Medal box
Spink and Sons Ltd
Category
Coins and medals
Date
circa 1919
Materials
Bronze lacquered copper, silver, leather and silk
Place of origin
King Street
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610076.1
Summary
One of two boxed sets of small medals, each box containing two medals by Spink and Son Ltd., circa 1919, hung on silk ribbons and sewn to a silver pin bar. One medal is of bronze lacquered copper cast with a winged classical female holding a torch (the Allied Victory Medal). The other is made of silver and cast with the head of King George V in profile to left (the British War Medal). Medals are stored in individual boxes, this one being an original Spink and Son box. Circa 1919.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Makers and roles
Spink and Sons Ltd