Australian Historical Medals
Lot 586 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 17TH APRIL) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $300
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SOLD $220
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, London, 1862, prize medal in bronze (77mm) by L.C.Wyon (BHM 2747; Eimer 1553) edge impressed 'W.Powell. Class IV.' Minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
This exhibition, also referred to as the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London, England. It was sponsored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade. In the official list of the medals awarded by the International Juries of the Great Exhibition of 1862 to exhibitors from Australia and New Zealand under Class IV - Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures, W.Powell of Tasmania is recorded as a medal recipient for Section C - Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures.
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