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A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Miscellanea: Receipted invoice from Graham, Everington & Graham, Shawl Warehouse, Ludgate Street, London, dated 19 Nov. 1869, with impression of the 1851 Great Exhibition Prize medal, on blue paper; together with international Exhibition, 1862, bronze award medals by L.C. Wyon (2), Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, reverse legend in wreath, edge named (The Butterley Company, Class I; Ebbw Vale & Pontypool Co, Class I), both 77mm (BHM 2747; E 1553) [3]. Ephemera and medals very fine and better, first printed on blue paper (£40-50)

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

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The Butterley Company, Alfreton, Derbyshire, supplied the iron girders used to support the roof during the construction of St Pancras railway station;