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BRITISH & IRISH MEDALS

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Medals are arranged in date order I have arranged medals which are specifically Scottish, Irish or Welsh in dedicated sections at the end Jacobite-related medals are in the Scottish section For a page dedicated to Agricultural Medals click here For a page dedicated to Birmingham & Wolverhampton click here Details of references contained in the descriptions can be found on the References page All descriptions are copyright of Charles Riley

BRITISH MEDALS ARRANGED BY DATE
1989		Charles I and Henrietta Maria, silver royalist badge, cast and chased, 29 x 38mm approx., by Thomas Rawlins, rare and attractive	£1550
2063		Charles I, Memorial medal in silver circa 1695, by James & Norbert Roettier, 34mm, scarce	£350
1951		George I, Coronation 1714, official silver medal by John Croker, 34mm	£100
2081		George II, Coronation 1727, official silver medal by John Croker, 35mm	£230
1903		Henry II, from Jean Dassier's English Sovereigns series (1731), bronze, 40mm	£35
1906		Henry VI, from Jean Dassier's English Sovereigns series (1731), bronze, 40mm	£35
1907		Edward IV, from Jean Dassier's English Sovereigns series (1731), bronze, 40mm	£35
1528		George II, Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) Proclaimed 1749, bronze medal by Kirk, 35mm	£120
1997		Frederick, Prince of Wales, Free British Fishery Society 1750, bronze medal by Ludwig Koch, 41mm	£95
2053		Admiral Nelson & the Battle of Trafalgar, memorial medal, bronze, by Thomas Webb after John Flaxman, 53mm	£325
1359		The Slave Trade abolished 1807, bronze medal, 36mm	£150
2000		Christ's College Cambridge, the Beilby Porteus medal 1808, bronze by J Phillp, 43mm	£65
1913		Colonel Gwillym Wardle MP, speech against the Duke of York 1809, white metal medal by Peter Wyon, 53mm, rare	£50
1021		George III, Golden Jubilee of his Accession, 25th October 1809, white metal medal, 52mm	£65
1402		George III, Golden Jubilee 1810 in Salisbury, copper bronzed medal by H Kuchler, 48mm	£120
1577		General Lord Hill & the Battle of Almaraz (Spain) 1812, bronze medal from Mudie's series (1820), by Mills & Gayrard, 41mm	£90
2084		George IV, Coronation 1821, the official Royal Mint medal, bronze, by Benedetto Pistrucci, 35mm	£80
1827		George IV, Coronation 1821, white metal medal, 46mm	£40
1719		Royal Manchester Institute, Benjamin Arthur Heywood medal 1823, specimen striking in bronze, 50mm, by William Wyon, very rare, and by direct descent from the Wyon family	£295
1618		Wiltshire, Thomas Southeron Estcourt and Wiltshire Friendly Society established 1828, white metal medal, 45mm	£30
1027		Thomason’s Bronze Vase 1829, bronze medal, 52mm.	£45
1720		London Pharmaceutical Society, Linnaeus Medal 1830, specimen striking in bronze, 46mm, by William Wyon, very rare, and by direct descent from the Wyon family	£295
2085		William IV and Queen Adelaide, Coronation 1831, official bronze medal by William Wyon senior, 33mm	£75
1029		The Reform Bill Passed 1832, white metal medal, 38mm.	£65
1721		Royal Horticultural Society of Cornwall, prize medal 1832, specimen striking in bronze, 49mm, by William Wyon, very rare, and by direct descent from the Wyon family	£250
1031		Birmingham Town Hall, Opening Musical Festival 1834, white metal medal, by Thomas Halliday, 48mm.	£40
1032		Birmingham Town Hall, Completion 1834, bronze medal, published by Edward Thomason, 72mm	£95
1453		Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1839, large size bronze, 73mm	£300
1938		Sir Isambard Marc Brunel and Thames Tunnel opened 1843, white metal medal, unrecorded in BHM, 39mm	£35
1899		Royal Exchange opened 1844, silver medal by William Wyon, featuring the Penny Black portrait, 28mm	£55
1493		Lord George Bentinck, politician, death 1848, bronze medal by B Wyon, 51mm	£35
2020		William Shakespeare, a bronzed electrotype portrait plaquette, 19th century, after the Wedgwood design, 88mm x 110mm (3.5 x 4.5 inches)	£150
2021		John Locke (Philosopher), a bronzed electrotype portrait plaquette, 19th century, after the Wedgwood design, 85mm x 107mm (3.25 x 4.25 inches)	£110
1736		Livery Company of the City of London, the Worshipful Company of Coach Makers & Coach Harness Makers, silver medal circa 1850 (awarded 1909) by JS & AB Wyon, 57mm in case of issue, rare	£300
2086		The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace 1851, official bronze prize medal, rare variety, by LC Wyon, 77mm	£150
