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Sold on 19 June 2002

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The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals

Peter Preston-Morley

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№ 648

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£15

THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Eton College, a bronze award medal for House Fives, unsigned [by Birmingham Medal Co], similar, named (Junior 1936, B.D. Barton, J.G. Mackeurtan), 39mm. Edge knocks, fine to very fine (£15-20)

Provenance:
G. White FPL October 1997 (M67).

Basil David Barton (b.1920), of Harpenden, Herts, at Eton 1933-9, then Trinity College, Cambridge; served as a Flying Officer in the RAFVR in World War 2.

Justin Graham Mackeurtan (b.1920), son of Harold Graham Mackeurtan, KC (1884-1942), of Durban, the advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa; at Eton 1932-9, then a Major in the Voluntary Defence Force, South Africa