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26 July 2023

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Lot

№ 332

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26 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£120

Princess of Wales’s Private Military Hospital, The Gables Souvenir Medallion, by Warrington & Co., London, 57mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of the Princess of Wales, with her hospital ship off the South African coast and ‘Transvaal War 1899-1900’ in the fields to left and right, with the circumscription, ‘Souvenir of the Princess of Wales’ Private Military Hospital. The Gables, Surbiton’; the reverse featuring the front of the Gables, with ‘For Sick & Wounded from S. Africa’ in the exergue, with the circumscription, ‘Maintained by Mr & Mrs Alfred Cooper as an adjunct to H.R.H’s. Hospital Ship’, nearly extremely fine £100-£140