1803		The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace 1851, official bronze Exhibitor’s medal by W Wyon	£55
2006		Sir John Vanbrurgh, the medal of the Art Union of London, bronze 1855 on thick flan, by Benjamin Wyon, 55mm	£75
1657		Temperance Movement/ Band of Hope, bronze medal circa 1860 by Joseph Moore, rare	£50
1473		Hemel Hempstead Horticultural Society established 1860, silver medal awarded 1911, 38mm in case of issue	£65
1373		London, South Kensington International Exhibition 1862, white metal medal, larger size (rare), 51mm	£22
1338		Prince of Wales's marriage to Alexandra of Denmark 1863, white metal medal, 46mm	£15
2012		Lancashire, Farnworth Agricultural Society, established 1865, silver prize medal awarded 1884, 54mm, scarce	£120
1468		Uppingham School (Rutland), oval silver prize medal awarded 1866 to Edward Wyndham, 41 x 51mm, rare and attractive	£250
1248		Winchester, The Natives Society, Bicentenary 1869, white metal medal, 42mm	£30
2010		Charles Robert Leslie, bronze medal of the Art Union of London 1870, by AB Wyon, 55mm, rare	£95
1350		Isle of Wight, Carisbrooke Castle and Whippingham Church, silver medalet c.1870, 16mm, rare	£35
1219		Manchester & Liverpool & Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society, frosted silver prize medal 1874, 48mm	£125
1458		London International Exhibition, Crystal Palace 1884, bronze medal by A Fisch for Pinches, 63mm	£125
1216		Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society established 1849, frosted silver prize medal, awarded 1885, glazed, 54mm	£175
1806		London Colonial & Indian Exhibition 1886, bronze medal by L C Wyon, 52mm	£45
1831		Numismatic Society of London, Jubilee 1887, and John Evans, bronze by Pinches, 58mm	£55
1217		Lancashire, Makerfield Ploughing Society established 1857, silver frosted prize medal, awarded 1887, by J Park, 52mm, scarce	£225
1058		Trinity College London, Liverpool Centre, Music Proficiency Prize medal, awarded 1890, 33 x 41mm	£35
1049		Warwickshire Agricultural Society, Honorary Medal, white metal, circa 1890, 52mm	£30
1285		Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), silver John Warnham Penfold prize medal 1893 (awarded 1932), 51mm	£120
2018		An Arts and Crafts plaque circa 1895, large uniface cast bronze, 212 x 128mm (8 3/10 in x 5 1/10 in)	£120
1311		London Polytechnic, Young Mens Christian Institute, silver medal (1896), 46mm	£95
2013		Sir Ralph Abercrombie & the Capture of Trinidad, centenary 1797-1897, silver medal, 48mm	£125
1653		Queen Victoria, Diamond Jubilee 1897, by Frank Bowcher, white metal medal, 51mm	£35
1119		Royal Automobile Club, bronze medal 1908, 76mm	£185
1953		The Investiture of Edward as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle 1911, silver medal by Sir William Goscombe John, in original red leather case of issue from the Royal Mint	£50
1815		The Poultry Club, silver prize medal 1930, by J A Restall, 39mm	£35
1287		Rowing, a bronze medal for Sculling, circa 1930, 39mm	£35
1078		Bedfordshire, Sandy & District Floral and Horticultural Society, bronze prize medal (awarded 1931), 51mm	£35
1301		Falkland Islands, Centenary of British Ownership 1933, tombac medal, 36mm	£45
1225		"And then she made the lasses, O", bronze art medal 1996, cast, 87 x72mm	£150
SCOTTISH MEDALS (including Jacobite-related)
1994		Princess Clementina's escape from Innsbruck 1719, cast bronze medal with later gilding, by Otto Hamerani, 46mm	£95
1418		Battle of Culloden 1746, bronze medal by Richard Yeo, 51mm, rare and an outstanding example	£425
2049		The Battle of Culloden 1746, bronze medal, by Johann Henrik Woolff, 41mm, scarce	£175
1358		Prince Charles Stuart, the Oak Society medal 1750, copper, 34mm, outstanding example	£240
1263		Scotland, The Celtic Society, silver medal circa 1820, 36mm	£135
1079		Glasgow, St.Mungo’s College, bronze oval prize medal, awarded 1932, 40mm x 62mm	£55
IRISH MEDALS There are no Irish medals listed at present
WELSH MEDALS
1522		Wales, Thomas Charles of Bala, Centenary of Sunday Schools in Wales 1885, bronze medal, 44mm	£25
1953		The Investiture of Edward as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle 1911, silver medal by Sir William Goscombe John, in original red leather case of issue from the Royal Mint	£50

For an American-Welsh eisteddfod medal see Item 1107 in the Foreign Medals section

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