BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. George III, Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, the lid set with a Gilt-silver medal of the Drayton Agricultural Society, awarded 1805 to Mr Thos Dicken, by C H Küchler, Britannia seated, holding wreath in right hand, with cornucopia and shield, lion behind, rev (shows on inside lid) "Best 2 Year Old Heifer own breeding" within wreath, box 75mm.Very fine, the medal obverse rubbed and faded, the reverse a rich gold, the box with restoration to the lid, examples of the medal that have been awarded are very rare.
The [Market] Drayton Agricultural Society, Shropshire, was instituted in1800.Thomas Dicken was a wealthy banker and land owner.
Estimate: £150-200