Birmingham Jubilee Medal
Birmingham medal, 1887 Diameter 39mm Medal struck to commemorate the golden jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria. The obverse features the diademed bust of Victoria facing left and the inscription 'VICTORIA ...
Birmingham Shakespeare Society bronze medal
This side is struck with a figure of Shakespeare based on the Westminster Abbey statue. "A good man's memory will outlive his life" is a misquotation from Hamlet (Act III, Scene 2), substituting "good" ...
Birmingham Shakespeare Society bronze medal
A bronze medal struck for the Birmingham Shakespeare Society, 1830, by Ottley of Birmingham.
The reverse bears an unattributed quotation:
"THIS HUMBLE TOKEN OF THE VENERATION WE FEEL FOR HIS WORKS, ...
Book Mark
This long, silk bookmark was made to celebrate the Coventry and Midland Industrial and Art Exhibition of 1867. It is decorated with embroidered views of Coventry and Stoneleigh Abbey, and a portrait of ...
Bottle - Queen Elizabeths II's Silver Jubilee
A glass milk bottle with green writing. On the front is writing set within a green shield shape. The bottle commemorates the silver jubilee in 1977.
Bronze Shakespeare Medal
An bronze medal struck in 1821.
This side features a portrait adapted from the Droeshout engraving for the 1623 First Folio.
Inscription: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. BORN APRIL 23 1564. DIED APRIL 23 1616.
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Bronze Shakespeare Medal
An bronze medal struck in 1821.
This side illustrates a scene from As You Like It Act II Scene 1, in which the character Jacques is seated near a stream where a deer is drinking. This image may have ...
Button
Metal button from the Leamington and Warwick Tram Company.
Canadian Quatercentenary Medal
This silver medal was issued by the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada to mark the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth.
This profile differs markedly from the conventional depictions ...
Canadian Quatercentenary Medal
This silver medal was issued by the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada to mark the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth.
The reverse shows the theatre at Stratford, Ontario, where ...
Card Commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
A rectangular card with rounded corners, pierced edges and a colour portrait of Queen Victoria at the top. There is a verse printed in blue to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee, 1887.
Case for a Silver Trowel Presented to Alderman Wackrill
This is the presentation box for a commemorative trowel that was presented to Alderman Wackrill upon laying the first stone of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Leamington Spa, on 7 November 1887. ...
Churchill Medal - Let Us Go Forward Together
London Twenty-four carat gold on silver medal, 1970 Diameter 44mm This is one of a set of four Churchill medals designed by David Cornell and minted by the medallist John Pinches. The medals celebrate ...
Churchill Medal - Never In the Field of Human Conflict
Twenty-four carat gold on silver medal from London, 1970 Diameter 44mm This is one of a set of four Churchill medals designed by David Cornell and minted by John Pinches (medallists). The medals celebrate ...
Churchill Medal - This Was Their Finest Hour
London Twenty-four carat gold on silver medal, 1970 Diameter 44mm This is one of a set of four Churchill medals designed by David Cornell and minted by the medallist John Pinches. The medals celebrate ...
Churchill Medal - We Shall Never Surrender
London Twenty-four carat gold on silver medal, 1970 Diameter 44mm This is one of a set of four Churchill medals designed by David Cornell and minted by the medallist John Pinches. The medals celebrate ...
Commemorative Book
The funds for the statue of Queen Victoria in Leamington Spa were raised through public subscription. This decorative book contains the names and donations of those who subscribed. The statue, which stands ...
Commemorative Booklet
A commemorative booklet produced to mark the visit of the Queen Mother to Automotive Products. The front cover is printed in copper, gold and pink.