Auction Catalogue

11 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 719

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11 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£490

Isle of Man: Prisoner of War Camps, 1916, Douglas and Knockaloe, pewter medals (2), 45mm and 40mm (Kelly 74, 75); engraved silver medals (2), naked man chained to a rocky island, wie lange noch! in field, i.o.m. 1915-16 on ribbon below, 28mm, and a George V Shilling, 1915, obv. engraved with scene of prison huts, isle of man above, 1915-17 below; an aluminium medal, triskelis, quocunque jeceris staeit, rev. erinnerung.aus.meiner kriegsgefangenschaft around isle of man 1914-15; George V, Penny, rev. engraved quocunque jeceris stabit around triskelis; Millennium of the Tynwald, 1979, gilt and enamelled badge, 36 x 29mm; Auto Cycle Union Millennium Isle of Man T.T., 44mm, Palace Hotel Casino One Pound, 38mm; Boat and Leisure Show Manx Millenium Grand Prix, 27mm [10]. Mostly extremely fine; first two in original wooden boxes, several others with means of suspension (£180-220)

PROVENANCE:
R.J.Ford Collection, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lots 263 and 266 (parts)