British Historical Medals from the Collection of the late David Perry

Centenary of the Birth of Robert Burns, 1859, medals by J. Moore (2), silver and copper, no obv. legend, 41mm (both BHM 2651; E 1526; Brodie 188); Parish School of Lochcarron, an engraved silver Scholarship and Good Conduct award medal from The Rt. Hon. Sir John Stuart of Lochcarron, named (Alexander Murchison…1872), 37mm; Kelso Public School, Roxburghe Prize, a silver award medal by Davis, Birmingham, named (Robert Middlemas…Best Pupil…History & Geography Department, July 1882), 51mm (Brodie 656-7; D & W 237/267); Dumfries Dog Show, 1892, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, un-named, 39mm (Brodie –; cf. DNW 62, 1410); Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Show 1897, Best Pony Stallion, won by John Paton), 35mm (Brodie –; cf. DNW M12, 265); Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, a silver award medal, unsigned [by A. Kirkwood], named (John Caddel, Coilvoulin, for Roots, 1898), 45mm (Brodie 97-8); Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, a silver award medal by D. Cunninghame, named (Eric Charles William Arend, Fifth Upper Modern, Dux, 1905), 51mm (Brodie –; cf. DNW 62, 1530) [8]. Sixth very fine, others extremely fine and better; first two in cases of issue £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Historical Medals from the Collection of the late David Perry.

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Provenance: Second bt J. Whitmore November 1985; third bt J. Whitmore November 1987; fourth bt H. Brown March 1987; fifth bt S.E. Schwer May 1986; sixth and last bt J. Whitmore May 1987; seventh bt Barbara Armstrong September 1981.

Eric Charles William Arend (1890-1966), b. Partick, served as a captain in the Cheshire Regiment in World War I, d. Kilmacolm