Coins and Historical Medals

Royal Engineers Balloon School, 1901, a white metal medal by A. Fenwick, conjoined crowned busts left, rev. dirigible flying above town, 32mm (C & W 4920A.1; BHM 3697). About extremely fine and toned, scarce £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Harvey Gamer Collection of Medals of Edward VII.

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The Balloon School was not founded until 1907, so this medal must have been struck after that date using an old obverse die