The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

The City of London Imperial Volunteers tribute medallion awarded to Eleanor De Witt Talmage

City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa 1899-1900 Medallion, 76mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a seated female figure with sword, presenting the freedom of the city to a uniformed man in the City Imperial Volunteers, the reverse featuring the radiant sun of the British Empire shining behind a hill which is surmounted by a tall staff flying the Union Flag and C.I.V. Flag, guarded by two guns, the edge inscribed in large capitals ‘Sir Alfred Newton Bart. Lord Mayor 1900. Founder of the C.I.V. - Eleanor De Witt Talmage -’ in fitted and embossed case of issue, extremely fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Eleanor De Witt Talmage was the third wife of the preacher, clergyman and divine, Thomas De Witt Talmage. Holding pastorates in the Reformed Church in America and Presbyterian Church, De Witt Talmage was one of the most prominent religious leader in the United States during the mid-to-late 19th Century.