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United States World War II Victory Medal 1946

The World War II Victory Medal was awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive, with no minimum time in service requirement.

Bronze medal is 1 1⁄2 inches in width. The obverse is a figure of Liberation standing full length with head turned to dexter looking to the dawn of a new day, right foot resting on a war god’s helmet with the hilt of a broken sword in the right hand and the broken blade in the left hand, the inscription WORLD WAR II placed immediately below the centre. On the reverse are inscriptions for the Four Freedoms: FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND WANT and FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION separated by a palm branch, all within a circle composed of the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1941 1945.

Price £26

Ref:2438

French Silver Medal for Tonkin – Land Forces 1885

Medal for Tonkin – Land Forces  – Médaille du Tonkin – Armée de Terre 1885 

Circular silver medal with laterally-pierced barrel-shaped (belière à l’olive) suspension; the face with a helmeted female head representing the French Republic, inscribed ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’, signed ‘DANIEL DUPUIS’ (for the great French medallist and sculptor Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis 1849-1899), all within a circular laurel wreath; the reverse inscribed with the battles ‘SONTAY, BAC-NINH, FOU-TCHEOU, FORMOSE, TUYEN-QUAN, PESCADORES’ encircled by the inscription ‘TONKIN CHINE ANNAM 1883-1885’ within a laurel wreath, with Paris Mint cornucopia silver assay mark;  on correct ribbon with original pin 

The medal was instituted on 6 September 1885 for the soldiers of the Expeditionary Corps led by General Millot who took part in the operations in Tonkin (now Vietnam), China and Annam during the years 1883 to 1885 that terminated with the Treaty of Tien-Tsing with China. These troops included elements of the Foreign Legion, Marine Infantry Regiments, Algerian Tirailleurs, Zouaves, Spahis and African Chasseurs. 

Price £95.00

Ref:2437

Silver Marine Tonkin Campaign Vietnam 中法戰争

Médaille commémorative de l’expédition du Tonkin

Circular silver medal with laterally-pierced barrel-shaped (belière à l’olive) suspension; the face with a helmeted female head representing the French Republic, inscribed ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE’, signed ‘DANIEL DUPUIS’ (for the great French medallist and sculptor Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis 1849-1899), all within a circular laurel wreath; the reverse inscribed with the battles  CAU-GIA ‘SONTAY, BAC-NINH, FOU-TCHEOU, FORMOSE, TUYEN-QUAN, PESCADORES’ encircled by the inscription ‘TONKIN CHINE ANNAM 1883-1885’ within a laurel wreath, with Paris Mint cornucopia silver assay mark;  on correct ribbon with original pin 

The medal was instituted on 6 September 1885 for the soldiers of the Expeditionary Corps led by General Millot who took part in the operations in Tonkin (now Vietnam), China and Annam during the years 1883 to 1885 that terminated with the Treaty of Tien-Tsing with China. These troops included elements of the Foreign Legion, Marine Infantry Regiments, Algerian Tirailleurs, Zouaves, Spahis and African Chasseurs. 

Price £155.00

Ref:2437m

Busso II von Alvensleben

3762

Busso X von Alvensleben (1468 – 4 May 1548 in Wittstock) was a Catholic ecclesiastical diplomat and from 1523 to 1548 as Busso II, the last Catholic Bishop of Havelberg. He was the last Catholic bishop in Brandenburg and was buried in front of the high altar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Wittstock. His tombstone was lost after renovations in the 1920s. As bishop, he put on a collection of relics and precious church utensils – following the example of Cardinal Albert’s Halle sanctuaries. 

Size 12 x 10 cm 

Price £14.00

Ref:3762/515

James Stewart, Earl of Moray, c 1531 – 1570. Regent of Scotland

3759

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570) was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland. At times a supporter of his half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots, he was the regent of Scotland for his half-nephew, the infant James VI, from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. He was the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm. 

Engraved by John Shury (fl. c. 1801 – 1848) 

Size 20 x 13 cm 

Price £14.00

Ref:3759/515

Richard Baxter 1615 -1691

 3754

Richard Baxter was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as “the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen

After John Riley (1646-1691)

Size 29 x 24 cms
Price £16.00

Ref:3754/515

William Barker Daniel 1754–1833

3747

Church of England clergyman and writer on field sports, was born in Colchester, the son of William Daniel. Little is known about his early life except that he was educated at Felsted and that his father was an attorney. In 1771 he went to Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in 1787 and an MA three years later. He was ordained deacon at Lincoln in December 1785 and priest at Gloucester on 12 March 1786, although he was never beneficed. In 1788 he was appointed private chaplain to the prince regent, a position he is believed to have retained until his retirement. 

After Engleheart
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £12.00

Ref:3747/515

Nathaniel Brassey Halhed 1751-1830

3746

Nathaniel Brassey Halhed was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhad was born at Westminster, and was educated at Harrow School, where he began a close friendship with Richard Brinsley Sheridan. was member of parliament for Lymington, Hants. 

Engraved by White, published by Benjamin Crosby, after Isaac Cruikshank 1795 

Size 8 x 7 cms
Price £12.00

Ref:3746/515

Robert Ainslie 1766–1838

3740

Robert Ainslie was a Scottish lawyer, and one of Robert Burns’s long-term friends from his Edinburgh days. He was probably the closest confidant of Burns, whom he met first at a Masonic or Crochallan Fencibles event. Ainslie accompanied the poet on the first part of his Border Tour.

Artist J.Cochran
Size 27 x 21 cms
Price £14.00

 

Ref:3740

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