Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Royal Horticultural Society, Veitch Memorial Medal, a gilt-bronze award by J. Pinches after J. Moore, exotic fruits and flowers on the tomb of James Veitch, rev. tablet in wreath, named (Sir Arthur W. Hill, KCMG, VMH, for his Services to Horticulture, December 1936), 76mm (MJP p.157). Virtually as struck, rare; in maroon case of issue £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Illustration reduced. Sir Arthur William Hill, KCMG (1875-1941), botanist; b. Watford; educ. Marlborough and King’s College, Cambridge; assistant director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1907, director 1922-41; horticultural adviser to the Imperial War Graves Commission, 1915-41; d. in a riding accident, 3 November 1941. Sold with extensive biographical detail