Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 53 25 Nov 2020
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Medals by Subject, Medical interest and Freemasonry: Robert Clay Sudlow (1846-1914), gilt-bronze medal, 1905, on his retirement, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, "... Awarded by Henry S. Wellcome Principal", 51mm, virtually mint state; modern prize medals (7), by Pinches, including portraits of Robert HLE ROIadfield [steel], Thomas Hancock [rubber], William Larke [welding] (2), John Wilkinson [iron and steel]; and World Power Conference, 1928, delegates badge, mint state or virtually so (9)
Ex Baldwin's vault.
Sudlow was General Manager of Burroughs Wellcome & Co., c.1881-1905, having started work for Burroughs in 1879 as a clerk and was "...one of the most important figures in the history of Burroughs Wellcome & Co" (Robert Rhodes James, Henry Wellcome (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994, p88). An active Freemason, Sudlow introduced Henry Wellcome to the craft and enjoyed a warm and fraternal relationship with him.
(60-80 GBP)
Ex Baldwin's vault.
Sudlow was General Manager of Burroughs Wellcome & Co., c.1881-1905, having started work for Burroughs in 1879 as a clerk and was "...one of the most important figures in the history of Burroughs Wellcome & Co" (Robert Rhodes James, Henry Wellcome (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994, p88). An active Freemason, Sudlow introduced Henry Wellcome to the craft and enjoyed a warm and fraternal relationship with him.
(60-80 GBP)