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Auction archive: Lot number 589

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy

Silver
28 Jan 2009
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,154 - US$1,442
Price realised:
£1,050
ca. US$1,514
Auction archive: Lot number 589

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy

Silver
28 Jan 2009
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,154 - US$1,442
Price realised:
£1,050
ca. US$1,514
Beschreibung:

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, "To the Most Distinguished Cadet of the Season", by B. Wyon, uniformed bust of Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock to left, rev legend, …FOUNDED BY THE BRITISH INHABITANTS OF CALCUTTA …, 45mm, total wt 66gms (Puddester, Medals of British India, 861.4) Extremely fine, test mark on edge at 3 o'clock.¦¦Believed also awarded to Norman Alexander Maitland Swettenham.¦Field Marshal Sir George Pollock Bart., GCB, GCSI gave his name to the Pollock Prize at East India Company's Military Academy at Addiscombe and when the college closed the medal was transferred to the Royal Military College at Woolwich.¦

Auction archive: Lot number 589
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2009
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

Pollock medal¦The Pollock Medal of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, "To the Most Distinguished Cadet of the Season", by B. Wyon, uniformed bust of Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock to left, rev legend, …FOUNDED BY THE BRITISH INHABITANTS OF CALCUTTA …, 45mm, total wt 66gms (Puddester, Medals of British India, 861.4) Extremely fine, test mark on edge at 3 o'clock.¦¦Believed also awarded to Norman Alexander Maitland Swettenham.¦Field Marshal Sir George Pollock Bart., GCB, GCSI gave his name to the Pollock Prize at East India Company's Military Academy at Addiscombe and when the college closed the medal was transferred to the Royal Military College at Woolwich.¦

Auction archive: Lot number 589
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2009
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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