Sedgley Park (Est. 1762), a copper Reward of Merit by P. Wyon, 42mm (D & W 272/513); Irving’s Academy, Newport (I.o.W.), c. 1820, Honorary Medal, in copper, by J. Davis, 35mm (D & W 266/476); George IV, Visit to Ireland, 1821, a copper medal, unsigned, 34mm (BHM 1117; E 1149); Exhibition of Art, Manufacture and Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1840, a white metal medal, unsigned, 41mm (BHM 1982; Allen Pt 4); Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853, a white metal medal by W. Woodhouse, 43mm (BHM 2521; E 1473; Allen Pt 5); Visit of Victoria and Albert to Birmingham, 1858, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore for Hyam, Wolverhampton, 41mm (W & E 774A.1); Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1900, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (W & E 1906A.1); together with a 1764 copper calendar medal by J. Powell, Birmingham, 38mm, and other miscellaneous base metal medals (7) [15]. Generally very fine or better but the 1858 medal pierced; in envelopes identified, with provenances £120-150

Provenance: R.A. Ward Collection [first bt D. Alpert April 2000, *second bt D. Alpert 1999]