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TITLE: THE CITY IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS MEDAL, 1901

METAL: BRONZE

NAMED: NOT OFFICIALLY (But some have been named)

SIZE: 76mm

HERN'S CATALOGUE NUMBER: 178
HIBBARD'S CATALOGUE NUMBER: A15

CASED: YES

CLASSIFICATION: WELCOME HOME MEDALLION / MEDAL

DESIGNER: GEORGE FRAMPTON

From: Col. Sir Edward Ward, Under Secretary of War

To: Lord Mayor of London

"My Lord, I am directed by the Secretary of War to aquaint you that on recommendation of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-In-Chief, His Majesty the King has graciously pleased to approve of the offer of a South African Medal for the acceptance of the Court of Common Council and each of the City Companies in commemoration of the spontaneous and patriotic liberality shown by the Council and the Companies in assisting to raise and equip the City of London Imperial Volunteers for active service in South Africa."

Mike

A beautiful medallion and great to have all the trimmings with it. Thanks for showing it.

Regards
Brett

Mike

I agree with Bretts comments a superb medalion, thanks for sharing.

Paul

I just thought that you might be interested to note that there is a cased CIV medallion on sale on e-bay for £1,095.00 post and packing is free. I've attached the link is anyone's interested.




Best regards,

TheBreaker02

TheBreaker,

The CIV medal has attracted no bids so far. Would would be a reasonable bis for this item?

With thanks
David

Well, I have two examples in my collection, but cased and uncased, but that's a lot, even considering how rare they are.
I bought mine a long while ago, I even sold a spare for £50.00 way back in the late 1980's.

What would you reasonably pay?

Best regards,

ThebReaker02