Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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Foreign Medals, Canada, Bishop of Rupert's Land's academic award medal, copper, undated [1892], by Allan Wyon, Bishopric coat of arms of Robert Machray (1831-1904), PRESENTED BY THE BISHOP OF RUPERT'S LAND, rev. Beatified eagle with scroll held by beak and talons "ST. JOHN", legend, IN THY LIGHT SHALL WE SEE LIGHT, 39mm (Leroux 1212, R6; Vachon 56), a Wyon specimen medal with edge impressed "631", mint state and extremely rare
*ex Baldwin's vault
Rupert's Land was a vast British territory stretching all around Hudson Bay and named after Prince Rupert, the first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Robert Machray (1831–1904), Scottish-born first Primate of the Church of England in Canada, was appointed Bishop of Rupert's Land in 1865 and Archbishop of the province in 1875. He is honoured in the Calendar of Saints of the Anglican Church of Canada with a feast day on March 10.
Grant in the BNJ dates the medal to 1892.
(150-200 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's vault
Rupert's Land was a vast British territory stretching all around Hudson Bay and named after Prince Rupert, the first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Robert Machray (1831–1904), Scottish-born first Primate of the Church of England in Canada, was appointed Bishop of Rupert's Land in 1865 and Archbishop of the province in 1875. He is honoured in the Calendar of Saints of the Anglican Church of Canada with a feast day on March 10.
Grant in the BNJ dates the medal to 1892.
(150-200 GBP)