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5 x Commemorative Medals, comprising: (1) London Missionary Society, the Launching of the Missionary Ship 'John Williams' 1844 (41mm, 20.80g), white metal, obv. 3-masted ship under full sail, details of the ship's dimensions and date of launch, rev. details of the ship's purpose – to convey missionaries to the islands of the South Pacific in order to promote the Gospel, (Eimer 1384; BHM 2201), good edge and surfaces, EF or better; (2) Sunday Schools Centenary 1880 (44mm, 26.46g), white metal, obv. bust of Robert Raikes, rev. Christ blessing children 'Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me' in exergue, holed at 12 o'clock, numerous contact marks/hairlines otherwise EF; (3) Wellington Memorial Calendar Medal 1856 (41mm, 17.78g), white metal, issued by E. Moses & Son (tailors & dressmakers, London), obv. 'WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1ST 1769 DIED SEPTR 14TH 1852' and 'PRESENTED BY E. MOSES & SON' around bust of Wellington left, rev. calendar of dates of every Sunday in 1856, 40mm, obv. hairlines & light contact marks, EF; (4) Germany, 'The Year of the Three Kaisers' (36mm, 16.39g), white metal, obv. 'WILHELM II . FRIEDRICH III . WILHELM I' around conjoined busts facing right, rev. 'DAS DREI-KAISER-JAHR 1888' around crowned heraldic eagle, lustrous AEF/GEF; and (5) Belgium, '16th Interparliamentary Conference' Silver Medalet 1910 (30mm,, 12.18g, .999 silver), design by J.Lecroart, obv. 'XVI CONFERENCE INTERPARLEMENTAIRE BRUXELLES 1910' around bust of Pax right, rev. wreath of oak leaves around dates 1889 and 1910, good edge and surfaces, GVF
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP
5 x Commemorative Medals, comprising: (1) London Missionary Society, the Launching of the Missionary Ship 'John Williams' 1844 (41mm, 20.80g), white metal, obv. 3-masted ship under full sail, details of the ship's dimensions and date of launch, rev. details of the ship's purpose – to convey missionaries to the islands of the South Pacific in order to promote the Gospel, (Eimer 1384; BHM 2201), good edge and surfaces, EF or better; (2) Sunday Schools Centenary 1880 (44mm, 26.46g), white metal, obv. bust of Robert Raikes, rev. Christ blessing children 'Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me' in exergue, holed at 12 o'clock, numerous contact marks/hairlines otherwise EF; (3) Wellington Memorial Calendar Medal 1856 (41mm, 17.78g), white metal, issued by E. Moses & Son (tailors & dressmakers, London), obv. 'WELLINGTON BORN MAY 1ST 1769 DIED SEPTR 14TH 1852' and 'PRESENTED BY E. MOSES & SON' around bust of Wellington left, rev. calendar of dates of every Sunday in 1856, 40mm, obv. hairlines & light contact marks, EF; (4) Germany, 'The Year of the Three Kaisers' (36mm, 16.39g), white metal, obv. 'WILHELM II . FRIEDRICH III . WILHELM I' around conjoined busts facing right, rev. 'DAS DREI-KAISER-JAHR 1888' around crowned heraldic eagle, lustrous AEF/GEF; and (5) Belgium, '16th Interparliamentary Conference' Silver Medalet 1910 (30mm,, 12.18g, .999 silver), design by J.Lecroart, obv. 'XVI CONFERENCE INTERPARLEMENTAIRE BRUXELLES 1910' around bust of Pax right, rev. wreath of oak leaves around dates 1889 and 1910, good edge and surfaces, GVF
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP