Lot 2510

Description

World medals, Canada, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Visit to Canada, 1939, in silver (32mm) (2) and copper (31mm) (BHM 4394) (3); USA, State of Hawaii, 1959, in bronze (63mm), Lyndon B.Johnson, President of the United States of America on the Occasion of the Asian-Pacific Visit, October - November, 1966, in bronze (70mm); also a Ru-Ber-Oid advertising token, undated, in bronze 32mm), and a Masonic Mark Penny for Wheelock Chapter No.158 R.A.M., Birmingham, Alabama. The last two fine - very fine, the rest extremely fine - uncirculated. (7)

The Lyndon B.Johnson medal with a letter from New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, dated 11 November 1966, to Mr P.W.Walker, National Publicity Studios, stating that a number of these special commemorative medals had been received from the US Ambassador for presentation to key personnel and this medal was issued to him in recognition of the part he played in the organisation of the visit. Signed personally by J.V.Meech, Director of the Visit.