Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Theatre and Cinema, A group of 5 silver or plated medals awarded to Robert S. Wolff, Chairman of RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum):
Second Royal Command Performance, 1947, 32mm; Fourth Royal Command Performance, 1949, 38mm; Royal Film Performance, 1952, 38mm; Coronation Royal Film Performance, 1953, 35mm; C.T.B.F. 30th Anniversary Film Performance, 1954, 35mm; first four with royal portraits, second and third with blue enamel border; together with a U.S. Treasury War Finance medal in silver, 1941-5, 35mm [6]. A fascinating group of Anglo-American interest, extremely fine £120-150

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

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Second only illustrated. Robert S. Wolff, chairman of Radio Keith Orpheum, renamed in 1928 after the merger of the Orpheum vaudeville theatres with Pathe Studios, then run by Joseph P. Kennedy, father of John F. Kennedy. Wolff was later co-founder of the Variety Club of Great Britain in 1949