Coins, Numismatic Books, Tokens and Historical Medals

Kelso Grammar School, Roxburghe Prize, a silver award by Davis, named (J.D. Aitken, Arithmetic, 1869), 51mm (D & W 237/267; Brodie 656); Ratcliffe College, Leicester, a silver medal, unsigned, 41mm; Royal Horticultural Society, Hogg Memorial Medal, a silver award by J. Pinches, named (Lt. Col. A.C. Borton (Gr. Mr J. Whittle), for 24 Dishes of Apples, Oct. 15 1908), 51mm (MJP p.156); Keith Grammar School, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (Collingwood Kynoch Medal for Latin, awarded to Jeannie R.I. Cameron, Session 1910-11), hallmarked Birmingham 1912, 51mm; Commercial Travellers’ School, Pinner, Cuffley Medal, a silver award by Spencer, un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1928, 51mm (D & W 218/124); Confectioners, Bakers & Allied Trades Exhibition, London, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, engraved (Coatbridge Co-op Soc. Ltd, Coatbridge, 1931), hallmarked Birmingham 1931, 51 x 40mm; Hackney Horse Society, a silver-gilt award medal by Mappin & Webb, hallmarked Birmingham 1915, 44mm, in case named (Mr J.E. Rushworth, Bakewell 1937); Sherborne School, a silver-gilt award medal, unsigned, un-named, 45mm (D & W 273/522) [8]. Pinner and Sherborne extremely fine, others about very fine and better £120-150

Major Arthur C. Borton, DL, JP, squire of Cheveney, Yalding, Kent, father of Lt-Col Arthur Drummond Borton, VC, CMG, DSO (1883-1933) and the pioneer aviator ‘Biffy’ Borton