Lot 913
Silver Medallion – Montefiore Prize in an English School
Elaborate silver medallion, Merchant Tailors School. England, 1914. On one side appears the inscription "The Montefiore Hebrew Prize", encircled with two laurel branches and on the reverse side the school's emblem in which two camels are seen holding a shield with a sheep's head on it.
Merchant Tailor boys' school was founded in 1561 and continued to exist in London till 1933.
The medallion is set in a fine glass and metal case, with an engraving of its receiver's name: "J.C.G Ferguson, 1914".
Diameter: 5 cm. Fine box. Good condition. Few stains.