Auction Catalogue

24 June 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2374

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24 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£50

South Africa, South African International Exhibition, Cape Town, 1877, award medals in silver and bronze, unsigned, figure of Spes above shield in wreath, revs. wreath, named (Burney & Co, London…Miss McLeod, Cape Town), both 39mm; South African Exhibition, Cape of Good Hope, 1885, a bronze medal, unsigned, 48mm (cf. DNW M7, 2698); South African & International Exhibition, Kimberley, 1892, a bronze medal by the Mint, Birmingham, un-named, 45mm (cf. DNW 68, 1811); South African Industrial and Arts Exhibition, Grahamstown, 1898-9, a bronze award medal by Joseph & Sons, Port Elizabeth, named (Mess. G. Glanfield & Son, London, Silver Medal for Clothing Manufactured from Tweeds, Manufactured by Mess. Bliss & Son Ltd, Chipping Norton, from South African Wools), 49mm (cf. DNW M2, 2746) [5]. First two mint state, others about extremely fine and better; first in brown gilt-blocked case of issue £70-100