Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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From the remaining stock of Mrs Irene [Neddy] Allen (1928-2020), Medals by Subject, Mining: Cornwall and Devon, Miners' Association, established 1859, specimen in copper of the silver award medal, by the Wyons (unsigned), county shields united with a ribbon, olive-leaf border, rev. miners' shovel, pickaxe sledge-hammer and crowbar, edge impressed "662", 46mm., virtually mint state, rare
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Originally the Miners Association, it was founded in 1858 by Robert Hunt FRS and the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Within a year it was expanded to the Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devon. Whilst the medal is unsigned, the impressed number guarantees it to be from the Wyon archival collection.
(70-90 GBP)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Originally the Miners Association, it was founded in 1858 by Robert Hunt FRS and the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Within a year it was expanded to the Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devon. Whilst the medal is unsigned, the impressed number guarantees it to be from the Wyon archival collection.
(70-90 GBP)