A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals

A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Exhibitor’s Medals, 1851 (2), in bronze, by W. Wyon, similar, edge inscribed (United Kingdom, Class 5, No.960; Class 26, No.53), both 44mm (BHM 2463; E 1462) [2]. First fine, second brilliant and practically as struck; this in original maroon case of issue (£20-30)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals.

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Southern counties-related issues. 1st awarded to Willard Sawyer, St James’s Street, Dover, inventor and manufacturer, for a velocipede; 2nd awarded to Richard Palmer, Brighton, manufacturer of mahogany and oak-stained furniture. Further details sold with the lot