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SURREY, Guildford, Royal Grammar School, Merriman Memorial Medal, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm, 94.86g (cf. DNW M12, 246); SUSSEX, Lancing, Lancing College, Athletic Sports, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, arms, rev. wreath, named (F.W.K. Hanson, 2nd, Open 100 Yards, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm, 29.84g [2]. First with some surface spotting, otherwise very fine £40-50

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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Revd. Henry Gordon Merriman (1823-87), b. Marlborough, educ. New College, Oxford; Head Master of Bridgnorth Grammar School, 1851-9 and of the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, 1859-74; living at the rectory in Marlborough at the time of the 1881 Census and died at Kingsclere, Hampshire. The Merriman Memorial Medal Fund was established by his former pupils in 1892 to provide annual prizes for both schools