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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 283

Great Britain. Centenary of Winston Churchill's Birth, 1974. Lot of Medals. Blenheim Palace. Set. Silver (3) and Bronze (3), 45mm. Military bust of Churchill with cigar; Bust wearing homburg; Bare-headed ¾ left; Bare-headed ¾ right. Rvs. Blenheim Palace. One or two of bronzes with trace of tape adhesion, toning on silver reverses mottled by former tape adhesion; V for Victory. Silver, light and dark bronze (2), 38mm. High relief bust right flashing V for Victory / Crossed US and British flags. 1,200 minted. The silver and one of the AEs neatly looped to order; Allied Awards. Gold (24K) plated Silver (.925) and Silver (.925), 41mm. Bust ¾ left flanked by U.S. Capitol and Big Ben / Victoria Cross, Medal of Honor and Croix de Guerre. Mottled tone from removed tape adhesion; Victory reverse. Silver, 30mm. Head ¾ left / V for Victory; Congress Speech. Silver, 44mm. Bust ¾ left / Churchill's December 26, 1941 to the U.S. Congress, crossed US and British flags above. Friction hairlines. Uncirculated. (16)
From the Oxford Court Collection


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