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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1028

Marriage of George Duke of York to Princess Mary of Teck, AR Medal, 1893, by Spink & Son, draped busts of H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE DUKE OF YORK K.G. and H.S.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA MARY OF TECK each in an oval frame linked by a monogrammed heart GM, facing towards each other, rev. MARRIED AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL ST. JAMES'S PALACE JULY 6TH 1893, shields of the couple surmounted by crown, plain edge, 51mm, 60.39g (Eimer 1781; BHM 3446), brilliance beneath speckled toning, in hues of blue and ochre to the edges of devices, a pleasing intricate striking, much as struck;
Marriage of George Duke of York to Princess Victoria Mary, AR Medal, 1893, by J. Moore, H. S. H. PRINCESS VICTORIA MARY H. R. H. GEORGE DUKE OF YORK, conjoined and draped busts left, rev. MARRIED JULY 6TH 1893 within spray of flowers, surmounted by crown, VC cypher below, plain edge, 38mm, 24.12g (Eimer 1782; BHM 3444), wisps of hairlining to otherwise glossy and brilliant fields, with a blanket of electric blue and ochre toning, most evident in the recesses of the portraits, much as struck (2)

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals


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