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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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№ 681

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£45

THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Licensed Victuallers’ School, Slough, George V and Queen Mary’s Silver Jubilee, 1935, silver and blue enamel medals (2), by Vaughton, similar to the second medal in the previous lot, both with ornate suspender bar, original blue ribbon and silver clasp, named (Dick Smith; Albert Wheeler), hallmarked Birmingham 1934 and 1935 respectively, both 32mm; Licensed Victuallers’ School, Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953, a brass medal, unsigned, crowned bust right, rev. aerial view of the New School, 33mm; Licensed Victuallers’ School, 1990-91, an oval silver and blue enamel badge, standing cock above swan, 41 x 29mm [4]. The 1953 medal very fine, others extremely fine; Wheeler medal in original fitted case (£50-60)

Provenance:
Smith bt W. Whelan March 1973.
*Wheeler Glendining Auction, 15 December 1988, lot 268 (part).
1953 gift of G. Stewart December 1996.
1990-1 bt G. Stewart July 2000