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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 9150

(x) City of London, Imperial Volunteers, 1900, AE Medal, by G. Frampton, Soldier of the C.I.V., proclaimed by a fanfare and welcomed by Londinia, seated on a dais. Around, oak branches entwined with fourteen labels commemorating the C.I.V.'s various actions in the South African War, PRO PATRIA REGINA ET VRBE in exergue in two lines, rev. The Union and C.I.V. flags flying upon a hill surrounded by trees; sun on horizon and a cannon in foreground, THE CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL VOLVNTEERS RAISED AND EQVIPPED FOR THE WAR IN SOVTH AFRICA BY THE CITIZENS OF LONDON FORMED DECEMBER 1899 RETVRNED TO LONDON OCTOBER 1900 in exergue in seven lines, 76mm (Eimer 1848; BHM 3684), lightly cleaned and pecked, with minor edge faults, about very fine, rare

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Estimate
£80 to £120

Starting price
£65