British Historical Medals
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Lot 2244 Session 7 (11.30am Wednesday) British Historical Medals
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
A GROUP OF MEDALS, including, Opening of Waterloo Bridge, in silver (27mm) by T.Wyon Jr (BHM.961); Christ's Hospital Markers Prize, in silver (35mm) by L.Pingo, struck c1790, inscribed on edge 'Sidney Smith 1870'; Launching of the SS Great Britain, 1843, in white metal (51mm) by Allen & Moore (BHM.2114, Eimer 1375); Exhibition of the Works of All Nations, 1851, Services medal in bronze (48mm) by W.Wyon (BHM.2465, Eimer 1458); Opening of the Crystal Palace, 1854, in white metal (42mm) by J.Pinches, in brass box; Kindness to Animals, Dawson Memorial prize, 1878, in bronze (51mm); Spanish Armada Tercentenary, 1888, in white metal (45mm) by J.Carter (BHM.3364, Eimer 1745); in white metal (44mm) tribute medal in gilded bronze for the Captain and Crew of HMS Calliope, c1889; Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus, Proof of Service at a Wreck, in bronze (36mm). Very fine - good very fine. (9)
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