Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The medals awarded to the Olympic swimmer Constance Jeans:

Royal Life Saving Society, a bronze award medal, named (C. Jeans, 1913), 26mm;
Amateur Swimming Association, Olympic Tests, a bronze award medal, named (100 Yards Ladies Free Style, Miss C.M. Jeans, 1 M 18 4/5 s, 1914), 29mm;
Amateur Swimming Association, Olympic Tests, a silver award medal, named (100 Yards Free Style, Miss C.M. Jeans, 1 M 13 2/5 s, 1915), 29mm;
Royal Life Saving Society, a bronze award medal, named (Connie M. Jeans, June 1915), 31mm;
Amateur Swimming Association, a gold award medal by Vaughton, named (Miss Constance Mabel Jeans, 220 Yards (Ladies) Record, 3 mins 7 3/5 secs, 17th July 1918), hallmarked Birmingham 1918, .625 fine, 26mm, 10.48g;
Olympic Games, Antwerp, 1920, Antwerp, a bronze Participant’s medal by P. Theunis, 60mm (Gadoury/Vescovi 75.2);
Olympic Games, Paris, 1924, a silver prize medal by A. Rivaud, un-named, 55mm (Gadoury/Vescovi 79.1);
Olympic Games, Paris, 1924, a bronze Participant's medal by R. Bénard, 55mm (Gadoury/Vescovi 79.2);
Olympic Games, Paris, 1924, an official bronze and red enamel Competitor’s badge, ‘6947’ stamped on back, 42 x 34mm (Gadoury/Vescovi 101b;
together with Royal Life Saving Society, a bronze award medal, named (Ivy Jeans, Feb. 1908), 32mm [10].
Good very fine or better, the gold medal and the Olympic silver medal very rare; mostly cased, a very interesting group £2,000-£3,000

Sixth and eighth only illustrated. Constance Mabel Jeans (1899-1984), from Nottingham, represented Great Britain in the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, winning two silver medals. She won 12 national titles and held world records in four different events. Her older sister, Ivy, was a multiple Nottinghamshire 100 yard freestyle champion