Auction Catalogue

17 October 2023

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Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 243

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17 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£75

Alpine Garden Society, 1954, Reginald Farrer Medal, an oval silver award by Vaughton, named (W.H. Laycock Southport 1954), hallmarked Birmingham 1954, 64 x 48mm, 87.40g; Baylis House, 1865, a uniface silver gilt award medal, unsigned, named (Awarded to Master Joseph Leek for Good Conduct, Baylis House, 24th July 1865), 59 x 49mm, 26.40g; together with a small Diamond Jubilee 1897 medal in silver [3]. Good fine to extremely fine £80-£100

The Baylis House in question may well be the Grade I listed building in Slough (Berkshire); it served as a Roman Catholic school from 1830-1907.