Coins and Historical Medals

HAMPSHIRE, Bournemouth, St Margaret’s Hall, Reward of Superior Merit, a silver award medal by J. Moore, Diligentia seated right, rev. legend in and around wreath, hallmarked Birmingham 1885, 45mm, 45.88g. Extremely fine and toned, rare £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Educational Award Medals from the Collection formed by the late T.H. Watts.

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The school, run by the Misses Edmunds, advertised itself as an ‘Educational Home for Gentlemen’s Daughters’. It is now the Hotel Riviera, West Cliff gardens