Special Collections

Sold on 19 June 2002

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The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals

Peter Preston-Morley

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№ 670

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£55

Victoria (1837-1901), Leckhampstead M[anor] B[oard] S[chool], 1846, a white metal medal by W.J. Taylor, coronetted bust of Victoria left, rev. legend in three lines, 38mm (BHM –). Only mediocre and pierced for suspension, date 1845 pencilled in lower reverse field; extremely rare, no other specimens recorded (£15-25)

Provenance:
Bt Spink July 1980, “rescued from a bag of junk.”

The school was in what is now Leckhampstead Manor House