The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

ENGLAND, Fall Out, 1986, a silver medal by M. Appleby for the British Art Medal Society, ellipse, rev. tree, rear of fish and a ram, 31mm, edge impressed 34, hallmarked London 1986, 29mm, 25.57g (Attwood 37; The Medal 10, p.74; cf. DNW 123, 508). Mint state, lightly toned; in green pouch as issued £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Edition of 39. These medals were struck by the artist in solid silver, using hand-engraved dies. The medal’s title refers not just to the nuclear pollution from Chernobyl and Sellafield, but to all types of atmospheric pollution.