British and World Coins, Historical Medals, Tokens, Banknotes and Numismatic Books

George V (1910-1936), The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, bronze medal, named ‘Harold E. Yarrow CBE 1912’, 21mm, mint state, with clip and ribbon suspension; together with Italy, International Exposition, Milan, 1906, bronze medal by Johnson, 61mm (BDM. VII, 481), extremely fine, in original maroon and gilt case stamped “Presented by the British Commission” (2)

Both medals awarded to Sir Harold Edgar Yarrow, Bt (1884-1962), Chairman of Yarrow & Co. Ltd, shipbuilders, Glasgow, and also sometime Chairman of the Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank