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Medal Governesses Benevolent Institution

Features

Location United Kingdom
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year 1848
Composition Bronze
Diameter 64.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
425965
References BHM# 2313
Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes).
, W&E# 537A var.
Royal Commemorative Medals 1837-1977 (8 volumes).
, Taylor# 160a
Jeremy Reginald Buckley Taylor; 1978. The Architectural Medal: England in the Nineteenth Century. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Commemorative issue

Opening of the Governesses Benevolent Asylum

Obverse

Bust right

Script: Latin

Lettering: H.R.H.ADOLPHUS FREDERICK DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE FIRST ROYAL PATRON.

Engraver: George Gammon Adams

Reverse

Elevation of the Asylum

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOVERNESSES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1843.
ASYLUM ERECED
A D - 1848.

Mint

Allen and Moore, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1844-1855)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Medal (Governesses Benevolent Institution)
Baldwins of St James's
Auction 2
Lot 155
Internet Archive
27 Mar 2017 VF
The lot includes several items.
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