Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

British Historical Medals, Colwall Gymnasium, the Floyd Junior Medal, 1890, a silver award, legend in wreath, rev. named (Won by R. Petersen 1889, J. Wright 1890, G.B. Turner 1893, V.A. Walker 1894, L. Rees 1895, A.F. Taylor 1896, A.W. Pearce 1897, R.S. Dyer-Bennet 1898, H.E. Davis 1901), 38mm; Science and Art Department, South Kensington, National Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon, edge named (Sydney Carter, Stage 8B2, 1892), 55mm; National Art Training School, South Kensington, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, named (Sydney Carter, Subject 17B, 1896), 50mm; Royal College of Art, London, a silver award medal by F. Bowcher, edge named (Sydney Carter, Subject 8C2, 1898), 51mm; London Business Houses A[mateur] S[porting] A[ssociation], a gold award medal by Toye, engraved (Football Premier League, Prem. Div., Winners, 1932-33), hallmarked London 1932, 26mm, 9ct, 8.38g; COINEX silver medals (3), 1987-8-9, all 65mm, second with certificate no. 002; other miscellaneous medals, badges, etc (16, two in gold and seven in silver) [24]. First fine and rare but with suspender bar broken off, others described generally extremely fine, several in cases, remainder in varied state (£120-150)

Sydney Carter (1874-1945), born in Enfield, lived in South Africa from 1923 until his death. He painted portraits and landscapes which generally incorporated trees and was also a cartoonist working in oils and gouache