Auction Catalogue

8 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 1596

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8 September 1999

Estimate: £35–£40

WORLD ART MEDALS United States of America, Jane Addams, bronze portrait medal by Maria Bariera, 80mm. Extremely fine (£35-40)

Jane Addams (1860-1935), American social reformer, founder of the Centre of Social Assistance, Hull House, Chicago, President of the International League of Women for Peace and Freedom, and winner of the Nobel Prize, 1931. The date when this was issued is uncertain (the consignor has suggested 1935, the cataloguer suspects a slightly later date), as is the country of origin. The reverse legend is in Spanish and the medal was probably struck in a Latin American country and Cuba springs to mind as at least a possibility.