Lot 24
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Commonwealth Naval Award, 1653, Gilt Electrotype, oval with suspension loop, 56 mm by 51 mm, by T. Simon, an anchor with the shields of England, Scotland and Ireland, a cable around, surrounded by a border containing scenes from a naval engagement, rev., a battle at sea, with a Dutch ship sinking, inscribed RR on the edge (cf MI i, 398/26), a nineteenth century copy by Ralph Ready of this famous medal, of which only four originals were made, extremely fine
COMMONWEALTH
Commonwealth Naval Award, 1653, Gilt Electrotype, oval with suspension loop, 56 mm by 51 mm, by T. Simon, an anchor with the shields of England, Scotland and Ireland, a cable around, surrounded by a border containing scenes from a naval engagement, rev., a battle at sea, with a Dutch ship sinking, inscribed RR on the edge (cf MI i, 398/26), a nineteenth century copy by Ralph Ready of this famous medal, of which only four originals were made, extremely fine

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Commonwealth Naval Award, 1653, Gilt Electrotype, oval with suspension loop, 56 mm by 51 mm, by T. Simon, an anchor with the shields of England, Scotland and Ireland, a cable around, surrounded by a border containing scenes from a naval engagement, rev., a battle at sea, with a Dutch ship sinking, inscribed RR on the edge (cf MI i, 398/26), a nineteenth century copy by Ralph Ready of this famous medal, of which only four originals were made, extremely fine