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Auction 74  12-13 Apr 2023
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Lot 533

Estimate: 100 GBP
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Georgian Club or Society, uniface silver member's medal, unsigned and un-dated, the Allegory of Unity, Aesop's fable of the sticks, in an ancient setting, the father seated before his six sons who try to break bound bundles of sticks, in ex., PAX NOBIS, 43mm., c. 1780's, with flat suspension loop, good very fine and rare
In the fable the father asks each of his quarrelling sons to break a tightly bound bundle of sticks and, when they failed, he asks they break a single stick which, of course they could do. The moral being that strength lies in unity.

Estimate: 100 - 140 GBP
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