Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Great Britain, The Answers Medal, c. 1890, a bronze award, ‘Presented by the Proprietors of Answers’, 68mm; Dr Barnardo's Homes, Good Conduct, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, named (Edith Nevard), 51mm (E 1889); Queen's College, Birmingham, Senior Anatomy Prize, a bronze award medal, named (Charles E. Purslow, 1882), 46mm; Home for Little Boys, 1864, Hanbury Medal, a bronze award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, 51mm; Handel Centenary, Crystal Palace, 1859, a copper award medal by J. Pinches and W.J. Taylor, named (J. Dickenson, Performer), 50mm (Allen 10; BHM 2656; E 1527) [5]. Third fine, others very fine; two in cases [damaged] £100-150

Robert Culling Hanbury, MP (1823-67), was the first president of the Home when it opened in a disused poorhouse in the then village of Tottenham in 1864