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THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Horticulture, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, group of flowers and plants, rev. wreath, named (F. Rosier, C.R.S., 1925), hallmarked Birmingham 1924, 38mm; George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Coronation, 1937, a brass medal by E. Carter Preston for J.R. Gaunt, conjoined crowned busts left, rev. female seated right holding Imperial crown, 36mm, with multicoloured ribbon and chesham clasp (BHM 4315); Chesham Bowls Club, enamel Golden Jubilee badge, 1962, by H.W. Miller Ltd, chess piece and board, 25 x 19mm; Chesham Bowls Club, enamel badge, similar, 22 x 18mm [4]. First extremely fine and in fitted case by Field & Son Ltd, Silversmiths, Aylesbury; others very fine and better (£35-45)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals.

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Provenance:
*1st bt G. Stewart April 1999.
2nd Glendining Auction, 11-12 December 1974, lot 1012 (part);
gift of C. Eimer December 1974.

3rd bt G. Ferguson November 1993.
4th bt G. Ferguson November 1987.

C.R.S. = Chesham Rose Society. The recipient, F. Rosier, served in 4/London Regt in World War I and his Victory Medal is known to exist