British and World Historical Medals

ENGLAND, Golden Wedding of Daniel Willink and Anne Latham, 1858, a silver medal by J. Moore, 41mm; Silver Wedding of Henry George Willink and Mary Grace Ouvry, 1905, a silver medal, unsigned, 41mm [2]. Good very fine £60-80

Daniel Willink (1780-1859), Liverpool merchant and Consul for the Netherlands. Henry George Willink (1852-1938), grandson of Daniel Willink, was called to the Bar in 1877 and subsequently was prominent in Berkshire politics and charitable works and lived at Burghfield, near Reading. A member of the Royal Water Colour Society and the Alpine Club, he also had a family interest in Birmingham Canal Navigations and was county alderman for Berkshire from 1913 to 1938