Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Liverpool Cathedral, 1934, Silver Presentation Medal to the Bishop of Lichfield, 1934, by Walter Gilbert (1871-1946), eagle against radiant sun and above cathedral façade, rev laurel spray, FOR FELLOW WORKERS – FMR 1901-1934 – NOT UNTO US O LORD ..., edge named (THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD), 57mm, Birmingham hallmark 1934, maker WG (Walter Gilbert), in maroon fitted case of issue (Eimer 26; E 2025). Struck with a matt surface, extremely fine and rare.
The medal was struck on the occasion of the retirement of Sir Frederick Morton Radcliffe (1861-1953), Chairman of the Committee for building the new Liverpool Cathedral, whose initials appear on the reverse, for presentation by him to the Masons and others working on the fabric of Liverpool Cathedral and to other worthies. John Augustine Kempthorne (1864-1946) was Bishop of Lichfield 1913-1937.
Estimate: £200-250
The medal was struck on the occasion of the retirement of Sir Frederick Morton Radcliffe (1861-1953), Chairman of the Committee for building the new Liverpool Cathedral, whose initials appear on the reverse, for presentation by him to the Masons and others working on the fabric of Liverpool Cathedral and to other worthies. John Augustine Kempthorne (1864-1946) was Bishop of Lichfield 1913-1937.
Estimate: £200-250