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MARQUIS OF LORNE

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:150.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 CAD
MARQUIS OF LORNE
SOLD
170.00CAD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2021 Aug 14 @ 20:36UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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1871 64mm Bronze Marriage Medal by J.S. Wyon.
Princess Louise and John Douglas Sutherland, the Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Lorne, and Earl of Campbell. 64mm 155 grams Bronze Medal Marriage of Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne. By J. S. Wyon. Dated 1871. BHM 2916; Eimer 1613. Obverse: H. R. H. PRINCESS LOUISE MARQUIS OF LORNE, bare jugate heads of John and Louise left; J.S. WYON SC. below Reverse: Crowned coats-of-arms of the couple; above, banner inscribed NE OBLIVISCARIS above boar-topped helmet left; 18-71/21/MAR in three lines across field; below, banner inscribed VIX EA NOSTRA VOCO over wreath of palm and oak branches; all within decorative quatrefoil. Marquess of Lorne was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He was the husband of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria