Special Collections
Create new listHistorical Medals, Princess Louise’s Visit to Trowbridge, 1889, a white metal medal by A. Miesch for W. Roger Brown, 38mm (W & E 1593A.1); Coronation Celebration Committee, Calne, 1902, a fibre badge by Mogridge & Wyatt, Bristol, 38mm; Bulford Tug of War Team, 1908, a silver badge by Fattorini, hallmarked Birmingham 1908, 39 x 26mm; Calne Hort[icultura]l Fanciers’ & Sports Association, 1909, a fibre Committee badge, 48mm; Wilts County Miniature Rifle Association, a bronze award medal, unsigned, named (25 Yds., R.T. Harvey, Melksham R.C., 1910), 38mm; Wiltshire Arts & Crafts Association, bronze award medals by Wright & Son, Edgware (2), dated (1914; 1931), both 41mm; Harris, Calne, an enamelled silver Long Service award medal, unsigned, with clasps for 5 Years and Loyalty, hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 32mm; Centenary of Wiltshire Constabulary, 1939, a nickel medal, unsigned, 39mm; Wilts Small-Bore Rifle Association, a bronze award medal, unsigned, engraved (1953-54 Winter League, Division 2), 25mm; Salisbury, a silver Long Service award medal by Vaughton, named (A. Green, for the Completion of 50 Years Service with Woodrow & Co Ltd), hallmarked Birmingham 1959, 35mm; Wilts County Amateur Swimming Association, a uniface bronze medal, unsigned, un-named, 25mm [12]. Very fine and better; seventh in red case of issue by Chas. Wright Ltd, Medallists, Edgware £60-£80
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.
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Provenance: Second and fourth bt R. Setchfield June 2009; third bt September 2017; eighth bt January 2015; tenth bt October 2012; last bt June 2012.
Sir William Roger Brown (1831-1902), clothier and woollen merchant, industrialist, financier of Trowbridge Town Hall, opened by Princess Louise on 14 June 1889; C.& T. Harris (Calne) Ltd, bacon curers, established 1770; Woodrow & Co, ironmongers, 3 Castle street, Salisbury, established 1884
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