Medal
Spink and Sons Ltd
Category
Coins and medals
Date
circa 1919
Materials
Bronze lacquered copper, silver and silk
Measurements
15 mm (Width); 28 mm (Length); 17 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
King Street
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610076.1.1
Summary
One of two small medals by Spink and Son Ltd., circa 1919, hung on a silk ribbon and sewn to a silver pin bar. The Allied Victory Medal is of bronze lacquered copper cast with a winged classical female holding a torch. Stored with the second medal showing George V in profile, in an original box by Spink and Son Ltd. 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.
Marks and inscriptions
Spink and Son Ltd 5 King St SW1 (silver bar stamped)
Makers and roles
Spink and Sons Ltd