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№ 995

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3 April 2014

Hammer Price:
£370

Medals, Jamaica, Governor’s Medal, c. 1810, an unissued white metal medal by I. Porter [London], arms of Montagu, rev. his grace william duke of manchester, etc, 40mm. Extremely fine and excessively rare £150-200

Provenance: Bt Spink.

Colonel William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (1771-1843), governor 1808-27. The London medallist I. Porter is best known for his medallic boxes published by Edward Orme. Brandon’s card states, ‘1 known’