British Educational Award Medals from the Collection formed by the late T.H. Watts

STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Centenary of Sedgley Park School, 1863, a silver medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the School with wing buildings improved, rev. legends within and around quadrilobe, 43mm, 42.93g (Taylor 44b obv.; D & W 272/517). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Educational Award Medals from the Collection formed by the late T.H. Watts.

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Sedgley Park School was a Catholic academy established by William Errington, at the recommendation of Bp Richard Challoner, in March 1763. The centenary was celebrated on 8 September 1863 but the School closed 10 years later