Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Commemorative Medals

Yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Swansea, 1863, a copper award medal by J. Moore, un-named, 51mm; Metropolitan & Provincial Industrial Exhibition, Islington, 1866, Prize Medal, a copper award by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, un-named, 51mm (D & W 71/189; Allen Pt 3; cf. DNW M4, 42); Edinburgh University, Dugald Stewart Medal, a copper award by C.F. Carter, engraved (1868), 44mm (cf. DNW M14, 1468); North Staffordshire Naturalists Field Club and Archaeological Society, Robert Garner Medal, 1890, a bronze award by A. Fenwick, un-named, 51mm; Dunbartonshire Agricultural Society (Inst. 1848), a copper award medal by Edward & Sons, named (Won by ‘Lady Jessie’, the property of W.E. Gilmour of Croftengea, Show 1893), 44mm; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, a copper award medal after W. Wyon, named (R. Pratchett for Enlargement, 1898), 45mm (E 1272); Aylesbury Bread Show, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (1910, Awarded to J. Franklin, Waddesdon), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 45mm (Preston-Morley 606, this piece); Royal Tournament, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (W.A. Bennett, Winner, Bayonet v Bayonet, 1922), 39mm; Kirkdale Eisteddfod, 1923, a gold badge by Fattorini, named (Presented by Messrs. Brown’s (Tailors), Kirkdale Rd, Liverpool, 1923, Alice Powell), 32 x 29mm, 9ct, 8.91g; Cambridge University, a silver award medal by Munsey, engraved (University Four Oar Race, 1925), 51mm; Chester Golf Club, a silver-gilt award medal, named (1999 Div. 1 Medal Final, M.J. O’Connor), hallmarked wd Birmingham 1999, 33mm; together with other award medals, 1875-1938, in silver (3), bronze (4) [18]. Dunbartonshire fine, others very fine and better, but some oiled
£150-200

Provenance: Aylesbury P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 606