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THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Opening of Wolverton Park, 1885, a white metal medal, unsigned, similar, 38mm (Moyaux –; BHM –; Ratcliff, History & Antiquities of the Newport Hundreds, p.288; Swan –); County School, Wolverton, a brass and multicoloured enamel badge by Philip & Tacey Ltd, London, swan chained, 41 x 40mm [2]. First about very fine and pierced for suspension, rare, second extremely fine (£30-40)

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

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Provenance:
*Park Glendining Auction, 6 June 1990, lot 109 (part);
bt S. Monks June 1990.

School bt Merton Abbey Mills Market December 1993.

The white metal Wolverton Park medals were presented to each child above the age of 5 at school in Wolverton. At least one other example is known within a family from Stony Stratford who used to live at Wolverton, which was given to the present owner’s grandmother. The only other example seen in commerce by the cataloguer, in silver, was in the McAlpine collection of railwayana auctioned by Bonhams, 10 September 1996, lot 383. Further details are sold with the lot