A WILLIAM IV ROYAL HIGHLAND SOCIETY GOLD PRESENTATION MEDAL
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Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
of circular outline, the obverse with a female figure of Agriculture seated on plinth, crowning with chaplets a ploughman and a highland reaper, the arms of Scotland, embossed SEMPER ARMIS NUNC ET INDUSTRIA and the makers LIZARS INV. INGRAM SC, the reverse, 'HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND INST 1784 INCORPd 1787' with the Airlie Coat of Arms to the centre, engraved to the edge, ‘VOTED TO DAVID EARL OF AIRLIE FOR PLANTING ABOVE 3000 ACRES 1830’
Dimensions
4.5cm diameter, 52g
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie