British and World Historical Medals

WALES, Cardiff International Exhibition, 1888, a plated bronze medal by Baddeley & Reynolds, named (Awarded to Mr John Stuart Corbett), 57mm (Allen Pt 1; cf. DNW 66, 1123); Llandough-juxta-Penarth and Cogan School Board, a bronze medal, unsigned, 33mm; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, named (Mrs Lilian Muriel Corbett), 38mm; British Red Cross War Service 1914-18, bronze medal, 32mm; 1914-15 Star (W.S.A. 739 D.E. Rees, Skr, R.N.R.); together with other miscellaneous coins and medals (3) [8]. Those described very fine and better; first in maroon fitted case [broken] £80-100

John Stuart Corbett (1845-1921), solicitor and antiquary, handled the estates of the Marquess of Bute from 1890 to 1917. Sold with photocopy of his portrait by Augustus John and further copied research