British Historical Medals from the Collection of the late David Perry

Calendar medals (8), viz. 1756, by J. Powell, copper, 41mm; 1794, by J. Davies, brass, 38mm; 1895, by R.E. Daish, Edinburgh, for North’s Type Writer, bronze, 38mm; 1901, by Paton Calvert, Liverpool, for ‘Matchless’ Metal Polish, white metal, 39mm; 1902, for ‘Matchless’ Metal Polish, aluminium, 38mm (cf. W & E 4860); 1904-25, by S. Clark & Co, Highbury, aluminium, 38mm; 1905, for ‘Matchless’ Metal Polish, aluminium, 38mm; 1933-39, for Alexanders Stores Ltd, Glasgow, Ayr, etc, aluminium, 37mm; The Motorboat Speed Calculator, a multi-purpose aluminium calculator by Crowly for Motorboat magazine, converting from Miles per Hour to Knots and Kilometres per Hour, 57mm [9]. First fine, others very fine and better, particularly the last, this very rare £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Historical Medals from the Collection of the late David Perry.

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Provenance: First bt H. Brown September 1980; second bt P. Minns April 1981; fifth bt H. Brown June 1980; *last bt in Lymington January 1986