363, Lot: 458. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEDALS. WM Medal (37mm, 20.01 g, 12h). Celebration in San Francisco for the End of the Crimean War. Signed by V&G. Dated 26 November 1855. MANIFESTATION IN HONOR OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA., British lion on shoreline, trampling Russian flag; cannon and arms below; ship to left in distance; below, SAN FRANCISCO and date / MANIFESTATION EN LHONNEUR DES SUCCES DES ALLIES EN CRIMEE., fasces with the flags of the Ottoman Empire and France to left, flags of Great Britain and Kingdom of Sardinia to right; below, the French eagle grasping the Imperial Russian Coat-of-arms with its claws. Cf. ANS Inventory #0000.999.44813 for the type. EF. Unusual and interesting. Very rare.