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№ 949

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£80

Royal Naval School Medal 1833, by W. Wyon, obverse: three figures in classical garb, one, a man pores oil into a lamp held by a youth, whilst another youth watches, ‘Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat’, in exergue: ‘MDCCCXXXIII’; reverse: inscription in raised letters, ‘Schol. Reg. Nav. Alumno in Lit. Humanior. Palm. Merito.’ (John George Gamble, 1858), 47mm., silver, attractive, extremely fine £80-100