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AN AUCTION OF Commemorative Medals and Numismatic Books The Richmond Suite (Lower Ground Floor) The Washington Hotel 5 Curzon Street Mayfair London W1J 5HE Wednesday 30 May 2012 12:00 Free Online Bidding Service www.dnw.co.uk AUCTION Weekdays, Monday 21 May to Friday 25 May 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 strictly by appointment only Monday 28 May and Tuesday 29 May 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 Public viewing, 10:00 to 17:00 Wednesday 30 May 16 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London W1 Public viewing, 08:00 to end of the Sale Appointments to view: 020 7016 1700 or auctions @dnw.co.uk VIEWING Catalogued by Christopher Webb, Jim Brown and A.N. Other Photography by Ian Kington In sending commissions or making enquiries please contact Christopher Webb or Jim Brown Catalogue price £15 C ONTENTS Please note: The auction will take place in one session, starting at 12.00 British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer........................................................................1-159 British Medals from other properties............................................................................................160-280 Medals of Cuba from the Collection of the late Edward Roehrs....................................................281-353 Russian Medals from an Old Collection, the property of a Lady ..................................................354-380 World Medals from other properties .............................................................................................381-450 British and World Medals – Lots ...................................................................................................451-506 Numismatic Books, etc ...................................................................................................................507-515 S UMMER/AUTUMN A UCTION C ALENDAR, 2012 Wednesday, 20 June World Coins, 14:00 Thursday, 21 June British Coins and Numismatic Books, 10:00 featuring The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins (Part III) The ‘Bellamy’ Collection of Halfcrowns Tuesday, 18 September British Coins Tuesday, 25 September Ancient Coins Monday, 1 October World Coins Wednesday, 3 October British Trade Tokens, Numismatic Books Dates are provisional and subject to change The Washington Hotel is located at 5 B E RK OL Curzon Street, in the heart of London’s E LE A D SQUARE L BOND Y B T E Mayfair, two minutes walk from DNW’s E R E M R T D A S S O RL T offices. R ILL VE E H E R ST ET ST R The auction takes place in the hotel’s BE R E Dix Noonan Webb EET ET R Richmond Suite on the lower ground 16 Bolton St KEL E The Washington Hotel Y S floor, access to which is via a short flight of 5 Curzon Street TRE S T ET ST R S stairs leading from the hotel restaurant. RLES ATTON T JA CHA BOL M CLA TON T S E E T S The hotel is a 3-minute walk from the RE R ST G S S ON H ES T T RZ A CU LF S nearest Underground station, Green Park M T O O N (Piccadilly, Jubilee and Victoria Lines, with S T Green Park PICCADILLY links directly to Euston, King’s Cross, (Piccadilly, Victoria andd Jubilee lines) Victoria [for Gatwick Airport] and Waterloo THE stations). It is a 40-minute direct journey Green Park from Heathrow Airport. CO NSTITUTION HILL Numerous buses stop at Green Park station. Hyde Park There is limited meter parking in Curzon Corner Street and nearby streets. DIX NO ONAN WEBB DNW A uctione ers & Valuers L IVE I NTERNET B IDDING IN DNW R OSTRUM A UCTIONS DNW’s live internet bidding service is FREE and fully integrated into the company website and back office systems. You may bid in real time, with lots appearing on your computer screen as they are being sold and a live audio feed is provided so that you can listen to the auctioneer. Existing clients may use the service by logging in, but if you are new to us you should ideally register at least 24 hours prior to the start of the auction using the registration facility on our web site. To bid, select the current sale on the Coin Department home page and click on the Live Bidding link. You will need to log in before bidding if you have not already done so. For further details please call us on +44 (20) 7016 1700 or email [email protected]. S ALEROOM N OTICES Any saleroom notices pertaining to this auction are automatically posted at the head of the InterNews section on the coin part of the DNW website, www.dnw.co.uk. Prospective bidders are strongly urged to consult this facility before sending bids or bidding online. B UYERS’ P REMIUM Please note that the buyers’ premium in this sale is 20%. C ATALOGUE I LLUSTRATIONS AND THE I NTERNET Prospective bidders are reminded that the DNW website carries enhanced high-resolution enlarged colour illustrations of all the items illustrated in this catalogue, and almost all other lots of manageable