Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Paper Money

Worshipful Company of Musicians, a silver award medal by C.B. Birch, named (Richard Standen, 1949), 55mm (MJP p.231; cf. DNW M4, 149), together with the accompanying silver miniature, 24mm [2]. Mint state; in gilt-blocked Royal Mint case of issue, lid inscribed ‘Presented to Richard Standen by the Worshipful Company of Musicians 1949’ £100-150

Richard Standen (1912-87), bass baritone, specialising in oratorio and opera; b. Bolton; studied at Guildhall School of Music; debuted at the Royal Albert Hall with the Bach Choir in 1949; participant in principal music festivals and in BBC Promenade Concerts in the 1950s and 1960s