Great British Historical Medals
Lot 1424 SESSION 9 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 14TH APRIL) Great British Historical Medals
Estimate $500
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LONDON EXHIBITION, 1862, prize medal in bronze (76.5mm) (BHM 2747), by D.Maclise and Leonard C. Wyon, obverse, Britannia seated left receiving gifts from kneeling figures with three female figures standing to right and the British lion crouched in the foregone, reverse, inscription within a wreath, "1862/Londini/Honoris/Causa" (presented at London because of distinction) impressed on the edge, "P. Russell. Class IV.". Very fine.
Ex Alan McRae Collection.^See also lots E3146, 3147, 3151, 3152 and 3155.
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Estimate $500
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