Medals
Copper Medal in commemoration of his 1740-1744 Circumnavigation…
London: Thomas Pingo, 1747.
Anson's circumnavigation and defeat of the French
Copper medal, 43.3 mm., with Anson crowned by Victory at right, on the reverse Victory on hippocamp, the names of Anson's officers around; corrected CAMPBEL variety, remnants of 'H' faintly visible, about uncirculated, some mint color remaining, slight abrasions.....
Price (AUD):
$2,450.00
Ref: #4302371
Copper Medal for the 1740-1744 Circumnavigation…
London: Thomas Pingo, 1747.
Circumnavigation and victory
Copper medal, 43.3 mm., with Anson crowned by Victory at right, on the reverse Victory on hippocamp, the names of Anson's officers around; CAMPHEL issue with 'B' faintly visible on 'H', about uncirculated, a few minor blemishes to the rims. An excellent medal.....
Price (AUD):
$3,450.00
Ref: #4302372
The Royal Society Medal, in commemoration of Captain Cook…
London: Royal Society, 1784.
Bronze issue of the Royal Society medal
Bronze medal, 43 mm. diameter, relief bust of Captain Cook on recto, full-length relief portrait of Fortune leaning on a column while resting her hand upon a rudder which is affixed to a globe on verso. The bronze issue.....
Price (AUD):
$4,200.00
Ref: #4212270
"Capt. James Cook: Courage and Perseverance".
London: circa 1780.
Exceptionally rare medal, an early commemoration of Cook's death
Bronze medal, 37 mm. Extremely rare: the "Courage and Perseverance" medal, struck soon after news of Cook's death reached England. News of Cook's death was first published in Büsching's Wöchentlichte Nachrichten (Berlin, 1780) in early January 1780, via.....
Price (AUD):
$12,000.00
Ref: #4102433
The Royal Society Medal, silver issue.
London: Royal Society, 1784.
One of 322 silver specimens
Silver medal, 43 mm. diameter; relief bust of Captain Cook on recto, full-length relief portrait of Fortune leaning on a column while resting her hand upon a rudder and globe on verso. The handsome silver issue of the Royal Society's formal.....
Price (AUD):
$7,850.00
Ref: #4304411
Bronze Medal for the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris: Depaulis, 1826.
Departure medal for the first Dumont D'Urville expedition
Bronze medal, 50 mm. Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the South Seas, under the command of Dumont d'Urville. The Astrolabe (Duperrey's old ship the Coquille renamed.....
Price (AUD):
$3,250.00
Ref: #3808837
Medal for the departure of the first voyage of the Astrolabe.
Paris: Depaulis, 1826.
Departure of the Astrolabe
Bronze medal, 50 mm, Rare original medallion commemorating the departure on 25 April 1826 of the first voyage of the Astrolabe to the South Seas, under the command of Dumont d'Urville. The Astrolabe (Duperrey's old ship the Coquille renamed in honour of La.....
Price (AUD):
$4,500.00
Ref: #3903104
Bronze Medal for the Coquille voyage.
Paris: Andrieu & de Puymaurin, 1822.
Duperrey's Coquille voyage
Bronze medal, 50 mm, An excellent example of the very uncommon bronzed copper medal commemorating the first voyage of Duperrey to the Pacific. A similar example of this bronze version is held in the Rex Nan Kivell collection of the National.....
Price (AUD):
$4,100.00
Ref: #3903102
Bronze Medal for the Voyage of the Uranie.
Paris: Puymaurin & Andrieu, 1817.
Medal for the departure of Freycinet on the Uranie
Bronze medal, 41 mm, fine. Obverse: profile portrait of Louis XVIII. Reverse: "Hémisphère Austral. Physique Astronomie. La Corvette l'Uranie Mr. Ls. de Freycinet Commandt… S.A.R.M. Le Duc d'Angoulême, Amiral de France…." An excellent bronze example of.....
Price (AUD):
$3,450.00
Ref: #4204892
Medallion commemorating the Missionary Ship "John Williams".
London: J. Davis, 1844.
Medallion celebrating the Pacific Missions
White metal medal, 41 mm., pierced at top with suspension loop. John Williams was a missionary working in the Pacific from 1817 until his death in 1839, killed by islanders in the New Hebrides. The London Missionary Society sent out a......
Price (AUD):
$850.00
Ref: #3808826
Entrance tokens for Gilbert Pidcock's menagerie, ca. 1795.
circa 1795.
Two Eighteenth century Tokens of Exotic animals
Two bronze tokens, diameter 21cms. Pidcock's menagerie was at Exeter Exchange on the Strand in London. He exhibited exotic animals since 1793, including a kangaroo, elephant, rhinoceros and cockatoos. The tokens here on offer are one showing an elephant and on.....
Price (AUD):
$1,450.00
Ref: #4204893