Auction Catalogue

1 October 1996

Starting at 2:30 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 875

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£30

The Life Guards, bronze award medals (4), all awarded to P.K. Holmes, HQ (later 2nd) Troop, 44mm (2), 38mm, 32mm, some stamped 1912 or 1914; silver medal for Boxing, engraved (Winners RAF Team Championship, Iraq 1925), hallmarked Birmingham 1922, 45mm; Territorial Army Rifle Association, bronze medal, named (Lt. R.S.W. Baker), awarded 1935, 38mm; British Forces in Egypt, silver medal, named (E. Palmer, Team Tennis Championship 1931-32), hallmarked Birmingham 1931, 41mm, in case by Chas H. Saxby, Cairo; Royal Life Saving Society, bronze medal (Eveline M. Grundy, Feb. 1915), 31mm. [8]. Iraq medal fine, others very fine and better, particularly the first four (£40-50)