British Historical Medals from Various Properties 764
West Lothian Agricultural Association, a silver award medal by Ottley, named (Mr Thomas Morton, Linlithgow, for best pair fat 2 year old Cross Oxen, 1876), 54mm; Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, silver award medals (2), named (Alexr McDonald, Penny Gown, 1888; William Weir, For Super of Flower Honey, 1904), both 30mm, and a silver and enamel award medal, rev. named (John Fulton, 30 Years, 1965), 40 x 25mm; Inverness Farmer Society, a bronze award medal, named (William Johnston, Braetown of Leys, for Clydesdale Gelding, 1902), 45mm; Dunbartonshire Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal by Edward & Sons, named (Jas. Napier of Drums, Old Kilpatrick, for Blackfaced Sheep with second best fleece most suitable for manufacturing purposes, 1932), 45mm; Royal Northern Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal, named (J. Lumsden, Garioch, Stockjudging, Indiv. 2nd Eq., 1934), 52mm [7]. Varied state; three cased
£100-£150 x 765
Provenance: J.N. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1106 (part) Edinburgh University Athletic Club, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, crossed cricket bats and balls above, rev.
wreath, named (2nd Throwing the Hammer, Won by Dr Jn. Smith, 80 ft, 1 July 1882), 52 x 46mm (Brodie 392). Very fine
£30-£40 x 766
National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers, 1890, a bright brass medal, unsigned [by W.J. Davis], front elevation of the Society’s headquarters, rev. BONUS OBTAINED 1872, GREAT ARBITRATION 1879, etc, 38mm (W 3021; BHM 3404). Extremely fine, retaining much original brilliance
£40-£50
Provenance: A.P. Adams Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 21 March 1990, lot 278 (part); W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 405 (part); D.B. McDonald Collection
767
Working Men’s Club & Institute Union Ltd, a silver-gilt award badge for Cycling by Vaughton, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1892, 32mm; Lombard Cycling Club, an openwork silver-gilt badge by J. Gloster, named (20 Miles Handicap, Fastest Time, won by L.W. Davis), hallmarked Birmingham 1892, 42 x 37mm; Lombard Cycling Club, a silver-gilt badge, unsigned, named (5 Mile Championship, won by L.W. Davis, 1894), 32mm; Royal Life Saving Society, medals (2), in silver and bronze, former by J. Daffern, named (Mary Modley, Aug.
1913...Mary D. Modley, 1918), 31 and 29mm; St Augustine’s Abbey School, Ramsgate, a silver badge by W.J. Dingley, named (Havenith Cup, C.A.J. Nicoll, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1928, 30 x 26mm, and a silver Victor Ludorum medal by R. Pringle, named (C. A.J. Nicoll, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1932, 38mm; together with another silver badge, un-named [8]. Generally very fine
£80-£100 768
Edinburgh University, copper award medals (3), unsigned, named (Practice of Physic, 1896-97, A. Dingwall Fordyce; Mental Diseases, 1897, A. Dingwall Fordyce; Medicine, 1897-98, A. Dingwall Fordyce), all 52mm; Edinburgh University, Mouat Medal, a light bronze award, unsigned, named (A. Dingwall Fordyce, 1898), 58mm (cf. DNW 66, 1106); together with an iron nameplate (Captn. D. Fordyce of Brucklay, No. 4), 240 x 116mm [Lot]. Very fine
£120-£150
Major Alexander Dingwall-Fordyce, MD, FRCP (1875-1940), pioneer pædiatric physician; b. Edinburgh; qualified in medicine from Edinburgh Academy, 1898; studied in Vienna, Berlin and Paris; elected to the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1903, and secretary 1914-18; assistant physician to the Children’s Hospital, Edinburgh, 1906, and full physician, 1917-20; served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I, particularly at Salonika, October 1915 (awarded 1914-15 Star, BWM and Victory); honorary physician to the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, 1920-35.
The Dingwall-Fordyce family, whose seat was Brucklay Castle, Aberdeenshire, is descended from Margaret, daughter of Robert the Bruce. The Castle and two neighbouring fields were requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence in 1941 as a prisoner-of-war camp and to house displaced Polish soldiers, which was decommissioned in 1947. Sold with further background information
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Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, silver medals by G.W. de Saulles (2), both 26mm (W & E 3000A.1; BHM 3506; E 1817b); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm (W & E 4100A.1; BHM 3737; E 1871b); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, 32mm (W & E 5668A.5; BHM 4249; E 2029b); Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969, a silver medal by Pinches, 39mm (W & E 8435) [5]. Varied state; fourth boxed, last cased
£80-£100 x 770
49mm; Edinburgh University, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Senior Latin Class, 1898-99, George W. Chrystal), 52mm (Brodie 569) [2]. Very fine and better
Provenance: J.N. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1106 (part); D.B. McDonald Collection [from R. Gladdle] School of Rural Economy, Edinburgh, a bronze award medal by A. Kirkwood, named (Drawing, Wm. Senter, 1898-99),
£30-£40 771
Royal Dublin Society, a copper award medal, unsigned, un-named, 43mm; Derby & Derbyshire Canine Society, a bronze award medal by T. Ottley, un-named, 45mm; Scottish Great Dane Club, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (Gonda of Blegbie, Best Novice Dog or Bitch, Motherwell, 1912), 39mm; Cambridgeshire County Council, Education Committee, bronze award medals (2), unsigned, named (Dorothy Claydon, 1914; Lawrence Claydon, 1915), both 38mm; West Sussex Education Committee, a bronze award medal, unsigned, un-named, 40mm; Royal Agricultural Society of England, Long Service, a bronze ward medal by Mappin & Webb, named (Reuben Smith, 60 Years, 1932), 38mm; Mediterranean Fleet, Destroyer & Submarine Commands, a plated award medal, unsigned, engraved (Bayonet, Team Combat, 1938), 39mm; H.M.I.S. Hamla, an openwork silver badge, c. 1945, unsigned, un- named, 43 x 33mm [9]. Third and seventh extremely fine, latter in case of issue, others very fine
£80-£100 772
Royal Company of Archers [Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland], a red wax seal, 54mm; together with miscellaneous medals, badges, militaria, etc (approx. 100), mostly British; NETHERLANDS, 75th Anniversary of the Hollandische Ijzeren Spoorwegmaatschappij, 1914, a gilt-bronze medal by J.C. Wienecke, 75mm (Begeer 1100; Swan 323; cf. DNW 137, 525) [Lot]. First extremely fine and in original black tinned box, others in varied state
£80-£100
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