size are also depicted. B IDDING IN DNW A UCTIONS We are pleased to accept bids for items in this auction by several methods, apart from the FREE live internet facility detailed above. A commission form is enclosed with this catalogue for your convenience; this should be completed and mailed to us so that we receive it by the day before the auction. Bids can also be faxed on this form to +44 (20) 7016 1799 up to 18.00 on 29 May. If you are an established DNW client you may bid by email to [email protected] (we strongly advise that you request email confirmation that your bids have been received before the start of the auction); or you may telephone your bids to us up to 18.00 on 29 May. Alternatively you may bid directly via the Members’ Enclosure on the DNW website until 10.00 on 30 May. Bids placed electronically after that time will not be recognised. V IEWING All the lots in this auction are available to view, strictly by appointment only, at 16 Bolton Street, on weekdays from 21 to 25 May. All appointments to view MUST be made with the Coin Department by telephoning 020 7016 1700. The public view is at Bolton Street on 28 and 29 May, from 10.00 to 17.00, and on the auction day, 30 May, from 08.00 until the end of the Sale. P RICES R EALISED The hammer prices bid at DNW auctions are posted at www.dnw.co.uk in real time. A full list of prices realised for this auction appears on our website after 19.00 on auction day and a resumé of the auction is posted on the website the following day. Telephone enquiries are welcome from 09.00 on the day after the auction. Separate printed price lists are no longer issued. BRITISH MEDALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES SPENCER BRITISH MEDALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES SPENCER Agriculture and Forestry 1 Royal Agricultural Society of England, silver award medals (2), both by J. Pinches (second unsigned), Ceres standing by plough holding scythe, rev. Royal English Arboricultural Society, named (Capt. J.M. Naylor, class IX, Plantations Competition, 1925); rev. Royal English Forestry Society, named (His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, class IV, Forestry Exhibition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1935), both 55mm (MJP p. 134, nos 3, 4) [2]. Extremely fine or better; in fitted cases of issue £100-150 2 Royal Pomona Palace and Gardens, silver prize medal, unsigned, front elevation of Palace, rev. wreath, named (International Horse Show, 1874, awarded to Mc Dougall Brothers for Cattle Cake &c), 38mm. Nearly extremely fine with suspension loop £30-40 Architecture and Building 3 Building Trades Exhibition, silver award medals (2), London 1886, Victory crowns two workers, rev. named (Blackman Air Propeller Ventilating Co), 51mm, London 1894, named (H.G. Mankin), 39mm; Institute of Builders Licentiate Discussion Club, a silver award medal, named (Presented to S.T. Saunders, First Chairman, 1925-26), 51mm; National Federation of Building Trades Employers, an enamelled silver badge (D.E. Lockhart, 1970), 39 x 31mm. [4]. Very fine or better £60-80 4 (Chartered) Surveyors’ Institution, silver award medals (2, one gilt), unsigned, bust of John Clutton three- quarters right, revs. named (George Freeman, Highest Marks Professional Associateship Examination, 1899) and (Charles John Howell Thomas, Highest Marks Fellowship Examination, 1900), both 51mm [2]. Some surface marks and hairlines, otherwise extremely fine or better, the first very rare £80-100 Medals of the Surveyors’ Institution, before it became Chartered, were issued only briefly from 1893-9. This consecutive pair represent the changeover of title 5 Guild of Building, The Tarran Medal, a silver award medal by T. Fattorini, temple facade within border, rev. six cartouches containing views of buildings, edge named (Robert Goodwill 1936), hallmarked Birmingham 1936, 50mm; Institute of Builders, a silver award medal, unsigned [by J. Pinches], named (Awarded to Albert V. Sweet, a student of general building industry subjects at the L.C.C. School of Building, Brixton), 38mm (cf. MJP p.63); London Master Builders Association, a silver award medal by C. Thomas, named (Keith Anthony Savory, Plumbers’ Work 1965), edge hallmarked London 1965, 57mm [3]. Extremely fine; cased as issued £90-120 6 Royal Institute of British Architects, a silver award medal, unsigned (by B. Wyon?), legend within wreath, rev. named (Medal of Merit with an Honourable Addition thereto to Mr C.F. Hayward for his Essay on the Pre-Gothic Age in Germany or the Romanesque Development of the Rhine and Central Europe, 1853), 58mm. Sometime cleaned, nearly extremely fine, rare; in fitted case of issue £70-90 Charles Forster Hayward (1830-1905), architect, often involved in the restoration of medieval churches 7 Royal Institute of British Architects, George Godwin Medal, 1881, a silver award by G.G. Adams, bust right, rev.