Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17th May 2023
Lot 188
A collection of three silver medals
Estimate £40 - £60 | Hammer £40
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Description
A collection of three silver medals, comprising: Ladies Collegiate School Salisbury Reward of Superior Merit, 45mm, classical female figure seated with distaff, 'DILIGENTIA VINCIT OMNIA', rev. text and wreath, Birmingham 1884, hairlines to fields, otherwise about extremely fine; Selby Abbey 900th anniversary, Britannia silver, 38mm, arms of William I within a wreath of roses, rev. chancel cross, by Harold Holdway, cased with certificate, about as struck; Winston Churchill Centenary 1974, 38mm, head three quarters, rev. the dome of St Paul's Cathedral and text, by Ivor Roberts-Jones R.A.* (E 2130), cased with certificate, good extremely fine. [3]
* Creator of the bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchill that stands in Parliament Square