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| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 140 | Auction date: 25 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 695 Price realized: 480 AUD (Approx. 309 USD / 268 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: James II, Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops 1688 in silver (59mm) by G. Bower(Eimer 288b); George II, Death of John Freind 1728, in bronze (57mm) by F. St. Urbain (Eimer 515). John Campbell, Duke of Argyle 1743 cast in bronze(52mm) by J.A.Dassier (Eimer 577); George III, Britain Gives Peace to the World 1814, in bronze(41mm) by G. Mills for Mudie (Eimer 1047). Very fine - uncirculated. (4) Ex Philip Benjamin Collection. Estimate: 450 AUD |  |
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| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 343 | Auction date: 14 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 10 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 160 USD / 138 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Collection of British Historical Medals formed by the late Ralph Kennedy Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, 1688, a cast silver medal by G. Bower, bust right, rev. busts of the seven bishops (Bath and Wells, Bristol, Chichester, Ely, London, Peterborough, St Asaph) in medallions, 49mm, 22.90g (MI I, 622/37; E 288b). Extremely fine, bright appearance £150-£200 --- William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (1617-93), was one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned in the Tower in 1688 for seditious libel against James II, over his opposition to the latter's Declaration of Indulgence. He was subsequently removed from his post for refusing to take the oath to William and Mary |  |
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| Spink > Auction 25007 | Auction date: 10 December 2025 |
| Lot number: 438 Price realized: 62,000 GBP (Approx. 82,535 USD / 71,005 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PCGS SP61 | Edward VIII (20 January - 11 December 1936), Rugby School (Sovereign's Prize: The Dr Thomas Arnold Award for Modern History), His Majesty The King's Gold Medal, 1936, awarded to Captain Patrick Findlater Stewart MC, SSM, late 11th Hussars (Royal Armoured Corps), by Thomas Humphrey Paget and Leonard Charles Wyon for Sir Robert Arthur Johnson, Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint (London), EDWARDVS VIII D. G. BR: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP. 'classical' coin legend and bare head left, rev. HISTORIAE RECENTIORIS STUDIUM APUD SCHOLAM RUGBEIENSEM ARNOLDO AUCTORE INSTITUTUM PRAEMIO FOVET MUNIFICENTIA REGIS in nine lines, edge plain but for Official Hallmark at 12 o'clock [RJ | London | A | Crown | 18] and Officially Mint-Engraved in New Roman capitalised script: PATRICK. F. STEWART, 1936. at 6 o'clock, 57.56g, 45mm., 12h (Giordano CM 157; Jeremy Cheek, 'Royal Prize Medals', [BNJ 2018], pp. 177-188, no. 20), light fingermarks in otherwise brilliant fields, as struck, UNIQUE; AND OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, one of very few Sovereign Prize Medals bestowed by the Duke of Windsor during his infamous 325-day reign as King Edward VIII still available to the private collector, accompanied by the Official Royal Mint maroon case of issue, bearing the rare Gilt Block cypher EVIIIR, in PCGS holder, graded SPECIMEN 61 (Cert. #55968554). Provenance, Sold by Order of the Direct Descendant , , As Cheek notes: "Laurence Brown went to great lengths to define which medals should or should not be included in his book. Generally prize medals were excluded, as he felt that if he did not do so the book would never be complete or be published. However his overriding consideration was that medals of national importance would be included. As Royal Prize Medals were thought to be of national importance they were there confusingly in both categories. The result was that Royal Prize Medals issued during the reigns of George IV (1820-1830) to George VI (1936-1952) were included in BHM...." , , He continues: "There are also other Royal Price Medals not listed in BHM and not present in the following set: those medals produced with the effigy of Edward VIII, of which twenty-six were produced late in 1937. Equivalent issues to nos. 1-7, 10-12, 14-16, 18 and 20-21 were produced bearing the effigy of Edward VIII; no Edward VIII medals were produced for the Royal Geographical Society (Founder's Medal); the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Police Essay Competition or the Poetry Medal. A Royal Household Long and Faithful Service medal of Edward VIII was produced but never awarded; there is an example in the Royal Mint Museum. , , Laurence