Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Herbert Morris Ltd, Loughborough, Great War 1914-18, Services Rendered, a silver award medal by F. Bowcher, bust of Herbert Morris right, rev. legend within and around wreath, edge named (John William Walpole), 41mm; Victory of Jutland Bank, 1916, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, 45mm (BHM 4124; E 1951a) [2]. About extremely fine and better, first rare £70-90

Provenance: E.W. Danson Collection

Herbert Morris and Bastert, founded 1884, produced lifting pulley blocks at Attercliffe, Sheffield, and moved to the Empire Works, Loughborough, in 1897. The Bastert name was dropped in 1912