Auction Catalogue

6 July 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Token, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 1248

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6 July 2005

Estimate: £70–£90

Battle of Jutland, 1916, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crossed flags and trident, rev. legend in wreath, edge engraved (Tufton P.H. Beamish Esqre, Captain, HMS ‘Cordelia’), 45mm (BHM 4124; E 1951a; MH 495). Good very fine (£70-90)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 698.

Percy Hamilton Tufton Beamish (1874-1951), Rear Admiral, commanded HMS
Invincible at the battle of the Falklands in 1914, and thence HMS Cordelia from 1915 to 1917