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Education: England and Wales, Boston, Grammar School, 1875, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, arms and supporters, rev. for the best scholar of the year in wreath, un-named, 38mm; Bury St Edmunds, Nonconformist Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. named (R. Love, 1895), suspender bar inscribed (100 Yds. Handicap), 28mm; Ely, Queen’s School, Potticary Medal, a bronze award by Reed & Co, standing figure in front of Ely Cathedral, rev. quadrilobe, named (Richard Sturges Perfect, 1923), 38mm; Holt, Gresham’s School, 1900, a bronze award medal, unsigned, two shields, rev. named (Standard Medal for Class-Firing, 1905, Sergt. G.H. Cox), 51mm; Norwich, City of Norwich School, a bronze award medal, arms in wreath, rev. named (Athletic Sports, 1928, F.T. Buck (Walpole House), 1st D.H. High Jump, 3rd 220 Yds Under 15), 38mm; Oulton [Broad], Oulton School, a bronze award medal by Charles & Co, Tudor rose, rev. wreath, named (1921, W. White, Runner Up, 5st. 4lb), 38mm; Rochford, Rochford Hundred Schools Championship, a silver and enamel badge, arms, back named (E. May), hallmarked h ltd Birmingham 1928, 32mm; Walthamstow, Sir George Monoux School, a bronze medal, signature indistinct, schoolboys on parallel bars and in other gymnastic pursuits, rev. legend, named (S.T. Southgate, 1936), 44mm [8]. Very fine and better; seventh with clip and ring for suspension (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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