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Auction 143 12-14 Dec 2017
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British Educational Award Medals from the Collection Formed by the Late T.h. Watts
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, South Corporation School, a silver award medal, unsigned, student seated at desk, rev. engraved (Presented by John Farnworth Esq, Mayor of Liverpool, To Lewis Smith For Good Conduct, Punctuality & Cleanliness, 18 June 1866), 44mm, 31.46g. Extremely fine, obverse dark-toned, rare £60-80
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John Farnworth, Mayor of Liverpool 1865-6, and Methodist; a contemporary described him as someone who was 'somewhat devoted to hobbies, and who regards his own mission as something less profane and mundane than the performance of mere municipal duties'
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, South Corporation School, a silver award medal, unsigned, student seated at desk, rev. engraved (Presented by John Farnworth Esq, Mayor of Liverpool, To Lewis Smith For Good Conduct, Punctuality & Cleanliness, 18 June 1866), 44mm, 31.46g. Extremely fine, obverse dark-toned, rare £60-80
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John Farnworth, Mayor of Liverpool 1865-6, and Methodist; a contemporary described him as someone who was 'somewhat devoted to hobbies, and who regards his own mission as something less profane and mundane than the performance of mere municipal duties'