British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

Ornithology, HAMPSHIRE, Hampshire Ornithological Association, a silver award medal, unsigned, three birds on branch, rev. sun rising within canopy, named (Mrs Pattison, Wrackleford House, Dorchester, Dorset, 2nd Prize for Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Novr. 9th, 10th, 11th 1869), 38mm; National British Bird & Mule Club, a silver and enamel badge by Fattorini, named (Won by R.C. Tout at Portsmouth, 1913), 22mm [2]. First bright from prior cleaning and with reverse edge knock at 9 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, rare and attractive; second fine £50-70

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

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First only illustrated. Wrackleford House, a Georgian mansion set in the heart of the Frome valley, north of Dorchester