Lockdales Auction 160 17-18 November 2018

69 1390 Collection of 10x British Exhibition and Society Awards, comprising: Royal Military Academy Athletic Sports First Prize silver d.37mm by J.S.&A.B. Wyon toned EF, Bengal Presidency Rifle Association 1863-86 unnamed bronze medal by Pinches 54.5mm cleaned GVF, a gilt bronze Masonic 'Charity and Benevolence' token dated 1830 (founded) EF, Toogood & Sons The Kings Seedsmen Southampton unnamed silver award 31mm EF with original case, Calcutta International Exhibition 1883-84 uniface gilt base metal trial (?)d.50.5mm nEF scratched, Presbyterian Church of England bronze medal by J.A.&A.B. Wyon 51mm named to Nellie Graham Junior Division 1899 GEF light scratch rev with original case, Young Men's Christian Institute Industrial Polytechnic Exhibition London large bronze award by J.A. Restall named on edge 'AWARDED TO W.H. COLLINS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKING JANY 1892' EF with original case, Melbourne Australia International Exhibition 1880 gilt base metal uniface trial (?) 38mm by H. Stokes aEF light scratch, Colonial and Indian Exhibition London 1886 bronze medal unsigned 40mm EF, and Universal Exhibition of London 1862 white metal 50mm medal by Bovy GVF surface marks. £140 - £160 1391 Collection of 14x French Commemorative Medals and Awards, comprising: Death of George Canning 1827 French issue by Galle bronze 51mm EF, Marriage of Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to Ferdinand Prince of Orleans 1837 by Barre bronze 51mm GVF (scratched behind portraits), a large 1976 octagonal bronze laquered double-sided plaque for Naval College Brest GEF, XIII Exposition de Bordeaux 1895 silvered bronze medal by Rivet 44mm unnamed toned GVF, Coronation of Elizabeth II 1953 French issue bronze medal 50mm by H. Dropsy GEF with paper capsule, Ecole de Beaux Arts 3rd prize for architecture & history of architecture to Mr Teodoru 1913-1914 bronze 41mm by E. Catteaux EF, Palace of Industry large zinc medal featuring Napleon III and Eugenie 1855 by Caqul 68mm nEF very light corrosion, 1st Philatelic Congress le Havre 19-20 May 1929 large bronze plaque by S. Johnson EF, Palace of Industry North Pavilion a 50mm zinc medal c.1855 VF, Marseille Chamber of Commerce large bronze unnamed award dated 1828 by De Puymaurin and Domard EF a few knocks, French Youth Association 1833 bronze medal 41.5mm named on edge to BERNARD DUPORT date incomplete VF, Pope Benedictus XI bronze medal by Huegenin 50mm unnamed GVF, L'Office National des Pupilles de la Nation large unnamed bronze award by Daniel Dupuis 20thC GEF with paper capsule, and General Syndicate Electric Construction large bronze 20thC medal by C.H. Pillet, to Mlle Marie Fournier EF + case. £200 - £240 1392 Dr. Barnardo's Homes Long Service Medal by J.A. Restall, silver hallmarked, d.51mm, to William J. Hodesdon, June 27. 1925, nEF with an edge knock, with original case. £40 - £50 1393 French Commemorative Medals (2) silver and bronze d.41.5mm: Commemorating the Opening of the Suez Canal 1869, medals by O. Roty, EF, light edge knock on silver. £80 - £100 1394 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.49.5mm: The French Navy (Marine Francaise) commemorating the search for d'Amundsen and Guilbaud 1928 in Norwegian waters. Their bodies were never recovered. This medal by Bottée and Rivet, GEF with original capsule. £60 - £80 1395 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.50mm: Provisional Government of 1848, unsigned, EF £40 - £50 1396 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.63mm: An artistic depicition of Joan of Arc 'Jehanne' c.1930 by A. Morlon (Pierre Alexander Morlon?), reverse with floral design, unnamed, EF, a few tiny edge nicks. £40 - £60 1397 French Commemorative Medal, bronze d.67mm: A high relief art medal by 'Dizette Linacc' (?) commemorating the French Resistance during WWII 1940-1945, EF £40 - £50