Brown was an assiduous researcher and I am sure that the omission of these medals from BHM was deliberate, presumably because he believed that they should be considered as Patterns for medals that were not issued, and thus lay outside the scope of his book. However since the publication of BHM two examples of Royal Prize Medals with the effigy of Edward VIII have appeared at auction inscribed with recipients' names, so it would appear that at least two were in fact awarded. There are no specimens of Royal Prize Medals with the effigy of Edward VIII in the Royal Collection." , , , , Corpus: , , 1. Royal Military Academy (Woolwich) (1 AV); Awarded to Hugh Acton Jefferies, July 1936. Late Captain, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Killed in Action, 19 May 1940 at Dunkirk. Medal and Sword of Honour on display at Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum. , , 2. Britannia Royal Naval College (Dartmouth) (1 AV); Awarded to Peter Sumner Wilson; Morton & Eden, Auction 8, 25 May 2004, lot 133; Private Collection. , , 3. Royal Air Force College (Cranwell) (1 AV); Awarded to Douglas Andrew Kerr, July 1936. Late Wing Commander, 148 Squadron. Killed in Action, 22 June 1942 at Gazala, near Benghazi (Libya). , , 4. King's Lynn Grammar (King Edward VII School, Norfolk) (1 AV); Awarded to Ronald Neville Aldrich-Smith, October 1936. , , 5. Royal Victoria College, Jersey (3 AV); Prizes for Classics, Modern Languages and Mathematics. , , 6. Nautical College (Pangbourne) (1 AV); Awarded to George Lainchbury Bown; DNW Auction, 7-8 September 2021, lot 1397; Purchased by Chairman Phillip Plato (Old Pangbournian Society). Loaned to Pangbourne College, 28 October 2021. , , 7. Royal Naval Australian College (Creswell) (1 AV). , , 8. Royal Geographical Society (London). Founder's Medal. Not awarded in 1936. , , 9. Royal Institute of British Architects. Not awarded in 1936. , , 10. Royal Geographical Society (London) (1 AV); Patron's Medal. , , 11. Thames Nautical College (H.M.S Worcester) (1 AV); Awarded to Kenneth Hodson; Sotheby's, 5 July 1994, lot 211; Private Collection. , , 12. Royal Military College of Australia (Duntroon, Canberra) (1 AV). , , 13. Police Essay Competition. Not awarded in 1936. , , 14. Royal Society (2 AV, 1 AR); Newton Medal. , , 15. Winchester College (2 AV; 2 AR); Prizes for Latin and English Verse. , i) Awarded to Christopher Ivan William Seton-Watson; Spink, NYINC Sale 392, 14 January 2024, lot 204. Private Collection. , , 16. Merchant Navy Cadet School (H.M.S Conway) (1 AV); Awarded to Richard Ewart Hutson, July 1936. Held by the Liverpool Maritime Museum. , , 17. Royal Australian Air Force College (Point Cook). Not awarded in 1936. , , 18. Wellington College (Sandhurst) (1 AV). , , 19. King's Medal for Poetry. Not awarded in 1936. , , 20. Rugby School (1 AV); History Prize. Awarded to Patrick Findlater Stewart. This Medal. , , 21. South African Nautical College (General Botha) (1 AV). , , 22. Junior Nautical Schools. Not awarded in 1936. , , 23. Long and Faithful Service (Royal Household). Designed, but never awarded. A pattern in Silver exists in the Royal Mint Museum. , , 24. Shipwrights Company. Not awarded in 1936. , , , , The abdication of King Edward VIII on the 11 December 1936 brought to an end a tumultuous 325-day reign. The termination of his reign brought with it the logistical headache of scrapping his approved effigy for a replacement in the likeness of King George VI. Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint (1922-1938), Sir Robert Arthur Johnson conceded: "The work of the two artists was all but completed when the events of last December rendered it nugatory. Over 200 dies of coins, medals and seals were thus rendered useless and the Mint was faced with the task of securing portraits of his present Majesty with but limited time available." He added in the same December 1937 interview shortly before his death: "I am betraying no profound secret in stating that the coinage effigy of the former King was, at his personal wish, prepared facing to the left. But as there has been no coinage bearing the bust of the former King, the old tradition has maintained by showing the effigy of the present monarch facing in the same direction as the last monarch but one. The new King's effigy faces left, as did those of King George V and Queen Victoria, a fact which is surely one of the most happy augury." , , He concluded: "During 1936, in the early stages when the coinage for King Edward was in question, I was made aware that some desire existed for a complete departure from the heraldic tradition which has been associated for several centuries with our principal coins." , , Based on surviving Royal Mint Archives, Official Gazette entries, contemporary newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts, the following timeline can be reconstructed for the numismatic and philatelic record of the short-lived King's reign. , , 20 January 1936 - At five minutes to midnight, King George V dies at Sandringham and his eldest son David, Prince of Wales becomes King Edward VIII. , , Thursday, 6 February 1936 - An official at the General Post Office informs the Daily Telegraph, that: "New postage stamps and postal orders bearing the portrait of King Edward VIII are not likely to be issued until the end of the year. It can also be authoritatively stated that no mourning stamps are to be printed. The annual sale of stamps in Britain totals 7,000,000,000. Postal orders number 225,000,000. Of the 70,000 letter boxes in the country, comparatively few will bear King Edward's initials for some time. New boxes will do so. Letter boxes bearing the inscription E.R. VII are still in existence, and there are still a few old ones marked V.R. On the 9,000 mail vans, the Royal initials will be altered as the vehicles are repainted." It is estimated that only 271 post-boxes bearing the cypher of Edward VIII were eventually produced. , , Friday, 21 February 1936 - "The King received Sir Robert Johnson, Deputy Master of the Royal Mint at Buckingham Palace, and inspected a plaster cast of his own head, which had been prepared at the Mint. The cast will, with Royal Approval, be used not only for the new coins, but also in the preparation of dies for medals and other purposes." , , Friday, 13 March 1936 - "The King has approved two designs for the new Royal cypher: "E.R. VIII.". The War Office will make known to the public next week the designs submitted by Garter King of Arms which have been approved by the King. One Cypher in plain modern block letters surmounted by the Imperial Crown, will be used by the postal authorities and Government offices, Embassies, Legations and Consulates abroad, and by Dominions, India and the Crown Colonies. The other cypher follows the traditional style of interlocked initials with oak-leaf fringes. This will be used by the armed forces and the constabulary of the Empire." , , Tuesday, 28 April 1936 - The King sat at Buckingham Palace for the two medallionists [Thomas Humphrey Paget and Percy Metcalfe] of the Royal Mint, for the head which will appear on the new coinage and the medals which will be granted by King Edward the Eighth. , , Friday, 1 May 1936 - In what is estimated to be a £1,000,000 stimulus to the manufacturing and stationery industry of Britain, the first printed examples of the King's Cypher appear in circulation. , , Saturday, 30 May 1936 - Bradford Post Office becomes the first building in Britain to feature the King's new cypher. , , Monday, 20 July 1936 - The Annual Swan Voyage of His Swan Master's Skiff along the River Thames exhibits the new Royal Cypher 'in red surmounted by a gold crown'. , , Friday 31 July 1936 - Sir William Currie, Chairman of the Worcester Committee announced that the King had been graciously pleased to become the patron of [Thames Nautical College, H.M.S.] Worcester. The King's gold medal was won by Kenneth Hodson. "A letter from the Secretary of the King's Privy Purse was read explaining that the medal could not be presented yet as a new one had to be cast bearing King Edward's head." This same medal was later sold by Sotheby's on 5 July 1994 (lot 211) and is believed to remain in a Private Collection. , , Friday, 7 August 1936 - The King approves the uncrowned effigy submitted by Mr Thomas Humphrey Paget for his coins and medals, and the designs for the reverse of the new silver coinage by Mr George Kruger Gray. , , Tuesday, 1 September 1936 - Edward VIII's uncrowned effigy is released on stamps at midnight, featuring the series of halfpenny, threehalfpenny and twopence-halfpenny. London's three 'all-night post offices' in Fleet Street were besieged by collectors with queues forming two hours beforehand. "The issue was regarded as the greatest success of any recorded by the Post Office as over 30,000,000 stamps were sold on the first day." The following day however, critics were quick to note: "The head of the King is far from being the best photograph that has ever been taken and makes him appear more youthful than he really is. People are asking why there could not have been a break from tradition. Why always a face in profile? Why not full face, with the King wearing that boyish smile which has endeared him to millions? The new Australian stamp shows the King full face, so why not the English?" The Belfast Newsletter notes: "People are expressing the hope that a little more imagination will be displayed in the preparation of the new King Edward coins than has been manifested in the