| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2687 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: R.M.S. "Carpathia"/S.S. "Titanic" Medal, In Recognition Of Gallant & Heroic Service, From The Survivors Of The S.S. "Titanic", 1912, in bronze, unnamed as issued; I.M.O (In Memory Of) Titanic souvenir medal in gold and enamel, reverse inscribed 'April 15th 1912'; also, The Royal Life Saving Society Award of Merit in silver, reverse inscribed 'J. Watt. 1933'; B.A.A.A. (Barrow Amateur Athletic Association) prize medal in voided silver and gold, ring top with ornate pin-back suspender, obverse inscribed 'Swimming Race', reverse inscribed '1st Prize/B.A.A.A./Aquatic Sports/Aug.6th/1900'; also commemorative medal, Loss of the S.S.Titanic, April 15.1912, uniface, in bronze (51mm) (Eimer 1929; MH 1928, 716), by Spicer-Simpson. The last with digs on reverse, otherwise very fine, the rest extremely fine. (5) Loss of the S.S. Titanic medal was privately commissioned by survivors of the Titanic, Margaret Brown and Dennis Telluride. It features the right facing bust of Captain Rostron of R.M.S. Carpathia. Only 500 medals were struck in bronze and they are very scarce. Ex The D.Featherstone/L.McNaught Collection and Noble Numismatics Sale 124 (lot 3619). The British passenger ship, S.S. Titanic was the luxurious and supposedly publicised as practically unsinkable liner which sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, USA. This disaster led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and crew. The event has been the subject of 18 movies and numerous television features between 1912 up to 2018 with perhaps the most exciting being that made in 1997 simply titled 'Titanic', made by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett. Arthur Henry Rostron (1869-1940) was captain of the Cunard Line's R.M.S. Carpathia when a distress signal was received from the White Star liner S.S. Titanic on 15 April 1912. The Titanic had struck an iceberg and was sinking rapidly. Immediately Captain Rostron ordered his ship to speed to aid the Titanic. This was a huge risk because his ship was racing through icy waters at night but he knew what was at stake with a large passenger liner sinking in freezing water in the middle of the Atlantic. It took 3 1/ 2 hours to reach the Titanic's radioed position and during that time his orders and preparation would later prove to have saved lives. His crew prepared blankets, food and drinks and subsequently rescued hundreds of survivors from the freezing waters. Captain Rostron was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the Thanks of Congress, the American Cross of Honor, and medals by the Liverpool and New York Shipwreck Societies. He would eventually rise to the position of Commodore of the Cunard Line and also served as a British Naval Officer during WWI. J.Watt was born in Barrow on the west coast of Lancashire, England in 1889. At the age of 11 he proved himself to be a good swimmer when he gained first place in an event at the Aquatic Sports staged by the Barrow Amateur Athletic Association in August 1900. He joined the Merchant Navy, signing on with the Liverpool based Cunard Line where he served as a waiter. On 7 February 1912 he transferred from the S.S. Bohemian to the R.M.S. Carpathia. He was still with the Carpathia two months later when, on 12 April 1912, the S.S. Titanic sank and the captain, officers and crew of the Carpathia rescued 705 people from the Titanic's complement of 2,340. After landing the survivors at New York, USA on 18 April 1912 the Carpathia continued on its way. The next time the Carpathia stopped at New York was on 29 May 1912 at which time the Titanic Survivors' Committee presented medals to the captain, officers and crew who had been on the Carpathia at the time of Titanic's sinking and the subsequent rescue. J.Watt was one of those so honoured. The medals were struck in gold, silver and bronze and awarded according to rank, thus J.Watt was a recipient of a bronze medal. Watt discharged from service with the Carpathia on 1 January 1913 in Liverpool, England. In 1933 at the age of 44 he received the Royal Life Saving Society Award of Merit Medal for aquatic life saving proficiency. With research including a video titled 'A Night to Remember', a 1958 movie staring Kenneth More; a book of the same title by Walter Lord; booklet titled 'Women and Children First, Wrecks, Rescues, Rewards and Recipients' by Jack Boddington; Titanic crew list; Carpathia crew list; various photos, postcards, and newspaper cuttings. Estimate: 10000 AUD |  |
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| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2843 Price realized: 170 AUD (Approx. 112 USD / 102 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Pair to WIA: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19.393 Pte C.A.Dickinson. 21 M.G.Coy. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. A few surface marks, otherwise toned good very fine. Together with The Royal Life Saving Society bronze medallion, reverse inscribed, 'C.A.Dickinson/V.H.C./6.2.15', with original case of issue. Caleb Anderson Dickinson, storekeeper, age 32, born at South Melbourne, Vic; Enl.13Apr1916 at Prahran, Melbourne, Vic; Emb.19Sep1916; to MG Trg Depot 25Nov1916; to France 30Mar1917; WIA 03Jan1918 gassed; rejoined unit 27Aug1918; RTA 12Jun1919; Disch.10Sep1919; Died 28Aug1952. In 1938 Mornington Swimming Club was revived and a reel team was formed to compete in various surf reel and life saving displays. Caleb Dickinson was bestowed a life membership in recognition of his long service to the club. He was president for many years and in 1938 was a vice-president. Estimate: 120 AUD |
