The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers 1620-1970 350th Anniversary a 2-Medal pair each 57mm diameter by P. Vincze, in silver and gilt silver, Obverse : A group of pilgrims on the shore surrounded by their baggage, in attitudes of prayer and thanksgiving, the sea and the 'Mayflower' with sails furled in the background. Reverse: A scroll supported left by a figure (America) and right by Britannia jointly holding a circular wreath above a plinth inscribed 'HAVING UNDERTAKEN FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE HONOUR OF OUR KING AND COUNTRY A VOYAGE TO PLANT THE FIRST COLONY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA - MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620'. 1620 1970, below, In exergue: MAYFLOWER. both UNC in the Spink box of issue
Medals (35) a wide variety of subjects includes Explorers, Music, Arts and more, base metal types, the vast majority UNC in the boxes of issue, The Penny Black Stamp, in a Jubilee Mint folder with certificate, USA Quarter Dollars (77) all but two are State types, in mixed grades, along with a further group of USA State Quarter Dollars (72) Massachusetts (6), Georgia (3), Pennsylvania (6), Maryland (6), New York (3), Connecticut (6), Virginia (6), New Jersey (6), South Carolina (6), Rhode Island (4), Delaware (3), North Carolina (15), New Hampshire (2), in mixed grades with many UNC
USA medal - Inauguration of George Washington, 1790, 48mm diameter in copper by J. Manly for S. Brooks, Obverse: bust left, truncation signed BROOKS.F., GEO. WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA. FEB.11.1732 below, Reverse. GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMIES 1775. RESIGNED 1783. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1789 in ten lines, (Baker 61B) Fine/Near Fine, the obverse with some thin scratches, we note an example in Good Fine sold for £700 hammer price our March 2016 sale
Sir WinstonChurchill 100th Anniversary of his birth 1874-1974 a 2-medal set in silver 57mm diameter and 38mm diameter weighing 80.5 grammes and 31.1 grammes respectively Prooflike UNC in the box of issue, Dwight D.Eisenhower Normandy 1944 a 2-medal set in silver 65mm diameter and 32mm diameter weighing 87.83 grammes and 16.05 grammes respectively, Prooflike UNC and toned in the box of issue, The Seals of Walter Raleigh a 3-piece set in silver comprising Seal as Warden of the Stanneries, Seal as Governor of Virginia and Personal Seal, weighing 43.31 grammes, 29.32 grammes and 18.97 grammes respectively, by British Museum Publications Ltd.
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