Watch List notes:

Medals by Subject, Art: Walter Gilbert (1871-1946) and the Bromsgrove Guild: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, by J. C. Chaplain, bronze prize medal, named to W. GILBERT, capped head of Marianne r., rev. female figure of Victory carries Industry, bearing a torch, the Exposition site below, named in tablet below, 63mm. (Maier 79), in card case of issue, extremely fine and a unique association item; with bronze medals (3), by the Bromsgrove Guild, for the Opening of the Town Hall Lancaster, 1909, façade of the Town Hall, rev. arms of Lancaster, 44mm. (BHM.3979), very fine to extremely fine (4)
The Bromsgrove Guild of Fine Arts was founded in 1898 by Walter Henry Gilbert (1871-1946), a cousin of the sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert. Within two years the Guild was showcased in the British Pavilion at the great Exposition Universelle. The medal is a rare association item.