Auction Catalogue

1 July 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2712

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£20

United States of America, 70th Anniversary of the H.J. Heinz Company, 1939, a bronze medal, unsigned, for the Medallic Art Co, bust of Henry Heinz right, rev. house at Sharpsburg, legend below, 76mm. Good very fine (£30-40)

Henry John Heinz (1844-1919) founded the company that bears his name in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. The company's first product was horseradish, followed by pickles and, in 1876 after a relocation to Pittsburgh, tomato ketchup