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Argentum Auction Fall 2015  7 November 2015
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Lot 729

Estimate: 60 GBP
Price realized: 40 GBP
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MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Firefighting, The Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, Bronzed White Metal Medal, third type, 1843, a trial strike, by Benjamin Wyon, a classical semi-naked man carries a maiden from a fire, ACTIONS ARE OUR'S – RESULTS ARE GOD'S, rev crown over open wreath, legend around, 44mm. Good very fine with some original redness, and very rare.
The Society was formed by the London insurance companies in 1836 and on the accession of Queen Victoria received Royal patronage, though this lapsed on her death

Estimate: £60-80
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