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Auction 90  24 September 2014
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Lot 1827

Estimate: 1200 GBP
Price realized: 1800 GBP
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, George III, The Resolution and Adventure Medal, 1772, Bronze Medal, signed B:F ([Matthew] Boulton fecit), head of George III right, his hair tied behind in a queue, GEORGE III KING OF GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE AND IRELAND, rev HMS Resolution and HMS Adventure sail towards the horizon, the former's anchor horizontal, RESOLUTION ADVENTURE / SAILED FROM ENGLAND MARCH MDCCLXXII, 44mm (BHM 165; Betts 552; Eimer 744; MH 373; Ford XIV, 459-462; see also Westwood A, Matthew Boulton's "Otaheite" Medal, Birmingham, 1926). About very fine, very rare.

Estimate: £1200-1500
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