The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale 1173
Miscellaneous: Y[orkshire] & L[ancashire] R[ailway], Sheffield, brass shoulderplate, 50 x 30mm; Sheffield University O [fficer] T[raining] C[adets], brass shoulderplates (2), both 40 x 30mm; Sheffield, Rotherham & Districts Wine, Beer & Spirit Trade Association, brass and enamel by Slingsby (3, one for the Diamond Jubilee, 1910), Vice President, Committee, Steward, 42 x 38mm, 40 x 32mm (2), Centenary Banquet, 1934, brass and enamel by Fattorini, 38 x 26mm; Beer, Spirit & Wine Trade National Defence League, Annual Conference, Sheffield, 1913, brass and enamel, unsigned, 34mm; Sheffield & District Bull Dog Club, silver and enamel by Walker & Hall, 29mm, hallmarked Sheffield 1913; Sheffield & Dist[rict] Table Tennis League, silver and enamel by Fattorini, engraved (Champions Div. 2, 1937-38), 30mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1937; N[ational] T[eachers’] U[nion], Sheffield, President, silver and enamel by J.R. Gaunt, 35 x 19mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1941; Sheffield & District Works Sports Association, silver by Vaughton, named (Davies 1951-52, D. Ford), 25mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1951; I[nspector of] N[aval] O[rdnance], brass and enamel by J.R. Gaunt, 37 x 24mm; Ex Royal Naval Sheffield Association, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm; National Union of Agricultural Workers, brass and enamel by F. Cobb, 24mm; Sheffield Corporation Waterworks, ARP Warden, nickel and enamel by Fattorini, stamped 351, 25mm; Ecclesfield Beagle Hunt, brass and enamel, unsigned, 25mm; B [ritish] S[teel] C[orporation], Shepcote Lane, steel, unsigned, 26mm; The Master Cutler [British Rail], Steward, steel and enamel, 47 x 39mm; together with modern badges (8, some transport-related) [27]. Very fine and better; almost all with means of suspension
£70-£90 Historical Medals
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Sheffield Union of the Order of Druids, c. 1860, a white metal medal, unsigned, 53mm; Sheffield Equalized Independent Druids, a silver award medal by H. Slingsby & Son, named (Presented to Bro. J.W. Undy, P.P. by the members of the Pride of Oughty Bridge Lodge Decr. 18th 1911), 38 x 29mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1905 (!); Sheffield Equalized Independent Druids, badges (2), nickel by Nicholson, 27 x 25mm, brass and enamel by H. Slingsby & Son, 37 x 30mm [4]. First fair and pierced, others very fine and better and with means of suspension John William Undy (1877-1951), Oughtibridge
£60-£80 1175
Sheffield Sunday School Union Golden Jubilee, 1862, medals (6), in copper (4), white metal (2, one gilt), bust of James Montgomery left, revs. bible within wreath, all 38mm (Grant III, p.320; cf. DNW 185, 1435) [6]. Gilt medal fine, others very fine and better, two pierced for suspension
£60-£80
James Montgomery (1771-1854), writer of hymns and poetry; b Irvine, Ayrshire; moved to Fulbeck, Leeds, then to Glossop road, Sheffield, working with Joseph Gales, publisher of the Sheffield Register, later the Sheffield Iris, of which he was the proprietor from 1794 to 1825; founding member of the Sheffield Sunday School Union in 1812, with the intention of educating working children on Sundays, especially in literacy, and fighting for child labour laws to keep children out of chimneys. Montgomery Hall (now Montgomery Theatre) in the city was named after him
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Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, 1863, white metal medals by Brookes & Adams for John Brown, Mayor of Sheffield (2), both 39mm (W & E 910B.1); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a white metal medal by Heaton, with clasp SHEFFIELD 1887, 38mm (W & E 2170B.2), S.S. Michael & All Angels Church Schools, Sheffield, 1887, a copper-plated white metal medal, unsigned, subscribed by the Congregation, 44mm (W & E –); Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Sheffield, 1895, medals (5), by W. Owen, in white metal, 38mm (W & E 1820A.1), by A.E. Harris (2), uniface bronze, 39 x 35mm (W & E 1822A.1), uniface brass, 39 x 35mm (W & E –), unsigned (2), both white metal, 31mm (W & E 1824A.1) [9]. Bronze 1822A.1 virtually as struck, others very fine and better; some pierced for suspension
£60-£80
Sir John Brown (1816-96), founder of John Brown & Co, Atlas Works, Brightside, mayor 1862-3, master cutler 1865-6, the self-styled father of the South Yorkshire iron trade, inventor of the spring-loaded railway buffer. The Duke and Duchess of York (later George V and Queen Mary) visited Sheffield on 10-11 May 1895
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