Lot Archive

Lot

№ 686

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31 May 1995

Hammer Price:
£25

1857. Spain. Isabel II, Agricultural Exposition, Madrid, bronze prize medal, signed G B beneath truncation, bust to left, reverse bull, a plough behind, edge stamped ‘cuivre’ and with pointing hand, 59mm; Alfonso XIII, International Exhibition, Madrid, 1907, unsigned bronze prize medal, bust left, reverse exhibition building, 60mm [2]. First discoloured and showing signs of mishandling, very fine, second extremely fine but showing traces of original gilding (£40-50)