Coins and Historical Medals

LONDON, Imperial College, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, named (Cross Country 1928 1st W. Cook), hallmarked Birmingham 1927, 44mm, 40.90g; John Rüntz, a silver memorial award medal, unsigned, named (Henrietta L.B. Keck 1903), 34mm, 26.10g; Sir John Cass’s School, Stepney, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (E. Mandeville Nov: 1916), 38mm, 28.00g [3]. About extremely fine; last with suspension loop and ribbon £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Educational Prize Medals from the Collection of the late Mike Roberts.

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John Rüntz (1818-91) was instrumental in setting up the Birkbeck Schools, the first being established in the London Mechanics Institute near Holborn. Others followed in Bethnal Green, Peckham and Kingsland. He was also involved in acquiring Clissold Park in Stoke Newington as a public space