Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Medical, Birmingham School of Medicine (Inst. 1828), a glazed silver award medal by T.W. Ingram, façade of the building in Snow Hill, rev. named within wreath (George Vaux Hoc Praemio donavit Guliel Sands Cox Prælector de Anatomia), 52mm (Taylor 93a). The silver rim with watch-type suspension loop, virtually mint state £150-250

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

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William Sands Cox, FRS (1802-75), founded Birmingham's first medical school in 1828 as a residential Anglican-based college in Temple row