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BRITISH & IRISH MEDALS FOREIGN MEDALS

BRITISH & IRISH MEDALS

Please click the stock number on the left for more detailed information and larger pictures. Please note: the illustrations make the medals appear to be roughly the same size, so special attention should be paid to the diameter mentioned (in millimetres) in the description.

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 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
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
1997	Frederick, Prince of Wales, Free British Fishery Society 1750, bronze medal by Ludwig Koch, 41mm	£95
2431	Admiral Lord Keith & the death of Sir Ralph Abercromby 1801, bronze medal by JG Hancock, 48mm	£225
2100	Sir Sydney Smith, Promotion to Flag Rank 1805, white metal medal by Thomas Webb, 54mm	£60
2423	The Battle of Corunna & the death of Sir John Moore 1809, bronze medal by T Webb & N Brenet for Mudie's series (1820), 41mm	£80
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
1022	George III, Mudie's Dedication medal 1820, bronze, by T Webb & A Depaulis, 41mm	£80
2318	George IV (1820-1830), Coronation 1821, the official silver medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, 35mm	£295
1827	George IV, Coronation 1821, white metal medal, 46mm	£40
2042	Sir Walter Scott, fiftieth year 1821, bronze medal by T Webb and B R Faulkner after J Mudie, 40mm	£55
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	SOLD
2416	Sir Walter Scott 1824, bronze medal by William Wyon, 53mm	£80
2040	Sir Walter Scott 1824, white metal medal by William Wyon, 53mm, rare	£75
2043	Sir Walter Scott, laudatory medal 1827, bronze, by AJ Stothard after F Chantrey, 62mm	£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
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.	SOLD
2355	Wesleyan Methodist Society, centenary of its foundation 1839, bronze medal by CF Carter, 65mm, extremely rare	SOLD
1453	Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1839, large size bronze, 73mm	£200
2277	Crimean War 1854, set of three medals for Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, white metal, by Pinches, 41mm, in case of issue, very rare as a cased set	SOLD
1473	Hemel Hempstead Horticultural Society established 1860, silver medal awarded 1911, 38mm in case of issue	SOLD
2010	Charles Robert Leslie, bronze medal of the Art Union of London 1870, by AB Wyon, 55mm, rare	£95
2479	London International Exhibition 1874, bronze medal by J Edgar Boehm & GT Morgan, 51mm, named to Major-General Charles Harris Blunt, C.B. of the Royal Bengal Artillery, and father of Janet Blunt, collector of English folksong	£95
1285	Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), silver John Warnham Penfold prize medal 1893 (awarded 1932), 51mm	SOLD
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
2323	Warwickshire, the Welford Maypole re-erected 1896, presentation medal or trial striking, white metal, uniface, 46mm, in brass glazed case of issue, excessively rare, possibly unique	£150
2353	British India, Army Temperance Medal 1897, silver, 34mm, with "Fidelity" bar and ribbon	SOLD
2354	British India, Army Temperance Medal 1889, known as the "First Crookshank Badge", silvered bronze, with blue ribbon	£25
2427	Cope & Nicol School of Painting, silver prize medal circa 1910, by Frank Bowcher, issued by the Monnaie de Paris, 57mm	£65
2387	The steamship Erinpura run aground 1919, a medal presented by the passengers, bronze 35mm, rare	£75
2401	British India, Army Rifle Association 1921, large silver prize medal by J Pinches, 55mm	£110
2432	Stockton & Darlington LNER Railway, Centenary 1925, bronze medal by Gilbert Bayes, 76mm, in original box of issue	£145
1815	The Poultry Club, silver prize medal 1930, by J A Restall, 39mm	SOLD
1225	"And then she made the lasses, O", bronze art medal 1996, cast, 87 x72mm, with Robbie Burns connection	£150
SCOTTISH MEDALS (including Jacobite-related)
1263	Scotland, The Celtic Society, silver medal circa 1820, 36mm, rare	£135
2135	A Family Group of silver Scottish Agricultural Medals 1874 - 1935, awarded to members of the Black and Belfrage Black family of Kinross-shire, 11 items in total	£495
2341	Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish Volunteers review by Queen Victoria 1881, bronze medal by D O Smith, 44mm, in case of issue, very rare	£120
IRISH MEDALS
2420	Ireland, The Total Abstinence Society of Ireland, white metal medal circa 1850, 43mm, rare	£60
WELSH MEDALS
2321	Wales, Cardiff Times Commemoration Medal 1878, silver, awarded at the National Eisteddfod 1879, 45mm , scarce	SOLD

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

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