£40
A VICTORIAN BRONZE AWARD MEDAL AWARDED TO PIANO MANUFACTURERS CHAPPELL AND CO AT THE 1862 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND TWO OTHERS. A large bronze award medal, Britannia seated l. surrounded by female figures bearing the proceeds of Art, Science, Industry and Agriculture, a lion in thew foreground. Reverse '1862 Londini Honoris Causa'. L.C. Wyon F. named to the rim 'Chappell & Co Class XVI'. 7.5cm. (Eimer 1553). Class XVI was for musical instruments. Chappell and Co were well known at the time for publishing sheet music and manufacturing pianos. With a similar 's ociete Internationale Forrestier et Miniere Du Congo' medal, 8.5cm and a medal celebrating Jacques Cousetau by R. Duboc, 9cm. (3 medals). *CR First with edge knocks and slight marking to surfaces. Second good, third with light surface marks.
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