Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

20th Century, International Who’s Who in the Community Service, 1972, a silver medal for Distinguished Service, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], royal sceptre, rev. temple façade, edge named (Vernette Landers), 36mm; Silver Jubilee of the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, 1985, a silver award medal, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], named (Dr Vernette Landers), 36mm [2]. Mint state, latter with fixed medal suspender and ribbon, both very rare; in Royal Mint cases of issue (£90-120)

Vernette Trosper Landers, DDG, LFWLA, LPIBA, MOIF, IOM (1912-2005), World Poet Laureate and International Woman of the Year, together with her husband Newlin Jewel Landers (1906-90), gave their name to the town of Landers, California. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, her mother was in vaudeville and the family moved to Hollywood in the 1920s. Further details of her career are sold with the lot