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Auction 130  13 May 2015
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Lot 1669

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 280 GBP
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BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Royal Horticultural Society, medals (5), viz. a silver-gilt award after W. Wyon [1836], named (Mr W. Hayward for Floral Decorations, June 20 1906), 55mm (MJP p.155); Affiliated Societies, a silver-gilt award by J. Pinches, named (R.L. Horsley, 1910), 44mm (MJP p.154); George V Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver award by J. Pinches, named (Mr Prentice, Sunbury, Shepperton & Dist. Hort. & Allot. Assoc. 1935), 35mm; Victoria Medal of Honour, a gold award by J. Pinches, named (Col. The Lord Digby, 1958), 25mm, 13.13g (MJP p.158); Gold Medal, a gold award by J. Pinches, named (Elm House Nurseries Ltd, for an Exhibit of Chrysanthemums, 13.10.64), hallmarked London 1963, 32mm, 9ct, 17.43g (MJP p.155) [5]. Extremely fine, an attractive group; all in cases of issue, first case by Wyon
£200-300

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Edward Kenelm Digby, KG, DSO, MC and Bar, 11th Baron Digby (1894-1964), Coldstream Guards; Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1952-64; chairman of Dorset County Council, 1955-64; lived at Minterne Magna, Dorset; father of the courtesan and diplomat Pamela Harriman
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