Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Lot 762 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
BELLE VUE ACADEMY, 1860, handcrafted uniface medal in silver (55mm), silver disc within a frame of embossed grapevine motifs with engraved scroll bar, inscribed on obverse 'Belle Vue Academy / 1860 / Presented to / Alfred Blannin / for General Scholarship'. Extremely fine.
Alfred Blannin (1844-1889). Belle Vue Academy was a 'select Boarding School for Boys' run by Mr William Ross at Cowies Creek, near Geelong from January 1856.
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