British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

Batley, Batley & District Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (C.M. Luke, Cardiff), 37mm; Hindley, Hindley & District Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal, unsigned, lamb couchant, rev. named (A.H. Hore, 1924), 29mm; Middleton, Middleton Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal by Ottley, farm animals, castellated building at right, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Mr Simeon Lord, for case of Copper Coins, 1872), 47mm; Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, President’s Medal, a bronze award by L.C. Wyon, bust of the Earl of Yarborough right, rev. wreath, engraved (Gainsborough Exhibition, 1873), edge named (Awarded to R. Hornsby & Sons for Double Plough, Steerage), 55mm; Yorkshire Agricultural Society (Established 1837), a white metal pass, unsigned, legend, rev. not transferable, named (Thos. Pease Junr.), 44mm; The Royal English Arboricultural Society, a bronze award medal by Crichton, Edinburgh, tree in garter, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to W.P. Greenfield, 6 Littlefield Lane, Grimsby, for an Essay on The Formation of Fox Coverts), 53mm [6]. Yorkshire pass good fine, others very fine, the Middleton medal an unusual numismatic award (£70-90)

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

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Third only illustrated on the Plates. Simeon Lord lived at Castleton; his collection of coins, tokens, commemorative and war medals was dispersed by Sotheby’s post mortem in July 1890