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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: 1064

Various George V Medals (7) | British Empire Exhibition, AR Medal, 1924, by B. Mackennal/P. Metcalfe, GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:, bust left, crowned and draped, rev. stylized lion seated, beyond façade of Wembley Stadium, BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924, in exergue in three lines, plain edge, 51mm, 65.75g, (Eimer 1987; BHM 4193), bag and fingermarked, toned, very fine; another but AE Medal, similar, 51mm, 67.08g, some wear to the higher points, slightly bagmarked but with a deep tone, otherwise very fine; another, similar, 51mm, 67.70g, spots of wear to the higher points but otherwise extremely fine; British Empire Exhibition, AE Medal, 1925, by B. Mackennal/P. Metcalfe, similar obverse as before, rev. BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1925, three stylized figures standing right, holding objects symbolizing food transport and housing, plain edge, 51mm, 67.48g, (Eimer 1997; BHM 4203), matte surfaces, toned, extremely fine; General Strike, Service Medal, AE Medal, 1926, by E. Gillick, LEGENDS IN CAPITALS, description of obverse, FOR SERVICE IN NATIONAL EMERGENCY MAY 1926, helmeted figure of Britannia seated left, hand resting on a shield, holds out a laurel, in the field winged emblem of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, between a rose and a thistle, rev. LARGITAS MVNERIS SALVS REIPVBLICAE UNC, allegory of three draped figures standing with their backs to each other, two locomotives resting upon their outstretched hands, plain edge, 51mm, 61.00g, (Eimer 2003; BHM 4210), slightly softened devices, deeply toned, very fine; another, similar, 51mm, 63.76g, small scratches, deep toning, very fine; British Empire Exhibition , AE Medal, 1925, by P. Metcalfe for Nobel Industries, man seated on an anvil with his chin resting upon a vertically held hammer, NOBEL INDUSTRIES LTD., in exergue in three lines, rev. STRUCK AT THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1925, two wavy lines and NOBEL within small circle, plain edge, 36mm, 19.20g, (BHM 4204), bruised on rim, worn throughout, toned, good fine (7)

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



The fifth and sixth medal was struck by the Royal Mint and presented to those who had given service on behalf of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company.

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