World Historical Medals from Various Properties
USA, Centenary of the Treaty of Ghent, 1914, a bronze medal, unsigned, view of Sulgrave Manor, rev. inscription, 45mm. Extremely fine and very rare £50-£70
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The Treaty of Ghent end the so-called War of 1812 between Great Britain and the USA. Grand plans were drawn up to celebrate the centenary but the advent of World War I put paid to most of them. The organising committee however did acquire Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the ancestral home of George Washington
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USA, Centenary of the Treaty of Ghent, 1914, a bronze medal, unsigned, view of Sulgrave Manor, rev. inscription, 45mm. Extremely fine and very rare £50-£70
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The Treaty of Ghent end the so-called War of 1812 between Great Britain and the USA. Grand plans were drawn up to celebrate the centenary but the advent of World War I put paid to most of them. The organising committee however did acquire Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the ancestral home of George Washington
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For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk