Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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1848 British Naval General Service medal specimen. Copper, 36 mm. MY-94, BBM-39. Extremely Fine.
No suspension, edge marked JAMES RO215 ND FT / CHARO.O as a trial. An interesting trial strike, struck in off metal and with an interesting test of the edge marking punches. Medium brown and navy blue with some hints of peripheral mint color. A bit handled, with a rim bruise over O of VICTORIA. An unusual and scarce piece. To view all items from the Gem Collection, click here.
From the Gem Collection.
No suspension, edge marked JAMES RO215 ND FT / CHARO.O as a trial. An interesting trial strike, struck in off metal and with an interesting test of the edge marking punches. Medium brown and navy blue with some hints of peripheral mint color. A bit handled, with a rim bruise over O of VICTORIA. An unusual and scarce piece. To view all items from the Gem Collection, click here.
From the Gem Collection.
Earlier from the Dr. Arthur B. King Collection; Stack's / Morton and Eden's sale of the King Collection, October 2003, lot 574.
Estimate: $300 - $500