JAMES HERBERT MACNAIR (1868-1955) & CHARLES J. ALLEN (1862-1956) FOR THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE §
MARY KINGSLEY MEDAL, DESIGNED CIRCA 1903
£504
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
silver, inscribed and engraved around the rim, signed J H MACNAIR/ C J ALLEN, stamped marks for Turner & Simpson, hallmarked Birmingham 1968, with fitted case
Dimensions
9.5cm x 5.6cm
Footnote
Literature: Robertson P. Doves and Dreams, The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert McNair, 2006. Illustration p. 121, cat. no. M61. For an example of this medal in bronze
Note: Lt. Col. J. R. Danson M.C., T.D. served with some distinction in both World Wars, earning the M.C. in the 1st and as Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Fourth Battalion Cheshire Regiment at Dunkirk in the 2nd. After retiring, he lived at Dry Close, the house at Grasmere, which his grandfather had built when he retired in 1880. The famous Danson bequest of antiquities he and his father collected is in the National Museums, Liverpool.