printing of the new stamps." , , Monday, 14 September 1936 - The penny stamp of Edward VIII is released. , , Wednesday, 16 September 1936 - The Royal Mint submits proposals to the Treasury for a new larger Threepence coin. An official stated: "the size is midway between that of a sixpence and a shilling. Efforts are being made to find a distinctive edge for the coin. The metal to be used has not yet been decided upon. The new coin will not however be made of silver or nickel." As Prince of Wales, Edward had described the silver issue, colloquially dubbed a 'joey' as an 'annoying coin'. , , Monday, 8 December 1936 - The Official Gazette, Notice No. 769 states: His Majesty the King has approved the issue of the customary official medal to commemorate His Majesty's Coronation. The medal will show on the obverse the crowned effigy of His Majesty with legend, and on the reverse the gateway of St James's Palace. "The Royal Mint are prepared to accept orders for these medals in Gold, large size, diameter 2.5 inches, price 50 guineas; small size, diameter 1.25 inches, price 12 guineas." Notice No. 770, states: "It has been announced that His Majesty the King will broadcast a message to the Empire on the day of his Coronation, Wednesday 12 May 1937. This will be His Majesty's first act after the Coronation ceremony is over. It is understood that a message to the Empire will not be broadcast by His Majesty at Christmas." , , Wednesday, 10 December 1936 - King Edward VIII signs his 'Instrument of Abdication' , , Thursday, 11 December 1936 - King George VI accedes to the throne , , Tuesday, 2 March 1937 - The Royal Mint produces the obverse die hub for the Winchester College, King's Prize Medal. As each Royal Award is the preserve of the incumbent Sovereign, it is elected to retrospectively strike the medals with the 'classical' uncrowned effigy of the former King Edward VIII for those awarded in 1936. These are distributed to recipients over the following month. , , i) The Royal Collection boasts the artist's approval in gilt metal of King George VI sent for the monarch's personal assent (RCIN 443736). No artistic trials of Edward VIII were produced for the same purpose as the medals were to be produced retrospectively. , , https://www.pcgs.com/cert/55968554 Estimate: £14000 - £20000 |  |
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| Spink > Auction 25360 | Auction date: 9 December 2025 |
| Lot number: 9 Price realized: 2,500 GBP (Approx. 3,336 USD / 2,864 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: HIS MAJESTY THE KING'S SOLICITOR GENERAL'S ROYAL GOLD BADGE FROM THE REIGN OF CHARLES II , Solicitor General's Royal Gold Badge, c. 1660-1670, unsigned, but attributed to Thomas Rawlins, crowned, armoured and draped bust left, C2-R across field, surrounded by floral oak border, rev. as before, 25mm x 29mm, 4.77g, 12h (E. Hawkins Medallic Illustrations [1885], Vol. I, p. 446, no. 23 [Unpublished in Gold]; Murdoch [1904], 209b [Silver]; Eimer 205 variety; Dr Jerome J. Platt, lot 107 [Silver])., Struck in low relief upon two embossed clichées soldered; with historic scratches to King's cheek and a hint of crimping to foils, a very rare Restoration Supporters' Badge, presumed UNIQUE in gold, and of the greatest historical interest as pedigreed to the family of Sir Francis Winnington.. Charles II (29 May 1630 - 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and after his Restoration in 1660, King of England and Ireland until his death in 1685. He was the eldest surviving son of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria; whose own medallic legacy is as broad as it is artistically rich. After the regicidal execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II as King on 5 February. , Royal favour and likewise reciprocal fealty, both civic and bellic, was established with the gifting and wearing of such badges as the present specimen. As Edward Hawkins (Medallic Illustrations, Vol. I, pp. 437-446) has noted: "The following badges were doubtless worn as medals or ornaments, and were indications of affection to the monarchy, either upon the prospect of its speedy restoration or upon its actual re-establishment... all must have been executed, as the portraits and dress show, during the King's exile or very early in his reign." Compelling evidence for this is to be found in contemporary surviving documents archived with the Office of the Privy Council: , Sir John Smythe of Lord Grandison's Horse and Sir Robert Welch of Wilmot's Horse were honoured on 1 June 1643 with "a gold medal with the effigies of himself [the King] and his son to the chief personages who have aided the Royal cause" in response to their gallant conduct in rescuing the Royal Standard at the Battle of Edgehill. The