Auction Catalogue

18 September 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Forte Crest Bloomsbury Hotel  Coram Street  London  WC1N 1HT

Lot

№ 322

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18 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£40

Royal Humane Society, large medal (successful), a modern silver-gilt facsimile of Grace Darling’s award, reverse named in relief ‘Grace Darling Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hum. 1838’, ‘No 145 of 1,000’, the edge with Hallmarks for ‘Birmingham, 1988’, with its fitted case, the inside lid inscribed ‘Reproduction of the Medal awarded for heroism to Miss Grace Darling 1838, A Goldsmiths Limited Edition’, extremely fine £30-40