Watch List notes:

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, 1843, a white metal medal by J. Davis, 43mm (Hardy 92; BHM 2110; E 1378; MH 864); Erection of Nelson's Column, 1843, a white metal medal by J. Taylor, 44mm (Hardy 95; BHM 2125; MH 530); Lord Nelson Testimonial, 1844, a uniface lead medal by E. Avern, 62mm (Hardy 98); Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, white metal medals (2), 1868 and 1885, both 32mm (Hardy 94; BHM 2575; MH 865); Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891, a white metal medal by A.E. Warner, 38mm (Hardy 105; BHM 3419; E 1767; MH 811); The Wreck of HMS Foudroyant, 1897, Fletcher's bronze medals (3), unsigned, all 37mm (Hardy 107; BHM 3613; E 1813; MH 537); Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1905, white metal medals by Spink (2), both 32mm (Hardy 110; BHM 3923), bronze medal, unsigned, 30mm (Hardy 112; BHM 3924; MH 538), copper medalets (3), all 17mm (Hardy 117, variants) and a gilt and partially glazed miniature of the Naval Gold Medal by Spink, 22mm (Hardy 120); Centenary of the Death of Lord Nelson, a white metal calendar medal, 1904-25, unsigned, 38mm (Hardy 129); together with 19th century trade tokens (3), a gilt William IV Sixpence [1831-7], rev. planed flat and engraved 'Relic of the Victory at Trafalgar' and Hardy, T.A., Nelson Commemorative Medals 1797-1805, 1st edn, North Walsham, 1985 [Lot]. Many very fine; first in turned bakelite box by Varley & Son, 80 Fleet Street £120-150

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Provenance: Third bt Seaby 1981