CNG 85, Lot: 1616. Estimate $200. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. WM Medal (64mm, 105.60 g, 12h). Opening of the New Houses of Parliament. By J. Davis. Struck 1847. VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIAR : REGINA F : D :, head left, wearing floral wreath; DAVIS on truncation of neck / View of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames; above, arm of balance in splendor, terminating in KING/LORDS-COMMONS; NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT/C. BARRY ESQ. ARCHT:/J. DAVIS BIRM:/MEDALLIST BY COMMAND TO H: R: H: PRINCE ALBERT in four lines in exergue. BHM 2292; Eimer -. EF, proof-like fields, some marks.

From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.