Watch List notes:

GREAT BRITAIN: AE medal (238.9g), 1826, Eimer 1187, BHM 1272, 76mm bronze award medal of the Zoological Society of London (Founded 1826) by Benjamin Wyon after Thomas Landseer, a group of 11 birds with ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY / OF LONDON / 1826 incuse in exergue // a group of seven animals (elephant, 2 giraffes, hippo, water buffalo, and 2 llamas) in a forest setting, a few light obverse field scratches, light residue line on reverse, a magnificent example of this classic medal, plain edge, Unc, RR, ex Jerry D. Williams Collection. Certainly one of the most popular medals of the nineteenth century. Christopher Eimer states that "the List of Fellows of the Zoological Society of London (1957) records the number of medals awarded: five in gold for special services; fifty-nine in silver, twenty-two in bronze (for keepers)." The design was approved in 1837 and the first medal awarded was in 1847. We could find only one example of this medal in bronze selling in a public auction, in May 2009 for an extremely fine specimen by Baldwin's. Photo size reduced.

Estimate: 500-600 USD