CNG 85, Lot: 1639. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HANOVER. temp. Victoria. 1837-1901. Æ Medal (80mm, 331.50 g, 12h). City of London Series: Visit of Wilhelm II to the City of London. By Elkington & Co.. Dated 1891. GULIELMUS II IMPERATOR ET REX, jugate busts of Wilhelm II, helmeted and in military attire, and Augusta Victoria, draped, right / Londinia standing facing, pointing toward the Thames and leaning upon throne on which sits Germania right, holding sword and shield; to lower left, lion crouching right; two doves below; JULY 10TH/1891. in two lines in exergue. BHM 3412; Eimer 1768; Welch 24. AU, attractive chocolate brown surfaces. Rare.
From a California Collection of British Historical Medals.