Election Rally medallion
W. O. Lewis
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1885
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101209
Summary
Silvered Election Rally medallion with likenesses of Lord Randolph Churchill M.P. and Colonel Fred Burnaby, by W.O. Lewis, c. 1885 with a hole drilled at the circumference and a piece of red "B.C.A." embroidered ribbon and a ms. letter to WSC from Geo. R. Mead 28/7/39(?). Formerly part of the Heirloom Collection.
Full description
Geo. R. Mead is possibly Sir Richard Geoffrey Meade, consul general at Dusseldorf in 1957. There is a letter from him to Churchill concerning the 1956 Karlspreis or Charlemagne award in the Churchill Archive. There are two similar medals on loan in the collection (V119 & V220). This is the only one that could have been worn.
Makers and roles
W. O. Lewis, badge manufacturer