Sovereign Rarities

Auction 15  –  19 November 2024

Sovereign Rarities, Auction 15

Commemorative Medals - The Highcliff Collection

Tu, 19.11.2024, from 11:30 AM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Coronation of George IV, 1821, and Native American Chief Presentation Medal [1825], large copper medal, by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, laureate bust left, wearing mantle, GEORGIVS IV DEI GRATIA BRI-TANNIARVM REX, rev. crown on open wreath, legend around and within, GOD SAVE THE KING – CROWNED JULY XIX MDCCCXXI, 69mm, 121.16g (BHM 1088; Eimer 1141, this medal; Jamieson fig.27 and discussed on p. 35). Virtually mint state.

Provenance:
Eimer 1141, this medal
Bought Pavillion Collection, Baldwin’s of St James’s, Auction 43, 25 March 2020, lot 537, therein stated to have been added to that collection in 2003

Gilt examples of the medal were awarded to Native American Chiefs during a visit to London in 1825, including the Chiefs of the Wyandot and Ojibwe.

Question about this lot?

Bidding

Price realized 3'200 GBP
Starting price 500 GBP
The auction is closed.
Feedback / Support