Historical and Art Medals

London, Royal College of Science, Murchison Medal, 1866, a bronze award by L.C. Wyon, bust of Roderick Murchison left, rev. Silurian fossils and geological hammers in saltire, edge named (Charles G. Cullis, July 1891), 55mm (BHM 2869; E 1588); Statistical Society, Howard Prize (Founded 1873), a bronze award medal by A.B. Wyon, bust of John Howard left, rev. wheatsheaf, edge named (Clement Dukes, M.D., Lond., B.S. Lond., M.R.C.P. Lond., November 1884), 76mm; Royal Astronomical Society, a cast bronze medal by B.N.C. for Pinches, bust of William Herschel right, rev. standing figure on globe, holding an astrolabe, edge named (T.H.E.C. Espin, 1913), 58mm (MJP p.140); Royal Anthropolgical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Rivers Memorial Medal, 1924, a bronze award, unsigned, bust left, rev. named (Emile Torday, 1928, for Anthropological Work in the Field in Belgian Congo), 63mm; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, a gilt-bronze award medal by Pinches, forest of Indian banyan trees, temple in distance, rev. wreath, named (Presented to Richard Winstedt, KBE, CMG, FBA, D LITT, 1947), 55mm [5]. About extremely fine and better (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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