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A Group of Commemorative Medals and Badges, including a Woman's Own Cookery Medal

Lot 152: A Group of Commemorative Medals and Badges, including a Woman's Own Cookery Medal

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A Woman’s Own Cookery Medal, circular and bronze-tone, featuring a woman at a hearth, as identified by market consensus. This lot further comprises an oval silver-tone ‘Precious Cargo’ car badge depicting a winged figure and inscribed “DRIVE SAFELY ON BOARD PRECIOUS CARGO”; a circular gold-tone medal with a bust of “CHARLES DICKENS” and dates “1812-1870”; a circular silver-tone medal with a safety pin, inscribed “THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS” around a bird and hand motif, with an additional smaller inscription “SEDPIQIVE-SAVIP-AVES”; and a circular bronze-tone medal illustrating three pigs in a pastoral setting. The items vary in size and metallic composition, including silver-tone, bronze-tone, and gold-tone metals, all exhibiting various degrees of patination.