Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 748 Session 3 (2:30pm Tuesday) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $3,100
AUSTRALIA, Medicine, University College, London, Gold Medal for Surgery, 1877-1878, awarded to W D C Williams, obv. Minerva seated holding out an open wreath, rev. named within wreath, 37.5mm, (31.44 g). Extremely fine, some minor scuff marks, an important association piece.
Ex Baldwin's Auctions Sale 70, 28th September 2011, (lot 594).
Surgeon General W.D.C.Williams KCMG, CB (died 1919), was the first Director General Medical Services of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, 1902-1914, and the Surgeon General of Australian armed forces. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, his career took him back and forth to the United Kingdom. He served in the Sudan and in South African Campaigns. A detailed biography is included with this lot.
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