BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, British Delphinium Society, Josephine Newbegin Memorial Medal, a silver award by Garrard & Co, named (S. Halford Roberts, for Distinguished Service, 1933), hallmarked London 1933, 63mm; South West of England Championship for Cool-Stored Flowering Bulbs, The Abbott Cup, a uniface silver award by Fattorini, named (Mrs A. Birkenshaw, Seaways, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Runner-Up to South West of England Champion for 1951 Flower Season), hallmarked Birmingham 1950, 44mm [2]. First about extremely fine, rare, in blue gilt-blocked case of issue by Garrard, Goldsmiths to the King, 24 Albermarle St, W., second with remains of paper label adhering to reverse, otherwise very fine and a rarity for the Scilly Isles by numismatic association £80-100

Provenance: J. Spencer Collection