British Historical Medals from the Collection formed by Robert Thomas
Lot 505
Date of Auction: 7th December 2015
Sold for £360
Estimate: £200 - £300
Cambridge University, Head of the River, 1864, a glazed silver award medal by Peters, Cambridge, silver rim band named (C.W. Dilke, Trinity Hall, No. 3, 1864), 51mm; Royal Society of Arts, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, named (The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., MP, for his Paper on “The Century in our Colonies”, Session 1899-1900), 56mm (BHM 2794; E 1567) [2]. Extremely fine, first with lunettes held with silver rim, in polished ebony fitted case with silver shield listing the Head of the River Crew for 1864 and their weights, second in original maroon case £200-300