Historical Medals

Wellington College, King’s Medal, a gold award by B. Mackennal, uniformed bust of George V left, rev. legend, edge named (Herbert Bland Stokes, 1912), 44mm, 57.88g (BHM 4009). Lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine [slabbed NGC MS 62]; sold with original fitted case £2,600-£3,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Gold Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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DNW Auction, 19 May 2021, lot 562

Colonel H.B. Stokes, CBE, MBE, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (b. 1894), was seriously wounded by shellfire on the Somme in 1916 and was fortunate to survive the sinking of the Lancastria off St Nazaire in 1940.