British Historical Medals from the Collection of the late David Perry

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, 77mm (W & E 2000.1; BHM 3219; E 1733b); Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887, a bronze medal by Heaton & Sons, 45mm (W & E 2172.3; BHM 3346); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, medals (6), by G.W. de Saulles (4), in silver (2), 56 and 26mm, bronze (2), both 56mm (W & E 3000.1, 3000.3, 3000.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a, 1817b), by Spink, in plated white metal, 51mm (W & E 3476B.2; BHM 3512), and by Ottley for the borough of Beccles, in bronze, 45mm (W & E 3307F.1); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, medals (10), by G.W. de Saulles, in bronze, 56mm (W & E 4100.3; BHM 3737; E 1871), by Beck & Inchbold for the city of Cambridge, in bronze, 38mm (W & E 4125E.1), by J. Carter (3), bronze (2), both 39mm (W & E 4150A.2), and gilt-bronze, 39mm (W & E 4153D), by Elkington for the Union Castle Line, in bronze, 38mm (W & E 4205HH.1), by Jenkins, in bronze, 38mm (W & E 4330A.4; BHM 3781), by J. Moore for the borough of Beccles, in bronze, 38mm (W & E 4450D, not listed in bronze), by F. Bowcher for Spink, in silver, 46mm (W & E 4560A.10; BHM 3741; E 1869b), and by Vaughton for the borough of East Ham, in bronze, 24mm (W & E 4620D.2); George V, Coronation, 1911, medals (3), by B. Mackennal, in bronze, 51mm (W & E 5035A.1; BHM 4022; E 1922a), by H.B. Sale for the city of Dundee, in gilt-bronze, 32mm (W & E 5217C.1), and by Vaughton for the borough of Beccles, in bronze, 44mm (W & E 5243OO.1); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, medals (4) by P. Metcalfe, in silver (3), 57 and 32 (2)mm (W & E 5668A.2, 5668A.5; BHM 4249; E 2029a, 2029b), and by J. Pinches, in bronze, 35mm (W & E 5729A.2; BHM 4261); Edward VIII, Proposed Coronation, 1937, medals (3), by Birmingham Mint, in bronze, 36mm (Giordano 185d; W & E 6660; BHM 4293), and by Tiptaft (2), in bronzed lead (2), both 45mm (Giordano 271a; W & E 6820A; BHM 4308); George VI, Coronation, 1937, bronzed lead medals by Tiptaft (2), both 44mm (W & E 7331A.2, 7332A.3; BHM 4341, 4356); Australian War Memorial Unveiled at Villers-Bretonneaux, 1938, a bronze medal, unsigned, 50mm (W & E 7812A.1) [31]. Extremely fine and better, last very rare; all except nine in cases of issue £180-220

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 A.C. Eimer March 1983; third bt D. Cavanagh March 1981; eighth bt V. Henstridge January 1987; *last bt in Scarborough February 1982