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April 2016 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 April 2016
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GREAT BRITAIN. Siege of Peking Bronze Medal, 1900. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
57 mm; 104.23 gms. Eimer-1842; BMH-3672. Bronze Peking Legations Siege Medal, 1900, by J. Tayler Foot. Awarded to C. ORLOWSKY and engraved as such on edge. Obverse depicts the personifications of Britain, Germany and China; Reverse: The Siege of Peking and Defense of the Legations. A handsome piece with very light handling in the fields, but without injury to the devices. Even brown with flawless razor sharp rims. A superior example in nearly every way, and a type that seldom finds its way to market. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
57 mm; 104.23 gms. Eimer-1842; BMH-3672. Bronze Peking Legations Siege Medal, 1900, by J. Tayler Foot. Awarded to C. ORLOWSKY and engraved as such on edge. Obverse depicts the personifications of Britain, Germany and China; Reverse: The Siege of Peking and Defense of the Legations. A handsome piece with very light handling in the fields, but without injury to the devices. Even brown with flawless razor sharp rims. A superior example in nearly every way, and a type that seldom finds its way to market. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00