Lot Archive

Lot

№ 849

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31 May 2000

Hammer Price:
£140

WORLD ART MEDALS Great Britain, William Booth, 1913, a uniface cast bronze plaque by K. Dautert, bust three-quarter left with long beard, 123 x 87mm (BDM –). A powerful and excellent likeness of Booth, very fine and very rare (£50-70)

William Booth (1829-1912), popularly known as ‘General’ Booth, founded what became known as the Salvation Army in 1878