Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

George IV, Coronation, 1821, a white metal medal by T. Halliday and P. Kempson, laureate bust left, rev. the King crowned, 48mm (BHM 1073); Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 1836, a white metal medal by J. Ottley, 46mm (BHM 1714); Visit of Louis Philippe I to England, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 39mm (W & E 426.1; BHM 2150); ‘General Tom Thumb’, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 38mm (BHM 2157; E 1394); together with a white metal medal of Napoleon by Thomason & Jones and a restrike of Brenet’s ‘De Germanis’ medal, 1805 [6]. Very fine and better, the 1844 medals in original card boxes of issue by W. Griffin, Silversmith & Jeweller, 27 Lombard St £40-50