Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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British Historical Medals, Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London, silver medal, 1908, by Frank Bowcher for Vaughton, presented to Sir Charles Day Rose, MP (1847-1913), Britannia and Marianne seated before Peace, rev. Victory stands before exhibition buildings, named in tablet, "Chas Day Rose Esq M.P.", 51mm. (BHM 3960; Eimer 1903b), Birmingham Hallmark on edge, matt surface, obverse toned, nearly extremely fine
Charles Day Rose, M.P., British-Canadian businessman, leading racehorse breeder, yachtsman, Liberal politician and MP for Newmarket. As President of the Royal Aero Club, he had been to an aviation meeting at Hendon when he died of a heart attack in his car on the journey home. Charles Day Rose has also been suggested as the inspiration for Toad in The Wind in the Willows.
(80-120 GBP)
Charles Day Rose, M.P., British-Canadian businessman, leading racehorse breeder, yachtsman, Liberal politician and MP for Newmarket. As President of the Royal Aero Club, he had been to an aviation meeting at Hendon when he died of a heart attack in his car on the journey home. Charles Day Rose has also been suggested as the inspiration for Toad in The Wind in the Willows.
(80-120 GBP)