British Historical Medals from Various Properties


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Blackburn Agricultural Society, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend in wreath, rev. named (Presented to Wm. Feilden Esqre, MP, for the best Cultivated Farm, Septr. 24, 1840), 46mm. Extremely fine; set in a silver rim with glazed lunettes either side, integral clip and ring for suspension; in a modern green case


£100-£150


Sir William Feilden, 1st Bt (1772-1850), cotton manufacturer, Witton Hall and Feniscowles, Blackburn; Liberal MP for Blackburn 1832 -41, then Conservative MP for Blackburn 1841-7


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Provenance: DNW Auction M1, 15 December 2005, lot 1448 Thomas de Grey, 1844, a copper medal by I. Parkes, bust left, rev. legend in 14 lines, date below, 43mm (BHM 2153).


Good very fine, very rare 336 337 £90-£120


Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846, a copper medal by Allen and Taylor, standing male figure holding twisted sword, rev. people unloading goods from a boat, 54mm (BHM 1972; E 1406). Small edge bruise, otherwise about extremely fine


£60-£80


Richard Dowse is recorded as a divinity student in the Trinity term, 1848 Trinity College, Dublin, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Johannes F. Risk, MDCCCXLVI), 54mm; Junior Historical


£150-£200 £80-£100 338 339 340 (BHM 2282). Good very fine, pierced


Provenance: Bt D. Fearon January 2007 Death of Daniel O'Connell, 1847, a brass medal, bust three-quarters right, rev. legend within shamrock wreath, 28mm


Provenance: DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1317 (part) North Wexford Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by J. Parkes, animals in farmyard setting, rev. wreath, un-


named, 35mm (cf. DNW 57, 1317). Virtually as struck; in maroon leather case of issue £80-£100


Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 51mm (BHM 2422); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a white metal medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, 51mm (BHM 3514); Worshipful Company of Carpenters, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (R. Fenn, Trades Training School, 1906), 54mm; Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 1910, a bronze award medal by B. Mackennal, named (John William Palmer, Intermediate Examinations, 1936, German), 55mm (BHM 4004); Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915, a cast English copy in bronze of the medal by K. Goetz, with date 5 MAY 1915, 56mm (BHM 4118; E 1941A, type c); another, similar but white metal, 53mm; Photography, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (A.J. Freeman, for A Lantern Slide), 45mm; Robert Burns, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, 68mm; Eastman Kodak, c. 1950, a bronze award medal for 25 Years’ Service by J.R. Pinches, bust of George Eastman left, reverse legend, named (Bernard Eppy), 76mm (MJP p.91; cf. DNW 47, 1004) [9]. Varied state; third in contemporary fitted case


£150-£200 341


Royal Dublin Society, a copper award medal by J. Woodhouse, named (Winter Show, 1861, to to J.M. Chapman Esq for the best White Wheat), 51mm; Visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland, 1868, a copper medal by F.H. Mares, 51mm (BHM 2882; E 1596); Ulster Unionist Convention, 1892, a bronze medal by Gibson, 38mm (BHM 3433); Centenary of the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, 1930, a silver award medal by West & Son, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1929, 41mm [4]. Third extremely fine, others very fine and better Provenance: First DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1211 (part)


£100-£150 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


Society, Historical Medal, an engraved silver award, unsigned, named (To Richard Dowse, for History, April 1847), 43mm [2]. First very fine but with suspension removed, second nearly so and with loop for suspension


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