Coins and Historical Medals

ESSEX, Colchester, King James I Grammar School, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, named (Carolo J. Nowell), edge dated (MDCCCLXXIV), 41mm, 35.50g; Kelvedon, Brunswick House School, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Gained by Frederick Samman Midsummer 1860), 51mm, 43.35g; Metropolitan District Secondary Schools, a silver award medal, named (H.K. Williams 440 Under 17 1st 1914), maker’s mark and hallmark unclear, 32mm, 20.10g; LONDON, Forest School, Walthamstow, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Challenge Cup T.B. Gilderdale 1886), 64mm, 94.70g [4] Very fine, first with suspension removed £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Educational Prize Medals from the Collection of the late Mike Roberts.

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Thomas Barlow Gilderdale (1868-1934), related to two previous headmasters of the school, John Gilderdale (1848-57) and his son-in-law Frederick Barlow Guy (1857-1886)