Golden Jubilee Medal

292, Lot: 613. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Æ Medal (78mm, 225.90 g, 12h). Golden Jubilee. By J. E. Boehm and F. Leighton. Dated 1887. Crowned and veiled bust left / Personification of the Empire seated facing on throne, holding reversed sword set on ground and globe surmounted by crowning Victory; above, two cherubim flying and holding shields and wreaths; to left, Science, Letters, and Art standing right; to right, Industry and Agriculture standing left; at their feet, Mercury reclining right and Time seated left; all set on pediment above five interlocked shields inscribed ASIA, AMERICA, EUROPA, AUSTRAL/ASIA, and AFRICA. Eimer 1733a. EF, brown surfaces. In original case of issue.