Lot Archive

Lot

№ 574

.

1 March 2000

Estimate: £30–£40

Abdication of King Edward VIII, 1936, a black bakelite medal by Clang Ltd, London, Abdication speech both sides, 115mm (BHM 4272). Lacking the postage stamp of Edward fixed to the obverse, otherwise very fine; usual double piercings at top for suspension (£30-40)

Issued early in 1937 and fondly remembered as a popular Abdication souvenir