The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals

THE PRESTON-MORLEY BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COLLECTION, Chalfonts, Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, in bronze, after W. Wyon, bust of Sir Joseph Banks right, rev. legend, engraved (Awarded by the Chalfonts Gardeners’ Society to Mrs. E. Boyd-Carpenter, Gdnr. Mr. S. Hodgins, 1952), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154); Denham, Denham Bowls Club, brass enamel badges (2), one by H.W. Miller Ltd, 24 x 20mm, other for the Club’s Jubilee, 1972, 28 x 27mm; Gerrards Cross, Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal, in bronze, after W. Wyon, similar, engraved (Awarded by Gerrards Cross Horticultural Soc. 1975), 38mm (BHM 1041; E 1138; MJP p.154); Gerrards Cross Bowls Club, a blue enamel badge by H.W. Miller Ltd, Birmingham, 26 x 22mm; Gerrards Cross Twinned with Crepy-en-Valois, Antoing and Zell-Mosel, 1958, a rectangular brass badge, 31 x 25mm; Iver, Iver Heath Bowls Club, brass enamel badges by H.W. Miller Ltd (2), both 34 x 28mm [8]. Very fine and better (£25-35)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals.

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Provenance:
Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross RHS medals bt Dorset Coin Co October 1995.
Denham and one Iver all bt G. Ferguson November 1993.
Gerrards Cross Bowls bt G. Ferguson November 1987.
Gerrards Cross Twinning bt Covent Garden Market October 1992.
One Iver bt G. Stewart April 1999.

Ethel Boyd-Carpenter, née Ley, widow of Henry John Boyd-Carpenter (1865-1923)