British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

Education: England and Wales, Brighton, Brighton Proprietary School, 1836, a bronze Good Conduct award medal (Instituted 1852), unsigned, kneeling robed female, rev. named (Charles Gostling, Xmas 1866), 44mm; Brighton School of Science & Art, Ashbury Medal, a bronze award by Hancocks & Co, arms above wreath, named (Awarded to Alfred Hunt for Painting), rev. implements of art and industry in trilobe, 52mm; St Martin Sunday School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, St Martin on horseback, crouching male at right, rev. shield, named (William E.G. Goldsmith, Christmas 1895), 45mm; University, Turrell Memorial Prize, a bronze award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, bust of Henry Turrell left, rev. legend, named (Presented to John Wright, First Class Senior, Brighton, 1903), 45mm; Deal, Wesleyan School, a bronze award medal by A. Fenwick, arms, rev. wreath, named (Mabel Hutchings for Truth & Honour from her Schoolfellows, 1900), 32mm; Ramsgate, Chatham House, Sports, 1921, a bronze award medal, eagle on crest, rev. named (Cross Country 1935, Senior, O.J. Roberts), 44mm; Sandwich, Sir Roger Manwood’s School, a bronze award medal by Pinches, arms, rev. two hurdlers vaulting fence, edge named (R.L. Deacon, Hurdles – Under 16, 1931, Record, 18 4/5 Secs), 38mm [7]. Turrell medal scuffed and dirty, others very fine and better (£70-90)

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

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Obverse of second only illustrated. Henry Stein Turrell (†1863). Richard Lionel Deacon, Sgt, RAFVR, was killed in action on 15 May 1943, aged 28, and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. He was the son of Richard John and Marguerite Deacon and husband of Doris May Deacon, of Norbury, Surrey