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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 345

Group of mid-19th to early 20th Century Shakespeare Medals. Tercentenary of Birth. Gilt Brass shell medallion in a White Metal multi-rayed star, 52mm. Bust ¾ right / The bard's birthplace. Some reverse stain; White Metal, 38mm. Bust left / Royal Dramatic College Fete, Crystal palace July 7 & 9 1866 legend within wreath; Silver, 43.6mm. Harrow School Shakespeare Prize Medal. Bust ¾ left / Ten-line legend "Charles Fox Russell to the" etc within wreath, date 1870 below. Awarded to (edge): K.C. GANDAR-DOWER 1927; 1901 Shakespeare Festival Steward's badge. Silver and enamels, pinback. By Spencer, London; ca. 1908 Bronze plaquette, 39 x 51mm. Uniface. By Wilhelm Mayer and Franz Wilhelm, Stuttgart. Cameo bust 3/4 left, hooded woman (Lucrece) below, wielding knife. VF-EF. (5)

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