Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 457

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22 September 2000

Estimate: £60–£80

Royal Engineers Balloon School, Medallion, struck in bronze, 32mm, obverse with conjoint busts of King Edward VIIR and Queen Alexandra, the reverse with depiction of a balloon hovering over a city, and inscribed ‘Balloon School Royal Engineers’; together with a large engraved white metal sports prize medal, 58mm, obverse with depiction of a castle on a mountain top; the reverse with a Rhino jumping over a hurdle, and inscribed ‘No. 1 Light Field Ambulance, Montescaglioso Athletic Meeting, July 1944’, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80