original instruction to Sir William Parkhurst and Thomas Bushell, Wardens of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London elaborates this matter further: "We are not satisfied by having imparted to them the true sence we conceive of their dutifull affections in Our Letters, and Our Verball thanks for the same, without leaving some more durable Monument of Our Royall Grace, and favour to remaine in after ages, as an Evidence of their Fidelity to their Prince and Country. We have therefore caused Our owne Royall Image, with that or our dearest Sonne, Prince Charles, to be impressed on a Medall of Gold, and a Commemoration of his well-deservings to whom it was designed, to be inscribed on the Reverse, whereby his Posterity may assume the Glory that their Ancestor stood Loyall to their Sovereigne when the Malignity of Rebellion had neere covered the face of his flourishing Kingdom. Theses Medalls We require that your present in Our Name with your owne hands to those worthy Personages, as they are severally nominated, and to certifie to Vs who are remayning more in Our said County, which have deserved such Memorialls, to whom We shall thereupon accordingly confer the same." [sic] , As Helen Farquhar separately summarised: "such evidences of loyalty were after the King's death a danger to the owners, and the temptation to melt the Gold was strong - although when their services had been called for by Charles, not only their plate, but their lives, had [often] been proffered for his cause.", An equally compelling story now relates the history of this unique object. Evidently personal, likely a Royal presentation, or at the very least of close Royal association, genealogical research only solidifies its remarkable pedigree. Prior to its appearance at Messrs Sotheby in 1949, this prize was in the possession of spinster Margaret Warre. The third of four daughters by her clergyman father; her paternal grandmother heralded from a scion of the Calverts of Hunsdon House. Through a succession of Parliamentary Members and a childless-uncle, Felix Calvert MP was the grandson of Sir Francis Winnington, late Solicitor-General to His Majesty King Charles II. It is likely that his own father Major Winnington was the very same who surrendered the Royalist Garrison at Worcester during the Civil War. His meteoric rise through influential court circles began with his appointment as standing counsel to Prince Rupert in the decade after being called to the Bar ex gratia. His license to practice from 9 February 1660, occurred just one week after General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle had entered London to recall Parliament and initiate the articles of Restoration of King Charles II. An evidently loyal confidant to the Crown, he was soon appointed Attorney-General to the Duke of York, the future King James II (whose touch-piece is offered as lot 12). He proclaimed that 'he stood obliged to Prince James above all other persons'. On 17 December 1672, he was knighted. Two years later, the King appointed him Solicitor-General to the Crown, and by further personal request, as Member of Parliament for Windsor in 1677. This prestigious role granted Winnington enhanced political influence over the Royal Borough not least for its hosting the famous Royal residence frequently occupied at the Sovereign's pleasure. His appointment evidently reflected his familiarity with the Castle learned through his defence of Lord Mordaunt, her constable, against Parliamentary impeachment in 1666, a lesson that would prove useful later in life. Surviving fee-books at Stanford Court (Worcs) document Winnington's annual income during this period. Approaching 4,000l. per annum, this supreme salary entirely befits the exclusive grandeur of this award; whether he privately commissioned Rawlins or was the recipient of the King's benevolence remains tantalisingly unclear with either remaining conceivable and possible. As hysteria swirled regarding the threat of the Catholic cause in England, Winnington found himself at increasing odds with his Royal patrons. Over the course of Spring 1678, his position on the matter evolved leaving to the following proclamations to the Chamber: , "I am obliged to maintain the King's prerogative by the place I hold, and the privileges of the House as a Member of it." , "If what I say be not acceptable to the House, I protest I speak it not out of favour to the Duke, but for the preservation of the Protestant cause. Now that this thing is brought on, let us do like honest men and Protestants. If we divide upon the question, the Papists will have more encouragement than the Duke ever gave them." , Upon the second reading of the bill that originated from the committee on which he served, he voted