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| Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC > Treasure Auction 35 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1480 Price realized: 3,500 USD (Approx. 3,247 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: UNITED STATES, gold State Department Lifesaving medal, First Class, awarded by President McKinley to seaman W.P. Pattison of the British steamship Mokta for his heroic services on February 27, 1900, in the rescue of four men of the American schooner Golden Sheaf, unique, NGC AU 58 (photo certificate). J-LS-3. 44.00 grams. 35 mm. This .900 gold medal shows Liberty on the obverse inside the legend PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, with a wreath border on the reverse surrounding engraved script commemorating the presentation of this medal "To W.P. Pattison, seaman of the British steamship 'Mokta' in recognition of his heroic services in effecting the rescue February 27, 1900 of four men of the American schooner 'Golden Sheaf' wrecked at sea." The medal is suspended from a hanger bar with E PLURIBUS UNUM partially covered by a shield. According to The Cambrian issue of December 7th, 1900, the Mokta "on a voyage from Huelva to Philadelphia, was some 400 or 500 miles from the American seaboard in the North Atlantic, [when] they sighted the American schooner, Golden Sheaf, flying signals of distress." The Mokta launched a lifeboat in "a hurricane of wind, and a mountainous sea" crewed by one officer and six men who, upon reaching the Golden Sheaf, were able to transport four men in need of rescue by tying ropes about their waists and dragging them behind the lifeboat back to the Mokta. After landing in Philadelphia, the crew of the Mokta were celebrated in American newspapers and those British sailors participating in the rescue were eventually awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal, First Class by President McKinley. Lustrous example of this unique medal with just a touch of handling and hairlines from wear and display. Estimate: $5000 - $10000 |  |
Match 3:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2657 Price realized: 2,600 AUD (Approx. 1,707 USD / 1,562 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CB Group of Four: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion breast badge with brooch bar suspender; India General Service Medal 1854-95, - two clasps - Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89; Afghanistan Medal 1878-80; Coronation Medal 1911. First order unnamed as issued, Major F.W.Hemming 5th Dn Gds on second medal, Capt: F.W.Hemming. 5th D G. Gds on third medal, last medal unnamed. The named medals engraved, the second in script style. Heavy contact marks on the second and third medals, otherwise fine - extremely fine. Ex Barry Hibbard Collection from Status International Sale 256 (lot 9668). CB: Supplement to LG 23/5/1900, p3327 - Colonel (temporary Major-General) Frederick Wilson Hemming, Commanding Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot (temporarily). An obituary published in The Times, London read as follows. 'Major-General Frederick Wilson Hemming, C.B., who died at Brighton yesterday at the age of 84, was a cavalry officer of the old school, whose manners were as perfect as his seat on a horse. A veteran of the Second Afghan War, he was not a Staff College graduate, but qualified for staff employment by service in the field. From the number of personal appointments he held at different times he might have been described in his younger days as the perfect A.D.C. The son of Mr. F.Hemming, late of Lisar-hall, Londonderry, and Merrywood, Somerset, he was born in August, 1850, and after leaving Clifton purchased a cornetcy in the 4th Hussars in April, 1868. He joined his regiment in India and got his first step in October, 1871. In June, 1877, he became A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General F.F.Maude, V.C. - father of Sir Stanley Maude, the victor of Baghdad in the Great War - in the Bengal Command, and accompanied him on active service when the Second Afghan War began in 1878. Thus he was in the two Bazar Valley expeditions and gained brevet majority after having been promoted captain into the 5th Dragoon Guards in October, 1878. He rejoined his regiment at home at the end of 1879, and from April to December, 1881, was A.D.C. to Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, then commanding a brigade at Aldershot. In April, 1882, he went to the Eastern District as A.D.C. to Major-General Sir H.H.Clifford, V.C., but in September he returned to Aldershot on appointment in a similar capacity to the staff of Brigadier-General H.Rowlands, V.C. In March, 1883, he returned once more to regimental duty and received his promotion to major in December, again becoming A.D.C. to General Rowlands when the latter took over command in Madras in April, 1884. From December, 1885, to February, 1886, he was staff officer for Intelligence duties with the forces engaged in Upper Burma, and was then appointed Military Secretary to Sir C.G.Arbuthnot, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay, and afterwards Commander-in-Chief, Madras. Nevertheless Major Hemming saw more service in Burma, 1887-9, being twice mentioned in dispatches for his services there and gaining another brevet. In March, 1891, he left Madras and was promoted brevet colonel in December, 1894, going on half-pay in January, 1897. In the following March, however, he reached the substantive rank of colonel, and was appointed military attach� at Tokyo, but reverted to the half-pay list again in June, 1898. In October 1899 at the outbreak of the South African War, he gained command of the South-Eastern District Cavalry Brigade, and in February, 1900, that of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot. The whole of this period was chiefly devoted to the training of the recruits who passed through the reserve squadrons and regimental depots. In 1900 he was created a C.B. He spent from April, 1903, to September, 1906, on half-pay, and then retired from the Army with the honoray rank of major-general. General Hemming married Ada Cecil, the second daughter of his chief, Sir Frederick Maude, in 1878; she died in 1886. The funeral service will be held at St. Mark's, Brighton, to-morrow, at 10.30.' With research. Estimate: 4200 AUD |  |
