Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Hollymount, Hollymount Horse Show, 1900, a silver award medal, unsigned, two horses walking right, rev. wreath, named (For the Best Half Bred Sire, First Prize Class 2, awarded to H. Lindsey Fitzpatrick, D.L., Hollymount House, for his Chestnut Sire ‘Pajaro’), 44mm. Rim bruise on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise about very fine; with ring for suspension (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Medals in Gold and Silver from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Heremon John Francis Headfort Lindsey Fitzpatrick (1860-1929); his first wife, Mary Georgiana Cecilia Katherine Lindsey (†November 1895) was a direct descendant of King James I. For another medal to this recipient see Baldwin FPL 1998 (25)