Auction Catalogue
Naval & Military Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1901, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (Allen 5; BHM 3734; E 1858), together with a pink admission ticket to the Grand Patriotic Fete, 21 September 1901; The Jubilee of the Tonic Sol-Fa Festivals, Crystal Palace, 1907, a white metal medal by J. Pinches, 39mm (Allen 15); The Crystal Palace Grand International Show of Poultry Pigeons & Rabbits, bronze award medals by E.J. Fairbairns (2), named (W. Haines, 1926; Cathcart Bros, M G Bantam, 1933), both 51mm (Allen 1926/1); Festival of Britain, 1951, a soap medal by R. Wheen & Sons Ltd, 70mm (Allen D80) [6]. Very fine and better, the 1907 medal pierced; first with original envelope, last two in boxes of issue, the fragrance of the soap medal still fresh (£60-80)
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