal by I. Parkes, bust left, rev. Hercules breaking bundle of sticks watched by Hibernia and attendants, 49mm (cf. BHM 1324). Good very fine, very rare
£100-£120
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