Auction Catalogue

30 May 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 143 x

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30 May 2012

Hammer Price:
£140

Miscellaneous Subjects, George III, c. 1775, a silver-gilt presentation medal by L. Pingo, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. named (Prize for the manual exercise awarded to H.G. Fitzgerald), 40mm (Eimer 54; cf. BHM 265 for obv.; E. 764A). Nearly very fine £150-200

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

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Believed to be an award with military connections rather than educational. The medal usually carries a reverse of a standing figure of Liberty and Brown (BHM) attributed it to commemorate American Independence and dated it to 1785