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8 December 2016

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№ 139

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£220

The Shorthorn Society of Great Britain Prize Medal awarded to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for his champion bull Climsland Sunray

The Shorthorn Society of Great Britain Prize Medal, silvered, the obverse featuring a portrait bust of H.M. King George V, Patron, the reverse engraved within wreath ‘Awarded H.R.H. Prince of Wales at Royal Welsh Agricl. Society’s Show 1928 for his Champion Bull 222081 Climsland Sunray’, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, extremely fine £60-80

The Shorthorn breed of cattle, a dual-purpose breed suitable for both dairy and beef production, was first bred in England and Wales in 1820.