Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Photography, Amateur Photographic Association (Est. 1861), a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, semi-naked female reclining right, preparing to be anointed by another standing, rev. scrolled tablet, named (Walter G. Batchelor Esq, 1901), hallmarked Birmingham 1900, 52mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 25); Amateur Photographic Exhibition, a silver award medal by Reynolds & Westwood for the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co Ltd, named (Mrs West), 40mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 52); City & Guilds Technical College Photographic Society, a silver award medal, Birmingham hallmarks indistinct, named (S.J. Johnstone, 1st Prize, Portraiture, 1st Prize, Architecture), 39mm; G.E.R. Mechanics Institute Photo Society, a silver award medal by Vaughton, named (Advanced Slides, 1923, H.T. Watson), hallmarked Birmingham 1923, 39mm; The Fellowship of Critical Photographers, Full Member’s silver medal by Fattorini, named (Harold Brown), hallmarked Birmingham 1927, 39mm; The Camera Award of Merit, a silver award medal by A.H. Darby, named (For Genre Photography, Harold Brown, 1928), 44mm (cf. Simmons FPL 13, 49); Polytechnic School of Photography Annual Exhibition, a uniface silver award medal by Vaughton, named (Mrs Q. Butler, Awarded for the Best Set of Prints, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 45mm [7]. Very fine and better; third set in ornate frame and with loop for suspension £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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