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| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2777 Price realized: 1,000 AUD (Approx. 656 USD / 601 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trio: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899 (type 2 reverse with very faint ghost dates), - four clasps - Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King's South Africa Medal 1902, - two clasps - South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation Medal 1902 in silver. 269 Cpl R.Payne , N.S.W.Bushmen on first medal, much of naming on second medal erased, details noted 4??5 Pte J.???p. Gordo? Hi?hrs, last medal unnamed as issued. The named medals impressed. Court mounted, spotting on first two medals and surface marks on last medal, otherwise fine - good very fine. The first and third medals ex Noble Numismatics Sale 123 (lot 3634). Together with British Transvaal War, Success to Australian Imperl. Bushmen medalet, 1899-1900, in bronze (23mm) (C.1899-1900/15); book titled Steinaecker's Horsemen, South Africa 1899 - 1903, by William (Bill) Woolmore, published by South African Country Life, Barberton, South Africa, 2006, hardcover with dust jacket, 352pp with b&w photos and maps. Robert Payne, horse driver and bushman, born 02Nov1868 at Liverpool, UK (Australia stated on 1901 attestation form); Embarked London for Qld and arrived Brisbane 02May1889; Enlisted for service in South Africa and Emb.23Apr1900 from Sydney, NSW with A Coy NSW Imperial Bushmen; served in ops in Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony; RTA and Disemb.17Jul1901 at Sydney, NSW and later discharged; Enl.26Nov1901 in Durban, Sth Africa in Steinaecker's Horse; Trooper No.1573 (Australian) Robert Payne was one of the 12 man contingent of Steinaecker's Horse to attend and ride in the 1902 Coronation parade; trf to South African Constabulary at Komati Port 03Jan1903; his QSA was issued from the NSW Imperial Bushmen's roll and his KSA was issued from the Steinaecker's Horsemen roll. With research by Mostly Unsung, medal rolls of NSW Imperial Bushmen and Steinaecker's Horse as well as the book, Steinaecker's Horsemen. Estimate: 1000 AUD |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61364 | Auction date: 17 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 21540 Price realized: 1,400 USD (Approx. 1,286 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: United States Republic "S.S. Republic" 50 Cents 1857-O AU53 NGC, Salvaged from the "S.S. Republic" (Sunk in 1865 off the coast of Georgia). The SS Republic (also named the SS Tennessee, USS Mobile) was a sidewheel steamship that retains a very storied and historical background during its 12-year service for the United States. Built in Baltimore for the President of the Baltimore and Southern Steam Packet Company (James Hooper, veteran of the War of 1812) in 1853, the SS Republic began its service as a merchant ship upon the Baltimore – Charleston route. Not before long, it became the first trans-Atlantic Baltimore steamship, sailing from England to France. Afterwards, it was used to open the very first passenger steamship service between New York City and Central America. In 1861, during the outbreak of the Civil War, the (renamed) CSS Tennessee was trapped in New Orleans and was seized for use as a Confederate blockade runner by the Confederate States. After capture, the Tennessee was utilized for the armed Union service, becoming the flagship of the United States Navy Admiral David G. Farragut during the Mississippi Campaign. In September of 1864, it was renamed the USS Mobile to allow another Confederate armored-ram ship to bear the name Tennessee after its capture. The USS Mobile was damaged in a hurricane near the mouth of the Rio Grande and was sent to New York for repairs. After inspection, the ship was judged too expensive to re-commission and was removed from the U.S Navy in December of 1864. Finally, it was retitled the SS Republic after being sold at auction in 1865, returning to its roots as a cargo-passenger ship on the New York – New Orleans route. On her fifth civilian voyage after the Civil War, a hurricane off the coast of Georgia caused severe hull leaks and sunk on October 25th, 1865. The entire cargo of 5,000 barrels with $400,000 in coins, mostly in gold $10 and $20 pieces, was lost. In 2003, the wreck of the Republic was located, and a salvaging team recovered about one-third (51,000 coins) of the rare 19th-century gold and silver coins that were aboard (currently worth an estimated $75 million). https://coins.ha.com/itm/united-states/united-states-republic-ss-republic-50-cents-1857-o-au53-ngc-/a/61364-21540.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61364-03172024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
