Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Royal Society, President’s Medal, 1901, a bronze award by E. Fuchs, named (Intermediate Examinations 1909, Wade Hustwick, Book-Keeping), 55mm (E 1863); Death of Lord Brotherton, 1930, a bronze medal by Spink, 64mm; together with other British medals (14) [16]. Varied state; many cased £100-£150

Wade Hustwick (1873-1970), 17 Swaine street, Bradford, tax specialist and antiquarian, president of the Bradford Historical & Antiquarian Society 1938-9; his son, Maurice Wade Hustwick, RAFVR (1912-44) was killed in action when the Beaufighter he was navigating crashed at s’Gravenzande, Netherlands, 20 May 1944; the Hustwick family are buried in Nabwood Cemetery, Shipley