Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Buckinghamshire, Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, in bronze, after W. Wyon, bust of Sir Joseph Banks right, rev. legend, engraved (Awarded by the Chalfonts Gardeners’ Society to Mrs. E. Boyd-Carpenter, Gdnr. Mr. S. Hodgins, 1952), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154); Denham Bowls Club, brass enamel badges (2), one by H.W. Miller Ltd, 24 x 20mm, other for the Club’s Jubilee, 1972, 28 x 27mm; Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, in bronze, after W. Wyon, engraved (Awarded by Gerrards Cross Horticultural Soc. 1975), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154); Gerrards Cross Bowls Club, a blue enamel badge by H.W. Miller Ltd, Birmingham, 26 x 22mm; Gerrards Cross Twinned with Crepy-en-Valois, Antoing and Zell-Mosel, 1958, a rectangular brass badge, 31 x 25mm; Iver Heath Bowls Club, brass enamel badges by H.W. Miller Ltd (2), both 34 x 28mm; Bucks County Bowls Association, brass enamel badges (4), by H.W. Miller Ltd (3), all 29mm, and unsigned, 27mm; Bucks County Bowls Association, brass enamel Tourists badges (2), by H.W. Miller Ltd, with and without Birmingham street name, both 28 x 24mm; Bucks County Bowls Association, Golden Jubilee, 1960, brass enamel badges (2), by H.W. Miller Ltd, both 28 x 23mm; Bucks County Womens’ Bowling Association, brass enamel badge by H.W. Miller Ltd, 22 x 17mm; Bucks County Womens’ Bowling Association, brass enamel Tourists badge by H.W. Miller Ltd, 25 x 18mm; The Berks & Bucks Womens’ County Bowling Association, brass enamel badge by F. Saxby, Buckingham, 26mm; Buckinghamshire College, Faculty of Health Studies, a plated alloy enamel badge by Insignia Ltd, London, 33 x 26mm; Buckinghamshire Fire Liaison Panel, a plated alloy enamel badge, back engraved (Winning Team), 38mm; Buckinghamshire Girl Guides, a brass enamel badge by A. Wylie & Co, London, 28 x 26mm; S.H.V.S.C., a brass enamel badge by H.W. Miller Ltd, 24 x 21mm; together with other Bucks-related badges (3), one silver-gilt, dated 1897, others by Fattorini [26]. Generally very fine to extremely fine (£40-60)

Provenance:
P. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lots 620, 706