Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 June 2003

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 1472

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25 June 2003

Hammer Price:
£160

India, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-4, a bronze medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, crowned bust of Victoria left, rev. Britannia and India receiving goods from symbolic figures, edge named (Standish Lee, Esq., Officer in Charge, Mysore Court), 77mm (Pudd. 883.2.1); Colonial & Indian Exhibition, 1886, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (Awarded to Standish Lee, Esq., Mysore Govt., with Autograph Certificate by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales), 52mm (Pudd. 886.1.2; BHM 3209; E 1725); Colonial & Indian Reception at the Guildhall, 1886, a large bronze medal by Elkington & Co, 77mm (Pudd. 886.2; BHM 3214; E 1726) [3]. Very fine; first in fitted wooden stand, second in battered silvered frame, last repatinated (£50-80)

Standish Lee, former Superintending Engineer (Sanitary Works) of the Mysore Government