A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals

A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Prize medal, 1851, by W. and L.C. Wyon, in bronze, similar, edge named (De Grave, Short & Fanner, Class X), 77mm (BHM 2462; E 1457); together with International Exhibition, 1862, bronze award medal by L.C. Wyon, Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, reverse legend in wreath, edge named (De Grave, Short & Fanner, Class XIII), 77mm (BHM 2747; E 1553) [2]. About very fine and better, but both have been cleaned in the past (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals.

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De Grave, Short & Fanner, St Martin’s le Grand, London; manufacturers of assay balances and weights for all industrial, retail and precious metal purposes. Further details are sold with the lot