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THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Princes Risborough Show, 1937, a silver medal, unsigned, horse standing left, hills in background, rev. presented by bertram mills for riding september 1937, edge impressed (Equitation School Class, Third Prize), 45mm; Princes Risborough Bowls Club, green enamel brass badges (3), two with different stamps of W. Reeves & Co Ltd, other unsigned, all with images of Whiteleaf Cross [4]. About extremely fine and better, first rare (£40-50)

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

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Provenance:
*Show bt C. Eimer October 1985.
BC Reeves both bt G. Ferguson November 1993.
BC unsigned bt G. Ferguson November 1987.

Bertram Wagstaff Mills (1873-1938), circus proprietor, lived at Pollards Wood, Chalfont St Giles. Apart from his circus, which he founded in 1920, he was deeply involved in equestrian matters, particularly those relating to Hackney harness horses