13th Oct, 2022 10:00

The Collectors Sale

 
Lot 767
 

Commemorative Medals

including a medallion celebrating the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer, 7 cm dia.; a Charles Lindburgh medal celebrating the first solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis 1927; a medal from the 1935 Lewis's Exhibition celebrating the winning of the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Air Race by the British team of C.W.A Scott and T. Campbell in the purpose built de Havilland DH 88 Comet; and a late Victorian medal struck from the copper of the Foudroyant [Horatio Viscount Nelson's flagship] in the year it was wrecked - 1897, 38 mm dia. (4)

Sold for £25

Result plus buyers premium


 

including a medallion celebrating the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer, 7 cm dia.; a Charles Lindburgh medal celebrating the first solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis 1927; a medal from the 1935 Lewis's Exhibition celebrating the winning of the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Air Race by the British team of C.W.A Scott and T. Campbell in the purpose built de Havilland DH 88 Comet; and a late Victorian medal struck from the copper of the Foudroyant [Horatio Viscount Nelson's flagship] in the year it was wrecked - 1897, 38 mm dia. (4)

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