it down, adding without apology: "All these dangers, past and present, do arise from Popery; and how impossible it is it should be otherwise as long as there is a popish successor.... ", However, in a piece of political subterfuge worthy of its own documentary, the convenient surfacing of "the Danby letters" at this time found him to be in direct contradiction with his own assurances to the House. Despite declaring the letters treasonable, the subsequent dissolution of Parliament led to his prompt dismissal from office as Solicitor-General. Returned to Parliament now as Member for Worcester, his fortunes swayed from ridicule to begrudging respect, often overcome by the extraordinarily political head-winds at play in 17th Century England as much as a bout of constitutionally-inspirational oratory. Despite railing against the Popish plotters and the looming Coronation of King James II, he declared a 'Regency Act' nonsense, for: "to make a man King and not suffer him to exercise kingly power is a contradiction". Until his passing in May 1700, he remained a staunch defender of the House and the dissemination of its rulings, for as he opined: "I think it not natural nor rational that the people who sent us hither should not be informed of our actions." In life he was a skilled horse man; in death, his legacy was the commencement of an important political dynasty, very much worthy of this Royalist Gold Badge, as much as a splendid miniature by celebrated Royal artist Sir Peter Lely that also remained in the family possession into the 19th Century. , Provenance, From the Baumhauer Collection of British Medals, Edward St George, Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 399*, Reverend Arnold Mallinson, Spink Auction 39, 7 December 1984, lot 107*, Miss Agnes Margaret Warre (1864-1946), Sotheby's, 24 May 1949, lot 16 - "doubly pierced, very fine and very rare" - £9.10.0 [Spink for Mallinson], Reverend Francis Warre (1834-1917), thence to his daughter, Mary Caroline Felicia Calvert (1809-1895), thence to her son, Nicolson Calvert, the Younger MP (1764-1841), thence to his daughter, Nicolson Calvert, the Elder MP (1724-1793), of Hunsdon House, Co. Herts, died without issue; Estate to his nephew, Felix Calvert MP (1693-1755), of Albury Hall, Co. Herts, thence to his son, Mary Winnington (1673-1729), of Marcham, Co. Berks, thence to her eldest son, Sir Francis Winnington (1634-1700), Solicitor-General to King Charles II, and Member of Parliament for Windsor, thence to his daughter, , An oil-on-vellum miniature of this sitter is preserved in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 305) Estimate: £3000 - £5000 |  |
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| Spink > Auction 25124 | Auction date: 30 January 2026 |
| Lot number: 366 Price realized: 3,200 GBP (Approx. 4,404 USD / 3,692 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Industrial Prize Medals awarded to John Penn & Sons (6) | Great Exhibition, AE Council Medal, 1851, by W. Wyon and C. Wyon, awarded to John Penn & Son, VICTORIA D : G : BRIT : REG F : D : ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX, conjoined busts left, she laureate, dolphins below, trident in field, rev. DISSOCIATA LOGIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVTI, Britannia seated right, confers wreath to Industria kneeling, Africa, America, Asia and Europe in attendance, COUNCIL MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION. JOHN PENN & SON. CLASS V. on edge, 76mm, 418.85g, (Eimer 455; BHM 2461; Allen 34-35), minor edge bruise, otherwise with handsome chocolate brown surfaces and with lustre, good extremely fine, in broken original red leather case of issue, one of only 174 Council medal awarded; and, Great Exhibition, AE Gilt Service's Medal, 1851, by. W. Wyon, HRH PRINCE ALBERT PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION, bare head left, rev. EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS., FOR SERVICES, within wreath, date below, 55.03g, 48mm (Eimer 1458; BHM 2465), toned to the peripheries and with some deposits, otherwise much as struck, in case of issue; and, International Exhibition, AE Prize Medal, 1862, by L. C. Wyon, awarded to John Penn, Britannia seated, surrounded by female figures bearing the products of Art, Science, Industry and Agriculture, a lion in foreground, rev. 1862 LONDINI HONORIS CAUSA in four lines within wreath, JOHN PENN, C. ., JUROR. CLASS VIII. on edge, 77mm, 217.33g, (Eimer 1553; BHM 2747; Jones 1979, 291), hints of verdigris to reverse, otherwise with a handsome flashy near-brilliance to light brown surfaces, extremely fine; and, Fine Arts Exhibition, Gilt AE Prize Medal, 1873, by J. E. Boehm and G. T. Morgan, awarded to John Penn, ALBERT . EDWARD . PRINCE . OF . WALES . PRESIDENT, bare head left of Albert, Prince of Wales, plume behind, rev. . LONDON . ANNUAL . INTERNATIONAL . EXHIBITION . OF . ALL . FINE . ARTS . INDUSTRIES . AND . INVENTIONS ., view of the Albert Hall, MDCCCLXXIII on banner below, JOHN PENN . F.R.S. FOR SERVICES. on edge,150.49g, 70mm (Eimer 1622; BHM 2964), previously cleaned, lightly toned, otherwise much as issued, in case of issue; and, International Exhibition, London, AE Prize Medal, 1874, by J. E. Boehm and G. T. Morgan, awarded to John Penn, ALBERT . EDWARD . PRINCE . OF . WALES . PRESIDENT, bare head left of Albert, Prince of Wales, rev. . LONDON . ANNUAL . INTERNATIONAL . EXHIBITION . OF . ALL . FINE . ARTS . INDUSTRIES . AND . INVENTIONS ., view of the Albert Hall, MDCCCLXXIV on banner below, JOHN PENN . F.R.S. FOR SERVICES. on edge, 77.73g, 52mm (BHM 2992), lightly toned to lustrous and light brown surfaces, handsome and much as struck, in case of issue; and, Anglo-French Exhibition, London, 1865, AE Medal, by E. Weigand, RICHARD COBDENN BORN 1804 DIED 1865, bust three-quarters right, rev. within laurel PEACE JUBILEE ANGLO-FRENCH WORKING -CLASS EXHIBITION LONDON 1865, 41mm, 30.27g (BHM 2839; Eimer 1576),lustrous in fields, much as issued, in broken case of issue (6). The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held on a specifically prepared site in Hyde Park. Five official award medals were struck, with the recipient's brief details and class number inscribed on the edge. The medals are as follows: , 1. The Council Medal 2. The Prize Medal 3. The Exhibitor's Medal 4. The Juror's Medal 5. The Services Medal , Medals were presented to exhibitors as well as to those helping in the organisation of the exhibition itself. The numbers awarded include 174 Council and 2918 Prize medals. , John Penn & Sons of Greenwich was a prominent marine engineering firm. Founded between 1799-1801 by John Penn Senior as a millwright business specialising in equipment for flour mills. The works also produced William Cubitt's prison treadmill design around 1818. Marine engineering commenced in 1825, and by the 1830s, John Penn Junior (then in his twenties) had gradually assumed management, pioneering the use of oscillating cylinder engines for paddleboats on the London-Richmond route from 1833. , The company's reputation soared after John Penn Senior's death in 1843, when Penn Junior approached the Admiralty with an offer to install high-power oscillating engines in the Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle. The success of these engines led to Penn's installing further examples in many of the last paddle-wheel warships through to 1852. , For screw-propeller vessels, Penn developed the innovative trunk engine, which positioned horizontal cylinders safely below the waterline while delivering unprecedented power. The firm supplied engines for major naval vessels including the Arrogant and Encounter (1845) and produced engines for Crimean War naval vessels. , Penn & Sons became regarded as the best-equipped marine engineering works of its era, expanding significantly to meet both Admiralty demands and orders from the mercantile shipping and liner industries., , This Council Medal was awarded in 1851 for the following: , Class V: Machines for direct use, including Carriages and Railway and Naval Mechanism, Section A: Steam Engines and Boilers, John Penn & Sons was awarded this medal for the following: '1. A pair of 12-hp oscillating cylinder direct-acting engines for river navigation of light construction and good workmanship for river navigation. 2. A pair of 30-hp patent direct-acting engines, called trunk engines, for driving a screw propeller.', , The fifth medal, awarded in 1874, was issued within Division III, Class XIV, for recent scientific inventions and new discoveries of all kinds. Estimate: £800 - £1000 |  |
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| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 140 | Auction date: 25 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 763 Price realized: 900 AUD (Approx. 580 USD / 502 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Royal Coronation and Jubilee Medals, issued by the Royal Mint, silver 1897 (31mm) (Eimer 1817b); Edward VII, 1902 in silver (31mm)(Eimer 1871b)(3); bronze (56mm) (Eimer 1871a), silver (52mm) by G. Frampton(Eimer 1872)(cased); George V, 1911 in bronze (52mm) cased (BHM4055) by Toft for the Birmingham Mint; Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1911, in silver (35mm) (Eimer 1925, BHM 4079) (cased); George V silver Jubilee 1935 in silver (57mm) (Eimer 2029a; BHM 4249); Elizabeth II, 1953, award medal in silver for ladies (cased). Extremely fine or better. (10) Ex Philip Benjamin Collection. Estimate: 500 AUD |  |
