Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor’s medal, in copper, by W. Wyon, bust of Prince Albert left, rev. globe in wreath, edge impressed (United Kingdom, Class 8, No. 41), 44mm (Allen A55; BHM 2463; E 1459); Marriage of the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick of Prussia, 1858, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for Hunt & Roskell, 63mm (W & E 758.1; BHM 2627; E 1517); Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon for Hunt & Roskell, 64mm (W & E 948.1; BHM 2770; E 1562); Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon for Heaton, 52mm (W & E 1514.1; BHM 3209; E 1725); End of the South African War, 1900, a bronze medal by E. Fuchs, 70mm (BHM 3679; E 1850a); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (10), including Baden-Powell, Kitchener, etc [15]. Several very fine, but two lacquered £120-150

The recipient of the first medal was John Elliott, Southampton, who exhibited his invention of a deodorizing water-closet, models of farm buildings and cottages for labourers and clay tubes for building roofs and walls of same