Lot Archive

Lot

№ 2196

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£50

20th Century, George V, Coronation, 1911, bronze medals (2), by F. Bowcher for Spink, conjoined busts left, rev. Britannia with seated monarchs, 63mm (BHM 4023; E 1921); and by J.R. Gaunt & Son, 63mm (BHM 4038) [2]. Extremely fine; first in card box of issue with the arms of the Duke’s School, Alnwick, on the lid, second in blue case of issue [this damaged] (£20-30)

Pencilled on the inside of the lid of the first medal is eeb july 1911, presumably the initials of the recipient and the date presented