Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Scotland, Edinburgh Academy, Carmichael Club, 1851, a white metal award medal by Murdoch, Edinburgh, lady with books and globe, rev. wreath, un-named, 59mm (Brodie 722, this piece); National Wallace Monument, 1861, a white metal medal by N. Macphail, 36mm (BHM 2708; Brodie 274, this piece); City of Edin[burgh]r & Midlothian Rifle Assoc[iation] (Inst. 1861), Caledonian Challenge Shield, a bronze medal by Kirkwood, 37mm (Brodie 488, this piece); Edinburgh University Athletic Club, a bronze award, unsigned, named (Singlestick, Won by J.H.A. Laing, 24 Marh. 1882), 52 x 46mm (Brodie 392, this piece); Restoration of St Giles Church, Edinburgh, 1883, a white metal medal by Kirkwood, 44mm (BHM 3157; Brodie 291, this piece, recté white metal) [5]. First fine, fourth extremely fine, others very fine, second pierced (£50-70)

Provenance:
N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lots 274 [from J.G. Scott], 291, 392 [from R. Torrance December 1993], 488, 722 [from P. Withers]