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A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Exhibitor’s Medals, 1851 (3), in bronze, by W. Wyon, similar, edge inscribed (British Guiana, No.162; India, Warner; India, W.A. Tyler, CS), all 44mm (BHM 2463; E 1462) [3]. First brilliant and practically as struck, second extremely fine, last nearly so; first in original maroon case of issue (£35-50)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals.

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British Colonial-related issues. 1st awarded to John Colling, for a model of a Birch Indian’s house; 2nd awarded to a Mr Warner of Murshidabad, trade not stated; 3rd awarded to William Hurlinge Tyler, Agra, a member of the Central Committee at Calcutta, who entered the Indian Civil Service in 1823 and was for many years Collector and Magistrate at Muttra. Further details are sold with the lot