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Auction 194 7-8 Sep 2021
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British Historical Medals from Various Properties
Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Show 1901, Best Clydesdale Mare or Gelding not used for Hire, won by Walter Reid), 35mm (Brodie –; cf. DNW 135, 1336); Inverness Farmer Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Chas. G. Johnston, Balloch, Roadster, 1908), 45mm [2]. First extremely fine and in case of issue, second virtually mint state and attractively toned £60-£80
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Although unsigned, the second medal is housed in a contemporary gilt-blocked case by Donald Macrae of Inverness. The Inverness Burgh Directory for 1906-7 carries an advertisement for Macrae as a manufacturing jeweller, watchmaker and optician based at 28 Eastgate
Renfrewshire Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Show 1901, Best Clydesdale Mare or Gelding not used for Hire, won by Walter Reid), 35mm (Brodie –; cf. DNW 135, 1336); Inverness Farmer Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Chas. G. Johnston, Balloch, Roadster, 1908), 45mm [2]. First extremely fine and in case of issue, second virtually mint state and attractively toned £60-£80
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Although unsigned, the second medal is housed in a contemporary gilt-blocked case by Donald Macrae of Inverness. The Inverness Burgh Directory for 1906-7 carries an advertisement for Macrae as a manufacturing jeweller, watchmaker and optician based at 28 Eastgate