Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 23rd September 2020
Lot 1082
A collection of portrait medals of public figures of the 19th and 20th centuries
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
A collection of portrait medals of public figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, including: Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer), bronze, 76 mm; Cardinal Patrick Hayes, congratulatory banquet, bronze, 63 mm; John Endecott (17th century Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony), bronze, 102 mm; Joseph Fry Bicentenary 1928, bronze, 51 mm, bust left, rev. a cocoa tree, cased (E 2013); Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch philosopher), quartercentenary, bronze, 60 mm, bust left, rev. an owl; Vincent van Gogh, bronze, 62.5 mm, bust quarter left, rev. sunk relief of a nude, text in concentric rings; Johann Kepler; Dr W. Dree; and others, mainly extremely fine or nearly so, unless otherwise stated. [18]