Great Britain Historical Medals

Lot 1813    SESSION 7 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 26 JULY)    Great Britain Historical Medals

Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $150

LONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1874, in bronze (51mm) (BHM 2992), edge impressed, 'The Viscount Hawarden. For services.'; In Defence Of The Rights And Honour Of Scotland, undated (1902), in white metal (45mm) (BHM 3736); King Edward First Not Seventh of Britain And The British Empire, In Defence of Scotland's National Rights And Honour, undated (1902), in white metal (39mm); Death of Sir Winston Churchill, 1965, in bronze (50mm), by A.Loewental; Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, 1969, in Britannia silver (95 percent silver) (38mm), a proof by John Pinches, in case with certificate 2,331 of 5,000 issued. The first with heavily toned obverse, the second and third with edge nicks, the last with a few hairlines, otherwise good very fine - uncirculated. (5)

The Honourable Cornwallis Maude, 1st Earl de Montalt (1817-1905) was Viscount Hawarden from 1856 to 1905. He was a British conservative politician and also held the honorary post of Lord-Lieutenant of County Tipperary in Ireland from 1885 to 1905.