Auction Catalogue

31 May 2000

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 723

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31 May 2000

Hammer Price:
£55

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS British, Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, c.1830, a silver award medal, unsigned, seated female crowns heads of two figures holding agricultural implements, reverse wreath, named (To William Greig, Ashentilly, for Ploughing, 1880), 30mm (cf. E 813); together with a silver engraved medal formed of two plates chased with a rim, named (To Alex Littlejohn, Champion Athletic, Durris, 1878), back stamped RYA, 42mm; a silver Maltese-cross shaped badge by Drummond, Stirling, for the Paris Expo, 1889, MÉDAILLE D’HONNEUR DU GRAND CONCOURS D’ATHLETES ÉCOSSAIS, un-named, 41 x 36mm; Royal Northern Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal by T. Halliday, un-named, 52mm. [4]. First and last fine, others very fine; all except last with rings for suspension, third with tartan ribbon (£30-40)