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A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Prize medal, 1851, by W. and L.C. Wyon, in bronze, similar, edge named (J. Gowans, Class XXVII), 77mm (BHM 2462; E 1457); together with International Exhibition, 1862, bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, edge named (J. Gowans, Class I), 77mm (BHM 2747; E 1553) [2]. Very fine and better; both with clips and rings for suspension, former with tiny additional piercing (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals.

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J. Gowans, carved sandstone sculptor